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Since Tech Briefs magazine launched the Create the Future Design contest in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovation, over 15,000 design ideas have been submitted by engineers, students, and entrepreneurs in more than 100 countries. Join the innovators who dared to dream big by entering your ideas today.
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Spinal cord injury affects 17,000 Americans and 700,000 people worldwide each year. A research team at NeuroPair, Inc. won the Grand Prize in the 2023 Create the Future Design Contest for a revolutionary approach to spinal cord repair. In this Here’s an Idea podcast episode, Dr. Johannes Dapprich, NeuroPair’s CEO and founder, discusses their groundbreaking approach that addresses a critical need in the medical field, offering a fast and minimally invasive solution to a long-standing problem.
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When wing is moving against the wind, most of the air will hit the wing and make a sharp turn.
This is requiring great amount of energy. Airplane speed is reduced, and fuel consumption increased considerable.
I am designing a drone system that works as a bucket brigade that will carry and deliver a mixture of chemical foaming agent mixed with water to create fire suppression foam or products like Phos-Chek.
Manual wheelchair users rarely are faced with the unfortunate circumstance of having tipped over/toppled sideways at home or away, and, more often than not,
The novel design of the Modular Cargo Access Pallet (MCAP) represents a complete revision of how commercial aircraft load and retain passengers and cargo. By making both the passenger and cargo compartments modular pallets, the basic ‘naked’
The Torso in a Box replicates the anatomical variation in material properties of the intended target. Panels of material simulating skin, muscle, bone and the internal organs are layered in the appropriate order to create a model for testing the effectiveness of self defense ammunition on the intended target.
The idea is a multifunction Unit integrated into the antenna block of a vehicle that can solve several related issues as:
a) safety
b) passenger assistance
c) vehicle insurance in the event of accidents or theft
d) connection of the vehicle and its electronic systems to the network and
Three different shaped reactionless lift systems.
All three engines are driven by an electric compressor for air circulation with reactionless magic lift effect as the total force result.
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