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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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Life for people with impairments is a bit difficult as compared to the unimpaired. Conventional wheelchairs need an extra person to move it around. Sometimes the person himself pushes the wheels which results in problems of upper body functioning.
Thermoterra develops SmartWall: an active insulation solution for residential and commercial buildings, saving more than 50% of heating and cooling expenses while increasing inhabitants well-being. SmartWall utilizes patented energy storage, AI algorithms and IoT devices to optimize energy consumption and comfort level.
Oil spills occur when an offshore oil rig experiences an accident or a cargo ship capsizes. Once the oil is spilled over the surface of ocean, it is not only a disaster for marine environment,
It is a bag which is non woven that can replace polythene bags. It is made by mixing paper, cloth and starch obtained from corn in a definite proportion as per desired requirements. It has enough tensile strength that to polythene bag. The variation lies at customer side i.
Finger Ring!, a hand rehabilitation painting aid designed for children with cerebral palsy, allows them to create 3D paintings, helping them improve hand convulsions and insufficient tension.
It contains a finger cot, an artboard and a pigment box.
If the stomach problem caused by H. pylori is untreated, it can increase the risk of gastric disorders such as peptic ulcer disease, stomach cancer or gastric lymphoma.
HPTK is a medical kit to detect H. pylori infection. Based on the pH value of CO2 produced by H.
Umbilical Care is an L-shaped silicon cord clip used to test the bacterial infection at baby’s cord. Via the “histamine testing sticker” attached on a hollow chamber of Umbilical Care which can react with the histamine produced by bacteria,
RBTT is an all-in-one blood test product from blood collection, buffer mixture, blood test strip to final interpretation. It improves the blood test strips, simplifies the process and is attached to the patient,
People can’t clearly see the welding conditions through the current automatic or manual welding mask, and their eyes will be damaged by the leakage light when a welder removes the mask, and the danger might occur when operating in high buildings.
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