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Build a select number of mobile solar platforms that can be placed in the path of hurricane(s) and reduce the intensity of the storm to level 1, 2 or lower with repeated applications (objective of no more level 3, 4 or 5 hurricanes impacting islands or coastal areas).
Problem solved: Sepsis and cardiovascular events are leading causes of death worldwide, with delayed diagnosis a primary factor. Current monitoring relies on bulky, intermittent equipment or invasive methods, leaving critical gaps in continuous care especially for at-risk populations in remote or resource-constrained environments.
Benefits: Enables detection hours ahead, potentially reducing mortality and complications by 40-60%,
The SafeCool VentGuard addresses the deadly problem of extreme cabin overheating in parked vehicles. In hot climates like the Philippines, interiors can reach 60-70°C in under 30 minutes, risking heatstroke deaths (hundreds of children/pets yearly worldwide, many more unreported in tropics), damaging electronics/interiors, and forcing heavy AC use on restart (wasting 20-40% fuel/EV range and adding emissions).
An Innovative Miniature Oxygen Generation with an advanced technology harvests moisture from the atmosphere and converts it into oxygen through water electrolysis. Instead of relying on one large, centralized plant, the concept uses thousands of miniature autonomous devices working together as a distributed network. This approach increases scalability, reliability, and ease of deployment while reducing installation and maintenance costs.
The sintering method for diamond grains was first reported by Bundy et al.1)
However, residual cobalt within the diamond structure degrades its properties.
A mixture of statically synthesized diamond and shock-synthesized wurtzite boron nitride (hereafter wBN) was sintered under static high pressure,
Metalinked is building an AI orchestration platform for advanced manufacturing, aerospace supply chains, and mission-critical hardware teams. In high-stakes environments like aerospace, space systems, defense manufacturing, and complex hardware production, delays are rarely caused by one obvious failure. They often come from fragmented supplier information, slow RFQ cycles, hidden part constraints, outdated spreadsheets,
The HVP-500 interceptor up to Mach 9 using the Green Launch Light-Gas Launch System and makes the Golden Dome Affordable.
The Green Launch’s HVP-500's interceptor has a 500 km range which allows for early, high speed, intercept compared to the more costly THAAD or Patriot systems with 150 km range at $12.6M, $4M cost respectively.
Initially demonstrated in 2013 as a UC-Irvine student project with financial support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the stored energy cook stove was showcased as a labor-saving device for women in India. It is simply a permanently sealed, partially insulated box containing two types of salt,
MAgBot (Multi-modular Agriculture roBot), is a multi-modular farm robot with the ability to Till, Plant, Weed and Spray (fertilizers/insecticide).
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly aggressive and infiltrative brain cancer with a poor prognosis largely due to its ability to invade surrounding healthy tissue even after surgical resection. A key driver of this invasion is that GBM cells overexpress the CXCR4 and follow CXCL12. Glioblastoma cells shadow chemical cues through the brain. What if there was an implantable,
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