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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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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. At half the price of solar panels, and half the return time,
Environmental contaminants like total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) persist for decades in soils and sediments, and have been linked to cancer, immune and nervous system disorders, reproductive and developmental abnormalities, learning disorders, birth defects, and other health concerns. 
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, but also devastating once the spilled oil is absorbed by marine creatures and finds its way into the food chain.
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. The finger cot can be stained with colors and support patients to paint. According to the level of patient’s tension,
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. pylori with carbon-13 urea reagent after dissolved in water,
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, medical staff and mothers can deal with cord infection when an orange sad face is shown.
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, allowing the healthcare staff to quickly determine the blood group for the patient requires emergency transfusion.
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.
SPW can screen strong light via electronically control liquid crystal and display graphic recognition,
This invention demonstrates the future of automation through exploring the human – machine interface (HMI) so that human electrical signals communicate with machines to enhance collective genius. Moreover, this invention harmonizes the industrial and manufacturing fields with the blended genius of machines and humans. This is further demonstrated in the industry’
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