The 2025 Contest is Now Open for Entries!
Submit your best new product ideas in any of seven categories for a chance at $25,000 USD and other great prizes. Here’s how to get started.
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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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Special Report spotlights the eight amazing winners in 2024 as well as honorable mentions in each category, plus the top ten most popular entries as voted by our community.
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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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A medicine reminder robot is designed to assist patients in managing their medication schedules efficiently. This sophisticated robot can accommodate entries for a maximum of two patients, ensuring that each individual's medication needs are met accurately. It is designed to hold and dispense medicine doses for an entire week,
Our project, the Precision Braille Printer with Threaded Motion Control, represents a significant advancement in the field of assistive technology for the visually impaired. The core innovation lies in our use of a unique threaded sliding mechanism, a first in the world, which ensures unparalleled accuracy and reliability in Braille printing.
Digital health monitoring has reached millions of individuals, but the vital human-dog couple is missed.
Consider a dog attached to a retractable leash pulls the cord, which rotates the leash's spool. The leash functions as an embedded electrical generator, resulting in the dog's kinetic energy powering multiple embedded into the leash sensors that collect, analyze,
Monitoring of forest cover is one of the most important aspects for solving problems related to air pollution, as there is more and more production infrastructure in the world.
Identification of forest cover makes it possible to identify cases of illegal deforestation or cases of fire. It is also possible to digitize trees point-by-point,
The Electronics Learning Kit is a comprehensive educational tool designed for students aged 9 to 14 to enhance their understanding of STEM concepts. This kit combines essential electronic components with interactive experiments, providing a hands-on learning experience. It includes simple LEDs, RGB LEDs, a potentiometer, push buttons, a reed switch, resistors (100 ohm, 1K ohm, 10K ohm), capacitors,
The project has launched a personalized doctor recommendation that aims to transform patient care by using artificial intelligence (AI) to provide advice to doctors. Applications often rely on simple criteria such as proximity or accessibility, which may fail to meet the patient's physical health, preferences, and specific needs, leading to competition for the best and reducing patient satisfaction.
The Smart Water Quality Monitoring System is an advanced solution designed to provide real-time insights into the quality of drinking water. This innovative system integrates industrial-grade sensors, a Raspberry Pi 4 for data processing, and a HMI touch display for interactive data visualization. Complemented by a user-friendly mobile application developed using React Native and Node.js Express,
Recently, electric vehicle (EV) technology has received massive attention worldwide due to its improved performance efficiency and significant contributions to addressing carbon emission problems. In line with that, EVs could play a vital role in achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, EVs face some challenges such as battery health degradation, battery management complexities, power electronics integration,
There are places where food aid is hard to deliver by road. This drone carries more Humanitarian Daily Rations for a longer distance than quadcopter drones can. Humanitarian daily rations are a specific form of aid that is designed to be dropped from planes. The drone may also carry juice packs,
The Monowheel Undertaking presents the design and evaluation of a single-wheeled electric vehicle for personal transportation. This innovative concept prioritizes efficiency, sustainability, and user safety in urban environments. The Monowheel integrates cutting-edge hardware, motor control systems, and an intuitive steering interface. The project adheres to established mechanical and electrical design principles,
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