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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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Device intended to warn in an auditory or visual manner the driver of a motorized vehicle that he has reached or exceeds the speed predefined by himself on the device.
Overview: Bioelectronic fibers close to the size of a human hair may soon enable healthcare professionals to read signals and stimulate target regions within the human body in a minimally invasive manner.
Introduction: Bioelectronic fibers are poised to become the future platform for deep implantation into tissues and body channels, due to their exceptional structural and mechanical properties,
Despite advances in electric vehicle (EV) and autonomous driving technology, a meaningful improvement to individual automotive mobility remains elusive. While the humble wagon has been around since the horse and buggy, there’s not been improvements to the design that take advantage of 21st century automotive technology.
The world is aging rapidly, with more elderly individuals than ever before. Older people face significant challenges, including loneliness, difficulty connecting with loved ones, limited access to technology, and the need for health tracking and assistance. While pets can offer companionship, they also have drawbacks like expenses, care requirements, and limited access in some residences.
Passive systems are a type of design that uses natural processes to cool/heat a building without the use of mechanical/electrical systems. The system is composed of solar collector towers (air heater) and solar drying chambers. This system is designed to take advantage of both direct solar and convective heat flow to provide efficient and reliable drying.
Engine cooling method which reduces engine temperature about 75%. It acts directly on the combustion chambers or any part of the engine. It can be implemented on any combustion engine, and thus be able to function at any time any of these two thermodynamic cycles of operation:
The engine can operate normally,
I introduce another type of solar-photon spacecraft, differing from the solar sail or heliofoil.
Consider a rotating cylinder rotating along an axis perpendicular to oncoming light. The portion of the reflected light from the part of the cylinder rotating into the light is blue-shifted and the part that is rotating away is red-shifted.
The Battery Health Tester is an innovative device designed to provide quick, accurate, and cost-effective assessment of battery health. This portable, pocket-sized device is tailored for a wide range of users, including OEM workshops, local garages, R&D startups, and individual EV owners, addressing the significant lack of compact and affordable battery testing solutions in the market.
A food container lid that contains a cutlery incorporated into the internal part, the cutlery folds on itself so that when the lid is opened it unfolds reaching the length of the container. In the prototype I made, I designed it for a baby food container, however it can be used in a wide range of products,
Displacement: The engine will have a total displacement of 200 cc, divided equally between the two cylinders (100 cc each).
Pistons: The pistons will be designed to move in a linear-rotary motion. This means that they will have a linear motion (up and down) like in a traditional piston engine,
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