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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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This new concept is a highly efficient pump, charger or motor for gases and fluids with an extremely simple design.
It consists of only a handful of parts and requires neither gears nor micro-precision machining nor complicated manufacturing processes.
Design:
A piston is eccentrically rolling on the inner wall of a cylindrical housing.
Early warning saves lives. This is the motto of FatigPro.
FatigPro is a sensor that detects metal fatigue and issues early warning before catastrophic failure.
And what is metal fatigue? It is what makes bridges fall all of a sudden, what makes trains derail, what makes ships break in half in a stormy sea,
In India, the most crucial threat that adds up is the striking amount of waste generated every day by human beings. Around 62 million tons of waste are produced each day by 377 million people living in urban India of which 45 million of waste is left untreated and disposed unhygienically causing severe health issues and environmental degradation.
Disability in mobility can be a congenital, an acquired problem, or a consequence of disease. Improving the quality of life for the elderly and disabled people and giving them the proper care at the right time is one of the most important roles that are to be performed by us being responsible members of society. To regain the mobility,
Rideable Carry-on Electric Vehicle is a motorized suitcase which is designed to overcome the burden of carrying luggage. A person can sit on the suitcase and drive. It provides a comfortable ride and can be easily controlled. The structure of the smart suitcase is made of high strength aluminum.
As per the census conducted in Indian, out of the 121 Cr population, 2.68 Crore people are 'disabled' which is 2.21% of the total population. In the case of total population also, 69% are from rural areas while the remaining 31% reside in urban areas. At the same time,
A side impact collision is also know as a T-bone collision or a broadside collision, and involves one side of a vehicle being impacted by the rear or front of another vehicle. It has been estimated that 25 percent of all car crashes involve a side impact collision. Of those collisions,
The idea of a Smart Sensor Network is to be a part of the Covid-19 mitigation in the society especially in the office building. The US EPA mentioned that indoor air is 100 times more contaminated than outside air, and the CDC said that there is high potential of Covid 19 airborne transmission around us. Thus,
CONCEPT FOR A WORLDWIDE ELECTRICAL GRID
It is time to start a worldwide electrical grid. A feasibility study needs to be started now. The technology exists to build a worldwide electrical grid now. The power would be transmitted with direct current to minimize losses from converting DC to AC.
Hospito is an application which helps people to find a suitable hospital in their city or state.
It's a prototype so it only contains two districts of Haryana, namely Gurugram and Faridabad.
It will help people in this pandemic. It shows the location, emergency no. , enquiry no., pics,
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