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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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The device is installed on the semi-trailer axle. Instead of standard brake discs, the star gears and 2 asynchronous motors are put, which make the axle rotate (forward or backwards) in case of wheel slip on icy roads,
Metro Fit is an Active Public Transit application for the city of LA. It aims to highlight the importance of community participation in sustainable mobility practices.
Based on ethnographic research and literature review, evidence suggests that despite adequate affordances to use public transit,
What is proposed is a trailer with extra lithium batteries for electric SUV's to allow them to go to remote places where recharging would not be available.
Trailer to be equipped with batteries and necessary converter to extend EV range for SUV going off road
Alternately, for cross country travel, any EV could pull a trailer.
The Enduralock Locking Header Bolt is a mechanically locking, high vibration resistant fastener, that for maintenance is easily reversible and reusable. Application (or removal) only requires a standard hex socket. The components are manufactured through a forging and stamping process to greatly reduce the cost in production.
The Enduralock Header Bolt fastener employs a mechanical lock,
Direct conversion of thermal energy (heat) to electricity.
In collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne), we have developed a proof-of-concept (TRL 5, as defined by DOE/NASA), electronic, wafer fabricated device for cheap, efficient direct conversion of thermal energy (heat) to electricity.
There are too many fossil fuel cars on the roads and streets in the world, causing pollution, congestions and accidents. But the existing public transit vehicles and services are not efficient and attractive enough to make most car users change their behaviour and use buses, trams and trains for their daily trips.
Cornell Dubilier PPC Series 1mm-Thin Polymer Aluminum Electrolytics
Provides High Ripple Current and Capacitance
Thinner than a dime, available in custom values and shapes.
The new PPC Series of ultra-thin polymer aluminum electrolytic capacitors from Cornell Dubilier represents a totally new capacitor form factor. Designed specifically for applications requiring high ripple current and the thinnest possible profiles,
The growing concern over climate change created a need to shift towards less polluting forms of energy. Renewable energy, derived from Earth’s natural resources, is crucial to achieving this goal. However, many variables affect the rate and efficiency of energy generation and consume land resources. For instance,
The invention disclosed here is perhaps the most significant innovation in loudspeaker design since the invention of the acoustic suspension speaker in 1954.Getting good clean bass from a reasonably sized speaker enclosure is not easy. Subwoofers can put out plenty of bass from fairly small boxes by using tuned ports to extend their low-frequency range,
A medical safety device connected between a medical patient and medical equipment. The device can include an outer shell with an exterior sidewall and interior sidewall defining an open interior. The outer shell can include a door that can be opened to allow access to the interior shell.
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