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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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In countries where oil is extracted and transported by sea, they face such a problem as oil spills on the surface of the water. This, in turn, leads to a global environmental problem, such as pollution of the seas, the death of living organisms (fish, birds, mammals, etc.
Emissions-free vehicles are the future of transportation. Manufacturers strive to improve the characteristics of electrical vehicles. Two of the electrical vehicle problems are the costs of batteries and the time to recharge them.
A proposal to solve part of this problem is to develop an Aerodynamic Electric Solar Bus (AESB).
Sense Relief Inc. Executive Summary
Using Apple Watch to Improve Management of Pregnancy-Related Nausea and Vomiting
HOW SENSE RELIEF APP WORKS
Sense Relief App is a digital therapeutics software (DTx) that uses Apple Watch technology to deliver acupressure for fast and safe nausea relief, with an initial focus on pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting (PRNV).
The objective is to design a drone which resembles a bird, also called ornithopter. This drone can be mounted with a camera that can be used for aerial surveillance and photography. Used for military purposes such as aerial recon without alerting the enemies since the ornithopter fairly resembles an actual bird.
Technology protects cars from accidents on bridges and in intersections
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The objective of this project to develop a system with a phone application using iBeacon and sensors technology to track the cars in (Bridge Interchange) and (intersection blind point) by warning the drivers through Bluetooth phone alarm.
FRWC is an autonomous drone car that can effectively remove water and snow in outdoor courts and repair potholes in the field, improving the time-consuming manual repair method and providing the players a safe court environment at all times.
FRWC utilizes the electric heating plates to melt the snow in the court,
Fantasy Iris is an electronic iris color changing film that allows users to change the iris style according to different occasions; and provides Ring Code (ring matrix graphic code) to provide users with more secure iris encryption identification. Fantasy Iris uses batteryless electronic paper For a long time to present and change the iris style,
There is a dire need to better protect the health of seashores, lakes and rivers, especially fishing grounds. A unique clean-up boat is described below. It aims to markedly reduce the cost and increase the effectiveness of meeting the need.
Though originally conceived by RESTCo, an Ottawa, Canada based R&D company, solely to recover spilled oil,
To appreciate BMHK engine proposal, one must think of stars, including our Sun, as not only nuclear fusion reactors but also, and probably most importantly, as Gravity engines. The sun uses its intensive gravitational force for compression leading to pressures and temperatures that are so high that initiate and sustain nuclear fusion.
Using 2007 ACS data, it is estimated that a person in the United States can expect to move 11.7 times in their lifetime. The proposed idea addresses the difficulty to manage your mailing address in the event of a move.
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