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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 COVID-19 pandemic situation has called for an urgent need for the development of low cost respiratory ventilators across the globe. Such ventilators must include functionalities to cater to the patients experiencing severe respiratory illnesses, such as ARDS, where lung compliance and patient breathing cycles are dynamic, and require an accurate and controllable ventilator design.
Today’s autonomous drones have reaction times of tens of milliseconds, which is not enough for navigating fast in complex dynamic environments. To safely avoid fast moving objects, drones need low-latency sensors and algorithms. We departed from state-of-the-art approaches by using event cameras, which are bioinspired sensors with reaction times of microseconds.
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S-Band(Face Shields)
Problem Statement:
There is also a shortage of medical facilities in Lagos State and Nigeria at large to manage the Covid-19 pandemic. This leaves most health practitioners and the general public exposed to the spreading coronavirus.
The first half of 2020 brought hardship, job loss, food shortages and closing businesses and communities mourning the loss of their family members. Businesses now must adapt to and improve their way to serve customers and workforce as local, state & Federal agencies are defining the environment for the future, with requirements continuing to change.
A wide variety of suspension techniques are used in the automobile industry. Most of them use compressive spring, hydraulics, etc. Such shock absorbers require maintenance. I am proposing a novel way of shock absorber which does not require any spring, coil, oil, hydraulics or pneumatic mechanism. In this concept I have used simple law of magnet, "like poles repels.
The digital fabrication of oxide glasses by three-dimensional (3D) printing represents a major paradigm shift in the way glasses are designed and manufactured. Automation enabled by the first industrial revolution led to the mechanization of blowing and casting processes. Despite the undeniable advantages brought by automation in terms of reproducibility, quality, and production volume,
Levi is the office desk reinvented. In a creative work environment it‘s important that one can quickly dissolve and reorganize work formations to keep up with changing needs and to move free during a turbulent daily routine.
We designed Levi based on comprehensive research, to make work easier for our fellow students at university and for ourselves,
So much is going on and so many, everyone, is affected. With the global pandemic, economies crashing and internal-international struggles for equality we have been forced to question every-one-of our purchases and needs. Running our 80k lux-trucks as daily commuters is not only unsustainable, it’s irresponsible.
The Silver Lock fastener is a permanently locking, high vibration resistant fastener, that for maintenance is reversible and reusable. It employs a mechanical lock, which does not rely on friction. With the engagement of a standard 6-point socket, the fastener is free spinning, so an accurate preload can be applied. It is ideal for critical applications,
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