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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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Qidni Labs is developing the world’s smallest, wearable blood purification system that replaces dialysis for patients with kidney failure. Our main product, Qidni/D, is a miniature and dual-use device that can be used as both a portable machine at home and a wearable device that allows the patient to be mobile and receive continuous treatment. 
This prototype can help in achieving the long awaited dream of a self powered hydroponic farm. We all are aware of the fact that a hydroponic system requires high energy consumption which led to meagre growth in this sector and lost prime focus from corporate and govt agencies. With my prototype,
Now-a-days most of the mid-range & long-range aircraft have two high bypass fan turbine engines. About 70-75% of total thrust is produced by bypass fan & rest is produced by the expanding exhaust gas from turbine engine.
One out of three people in the world is exposed to earthquakes, and the number of people living in seismic areas increased by 93% in the past 40 years - 2.7 billion in 2018. Cities face a growing pressure from global challenge on resilience of structures and infrastructures to catastrophic natural events.
Limitless solar electric power means zero fossil fuels or plugging into the power grid. Various fixed, tracking or out-folding of additional solar module designs assure power requirements are met. Integrated into the solar electricity to storage mix is the 'human oriented control system' that actually customizes power per the user(s) aboard the craft.
Reduction of energy spend and boosting of throughput is of paramount importance to maximize gas separation efficiency. Waste heat energy has a major role in cost of the separated gas. In order to reduce waste energy and thereby reduce cost and increase throughput I have successfully developed a new concept after spending several years to research.
My proposal to eliminate the SARS-COV2 virus and end the pandemic is:
The SARS-COV2 virus has shape and mass (nanograms).
For this reason, its natural frequency (Hertz) can be calculated.
Once natural frequency is known of SARS-COV2, the same frequency can be applied externally by means of a frequency meter or láser ray,
The problem of IV infiltration is a widespread, unaddressed issue in the healthcare system. The use of IV treatment encompasses 70-90% of patient visits to hospitals [1], which lead to significant healthcare costs. Catheter dislodgement, the leading cause of IV infiltration, remains common. 68% of clinicians report catheter dislodgement “often, daily, or multiple times daily occurrence”,
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