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Since Tech Briefs magazine launched the Create the Future Design contest in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovation, over 15,000 design ideas have been submitted by engineers, students, and entrepreneurs in more than 100 countries. Join the innovators who dared to dream big by entering your ideas today.
Read About All the 2024 Winning Inventions
Special Report spotlights the eight amazing winners in 2024 as well as honorable mentions in each category, plus the top ten most popular entries as voted by our community.
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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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Power and propulsion system for long range zero-emissions vehicles. The nucleus of the propulsion system consists of our patented dual rotor flux switching superconductive motor operating at 25kW/kg, cryogenic system and ducted propulsor. The power system consists of our NASA licensed closed Strayton and removable battery array.
This project proposes a 360-degree ground-to-air detection system designed to precisely identify and track commercial drones, including mini FPV models. The system leverages a multi-sensor approach for robust and reliable performance.
Multi-Sensor Synergy:
High-Resolution LiDAR: LiDAR sensors provide detailed 3D mapping, enabling accurate detection and positioning of drones in their environment.
Presented here are concept designs that will have hardware software embedding into existing systems. Coding programmers will have to develop further to incorporate working computer apps. ChatGPT GPT4 machine learning artificial intelligence integrated package system.
WaterStrider: A New 56-mg Controllable Microswimmer Driven by a New 1-mg Unimorph SMA-Based Actuator
With a weight of 56 mg and a length of 22 mm, the WaterStrider (see illustrations) is the lightest controllable water-surface-tension locomoting robot reported to date. The WaterStrider is designed to efficiently utilize the large force outputs produced by a new 1-mg unimorph shape-memory alloy (SMA)-based actuator.
According to the UN, only 9% of 8.3 billion tons of plastic waste have been recycled over the past 65 years. In many situations, recycling is not economically feasible. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, many recycling methods cannot handle mixed waste and therefore require plastic to be sorted. Where chemical recycling can accept mixed plastic,
As a technology, spark ignition power units feature high degree of maturity. On the other hand, incremental benefits on a wide scale mean significant impact!
Spark anemometry leverages exactly this: increased efficiency for new and existing engines. Improved control margins are obtained through in-cylinder fluid motion data that renders cylinder-to-cylinder optimal ignition adjustment possible.
The human centrifuge device has special cabin 1 for passengers so that the weight of the passengers is transmitted by a series of interconnected double cone wheel units sliding on v_shaped inclined tracts and tends to be supported by a rigid tube at right angles to the direction of force transmission and as the machine sustains high speed rotary
Natural factors can be highly effective in treating a wide range of medical issues, an area of study known as balneology. Despite its efficacy, balneology is relatively unknown and underutilized in the United States. CarboMed, the medical division of Euroscience, has developed innovative technologies leveraging the therapeutic potential of various gases,
New Drugless Medical Technology: The Hill Keratosis Treatment
Natural factors can be highly effective in treating a wide range of medical issues, an area of study known as balneology. Despite its efficacy, balneology is relatively unknown and underutilized in the United States. CarboMed, the medical division of Euroscience, has developed innovative technologies leveraging the therapeutic potential of various gases,
New Drugless Medical Technology: The Face Skin Rejuvenation
Natural factors can be highly effective in treating a wide range of medical issues, an area of study known as balneology. Despite its efficacy, balneology is relatively unknown and underutilized in the United States. CarboMed, the medical division of Euroscience, has developed innovative technologies leveraging the therapeutic potential of various gases,
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