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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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We know a number of known flaws in traditional engines:
1. Inefficient combination of pressure within the cylinder and tangential force on the crankshaft. Two points need to be looked at closely when the crankshaft rotates 180 degrees:
a) The pressure changes from a maximum to a minimum value;
GDI Magnetic Injector and Fuel Rail Solenoid Tester. The magnetic unit can test GDI injectors and the fuel rail pressure control solenoid, which can sometimes employ 14 to 24 volts and is also PWM controlled.
A mm wave soil moisture sensor that can accurately measure moisture quantity in soil avoiding the effect of salt influence on the measurement.
Salt in soil disrupts the accuracy of moister measurement in soil in almost all type of high and low cost sensor in todays market (except TDR type of sensor who are very high cost).

Traditionally, orthopedic surgeons have relied upon surgical screws to stabilize bone fractures. However, these screws often need to be removed due to pain and inadequate performances, causing surgical device removal surgeries to account for over 30% of all planned orthopedic surgeries. Screws have protruding heads that make them prone to catching on nearby muscle and nervous tissue,
Address the problem instead of brushing or styling hair the old way is to either wet hands and drip water everywhere or putting your head under water. With the Liquid Brush it's more manageable faster time and less mess for styling hair or coloring.


In the 1990's, the Back to Sleep campaign taught parents how to lessen the chances of SIDS and accidental suffocation and strangulation, and fatalities dropped by 40%. But Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths have continued at a steady rate for more than 20 years.
The Smart Life Guard Pajamas (SLGP) can be useful in two main cases:
1) In the case of Sudden Cardiac Arrest – A lot of adult people suffer from cardiac problems, which can cause Cardiac Arrest. Because of this reason plenty of people die during sleep, without any chance of medical help.
Kilowatt Killer is designed to improve Whole House Fan (WHF). According to the Department of Energy, WHF can replace your air conditioner (AC) most of the year in most climates.
The improvement we made is in casing design and controller. The casing minimizes obstruction of view, locate motor behind the wall to lower decibels, secure open window,
An elephant tooth is one of the biggest illegal market in the world and it is one of the main reasons why there are illegal killing elephants.
This concept produces electricity by the wind. We need a round column that is 240 ft high and 4 ft diameter. On the top of column we have around frame, that is 200 ft diameter and 314 curbs blade fan, to attach to the top and bottom of the column spindle. At the bottom there is a spindle gear,
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