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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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An infrared thermometer is an essential tool for rapid, accurate, and contactless temperature measurements.
As the name suggests it is an infrared thermometer that can be worn like a ring on the finger. The thermometer has an infrared temperature sensor under the ring, and the temperature reading is displayed on an OLED screen on top of the ring.
Surgical lighting systems (SLSs) are critical for visualizing an operating site during surgery. Optimal illumination requires constant SLS repositioning, but this process can be distracting and dangerous. Manual lighting adjustments occur on average every 7.5 minutes during surgery, and 64% of these actions interrupt the staff’s other surgical duties.
As inconceivable as it may seem, existing fiber optic inspection standards consider (characterize) the three-dimensional connector in limited two-dimensions. Cleaning standards reflect this limitation. Fiber Optic Connector Surfaces, as characterized by IEC 61300-3-35, are an essential minimum requirement for those planning and working on the contemporary fiber optic connector.
Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything.
Wildfires have become an increasingly destructive force, wreaking havoc on communities and natural landscapes worldwide. In response to this escalating crisis, a groundbreaking invention has emerged: a metal spiral wire system designed to prevent the spread of wildfires and protect firefighters on the front lines.
Internal Combustion Engines have become an integral part of our society over the last 125 years due to their convenience, power density, range, and many other virtues. Unfortunately,
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Autonomous Systems - aircraft, unmanned aerial systems, and autonomous vehicles rely heavily on sensors (e.g., GPS, cameras, LiDAR, gyroscopes, etc.) for perception and use specialized algorithms for navigation and autonomous operations. The sensors' accuracy and reliability are crucial for these systems' safe operations.
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This entry presents a civilian aircraft design inspired by the JetZero Blended Wing Body (BWB) concept, emphasizing enhanced efficiency, sustainability, and passenger experience. The proposed design integrates advanced aerodynamics, lightweight materials, and state-of-the-art propulsion systems to create a novel aircraft suitable for commercial aviation.
In the present days interest in agricultural waste has increased to explore their benefits from this waste. Wood is being used everywhere for making of paper as raw material. Wood pulp, bamboo, molasses, bagasse and cellulose fiber are essential for paper production. Old newspaper and all used paper packing material are also used for making of paper after recycling.
Plasma Bound, an innovative deep-tech company based in Ireland, is transforming the adoption of lightweight composite materials with its patented Controlled Polymer Ablation (CPA) process and revolutionary product, Vulcan. Designed for industries such as automotive, aerospace, sporting goods, and consumer electronics, CPA and Vulcan provide a significant leap in composite pre-treatment technology.
It has been 50 to 70 years and still no entrepreneurial genius human minds have successfully solved the problem of overly packed, crawling freeways. Everyday millions of people accept this huge waste of their time as a normal part of life and just complain, INSTEAD of doing something about it.
Today's public transportation systems are obsolete, expensive jokes. Worse,
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