Announcing Our 2024 Finalists
Congratulations to the seven finalists who will be competing for the Grand Prize during a live presentation round in November:
AstroAnt: A Miniature Symbiotic Robotic Serving on the Outside Surfaces of Spacecraft, Rovers, and Landers for Inspection and Diagnostic Tasks
Cosmetic Silica Upcycled from Rice Husk as Natural Alternative to Microplastic Powders
Laser-Generated Anti-Icing and Anti-Fogging Transparent Materials
Multi-Modal Traffic Detection System
NETrolyze: A Novel Immunotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
RHOBARR Barrier Dispersions Platform
Thin-Film Thermoelectric Cooling Device
Watch this space for more announcements, including the Top 100 entries and Top Ten most popular.
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When people lack easy and reliable clean drinking water access, it is a major burden on their lives. Beyond basic health concerns and the fact that 500,000 people die annually as a direct result of diarrheal illness from inadequate drinking water,
The SHOT starting system is unique to the Powersports world -- a starter that answers a mountain snowmobiler’s need for easy starting without adding significant weight.
Conserving energy in high altitude exertion is paramount, so adding weight to a vehicle is avoided,
The road accident deaths are becoming a huge concern for the world. The road accident deaths are claiming 1.25 million lives every year (an estimate given by the WHO). According to 2016 reports, the country in which I live in, topped the list.
Many revolutionary developments have taken place in the field of tire technology, from Dunlop tire to modern tubeless tires. Everyone is focused on improving durability, better traction, fuel economy etc. Beside all these developments,
In India thousands of railways travel everyday from one destination to another. The engine is the most important device of railway and it works on the principle of conversion of heat energy into mechanical energy.
Fast build of relatively simple three dimensional “green” parts is achieved by stacking and laminating two dimensional cutouts made from sheets of metal powder bound together by a thermoplastic polymer such that the stack forms the desired three dimensional shape. The “green”
A system generating electricity using External Magnetic Field (ExMF); based on the Universal Energies (UE), derived from the new fundamental physics (http://exmfpropulsions.com), is shown in Fig.
The current invention relates to improvements in basic gross measurement tools. It is an improvement on what may be the oldest of measuring instruments. It is particularly suited to people that "don't look so good". As you get older and your eyesight begins to fail,
Hello, Everyone. This is team Blue Energy Australia. My name is David Huang. I am the founder of Blue Energy Australia. I am also an inventor. My invention is a heat engine, which can be used in automobiles for transport, electricity generation, renewable energy storage, emission reduction,
This invention presents an isolated way to implement scavenge in 2-stroke opposed-piston engine ----- by a free-piston running between two opposed- pistons. During scavenge process, the incoming fresh charge would always be sealed and separated from the burnt gas by the free piston.
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