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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.
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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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Revolutionizing Underwater Exploration: The RDB55 Brushless Thruster
The underwater world holds a wealth of secrets, beckoning us to explore its depths. However, this exploration hinges on reliable and efficient technology. For too long, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) have relied on thruster technology that sees only incremental improvements. The RDB55 Brushless Thruster disrupts this stagnation,
Design Overview:
KinderBin is an innovative, child-friendly robotic dustbin designed to enhance environmental education in early childhood settings. Inspired by the engaging simplicity of lego blocks, this compact and mobile robot is tailored to foster responsible waste management practices among young learners in a playful and accessible manner.
Functionality and Features:
KinderBin is equipped with a multiple waste compartments,
Problem Addressed: Traditional crosswalks often lack adequate visibility, especially at night or during low-light conditions. Furthermore, push-button activation systems can be missed by pedestrians, particularly those with visual impairments or mobility limitations. These limitations contribute significantly to pedestrian safety concerns.
Toka has developed a high efficiency continuously variable transmission (CVT) that's simple, lightweight, compact and is suitable for numerous applications from subsea to aerospace.
Toka could be used as a Variable Speed Drive alternative i.e. CVT-as-VSD, for applications that see broadly varying speed and/or load conditions. This includes applications such as HVAC fans, pumps &
Universal Software Model -- the Future in Software!
100 programming languages? Why not only one?
I built it (60% ready) as a programming language, but it can be viewed as an Operating System for managing any informational problem.
The entire system is based on only 3 main concepts:
Parameters of the problems.
Environmental concerns, particularly global warming and the depletion of natural resources have escalated due to the sustained use of fossil fuels during industrialization. Mitigating these issues requires sustainable energy solutions. Water turbines present a promising avenue for generating electricity, leveraging the abundant and renewable resource of water. However, existing designs often face challenges such as high initial costs,
175 Coastal States are currently members to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). 10 countries are members to Category A of the IMO Council, 10 in Category B, and 20 in Category C, the good your Government at the time being not include any category of Council at IMO.
It is a small pocket device, which together with your smartphone performs multiple diagnostic analysis tests, reports and monitors the patient's health 24 hours a day/365. Both devices form the perfect symbiosis for the recognition and care of the health of the people. Being the first interactive AI system for prevention, clinical analysis tests and online healthcare, fully automated.
MAHDAVI-SAR -Search and Rescue Model and Response System
When objects are missing in a marine environment, whether it is missing vessels, missing persons or containers, a primary concern is where these objects will travel and where is the most probable search area.
I. What problem does your design idea solve?
All existing types of Cancer Treatments are Targeting Physical Locations of the Cancer Cells within a continuous physical space occupied by a human body.
The main problem is targeting only Cancer Cells without affecting the healthy cells and not to miss any cancer cells.
The additional problems- severe side effects.
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