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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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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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The Pollution Detection Smartwatch is an advanced wearable device engineered for real-time environmental monitoring. This smartwatch is ideal for environmental health monitoring, providing immediate alerts and comprehensive data analytics. The device interfaces with a dedicated mobile application for continuous data logging, trend analysis, and sharing capabilities. Designed for precision and reliability,
As electric vehicles are seeing consistent year over year sales growth, there is still an unmet need for charging locations.
The Self-Driving Robot for the Blind (SDRB) is a purpose-built device aimed to assist individuals with visual impairments to navigate safely from a point to another. The navigation of the robot is guided by instructions transmitted from the user's mobile phone, on which an application has been installed for real-time communication with the robot.
Urbanization is a fast-growing process worldwide, In Urban centers the annual wastewater generation is around 72,368 MLD, double the amount produced in rural areas. Of the enormous amount generated, only one-third is being reused because of the slow process and the treatment plans have failed to meet quality standards that assure human health safety. Traditional methods,
The transportation sector is a major source of CO2 emissions, contributing to global warming and climate change. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), this sector is responsible for nearly a quarter of global energy-related CO2 emissions.
Dum is a cooking technique that involves cooking slowly over low heat in large heavy bottomed sealed vessel after placing the ingredients in the vessel, heated using wood at the bottom and heated wood or charcoal on top of the Dum pot with varying times from few minutes to overnight depending on the ingredients.
The development of alveolar organoids for drug screening represents a significant advancement in respiratory research, offering a more physiologically relevant model for studying lung diseases and testing therapeutic interventions. This study explores the creation of alveolar organoids using a comprehensive suite of growth factors to replicate the intricate microenvironment of the human alveoli.
Sailing to the Moon in Search of Water is a game changer for manned and unmanned missions to moon and beyond. Water is a critical substance for life and propellant. Currently we do not understand the sub-surface of the moon. NASA Ames LCROSS crashed a probe in the moon's south pole and detected water vapor.
Future in-space operations — across LEO (Low Earth Orbit), lunar missions, and out to Mars — will heavily leverage robotics and autonomy to improve systems performance, reduce risk to human crews, and contribute to novel mission capabilities. Robots have long been used for remote operations, to support space missions. Expanding beyond large, cost-intensive robotic platforms,
Crest Robotics' Robotic Puller is a new product for the energy sector designed to assist linemen and riggers with maintaining and upgrading our energy infrastructure. As an evolution on an existing product known as a 'traction motor,' our puller is lighter, stronger, more efficient, and more intelligent, enabling safer and more cost-effective operations.
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