The 2025 Contest is Now Open for Entries!
Submit your best new product ideas in any of seven categories for a chance at $25,000 USD and other great prizes. Here’s how to get started.
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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.
Read About All the 2024 Winning Inventions
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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Period poverty impacts numerous women and mensurating individuals in the United States due to limited access to continuous menstrual products, feelings of guilt and shame, a lack of eco-friendly and safe options, as well as unaffordable products. As a result, they resort to unhygienic and often unsafe practices during menstruation.
Aeroplicity is a platform built for the aerospace and defense industry that reduces operational costs, improves traceability, and enhances cybersecurity all while helping supply chains go green and stand out in the market. Our suite of secure, cloud-based applications is designed to meet the rigorous compliance requirements of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), 
The presence of antibiotics, pesticides and toxins has reached an alarming situation. Though there is a push for organic food, there is no analytical instrument which can give instant results to detect food contamination. Existing methods use wet chemistry and need sophisticated instruments like HPLC and mass spectrometers.
Aryabhatta Motors has reimagined the engineering behind building a two wheeler, how it is designed and assembled, and how it is managed post assembly in order to solve the inefficiencies and pain points that have plagued the two wheeler automotive industry. Aryabhatta Motors refuses to accept conventional wisdom. Our mindset,
Amnova is developing large format additive manufacturing hybrid systems.
The systems function like most typical cartesian 3D Printers. However, the physics of 3D Printing changes as one scales production volume. Using first principles, I recreated a system refined for large format production.
Proposed is a multi-prong solution to clean, maximally-efficient, low cost, rapidly deployable/instituted, sustainable and ▶functional◀ EV mobility [including I.C.E. mobility] and power generation from one product.
The Major Problems in ▶ALL◀ Mobility and Small-to-Medium Size Power Generation Sectors:
internal combustion engine[I.C.E.
Our project focuses on harnessing the power of nature by utilizing mycelium, the root-like network of fungi, to create an eco-friendly alternative to traditional packaging materials. By integrating this groundbreaking solution into the realm of commercial retail, we can successfully address the negative impacts of plastic pollution and lead the path for a greener planet.
Mycelium,
The ReLeaf system is an innovative solution poised to revolutionize urban forest management by harnessing the power of smart technology and data analytics. With its combination of sensor technology, real-time feedback, and advanced analytics, ReLeaf empowers arborists and urban foresters with the tools and insights needed to optimize tree care, conserve resources, and foster community engagement.
Operating revenue-generating assets in harsh environments poses safety and financial risks. For example, catastrophic wind turbine blade failures are costing $1.5 billion a year to fleet owners and operators across 700,000 blades in operation globally (Wind Power Engineering, 2018), and safety incidents have increased by 22.3% on wind farms (Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organization).
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