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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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Shaper machining is a famous mechanical operation that cuts the metal into different shapes .
Shaper machine has two strokes one is called forward stroke and the other is the return stroke .
There are many adults and children who have died in car accidents. Also many are handicapped for life. Many improvements are present to prevent this occurring in small passenger cars. But when this car strike in high speed with any car/goods vehicle or a big tree then the passengers are either dead or injued.

Electricity-operated durable medical equipment (DME), such as ventilators and dialysis machines, are life-supporting medical devices used at home by patients. The use of DME is not only convenient and economical, but also leads to a better quality of life for the patient. In a 2013 survey, WHO estimated that in Japan alone,
The proposed modular green roof is applicable to all buildings in rainy and tropical regions of the world. In the proposed system, it has been tried to mitigate or even solve the problems related to the previous systems such as requiring a large installation space, low water storage efficiency, water penetration to the interior part of the building,
Most of the coffee mug warmers available in the market utilise resistive heating. These warmers can be used with ceramic mugs or outer-body stainless steel mugs. However these are unsuitable for stainless steel-mugs with plastic outer cover used for insulation. Furthermore, these warmers are inefficient;
Smartphones are smart because of their multitasking capabilities & even by their physical appearance. Considering physical appearance here is an interactive design in which people can feel & sense different materials for mobiles either than just metal & plastic. Choosing windows interface this mobile is been designed.
Features/innovation:
1. Special edition series (leather, carbonfibre &
The two cycle internal combustion engines can become widely used in the automotive market, if two main goals were achieved:
- Maintain its original simplicity
- Eliminate the pollution inherent to the concept
Patent filed at the USPTO: 5,403,164 (Sep. 14,1993) and Brasil: PI9203733
This patent is today under public domain,
Egypt is experiencing one of its most serious energy crises for decades, with parts of the country facing around six power cuts a day for up to two hours at a time. The blackouts have created widespread frustration, with businesses reporting a downturn in production and citizens complaining about the disruption to everyday life.
This technology aims at developing an unobtrusive and minimally invasive assistive technology for people with severe disabilities.Tongue controlled technology detects the user’s voluntary tongue movement and translates it into user defined commands. Since the tongue is connected to the hypoglossal cranial nerve, it escapes damage in most spinal cord injuries.
Finger Print Starting (FPS) system is a revolutionary innovative starting system in two wheeler where the usage of keys can be avoided. Since the invention of the two wheeler there are lots of advancements in bikes (example: fuel injection, tubeless tyre etc,) except the keys.
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