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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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Driving a car with an automatic gearbox requires transferring the right foot from one pedal to the other, which takes about 0.4 seconds. Over that interval, at 75 mph, the car goes 44 feet or 40% of the 7.5 car lengths which constitutes the safe distance at that speed (one car length for each 10 mph).
With busier airports and higher fuel prices the demand for more efficient aircraft and airport operations is necessary for the future of the aeronautic industry.
The wing of an aircraft generates lift by creating a pressure differential between the upper and lower surfaces,
A Dirigible Space Elevator, a unique combination of aerospace design and geodesic geometry, has many monetary, efficiency and energy saving uses. The geodesic exo-structure allows any airship the ability to fly upwards at speeds exceeding 150 mph. The reduced costs to get to space will improve everything with respect to technological R & D associated with space.
Data acquisition has become widely available to specific applications in the consumer space, most prominently fitness. The data collected from fitness watches helps athletes optimize their training and adds to the competitive nature of sports. For example, cyclists don't only compare elapsed time but also power, heart rate, cadence, speed and climb rate.
The CASP Controller (Cascading Array of Sequenced Power), more specifically an ATX computer power supply controller, is a "motherboard invisible" means for providing supplemental ATX electrical power (AUX +5 and +12 VDC) to peripheral devices.
The range of devices being broad, such as liquid cooling appliances (over clocked systems), hard drive arrays (populated servers),
Unknown hydro & aerodynamic technologies are used to make directional thrust devices for water and aircraft. Analytical control software is in specification stage that can multi-task. The software can make operation of water or aircraft easier. In addition, the water or aircraft can be self-controlling w/ computing systems that are fully functional (w/o bugs or freezing up).
Many people and businesses talk about energy conservation and make attempts at conserving electricity, by turning off lights and equipment when not in use. However, many people do not actually know how much energy is used throughout their home or office.
The swing bike is an entertaining mix of a typical playground swing and a bicycle. Pictured is the preferred two-person model. The swinging motion is transferred to the wheels in proportion to the control of one of the operators. Steering is also under the control of an operator, perhaps the same or the other.
This is a Internal Combustion Rotary Engine. Completely rotary with all parts rotating from a central axis. The ME2a, unlike all reciprocating piston engines, maximizes torque output for the duration of its power stroke. This gives it superior power and efficiency. The ME2a will replace all reciprocating piston engines. Made from ceramic material, no cooling system, no fluid lubrication.
This concept is for several wound dressing conditions. Foremost to me is burn wound dressings. Burn patients suffer from pain when their dressings are changed. One use of this concept is to pump numbing and sterile gels in between the dressing and the wound.
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