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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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I have developed a machine that aids stroke and head injuries patients to learn to walk and improve motor skills.
The design is for a segmented welding filler rod for use with oxy-acetylene or TIG welding in steel aluminium copper etc..
The idea behind segmenting the filler rod is to allow the operator to deposit a precise volume of metal in steps along the joint to achieve a so called "fish-scale" or "nickle stack" effect.
Today there are keyboard synthesizers in the market that come with built-in MIDI song libraries and light-up keys to teach you how to play basic songs, but currently there is no such device for string instruments. This is not only the very first guitar equivalent but it is also portable, adaptable to any popular guitar model,
Health benefit background:
Accupressure therapy involves pressing points on the body with fingers, hands or balls as in this case illustrated below, to alter the internal flow of a supposed vital force of energy called chi, strengthening it, calming it or removing a blockage of flow.
I worked hard out in the hot sun in Florida on my hands and knees laying out the house windows and doors. It became a problem with the paper blueprints kept tearing, and all my redline number getting smudged.
Prism is a solar-powered, water-proof, impact-resistant backpack, designed to power, pack, and protect electronic goods on the go for urban commuters.
Prism utilizes an internal polycarbonate frame to protect your valuable electronic goods against drops, and a sealed, dual-layer, extremely durable, 1000D polyurethane coated nylon fabric on the outside, to protect against rain, exposure,
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Now scientific and technical progress in creating new constructional materials, energy saving technologies and in other areas of a science and techniques make modern discoveries (innovations) in the field of nanotechnologies and mechanical chemistry.
The important place in these technologies is represented to by means of destruction, decomposition and dispersion of various liquid substances. In particular,
Almost every household and service station has an electric drill. A drill’s function is restricted to drilling holes, screwing bolts in and out, or similar processes.
We ask you this question: Would you like to expand your drill’s application to a wider range of functions? If your answer is "YES"!!!,
Increasing level of AWARENESS while eliminating distraction originated in a control related activity such as vehicle's SPEED MANAGEMENT, by keeping the eyes focused on the road.
Actual speed limit for any section of the road is received in real time by a device on-board, then compared with the speed of the vehicle,
Birds are susceptible to noise as are other animals such as dogs, deer, etc. The object of this concept is to develop a low/high frequency generator and antenna system which can be integrated onto an aircraft which does not interfere with existing operating systems. The system would be similar to a car horn or deer whistle,
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