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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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Ever watched someone welding on TV? If you have the spark never hurt your eyes cause the TV is not able to produce a spark that bright to harm your eyes.
A sufficient number of jet engines suffer bird strikes that cause damage to the aircraft and occasionally loss of human life. Other than using methods to try and deter birds from gathering around airports, there is nothing that can save the birds once they are in the air intake stream. However,
A system for replicating high resolution surfaces, in this case a prosthetic surface. Mirroring and replicating a lost limb with personal detail including fingerprints and as fine as blood vessel and nerve fiber matrix interfaces. Patented methods for reproducing a 3D object surface are the base of the system.
Have you ever wondered how exciting it would be to generate power from our own bodies while staying healthy at the same time? Well, here comes the ‘E-Go’ bike. Call it eco-friendly or a generator, for us it is simply derived from the word ‘ego.
Mi invention consist of a video device that can be installed in any vehicle in order to have a way to maintain a constant monitoring of the daily driving each individual performs.
This device is built using up to four modules, each module has a video camera, and integrated microphone and a solid state memory;
The state of the art solution proposed herein involves the introduction of components made from 2 newly-described, patent-pending crystalline alloys, which compose a multi-sectional pre-fabricated alloy girder-pin frame, which surrounds the entire oil platform (from the vertical level of the platform, all the way down to the mud of the ocean floor).
Every year in the United States, over 2 Million people get an infection after they are admitted to a hospital. Of these infections, 100,000 of them are fatal. This is more deaths than AIDS, breast cancer and car accidents combined.
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and the World Health Organization (WHO),
Neutek USA announces all new "Best-In-Class" MagLUX™ SLM1-K7 24" LED Magnetic Task Lighting. MagLUX™ more universally known as ThinLUX™ is designed especially for most common steel cabinets, boxes, enclosures and shelving (e.g. Modular Metal Office Furniture). It's USA manufactured design fully replaces a typical OEM 15+ lb heavy steel fluorescent fixture costing hundreds more.
A Disposable Pad For The Prevention And Treatment Of Decubitus
Background:
Socially and medically under the radar, the annual cost of treating decubitus, commonly known as “bedsores” or “pressure sores,” is estimated at eleven billion dollars in the US. Hospital administrators are acutely aware of both the monetary cost and the cost in pain and suffering.
Historically,
Instead of seeing labels on products such as 'green' or 'sustainable' or 'made from recyclable materials', this analysis tool allows for a points system to be placed on consumer products and industrial processes. A consumer, designer or engineer can then make quick and yet informed decisions when purchasing or implementing products and/or processes. Much like nutritional value labels,
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