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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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Today we find smoke detectors being made mandatory on all commercial and residential buildings, but they only provide immediate local warning for an existing fire or the presence of smoke. Furthermore, beyond the warning given, they form no other function for the First Responders that attend and attempt to save lives and property.
Turbo Tone®
A patented sound diffuser made for anyone using a 10" or 12" speaker to amplify a musical instrument. Designed to handle the frequencies between 7khz and 10khz at +90db levels. The device is placed centered directly in front of the speaker on the outside of the speaker's cabinet.
The idea is to burn rice hulls in a biomass power plant to produce steam and electricity next to the rice mill where the rice hull is separated and is available in large quantities as agricultural waste.
One then transform the fly ashes (rich in very pure silica) into silica and activated carbon by digestion, filtration,
As per the federal government indoor air quality studies, it is determined the quality of air inside a home is up to 50 times more polluted when compared to outside air like in a park. The major reason for this, to contain the heat, the home is tightly insulated.
Saving energy is similar to creating energy in this way: if someone saves 1 KWH of energy then there is no need to produce that 1 KWH. This alleviates pollution and helps in carbon credit.
At present, there is a great need for an ultra high efficiency light source (Lumen per Watt), long life (hours),
Removing a compressor from a package air-conditioner has a number of challenges. There is usually little to rig any lifting equipment, the compressor is well over the weight anyone should attempt to lift alone. Removing the unit top and using a very large mobile crane is a possible solution, though very expensive to do.
This design is a concept of incorporating mine detection electrics within the fabric of military boots for protecting our troops by outfitting the boots with mine detectors. Simple and cheap.
It can also be made available to many of the warring countries to protect civilians.
This is a new wheel assembly in a combination of a rim, tire and a hoop member that encircles the outer periphery of the tire. The hoop member is a combination of two rigid circular bands of metal spaced apart and restrained by a rigid bracing.
Reading laptop screens outside or on bright days can be difficult because the backlights can't compete with the brightness of daylight. So why not use that daylight to your advantage?
My invention uses a cylindrical lens to take the light coming down from above and focuses it into the backlight plate. Therefore,
Instant Cooling (Fast Freeze) & Instant Heating (Microwave) in one convenient attractive embodiment as a small home appliance. Insert a wine bottle, soda/beer cans and press a button. Cools in 3 minutes or less from room to refrigerated temperature. For different variety of wines different temperature settings can be done. Saves plenty of energy. Reason?
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