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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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All the known toothbrushes should be periodically sterilized. First proposed construction of a toothbrush that can do it yourself by pressing an on-off” switch. Built-in LED emits ultraviolet light which kills bacteria on the toothbrush bristles. The LED is powered from a conventional source of energy and the solar battery, which is located on the toothbrush handle.
U.S. patent 7,976,267: “Helix Turbine System and Energy Production Means” is a modified helical vertical axis wind turbine. The invention was designed to be mounted on the peaks of roofs, edges of buildings, or with a conical or dome shaped base at the base to take advantage of the turbulent and accelerated wind energy produced.
This project proposes the construction of a public leisure centre, which consists of a tropical garden and an indoor swimming pool, both within the same enclosure, so the installations can be enjoyed all through the year.
In order to define a unique and compact volume,
The invention relates to a computerized auto safety and traffic control in order to avoid and eliminate chain collisions between vehicles on highways, but also on heavy traffic roads. This will reduce the number of casualties and material destruction, with applications in other sectors.
The invention refers to solar panel with an active core made of PET filaments and fibers, in view of substituting the well known panels from the present solar panel equipment as well as all installations and equipments which could benefit from this solution; shell made of plates made of recycled plastic materials, confers to the panel durability,
An innovative solution for the cosmic airplanes (spacecraft), for the sub-orbital salvage vehicles and also for the high speed airplanes, for all flying vehicles which necessitate a compact and robust body – atmospheric reentry (returning body) – at great altitudes and speed, respectively a maximum surface of wing spread and prolongation when landing.
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MERSEA is a transport vessel for marine aquaculture systems, with the primary goal to re-establish large shoals of marine fish.
The method behind MERSEA is primarily the incremental restoration of depleted marine resource overtime. The vessel includes various hatcheries for marine organisms, including but not limited to fish, crustaceans and molluscs.
A battery power handheld portable secure data-information audio-video playback bookwork monitor tool, USB cord, desktop PC, main computers and satellite combination and method for making life work simpler while fast forwarding developing technology advance utility for displaying electronic data-information that will replace today’s text printed on paper in a book, technical diagrams, technical and procedures manuals,
One of the dreams of handicapped people is to regain their mobility. It is sad that for many of them this is an elusive dream.
For many years wheelchairs have helped disabled people to some extent. According to the Wheelchair Foundation, “It is estimated that at least 100 million children, teens and adults worldwide need a wheelchair.
A single Opto-Electronic, Non-Volatile Memory Cell (OENVM) capable of storing 16-Bits of data in a small (n scale) could result in fast, compact, memory storage for future computers.
Being able to modulate light’s properties (e.g. frequency, intensity, polarization, phase, etc.
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