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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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The optical and structural properties of a material determine how a surface absorbs, emits, transmits or reflects radiative energy. From the various methods for modifying the radiative properties of a surface, paints and coatings possess a clear advantage with respect to cost, ease of application, and simplicity.
Many viral and bacterial infections are airborne (such as COVID and Influenza), meaning they spread via pathogen-laden particles (aerosols and droplets) exhaled by an infected person when breathing, talking, coughing, or sneezing. In fact, the airborne transmission of respiratory pathogens is recognized as a main route of transmission of SARS-COV-2, influenza, tuberculosis, the common cold,
This entry contains a novel swarm control technology for aerospace applications that enable on-orbit servicing, collaboration, and coordination. Certain classes of reconfigurable modular robotics systems are intended to function like social insects or multicellular animals, where millions of cells work together to ensure the survival of the whole. While each cell is simple, has a short life span,
Our project is IR based home automation. In this project, we are using IR based wireless communication for controlling home appliances. Here microcontroller ATMega328P is used for controlling the whole process. We send some commands to the controlling system by using IR TV/DVD remote for controlling AC home appliances. After receiving a signal from IR remote,
Airborne transmission of respiratory pathogens such as COVID and Influenza is a major concern, especially within confined indoor environments with multiple occupants: shared work offices, call centers, classrooms, theaters, etc. There is a high risk of cross-infection in these enclosed environments, driven by the smaller respiratory particles (including aerosols of COVID, Influenza, etc.
An optical refractometer has a uniquely designed and patented low-cost hybrid optical prism that channels light from a light source to an optical surface interfacing with the fluid to be detected. Depending on the refractive index of the fluid and other determining factors,
The Present Invention Breaks New Ground in Physics, as it is an Apparatus that Will Demonstrate that Positrons can be generated quite easily in Real Time, simply by Electrically Charging a Sphere of Radioactive Fuel (Pu-239, Pu-238, U-238, U-235, or Th-232) to Positive 1.022 MeV. This (just greater than one million volt,
The typical sources for renewable energy utilize wind, hydro, or solar. In regards to solar, the predominant devices used are solar panels to convert solar energy into electricity. However, despite their apparent environmental benefits, solar panels are fabricated using toxic chemicals, metals, and processes that exist throughout the production, usage and disposal life-cycle.
Problem
In the streets of cities, many silent scooters, electric vehicles appeared. Sometimes silent vehicles, including bicycles, move through pedestrian zones. At the same time, there is a risk that these vehicles can be scattered from behind to a pedestrian. Not all pedestrians can hear that some object is following them at a high speed.
Benefits
A photosensitive sensor.
Problem:
On the ocean coast, in hot countries, there may not be enough drinking water.
Benefits:
Creating an additional source of drinking water without using electric energy. The use of the energy of ocean tides and castings.
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