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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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A quick successful intravenous(IV) catheter indwelling to "life-saving IV line" demanded patients at critical moments such as in emergency departments and intensive care units, and an optimal safety and fluent operation to the healthcare givers is a wonderful merit to both patients and healthcare workers.
This is a high end audio system intended as a jukebox system but capable of being the central computer for a mobile life. It has stereo sound with 15 watts per channel in a sealed cabinet design. The screen is 9" and is a touch screen which is what's used for most functions.
Larger-than-life issues such as Global Climate Change can seem so complex that the non-scientist feels intimidated by the whole thing. The proposed distributed system would get the average citizen, family, school groups and other organizations directly involved.
Concept:
Infant/child car seat with attached USB flash drive that retains valuable medical/contact information for the child in case of emergency.
Need:
In cases wherein a parent and/or caregiver have been incapacitated or killed in an automobile accident, a simple,
Car engine efficiency on better mileage will be based on the following factors: air filter medium, engine condition and fuel quality. As the engine RPM increase, air inflow decrease. Having a electrolysis system, producing hydrogen and oxygen via alternator and booster box. Hydrogen and oxygen gas can be store for situational use.
Whether you have acute back pain, a sports injury or the most common chronic condition, arthritis, you are almost guaranteed to develop some kind of musculoskeletal condition at some stage of your lives. In the case of the arthritis sufferers, a life-long sentence awaits them relieved only by pain-killers, steroids and infrequent and poorly accessible physiotherapy.
Problem Description (Explain the technical and business problems you are addressing) :-
Making a device for Complete utilization of the energy being generated by the rotation of the wheel on use of cycling machine either at gym or home.
Resonant cyclic energy flow systems (RCEFS) are designed for resonant generation of mechanical or electromagnetic vibratory or oscillatory energy through excitation of not standing but the traveling, namely – revolving, natural waves within a distributed parameter system.
FUELING INTERGALACTIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Don Hill
Propelling spaceships through deep space requires ships to carry huge amounts of fuel to escape the gravitational pull on the ship. Once a space ship escapes the pulls of gravity within a solar system, the energy required to control the velocity of the ship becomes extremely small. With no added force,
Wind and solar energy are the two most abundant renewable energy sources on the planet. Current state of the art solar panels and wind generators are bulky, expensive and difficult to transport and deploy.
Wind2Go is the first portable wind generator on the market capable of delivering electricity where and when is needed most.
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