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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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Founded in 2018, the company has created a new way of building composite parts, one that combines 3D printing technique and filament with continuous carbon fiber reinforcement and compression molding to create strong, light components. The multi-step method delivers parts that can be both cheaper and less wasteful than either conventional composite or machined parts,
This innovation relates to the field of rotary internal combustion engines. This is new type of rotary engines (VSD- engines, hereinafter VSD) which use detonation type of combustion and three thermodynamic cycles (intake-detonation-exhaust). VSD was designed at 2018-2019 (Rotary-vane mechanism for engines and compressors. US patent application US 17/125,352, 12.23.2021; Rotary-blade mechanism,
The Sowda mechanism is intended to be added to conventional internal combustion engines (ICE). By adding the Sowda mechanism to any ICE, the ICE will have the attributes of continuously variable compression (cVCR ) and true-Atkinson. The. attribute of cVCR should add 10%+ efficiency to an ICE as well as allowing for multiple fuels.
We have developed technologies to capture and process plastics from the open ocean and rivers. Our technology is unique in that it is minimally invasive, which is a very important aspect of working in the ecologies needed to be cleaned. As an added benefit, the captured carbons, in the form of plastics,
BPPV type vertigo affects 8% of the population, and every year 1.6% of the population visits an emergency room for BPPV attacks. The misdiagnosis rate of BPPV in the ER is reported as 74-81%. Every year 5.5 million patients visit the ER in the USA,
As people get older they tend to become less active and sit front of the TV much of the day. This constant seating without proper exercise eventually leads to weight gain. Doctor’s warnings do not help much. The majority of seniors develop more complicated health issues due to weak muscles and being overweight. Being realistic,
The Branch Lite makes walking at night safer for the visually impaired and elderly.
It is a walking stick with two LED torches and a tail light for visibility at night!
Features:
Two(2) Led Torch Lights to light the path at night.
Holohop is a fully functional rear windscreen whipper with a 3D holographic projector display fan attached. When in use, it displays bright caution signs and signals for easier communication to on coming traffic where there is low visibility due to bad weather like fog, rain, and darkness.
My creation for the future design is a tree generator system that generates electricity Through kinetic movement and wind generating from windy weather conditions and light winds. This new tech is effective when there’s no solar energy from the sun. It also generates energy at night and is designed to withstand most rough weather conditions.
Using the plasma control technologies from Tokamak fusion reactors, my new scramjet engine design can propel an aircraft from a runway and accelerate to hypersonic speeds (> Mach 6) using hydrogen or other combustible fuels. Page 97 of 990
