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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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Code Blue MedTech - Affordable, portable, easy-to-use, autonomous cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation (AED) device that bystanders use to save the life of a patient in sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and increases the odds of survival of out-of-hospital SCA from 5% to 31%.
Electricity access for Africa is just over 40%. This means that over 640 million Africans lack access to electricity. For the ones who do, it is usually unstable. Lack of electricity access results in huge economic losses. In Nigeria alone, money spent on environment-polluting diesel and petrol generators is over $1.6B.
Using the ground water for daily work may reduce the cost. Need a better way to pump water to high elevations. Reciprocating wind powered water pump worked, but after time found need of daily maintenance of the pump items and high water level hard to hold due to irregular wind pattern at ground level. So,
1.2 million people die every year from traffic accidents. Over 370.000 are motorcycle riders. It is estimated over 150,000 lives could be saved just by promoting a solution that encourages the use of the adequately fastened helmet (worn and firmly fastened), according to World Health Organization (WHO) in its last study.
1st Picture FIG 29: Hydraulic ram (hydram) is a cyclic water pump powered by hydropower that requires no outside source of power other than the kinetic energy of flowing water 701.
Inlet drive pipe 701, Free flow at waste valve 702, Outlet delivery pipe 703, Waste valve 704, Delivery check valve 705, and Pressure vessel 706.
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A Mars spacecraft orbiter comprises a crew Habitat Block and a Service Propulsion Block, which are connected via a special crankset mechanism (Figure One) or else equivalent revolving means. The two halves revolve contrary to each other and act as counter-masses.
The Habitat is revolved to provide angular momentum-based "artificial gravity" for the benefit of the crew.
My innovation design for the future is a robotic watering and sower machine. It can operate with renewable energy using solar panel systems, wind turbine, self irrigating system, and composting as fertilizer. Its main purpose is watering and sowing for less strenuous work and for drought control. This can save money and labor cost.
Arm Monkey is part toy, part exercise machine, that makes rehabilitation fun for infants and toddlers (6-24 months). It is aimed towards providing arm rehabilitation for young children with neuromuscular conditions that can be improved with arm exercises. Arm Monkey consists of a system of colorful buttons placed in front of the child. 
Valve leaks are one of industry’s most critical problems, impacting the environment, safety, and finances of end users. Valve leaks account for 60% of Fugitive Emissions, defined as rogue emissions not anticipated or routed through normal exhaust vents or smokestacks. 80% of valve leaks occur at the stem seal. The Oil & Page 99 of 990
