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Since Tech Briefs magazine launched the Create the Future Design contest in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovation, over 15,000 design ideas have been submitted by engineers, students, and entrepreneurs in more than 100 countries. Join the innovators who dared to dream big by entering your ideas today.
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Special Report spotlights the eight top entries in 2023 as well as past winners whose ideas are now in the market, making a difference in the world.
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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 Velomobile or HPV (Human Powered Vehicle) is a human powered vehicle with an aerodynamic shell (fairings) closed for protection and better efficiency.
Viro is three-wheeled, for recreational and tourist purposes.
The Lund Variable Velocity Weapon System, or LVVWS, is a variable velocity non-lethal projectile launch system that uses a commercially available combustion gas in a single cycle engine to launch impact projectiles to deter or incapacitate an opponent.
The view I submit is self explanatory. What I have is a harness connected to a patient. The other end is connected to a ceiling mobile track system connected to the ceiling via a magnetic skid. A motor within the skid detects directional movement and moves accordingly. For instance,
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) claims the life of nearly one out of every 200 children born worldwide. As of today, no explanation has been offered for this phenomenon, and no solution has been found…yet.
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The SureChild: LiveSensor system comprises a monitoring system consisting of a thin,
Did you ever notice on the highway that whenever you hit a slight bump or a small indent in the road, there is a darker patch on the pavement. This is caused by the sudden drop of accumulated fluids on the vehicles’ undersides.
The current backpack frame used by the US military is called the MOLLE II system. It is a rigid piece of plastic that acts as an anchoring point for straps and packs, sometimes holding upwards of 120 pounds of gear. APEframe is an Articulated Pad,
I like metal, glass, and modern items, incorporated in this refrigerator design. It's so useful and colorful (sweet colored) and stylish, i think. This refrigerators can be build any design, offering variety... Refrigerators have various racks and handles.
In the wake of the BP oil spill, this device can be used to contain the oil from deep sea drilling blowouts.
A device to replicate the natural DC electrical current that flows in outdoor environments through people and plants. The current replicated comes from atmospheric electricity and forms the return path from lighting discharges in other places on the earth. It is present during periods of clear weather.
Hydrogen is the largest single gas and primary energy source that is prevalent throughout the universe. Our atmosphere has about 5.5 ppm of Hydrogen. The explosive power of Hydrogen is well-known. Early detection of Hydrogen leaks in storage tanks, gas filling stations, petrochemical industries, etc.,
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