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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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U B Kool is a Permanent Ice Cube! When anybody feels hot and if he/she is at home then that person will open the refrigerator, grab an Ice Cube and place it on their forehead, cheeks and neck for few seconds. This gives the needed Cool Relief.
The problem is it is not easy to find ice wherever/whenever.
This is portable, light and compact. The Prefect Press will allow you to iron your garments while still on the hanger. No more getting out the ironing board, or having to find a flat place to iron. The design is simple. A flat iron on one side and a steamer on the other. All in a handheld design.
This "Lifting Fuselage" design, inspired by Vincent Justus Burnelli, is a scalable aircraft design that can be used for multiple applications.
From UAV's to air taxis to airliners to super and hypersonic planes to space transports, this design is more simple, scalable, sustainable and safe compared to any other design in the air or on the drawing boards today.
The Trekr Dodeca Shelter© is a design for a dome structure that is strong, poses less wind resistance to a comparable flat-sided structure, and can be easily transported and erected. It is similar in design to a geodesic dome or a low-order tessellated sphere,
The Trekr Dry-swim Machine© is designed to replicate the motion of doing the “doggie paddle” stroke during its use. It exercises all muscle groups at the same time, and provides the same benefits obtained by swimming in water. The design of the angle of the user could be varied from full upright to the prone (shown) positions.
The Trekr Quatro Hitch© is an innovative and simple trailer hitch design that provides up to four different hitch attachments available in one unit. One need only rotate the hitch assembly to have desired attachment at the bottom, available for use, once assembly is secured to the receiver.
The Trekr 3X-1© is a design for a revolutionary and radical electric 3-wheel vehicle (F-117 Stealth Fighter inspired) intended to be totally amphibious and to be piloted on either land or water utilizing the same controls. The facet body segments are composed of aluminum panels which are formed in the shape of cake-pans.
Ultrasonic Flashlight
What problem does your design idea solve?
This product is a navigational aid for visually impaired persons. It helps the visually impaired to better understand their surroundings and navigate more safely within their environment.
What are the potential benefits?
Gives a more comprehensive view of local surroundings than the white-cane it replaces.
Within the petrochemical industries, the risk of violent, hazardous events caused by a chemical reaction is reduced by the use of a Safety Instrumented System (SIS).
New Technology Provides Reliable, Less Expensive, Dynamic Control Of Air And Watercraft Propeller Pitch
Currently, propeller pitch control uses three approaches: it is based upon either hydrolic oil pressure, mechanical control using lateral motion along the axis of the drive shaft, or electric motor control with the drive motor embedded in the hub.
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