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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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Printed Circuit Board (PCB) mounting technologies have been improving continuously parallel with the advent of new advanced components up to the level of Surface Mounting Devices (SMD) and the technology is itself called Surface Mounting Technology (SMT). However, not much emphasis have been shown by the developers in line with the perspective of the repair and the maintenance personnel.
Pauling et al. (1949) used electrophoresis to identify structural differences between normal and sickle hemoglobin. Their findings gave rise to molecular genetics and orthomolecular medicine.
The discoveries of HIV, AIDS and their consequences introduced needs for rigorous studies of functional molecular differences. For example, early findings of co-morbidities with Kaposi sarcoma and acid-labile ?
Parents are concerned about the whereabouts of their children but it is impractical, if not impossible, to keep an eye on them at all times. This simple device will monitor the location of their child and let the parent know if he/she wanders outside either a predetermined distance or beyond specific locations that are entered into the system.
Compressed air is a common energy source due to high power with light tooling. Air tools can be used in locations where electric power would explode. As with any energy source storage is a major draw back. Catastrophic failures of tanks and piping are also very dangerous.
In the United States, millions of people have artificial hips, knees, and other implanted prosthetic joints. Many projections estimate an annual need for 500,000 total hip replacements and 3,000,000 total knee replacements in the United states by 2030, at a cost exceeding $40 billion. The increase in total hip and knee replacements is a worldwide trend,
The enclosed motorcycle (“cabin cycle”) marries the efficiency of the motorcycle and the weather/crash protection of a car. Such a vehicle can fulfill all the roles motorcycles currently fill – from “fun” machines to police patrol – and many more with the all-weather capability and crash protection.
Hold a piece of dry wall up with your elbow, hold the screw with one hand, drill with the other if you have not left it on the floor, all without falling from the ladder. A drill motor mounted to a glove solves many problems encountered with current drills.
The average distance fresh food travels before being purchased and consumed in the US is over 1,000 miles. This huge distance creates numerous problems, including increased emissions due to transportation, spoilage of goods, and reduced product quality. Perhaps more unnerving is the disconnection we have with food.
Worldwide, hundreds of millions of people are suffering from sleep disorder problems. Obstructive Sleep Apnea(OSA) is a sleep disorder in which people repeatedly stop breathing during sleep. It is caused by muscle relaxation during sleep, and the breathing can be obstructed. Such effort may wake up the sufferer and makes sleeping of low-quality or even totally deprived.
The concept I am putting is to solve the problem of traffic accidents and congestion created due to accidents. According to WHO research, more than 1.27 million die due to traffic accidents globally every year. This problem is worst in countries where roads are not properly maintained.
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