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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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The automatic thrust augmentation is the method of powering a high speed aircraft with the objective of minimizing the fuel consumption and making use of the atmospheric air in collecting the propellant.
Who says the sun can't shine at midnight? What if solar panels charged up a battery during the day, which then went on to power a street light at night?
The EIA reports that up to 12% of all electricity goes into lighting. Needless to say, it's a big part of our energy footprint.
Satellites Authorize a "Go" for Vertical Takeoffs:
An 'Automated' Air Traffic Control System Concept
The Next Generation Air Transportation System or NextGen is implementing or plans to implement a satellite-based air-traffic control system across the United States.
To The Next Generation Air Transportation System Planners:
The VTOL JetCar is coming!
To the worldwide aviation community,
The VTOL JetCar is a new personal jet-powered aircraft concept. It will perform a function that currently no other aircraft can accomplish. When incorporated as standard safety procedure, this new aircraft will execute: 'the first ever automated vertical-flight turning-into-the-wind maneuvers',
"10/15+ FLOWCHOICE SHOWERHEAD"™
NEW VERSION OF THE 10-MINUTE SHOWER THAT SAVES 15+ GALLONS OF WATER.
Patented - Albert L. Schmidt - Inventor
A majority of showerheads Sold & Used today Dispense 2.5 Gallons of Water Per/Minute.
A 10-Minute Shower = 25 Gallons of Freshly Treated, Filtered, Purified, Heated Water.
"SEAT / SAFETY BELT ALERT LIGHTS"™
Patent Pending - Albert L. Schmidt - Co-Inventor
A majority of the United States have strict Seat Belt Laws.
A large number of Motorists IGNORE those Seat Belt Laws.
Insurance Companies have Statistical Proof that Seat Belts SAVE LIVES !
The concept of the "extendable vehicle" is based on the needs of families. Currently if families have children involved in sports and other activities they typically need a mini-van type of vehicle. But there are lots of times when such a large vehicle is not needed and a 2 seater would be better (less fuel cost, pollution, etc.).
"10/15+ FLOWCHOICE SHOWERHEAD"™
NEW VERSION OF THE 10-MINUTE SHOWER THAT SAVES 15+ GALLONS OF WATER.
Patented - Albert L. Schmidt - Inventor
A majority of showerheads Sold & Used today Dispense 2.5 Gallons of Water Per/Minute.
A 10-Minute Shower = 25 Gallons of Freshly Treated, Filtered, Purified, then Heated, Water.
Radio therapy is a practical means to destroy carcinogenic tissues, but at the expense of concurrently damaging the surrounding tissues. In images diagnostics the technique known as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) (politically correctly known as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)) has been used for many years with singular efficiency, high resolution and with negligible secondary effects.
COLLAPSO-TRANSFORM
Bicycles have capitalized an important place in the transportation industry since its inception. They are the cheapest, light weight and the most eco-friendly mode of transport till date using only manpower for the transit. But still the “Portability” and “Carry-Anywhere” characteristics of the bicycles has not been catered to the fullest extent.
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