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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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Universal Adhesive Tape Dispenser”
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Above Product (Patent no.8839838 in USA and pending in India ) was submitted by D.P.Parkhe, which were short listed by Wal Mart, for their” Get on shelf “Contest”, for Global voting, among 4000 Products, only one was from India, Pune, Maharashtra.
A visually impaired person is able to employ himself in many public and private sectors. They use computer, mobile phone with a screen reader software, but couldn’t succeed reading papers like News Papers, letters, books and Documents etc. Printing these papers in Braille isn’t a good solution as each paper is highly priced.
Agriculture in India is facing a decline, reason being, inefficient farming methods and labor scarcity. Nirvapana means sowing in Sanskrit. In India, Broadcasting of pre-germinated seeds is the common practice of sowing where farmers walk around the field and toss the paddy seeds on to the field.
The child grows on a daily basis and it is very difficult to maintain a particular size of restraint system hence I have an Idea of designing New child restraint system which has fallowing feature
1. Can able accommodate different sizes of child.
Melanoma, a type of skin cancer, is usually visible, can be cured if caught early, and affects millions of people per year. Most people, even highly motivated to monitor skin changes, have poor visual memories for patterns and feature shapes. *Early diagnosis saves lives*.
INTRODUCTION
A major contributor to global warming is the burning of fossil fuels for various activities. Passenger cars consume billions of gallons of petrol or its derivatives each year to power their internal combustion engines. About 53% of usable energy from the engine goes into overcoming aerodynamic drag. Nearly 40% of the car’
Charging Mini Pad for Quadrocoper, Drones, Helicopters. Can be used for Security & Surveillance. To be mounted on top of buildings,
When you’re walking in the hallways, have you ever imagined building an extra cool device, which would enable you to navigate large objects without sight?
Well, let’s meet the ULTRASONIC HAPTIC VISION SYSTEM. It uses an ultrasonic rangefinder that interfaces with the user via tiny vibrating motors and allows the user to wear it on their head.
Water, Water, Everywhere Project
By Putting America to Work
Author: Manuel Altobano
Oxnard, CA
USA
Sky Tram is a wind and solar-powered high speed transportation system that aims to connect every city in the USA within 10 years. The Sky Tram transportation system will support innovative R&D with its culmination of technologies and services. Sky Tram provides an efficient and advanced renewable energy solution regarding transportation and mass transit.
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