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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 average household has 4 or more devices that need remote controls. With an average of 40 buttons each this adds up to 160 buttons to choose from. Do we really need all these buttons when all we want to do is watch TV,
Inspiration:
Birds use their wings to generate lift and thrust for locomotion. The difference in air pressures around the airfoil shaped wings generates lift and thrust. Birds also flap their wings and while flapping they also pitch (rotate) them about a lateral axis.
About 12 years ago I developed a concept (on paper/CAD) regarding a solar powered highway sign inc.
The invention (US patent application 14/093,431, the patent to be issued shortly) relates to heat engines and, more specifically, to positive displacement internal combustion engines, and is particularly concerned with very large rotary internal combustion engines fueled by solid particulate fuels like coal dust.
In aviation, Air Traffic Management System (ATM) is a multiple-function-integrated system specialized to supply Air Traffic Service (ATS). One of its main functions is managing and processing flight data. Flight data is an important object of system.
WagonTekTM Trailer Company and BaxterTM Wagon Steering Systems
Wagons have been with us since the horse and buggy, but are largely relegated to wide-open spaces like farmlands and tarmacs because of their inability to back-up. An ordinary wagon employs a stable,
When a tsunami suddenly appeared or ravaging flood water is rising rapidly, many residents are caught because water rises very fast and their escape route is thus cut off. Furthermore in a tsunami,
This is a concept for a VR headset controlled drone.
The drone is spherical and has 6 opposed cameras( 2 along each x,y,z axes). These are all wide angle cameras each capable of recording video.
Li-Fi (Light fidelity) is a wireless technology which is based on light as its name indicates and not on radio waves. Li-fi is the wireless communication system in which transmission of data is through illumination.
1. Overview
The T180 is a 4 syringe drive mechanical pump designed for use in continuous flow chemistry. Each syringe drive consists of one stepper motor to move a syringe vertically to fill and dispense liquids through stepper motor driven 8 port valves.
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