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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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Perpetual Mobility and Sustainment on Water –
Net Zero Cost No Longer a Panacea
In September of 2009 Planet Solar became the first solar only powered vessel to circumnavigate the planet - to prove the feasibility of solar generated electricity as a source of power to move vessels in perpetuity without the use of fossil fuels.
This entry is for the Mass Ignition Internal Combustion Engine (MIICE). Most similar in operation to the spark ignition, Otto Cycle engine, the MIICE concept is uniquely characterized by a fuel / air ratio sub-LEL (Lower Explosive Limit) at all times and by ignition throughout a volume. These characteristics lead to increased thermal efficiency at full load,
Did you experience feet pain after walking for a period? And you just simply accept as you think that is normal?
Here to share you instrumented footwear that enables real-time monitoring and addressing unhealthy walking pattern (abnormal gait) by giving tactile feedback to the user.
It is low cost,
Overloading on vehicles is one of the major problem in the entire world and its hard to stop it by applying strong laws but what if we disable the vehicle to run if its overloaded. We know it will be strongly deniable by the customers but as engineers we are trying to make the world a safer one.
Traditional methods of cleaning requires stiff brushing with soap and water.
Often persons scrape underneath the nail with a sharp instrument which may improve appearance but does not have a sanitizing effect.
Motor mechanics and landscapers are exposed to very course soils and greases which are strongly impacted.
Urban space were divided by several main streets. When the city grows, locations around the main streets would be preferred, and the rest "back streets" became deserted. Because nobody wants to lose the direct access to the commute route, not for the residency or commercial. Or, because we don't have the power yet.
In a few years,
Heretofore watercraft designs and construction methods confronted the following five problems:
1. Hull and Deck Cost - Watercraft small enough to be moved intact on normal roadways without special permits are usually manufactured inland at one or more centralized manufacturing facilities. They are limited in living space, significantly less than what is average living space in a house.
Low-cost Third Redundancy in Hydraulic Power System
Category: Flight Safety
System: Hydraulic Power
a) Combined ‘controls’ and ‘utility
b) Landing Gear Lowering
For harvesting the nuts, and for spraying and applying insecticides on the crown, skilled labourers have to climb the tree manually. Such a process looks easy, in reality it is a laborious and dangerous task. It requires skill to climb arecanut tree. Skilled arecanut tree climbers have become scarce and farmers are finding it difficult to harvest the nuts.
Abstract:
Newton’s 3rd law: For every action, there is an equivalent and opposite reaction. When the vehicle speed increases equivalent and opposite reaction is Wind resistance also increases. So creating wind resistances is the best way to stop the vehicle. But in cause of foundational brake system, pressure needs to be developed for braking.
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