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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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Electric vehicles are the future of transportation technology that is more efficient and environment friendly, especially when it is combined with renewable energy sources. However, the high cost of lithium battery packs is the major limiting factor for more wide market acceptance of electric vehicles.
Currently lithium battery packs costs roughly 50% of the total EV cost.
The IVEA is a brand new piece of medical equipment unlike any other product in the healthcare market. Launched at the American Organization of Nurse Executives Conference in April this year, its transformative design subsequently earned the Silver Medal for the 2015 Edison Awards.
The IVEA was born from real clinical experience,
I have been working lately on shielding against radiation in space which does not cost over $100,000 U.S. dollars to shield a cylinder 5 meters in diameter and 15 meters long against harmful radiations in space. The two competing most qualified candidates for shielding against such radiations with respect to the given budget limit are polyethylene and water.
Brain hypoxia is one of the major causes of death and permanent disability in newborns, making the development of an accurate and precise fetal wellness monitoring system a top maternal-fetal health priority.
There are no commercially available monitors, other than fetal heart rate, that provide continuous information regarding fetal welfare during late-stage labor.
Many of us know how powerfull lightning is, what amount of energy it transfers and how difficult it is to harvest this renewable natural source of energy. In one of the experiments of American scientist Franklin in 1750 he was launching a kite into the clouds and he could prove that the kite accumulates the electric charge.
The turbine is based on the principle of aircraft. A body with a shape as an aircraft with a wing with attack angle of less then 15 degrees. On the other side a similar wing but upside down.
The lifting force is acting in opposite direction. On one side upwards, on the other downwards.
Among the most common complaints from passengers when onboard an aircraft are the lack of appropriate legroom and the constraining approach to meal/beverage delivery: trolley blocking aisles, meal service at a specific time, etc.
To help reduce these concerns, a new on-demand ordering system that also automatically loads and delivers meals and beverages to passengers is proposed.
As those who have had the opportunity to carry a hammer in a tool belt can relate, one of the more striking (no pun intended, well yes) issues that happens is the bashing of the hammer handle into the back of the thigh,
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In modern days the use of smartphones is increasing at rapid speed. The smartphone is one of the important gadgets for people using 2 wheelers for their day to day work like marketing and sales. People need to stop the vehicle or use wired headphones to speak into the phone while driving.
Theorem #1: Next Generation Specialized Transporter (NGST) is a Military Special Operations Transport (SOT), NASA Special Satellite Mechanics/Special Repair Team Transport (SMT/SRT), and Commercial Special Transport (ST) all weather all terrain nuclear energy powered engines self-regenerated fuels, retractable wheeled-ski landing airframe replaces refuel-able cars, trucks, buses,
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