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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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Online shopping require fast delivery. From hub to receiver, it still takes a long time for a package to travel, especially in a big city. This trip in town consumes a lot of time, labor, energy and traffic space. We call this the "last-mile" dilemma.
The last-mile trip consists of many transfers.
BRIEFING
A single intravenous injection of a lipid-based gas-filled solution will bring 15 minutes worth of life-saving oxygen to humans with completely blocked airways.
INTRODUCTION
An airway obstruction is a blockage in the airway. It may partially or totally prevent air from getting into your lungs. Some airway obstructions are life-threatening emergencies.
SmarTact and SmarTact+ can bring sights to your eyes that you normal wouldn't be able to see. By communicating with your smart device(s) that most people have. Also through the use of apps made for the SmarTact and SmarTact+ you can get anything you may need shown to you. These contacts will allow you to see your messages, videos,
At present the joints that help to convert motion up to or more than 3DOF are universal joint, ball and socket joint, Hooke’s joint etc. But these joints are not rigid to convert the motion and the tilted angle is also too low. To overcome this difficulty the following gear system may help.
I designed one small quadcopter that is useful for defense as well as aerospace. The design of quodcopter is that it's a simple quodcopter and we built one camera on it. That camera connected with our mobile to see the video or result it is wirless network. With the help of this we can control crime.
To avoid unnecessary time conception to find an empty slot in a car parking area. To reduce the traffic due to the egeo-vehicles. To reduce the accidents inside the parking area and to find the path of the fixed slot. Recognition of the available slot at the entrance itself.
To overcome the drawbacks of existing system,
Automatic water refilling system is the electro pneumatic system which can be used for filling the bottles which are kept in the refrigerator or otherwise. This system consists of an Arduino Controller which is used for programming and controlling the sequential operation. This type of system is only applicable to the bottle caps without thread and caps which
33 times PROFIT on $54.M investment - 87.5% LTV Fed for Nat'l Security Interest
3+ times cargo capacity to dock at ALL ports or beaches
6 times faster, full gale storm capable Hydrofoil Sailing Ships at $10M/ship
For $10M/hull @1month/hull you get 10,000TONS cargo (500TEU) + 4,000TONS hull + 120cabins - 18ft hull borne draft DWT &
"The sooner we get started with alternative energy sources and recognize that fossil-fuel makes us less secure as a nation and more dangerous as a planet, the better off we'll be." -Lindsey Graham
INTRODUCTION
Nuclear pulse propulsion or external pulsed plasma propulsion, is a method of spacecraft propulsion that uses nuclear explosions for thrust.
Cooling injuries is as old as ice, but while ice helps pain it decreases blood flow and stiffens muscles. High frequency vibration dilates blood vessels to improve circulation and massages muscles to improve flexibility of injured tissues. In addition, vibration stimulates bone reformation, a particularly valuable consideration for tendon and bony issues.
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