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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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My plan is to make a future train that is self powered and safe for people to travel. I have come up with a plan that can be implemented in near future. This can be installed in any running trains in date like diesel, electric, etc with a little change.
WHAT IS MY APP?
MESSAGING: It is a revolutionary app that will transform the whole social networking world. it is called slog (Soundlogging) and this will enable the user of this app to send sound notes to any of his phone contacts using this app and this is just a part. Also along with emojis it will consist of oneliners,
Nowadays using a mobile phone is very common; everyone in this world is using mobile. Also mobile phone is a very important part of everyone's life because it can communicate in few seconds with the person who is miles away from us.
The concept of new aircraft carrier presented here is highly efficient and much reliable in comparison to currently used technology. It includes-
* NEW DECK LANDING SYSTEM
This system does not use any arrest cable mechanism, instead simple hydraulic cylinder piston arrangement is used which is highly reliable and chances of missed landing are almost negligible.
My submission for the contest is an Expandable cell phone which has a feature of expanding its physical size from a cell phone to that of a tablet. This feature will enable the user to carry a small cell phone which is easy to handle but it can be stretched and transform into a tablet whenever required.
By the time you finish reading this sentence, a man has died even before reaching the hospital. Trivialities such as traffic, unfavorable road conditions, irresponsible driving should not be allowed to decide the fate of a man. Can life be left to chance? When a hiker,
We have designed an antenna-mounting platform capable of aiming four or more antennas of any type, effectively tracking an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or other moving object carrying multiple radios operating at different frequencies. Our unique design is portable and can accommodate nearly 60 pounds of antennas and radios,
Our aim is to construct a Tele Semi Humanoid Robot, which acts according to the physical movements of the Operator. We have divided the project into two stages first stage using the robot with wired technique and followed by second stage wireless.
Laptop Numpad
Laptop computers are becoming much more popular and will soon outnumber desktops if they don't already. However, a laptop is designed to be portable and therefore compromises are made. While a desktop keyboard has a number pad, most laptops do not in order to save space.
Our watershed anually receives near 300 millions cubic meters of rainwater. Actual infraestructure pours half that quantity down the drain where it combines with wastewater generating system saturation and floods, triggering human deaths and health problems along with water scarcity the rest of the year.
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