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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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BULLET STOPPER
Mini shield – surprise battering tool
Many banks, gas stations, fast food drive throughs, and check cashing businesses are now protecting their employees with plexi glass ballistic protective shields. Why don't students, shoppers, joggers, restaurant eaters have protection?
ABSTRACT:
Charging a mobiles through plug-in to the wall is a traditional technique used to charge the mobile battery. Mobile charger is used to convert 230v to 5v/1A for charging the mobile phones hence to charge mobile phones via normal mobile charger; 230v supply plug point is needed.
Current Scenario of fossil fuel-
The life of fossil fuels left in the world is as follows- Oil- 32 years, Coal- 107 years, Gas- 37 years. These alarming statistics provoke us to ponder and develop some new technologies that will reduce the consumption of these fuels. Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicles are one of them.
INNOVATION :
Existing design/prior art wiping systems for the last 100 years haven't changed much. Almost all cars use Motors that drives a Worm wheel and 4-bar linkages to give torque and high forces to wiper arm and blade. My invention relates to a Curved Maglev Rail and guide connected to Wiper Arm & Blade Assembly,
Many road accidents are due to drowsiness. To overcome this problem, we developed a new product called brain wave analyzer. This product contains a headband and analyzer box. The vehicle driver has to wear this headband while driving and the analyzer box has to be placed nearby. The analyzer box contains a microcontroller which monitors the driver's status.
INTRO
Hey! We are PremieBreathe, a startup out of Yale University. We have designed and built a fully functional, low-cost prototype of a breathing support device for newborns. Our mission is to address and solve the widespread global health problem of newborn mortality due to breathing insufficiency.
THE PROBLEM
Each year,
The Robotic Automated Erosion Coating System in production by AV&R Aerospace applies consistent and repeatable coating thickness to jet engine fan blades without leaving drips, inconsistencies and wasteful overspray, which are common quality issues encountered with current production methods. Uniform film build up and precise film thicknesses can be achieved within ± 
Stronger than titanium, lighter than aluminum, tested by the US Army to stop speeding bullets at record setting velocities! Flash® Bainite steel makes ars lighter, safer, less costly & greener.
With roots in the Armor Industry, Flash® Bainite is a revolutionary technology that creates “maximum strength steel” in st in trains, shipping, agriculture, buildings and more.
Flash®
Researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center have developed a new approach for putting satellites and other payloads into space that will revolutionize the commercial launch services market. Capitalizing on the advantages achieved by releasing payloads in midair rather than launching them from the ground, this unique approach uses a towed glider to put satellites into orbit efficiently, safely,
Natural Machine Logic is the theory and practice of process logic for machine control that relates live physical events to each other rather than relating data from numbered locations in memory. Natural Machine Logic (NML) describes and monitors the temporal relationships between critical process events in continuous time. As a system of hardware logic,
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