Congratulations to Our 2024 Grand Prize and First Place Winners!
NETrolyze, a novel immunotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), was named the $25,000 grand prize winner at a live finalist round held November 15 in New York. The first-in-class therapeutic injectable gel prevents the spread of TNBC, one of the most aggressive cancer types, enabling patients to avoid toxic chemotherapy and expensive treatments – potentially transforming their lives. Click here for the full list of 2024 winners. Also see the Top 100 highest scoring entries.
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Since Tech Briefs magazine launched the Create the Future Design contest in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovation, over 15,000 design ideas have been submitted by engineers, students, and entrepreneurs in more than 100 countries. Join the innovators who dared to dream big by entering your ideas today.
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Special Report spotlights the eight top entries in 2023 as well as past winners whose ideas are now in the market, making a difference in the world.
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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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As Marcus Lemonis from CNBC’s “The Profit” says, “Bad inventory management can bankrupt your business; if you have inventory just sitting around for years, it's just like burning money." Despite its high importance there are still 46% of SME’s in the US that do not manage their inventory. And 83% of businesses that do, suffer from stocking problems.
The present invention relates to an expander for the lower part of the body which expander can be easily used at home and other places by anybody for straightening the lumbar to prevent lower back pains and strengthening the leg and abdomen muscles.
The same applies to health equipment for preventing lower back pains such as lumbago.
Solid drug delivery device for pediatric use
Clinicians, patients, caregivers, and society as a whole, place high value on pediatric clinical care. These innovative, conveniently administered, and high-quality pediatric products can spell the difference between successful treatment of a pediatric patient or failure. Poor drug adherence is often due to poor organoleptics of orally administered drugs.
Virtuoso is an embedded system virtual device framework, allowing any idea for an electronic product to be virtualized for development. The framework is an enabling technology that will transform the development of electronic firmware, altering the state of the art much in the same way that 3D printing has transformed mechanical design.
A new way to protect computer users from the many health hazards associated with prolonged sitting behind a computer screen. Users will enjoy the freedom to move and exercise major muscle groups in-between downloads and mouse clicks. They'll also enjoy optimal ergonomic comfort in a semi-recline posture,
This concept provides an alternative idea for a hovercraft. It uses cross-flow fans built into the body to provide inflation for the skirt and thrust for directional movement and breaking. In theory it should be a lot quieter than a conventional hovercraft without the need for a giant propeller stuck behind your head,
These designs are to create the future, while maintaining mechanical engineering importance. I posted these ideas out there to get recognition of some important concepts. There is an AWD Butterfly project, in 3D CAD art, that I did for this contest in 2012; and an AWD Butterfly 2 project,
Personal Vertical Take Off and Landing (PVTOL) plane is a proposed flight application for Wearable Power Modules (WPM). Primary concern of aviation is safety. PVTOL is composed of three portable functional blocks (1) Power Module (2) Contra Rotating Propellers Module (3) Frame Module (Fig. 1).
Power Module includes an FAI engine with the following safety features.
We have designed, built and tested/installed a very special pipe support that drains liquid/water from the underside of the pipe that is being supported.
Our tests (many) have proved that the support also dries itself with the result that liquid (the main cause of pipe coating damage) does not blister the coating,
The Flash the Firefly Interactive Storybook and Light Set merges modern technology and traditional storybooks to enhance a child’s bedtime ritual. Current interactive books rely on screens, such as iPads, to make a child’s reading experience more exciting and educational. However, this system has its drawbacks.
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