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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The use of DeHavilland's Dash 8 Fuselages as the passenger carrying HyperLoop pods provides a highly reliable structural system known for its robustness, longevity and availability.
Costs, therefore, to achieve an economical intent for the Project are significantly reduced on all fronts ...engineering, design, prototyping, planning, fabrication,
Nowadays, all mobile devices are equipped with a touchscreen. However, most stationary display screens, such as computer monitors, television sets and projector screens are not touchable due to the high cost of touchscreens.
This universal stylus converts all display screens to pen-touchable screens, regardless of their screen size and type.
The Lighting Bug is a newly developed technology that sustains two working headlights at all times. This technology is a plug and play installation to automotive vehicles existing wiring harness that plugs into the headlight bulbs. There is no tools required and usually installs in less than 5 minutes.
The Company's patented DenerveX System, currently in final development, is designed to provide longer lasting relief of pain associated with the facet joint. Lower back pain is the second most common cause of disability in the U.S. for adults. Studies indicate that 10% of the U.S.
Flat pack furniture can be a nightmare to assemble due to very many parts and fixtures often with poor instructions. Many people struggle to assemble such items.
I propose a simple bed design that involves no fixtures whatsoever. It simply involves 50/50 slots. It can be assembled in minutes by anyone with minimal skills/ability.
What problem does your design idea solve?
Developing regions and crisis areas produce a significant amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) but lack the infrastructure and central organization to process said waste. Technology and communications present a need for electricity in the same regions. The µW2E provides a decentralized means to both process MSW and simultaneously create electricity.
Bone marrow is a rich source of pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells from which red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are formed. A tissue disruption and aspiration device having a flexible elongate shaft or cannula which is rotatable about its longitudinal axis may be introduced into a body cavity, e.g.,
I invented an advanced magnetic braking and ground maneuvering system for aircraft that implements axial flux motor/generators. The new system replaces the current friction based braking system with axial flux motor/generators eliminating the need to run the main engines or use of tugs for ground maneuvers,
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