Announcing Our 2024 Finalists
Congratulations to the seven finalists who will be competing for the Grand Prize during a live presentation round in November:
AstroAnt: A Miniature Symbiotic Robotic Serving on the Outside Surfaces of Spacecraft, Rovers, and Landers for Inspection and Diagnostic Tasks
Cosmetic Silica Upcycled from Rice Husk as Natural Alternative to Microplastic Powders
Laser-Generated Anti-Icing and Anti-Fogging Transparent Materials
Multi-Modal Traffic Detection System
NETrolyze: A Novel Immunotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
RHOBARR Barrier Dispersions Platform
Thin-Film Thermoelectric Cooling Device
Watch this space for more announcements, including the Top 100 entries and Top Ten most popular.
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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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Drones are being developed and soon it will be possible to have drones that carry passengers.
This project consists of a flying tricopter for passengers that can be transformed into a car, occupying minimum space and affordable. Such a
We must turn the threat of the melting of the Poles and it consequent raising of the water levels in the oceans as a benefit, not a wrath. Water is a precious component for our lives so we must utilize the extra water coming from the climate warming.
This system tries to account for various parameters of water like pH, turbidity, TDS (total dissolved solids), BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand) to create a water quality index for the lakes. Lakes, as we know, form an important part in our ecosystem.
The Apnosystems Infant Care System (ICS) device is a life saving medical intervention that can cause a sleeping infant that has ceased breathing to stir, and resume breathing. This wearable will change the way we care babies, both as in-hospital and at home babies.
Premature, low birthweight babies,
The HydroCharge is a portable, self-sustaining charging dock, that is perfect for the environmentally conscious outdoorsman on the go. This compact design with a small and efficient turbine is only 8” x 10” x 2” and weighs approximately 2lbs.
This tube will be very useful to do work from a safe distance. We can use this tube for cutting, brushing, cleaning, monitoring, holding and for many other types of work. This tube will work as a Robotic arm.
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