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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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We are surrounded by multi-frequency signals around us and our body is continuously exposed to their radiations. But we are enjoying the comforts and connectivity dealt with the technology and no matter whether we use or not we have to coexist with these signals. Wireless technology has taken over others even were there is no need of mobility.
This project aims to provide an effective and easier way to access history of medical prescriptions by patients with minimum effort. It has the following advantages:
– Ease of viewing the history of medical prescription.
– Very reliable (can receive messages even if the app is not on).
– Records prescription history.
Two-stroke engines have two important advantages over four-stroke engines: They are simpler and lighter, and they produce about twice as much power. So why do cars and trucks use four-stroke engines? There are four main reasons:
• Two-stroke engines don't last nearly as long as four-stroke engines.
My idea to Create the Future of transportation, is to link urban centers and help eliminate traffic and pollution by employing renewable energy and one of the most powerful forces in nature, falling water, to operate a Hyperloop. The idea is to elevate water by pumping it to a high point using solar energy and then using that mass,
The major problem nowadays faced by the countries is oil spill in the ocean through by which oil is transported which leads to loss in biodiversity of marine species as well as for humans.
This project is focused on the design and aerodynamic improvement of a light sport aircraft (LSA).
At the start of the project a market research and analysis study has been made, based on the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) study,
The Mars Aeroshell Resource Orbiter (MAREO) combines habitation, storage, propulsion and aerobraking functions in one large conical spacecraft (Figure One), for a streamlined Mars mission plan.
Orbiter: MAREO is twice the diameter of the NASA Orion spacecraft. External Bays of the cone house Main Engines, angled nozzles pointed forward and outward; as well as reserves of fuel, oxidant, water,
in global market for solar energy. Being a source for generation of electricity
photovoltaic technology finds its application in many fields. This works by the generation
of power using photovoltaic cells. But still ways to obtain maximum efficiency from these
cells are one the research line.
For some locations where solar power construction is proposed,
Innovation:
Ecosense is a “first of its kind” technology, which encourages to drive the vehicle in an eco-friendly way. Ecosense evaluates the driving style by monitoring key parameters like speed, gear selection, acceleration, idling, aggressive braking and clutch override and presents a systematic feedback as ecoscore to the user. Also, the scores of key driving parameters like speed,
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