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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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How MicroEVAP(TM) Works:The MicroEVAP(TM) water purification system is able to process polluted water from any source with a low-pressure, low-temperature; tornado induced rapid-evaporation technology to treat contaminated water without chemicals, filters, or membranes. The system is designed to be ultralow in maintenance, has few moving parts, and is adaptable for scalability.
The magnetic field on Mars' surface is 40 times weaker than that of the earth. This weak magnetic field makes life almost impossible because of the radiations exposed on the surface.
The aim of improving the economic and environmental friendly Otto-motors and Diesels parameters is an offer of a new cycle realization. This new cycle presupposes the generation of an expanding water steam,
BME680 is a four-in-one sensor due to integration of four different parameters - ambient temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure and gas - in one tiny package of 3.0 x 3.0 x 0.95 mm³.
At present there are large number of high rise buildings in modern cities. The glass windows in these modern architectures require constant cleaning which is presently carried out using a gondola system, hanging from the building wall.
In the era of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, large scale associative arrays will provide a new paradigm for creation and implementation of algorithms to better solve searching and pattern matching problems.
The product prototype developed is a content addressable /associative memory computing device.
A) It exceeds the capabilities of currently available content addressable memory / associative memory devices.
Safety in consumer products, sporting goods and personal protective equipment is of utmost importance in this day and age. The IAGIES (Impact Absorbing Gel Infused Exoskeleton) is a 3D printed product designed to do exactly that. There have been countless studies directed toward the optimization of helmets, body armor and protective gear used in motor, contact and extreme sports;
This project has targeted on the Russian Federation and countries with a high level of corruption perception Market.
Sky Train Corporation (STC) has modeled, evaluated, calculated, and patented a Rail Transit and Alternative Energy System that improves security and increases capacity over rail on the ground. It allows freight to be the revenue source and adds passengers and stations for added profit or convenience, thereby gaining quick funding.
Elevated beams improve speed and comfort, combining faster,
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