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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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In the traditional design of the crankshaft in the internal combustion engines, the expansion stroke in ICE produces every two revolutions for the crankshaft. In the new design, one revolution for the crankshaft can produce two expansion strokes. That's not only when returning to the power equation
P= 2.pi.n.
ecoSPEARS is a technology conceptualized by NASA to bring a sustainable, long-term solution to PCB remediation in worldwide water supplies. Polychlorinated Biphenyls are the number one microscopic pollutants in the world’s water and yet very little is known to the general public about the detrimental health defects they cause or how widespread these pollutants are. Currently,
Daylight optimizer is self-adjusting roof panelling technology to maximize (or optimize) the amount of day-lighting throughout the day inside a building.
The science of daylighting design is not just how to provide enough daylight to an occupied space, but how to do so without any undesirable side effects. Beyond adding windows or skylights to a space,
The printed electronics market is currently estimated at around US $20 billion and it is expected to grow up to about US $73 billion by 2025. One of the major driving factor of the global printed electronics market is “substrate,” on which electronic or photonic devices are integrated. Presently, hard-to-recycle substrates, such as glass and plastics,
In recent years the cost of wind and solar generation has dropped precipitously resulting in exponential growth. Governments are now setting goals of 50%, 80% or even 100% renewable generation, but for these goals to be met one critical element is missing: low cost electricity storage. The preeminent technology is pumped storage hydro (“PSH”),
In the sales company, we often find the problem as follows
1. The stock of goods that are not appropriate.
2. The product is out of date.
The first problem usually occurs because of the lack of accuracy of labor when receipt of goods or goods issued. Certain cases are usually in complete packaging,
PeP is a concept of a smart stethoscope which is relatively smaller than conventional tubular stethoscopes. One can listen to internal sounds of the human or animal body via headphones with the help of 3 microphones at the bottom, by comparing the results obtained with cloud the PeP can indicate the severity of 'cold' level in the lungs.
The patent pending engine design incorporates 12 sets of cylinders, each comprised of two opposing and one air pump (supercharger) piston, arranged radially in a rotating-cylinder cam-driven engine that uses diesel or JP-8 and completes 48 power strokes per revolution. Magnets are installed around the rotor periphery which, combined with coils in the radial housing, 
This innovation relates to the modification of the surface of solar panels to increase the efficiency. In essence, this technology will make use of flexible solar cells that can be made to conform to other than a planar surface. In this way, even if no optimal orientation at 90 degrees from the solar radiation angle,
Longer life expectancy in conjunction with improved knowledge of cancers has resulted in increased demands for core needle biopsies. Additionally, cancer diagnosis typically occurs earlier and hence biopsy specimens are required from smaller tissue masses.
Image guidance using ultrasound imaging is frequently used for locating the increased number of smaller suspected tumours. However,
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