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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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Existing anti-aircraft missile systems of air defense were initially, in principle, not designed to combat unmanned aerial vehicles.
The goal of my project is to fill this gap and create a system that will be designed and capable of effectively kinetically counteracting unmanned aerial vehicles.
Discover Surgify Halo™ — the pioneering tissue-specific bone removal system based on the HaloSense technology.
The unique features of Surgify Halo™ have the potential to revolutionize bone surgery. Its seamless integration into existing surgical workflows offers unparalleled advantages in today’s high-speed bone drilling and tomorrow’s robotic surgery.
Many people find it difficult to clean the finest dust particles on a daily basis. Maintaining a house neatly is one thing and cleaning the fine dust is another hectic task to deal with;
The gold standard for imaging to treat cardiovascular disease (leading cause of death worldwide) involves the use of X-ray fluoroscopy for device tracking. Prolonged exposure to X-ray radiation can lead to long-term health complications for both cardiologists and patients.
Ah.....pull back micro racers. Didn't we all have them in our childhood?
Let us bring our childhood back once again. Presenting the all new D.I.Y( do it yourself) pull-back Micro Racer.
Let's dig deeper to understand the mechanism behind the working of this model.
Revolutionizing Underwater Exploration: The RDB55 Brushless Thruster
The underwater world holds a wealth of secrets, beckoning us to explore its depths. However, this exploration hinges on reliable and efficient technology. For too long, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) have relied on thruster technology that sees only incremental improvements.
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KinderBin is an innovative, child-friendly robotic dustbin designed to enhance environmental education in early childhood settings. Inspired by the engaging simplicity of lego blocks, this compact and mobile robot is tailored to foster responsible waste management practices among young learners in a playful and accessible manner.
Problem Addressed: Traditional crosswalks often lack adequate visibility, especially at night or during low-light conditions. Furthermore, push-button activation systems can be missed by pedestrians, particularly those with visual impairments or mobility limitations. These limitations contribute significantly to pedestrian safety concerns.
Toka has developed a high efficiency continuously variable transmission (CVT) that's simple, lightweight, compact and is suitable for numerous applications from subsea to aerospace.
Toka could be used as a Variable Speed Drive alternative i.e. CVT-as-VSD, for applications that see broadly varying speed and/or load conditions.
Universal Software Model -- the Future in Software!
100 programming languages? Why not only one?
I built it (60% ready) as a programming language, but it can be viewed as an Operating System for managing any informational problem.
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