'A new treatment method for spinal cord injury' was selected as the grand prize winner of the '2023 Future Design Contest.'

Mouser Electronics, a leader in New Product Introduction (NPI) innovation™, today announced the winners of its 21st Create the Future Design Contest, a global challenge for engineers and innovators worldwide to design the next generation of innovations.

The contest is an annual event hosted by SAE International Company's SAE Media Group and Tech Briefs magazine, and Mouser, along with key manufacturing partners Intel® and Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), sponsored the event.

COMSOL is also a major sponsor of this contest.

More information can be found at https://www.mouser.com/createthefuture/.

“Mouser is proud to announce the ‘2023 Design the Future Contest’,” said Kevin Hess, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Mouser Electronics.“We congratulate the winners and applaud all the participants for their creative designs,” said Mouser. “The Design for the Future Contest, a long-standing sponsorship of Mouser, has inspired the industry for many years with many innovative designs.”

The SAE Media Group, along with Mouser and Comsol, awarded a $25,000 prize to Johannes Dapprich and his team at NeuroPair in Princeton, New Jersey, for their "novel treatment approach for spinal cord injury." This novel approach, detailed in an SCI paper, utilizes a scaffold that allows minimally invasive injection of aligned magnetic nanoparticles to protect, heal, and regrow damaged neurons.

Finalists were selected by senior editors at SAE Media, the contest organizer, and the final selections were judged by an independent panel of design engineers. The jury selected the winners in each category as follows, and each winner received awards from various companies, including HP.

▶Target - New treatment methods for spinal cord injury
Aerospace and Defense - Zulu Pods' World's First Distributed Lubrication System
▶Vehicles and Transportation - Ganaio's High-Output Regenerative Damper
▶Electronics - Safe monitoring and maintenance prioritization using AI deep learning and low-cost passive RF wireless vibration strain sensors.
Manufacturing and Materials Division - TenseFlatables' 3D-printed, tensegrity-assisted inflatable structures
▶Medical Sector - Diagnosing Brain Conditions Using Saliva Tests
▶Robotics and Automation - Patchflow Robotics for leak repair inside pipes
▶Sustainable Technology Sector - Leak Prevention Valves

The Design Contest for the Future focuses on designing products that can improve the quality of life, enhance the efficiency and quality of healthcare, and reduce reliance on non-renewable energy sources.

This contest has been held since 2002 by the editors of Tech Brief magazine to encourage and reward engineering innovation.

More information can be found at https://www.mouser.com/createthefuture/.