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1 March 2013
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Contest Challenges Engineers and Students Worldwide to Create the Future
The 11th annual "Create the Future" Design Contest (www.createthefuturecontest.com) sponsored by COMSOL, SAE International, and Tech Briefs Media Group opens today and runs through July 1, 2013. The contest is an opportunity to receive global recognition and a cash prize of $20,000 for an innovative new product idea that benefits society and the economy.
Past contests have generated over 9,000 design ideas from engineers, educators, and students in more than 100 countries. Previous grand prize winning entries include a key fob-sized device that makes smart phones "smarter" by enabling consumers to run a variety of low-cost sensing applications; an economical, rapid screening device to prevent food borne illness; a wheelchair propulsion system designed to increase the user's mobility while decreasing upper body, repetitive stress injuries; a mechanism that makes CPR easy and safe for anyone to perform; a fuel-saving motor/pump for cars and trucks; a low-cost in-vehicle emergency warning system; and a new type of energy-efficient lighting.
The "Create the Future" Design Contest has been responsible for bringing attention to product designs that increase the quality of life, improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare, and help to reduce dependence on non-renewable energy sources.
A Hewlett-Packard workstation computer will be awarded to the winners in each of the seven entry categories: Consumer Products; Electronics; Machinery & Equipment; Medical; Safety and Security; Sustainable Technologies; and Transportation.
Contest entries can be submitted by an individual or a team. An independent industry panel will judge the entries. Web site visitors are invited to vote for their favorite entry. For more information on how to enter the contest, go to www.createthefuturecontest.com.
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