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Synthetic solar storage
Photosynthetically inspired energy storage & artificial photosynthesis.
Challenges Solved
Storage of solar energy, efficient harvesting of solar energy.
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eSkin
Adaptive, sensory building skins
Challenges Solved
Non-optimized building skins, inability of buildings to adapt to changing external environments.
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Shark paint
Coating that reduces drag and UV damage, and has other properties
Challenges Solved
Energy inefficiency due to drag on airplanes, ships, and potentially wind turbines.
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Fastskinz MPG-Plus car covering
Shark-inspired "skin" for cars improves gas mileage
Challenges Solved
Air drag causing inefficient fuel consumption in vehicles.
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Vibro-Wind
Harvesting wind without the turbine
Challenges Solved
Wind turbine shortcomings, wind energy deployment in an urban environment, cost of traditional wind turbines.
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Hornet electricity
Hornet energy inspires solar cell
Challenges Solved
Solar energy harvesting, solar energy direction, UVB harvesting.
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Hydrophobic de-icing
De-icing without chemicals
Challenges Solved
Ice accumulation and the environmental impact of de-icing.
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PAX Scientific; PAX Water Technologies; PAX Streamline; PAX Mixer; PAX Fan
Fluid and air mixing more efficiently
Challenges Solved
Efficiently generating mixing of fluid, efficiently moving fluids, managing turbulence.
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Akermin
Bioelectrocatalysis: Batteries that run on sugar.
Challenges Solved
Stabilized enzymes, electrocatalysis, bio-batteries.
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Self-healing Autonomous Material
Damage-sensing, self-healing materials
Challenges Solved
Damage to structures or materials leading to eventual failure or reductions in durability and strength.
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A.N.T. (Aid Necessities Transporter)
Ant-inspired disaster relief and rescue
Challenges Solved
Troubled relief aid distribution, disaster terrain challenges, emergency housing and structures, inadequate re-purposing of other solutions to disaster scenarios.
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bioWAVE™
Wave power anchoring system based on undersea plants
Challenges Solved
Harnessing wave energy; managing excessive wave energy; harnessing shifting wave directions; energy conversion efficiency.
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Moth eye antireflective coatings
Coatings for solar panels that are increase efficiency
Challenges Solved
Surface reflection as a source of energy loss; quantitative analysis of the effect of various sunlight characteristics on conversion efficiency.
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Microbatteries
Efficient, implantable batteries
Challenges Solved
Bio-battery cell design, electricity conversion, electricity discharge efficiency, battery toxicity, battery size.
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REGEN Energy Management Solution
EnviroGrid™ controllers optimize electricity usage.
Challenges Solved
Excessive power bills due to non-optimized overlapping power demands; increased pollution due to peak energy demand on the electrical grid; simple management of building energy systems.
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Polymer-cellulosic batteries
Algae transform polymer-cellulosic batteries
Challenges Solved
Charging performance weakness in cellulosic batteries; weight of metal ion batteries; environmental consequences of traditional batteries; cost of ionic solutes.
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Solar Sailor
Marine solar panels mimic insect wings
Challenges Solved
Renewable energy demand and need for increased fuel efficiency in boating.
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Strait Power
Basking Shark inspires improved hydropower turbine
Challenges Solved
Hydroelectric turbine conversion efficiency.
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Aquaporin membrane technology
Aquaporins separate water from fluids
Challenges Solved
Many current water filtration and purification techniques are inefficient and energy-intensive.
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Self-repairing Concrete
Flexible and self-repairing concrete to revolutionize infrastructure
Challenges Solved
Deteriorating concrete structures; pollution and resource usage from the manufacturing of traditional concrete; energy consumption of traditional concrete production.
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Optical metamaterials
Project Squid Skin: Perceive light, change color.
Challenges Solved
Distributed sophisticated optical sensing, complex color patterned material, benign pigments.
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Bionic Handling Assistant
Human-technology cooperation with a compliant robotic assistant.
Challenges Solved
Supplemental handling for human projects, programmed robotic activity, flexible and compliant handling with fluid motion.
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Cat Algorithms
Parallel instead of linear computer processing
Challenges Solved
Supercomputer performance; sophisticated AI decision making, memory, recognition, and parallel processing.
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Pneumocell
Inflatable Resilient Structures
Challenges Solved
Low cost, resilient architecture systems, temporary architecture.
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Ultra-hard Material
Tough material inspired by Alzheimer's disease
Challenges Solved
Improved material hardness and other physical properties; bulkiness and heaviness associated with most super-hard materials
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