Create the Future Design Contest Announces Finalists

Mouser Electronics, Inc. acknowledges finalists for the 2024 Create the Future Design Contest, a global challenge to engineers and innovators globally to "design the next great thing." The competition is produced by SAE Media Group, an SAE International Company, and Tech Briefs magazine. COMSOL is also a principal sponsor of the contest.

"We are always impressed by the amazing ingenuity behind each year's group of Create the Future entries," says Kevin Hess, Mouser senior vice president of Marketing. "Mouser offers its sincere congratulations to the finalists and commends the entrants for their creative designs."

The following finalists will be competing for the $25,000 Grand Prize during a live presentation round in November.

• Aerospace and Defense: Laser-generated Anti-icing and Anti-fogging Transparent Materials
• Automotive and Transportation: Multi-Modal Traffic Detection System
• Medical: NETrolyze: A Novel Immunotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
• Electronics: Thin-Film Thermoelectric Cooling Device
• Manufacturing and Materials: RHOBARR Barrier Dispersions Platform
• Robotics and Automation: Astroant: A Miniature Symbiotic Robotic Serving on the Outside Surfaces of Spacecraft, Rovers, and Landers for Inspection and Diagnostic Tasks
• Sustainable Technology: Cosmetic Silica Upcycled from Rice Husk as Natural Alternative to Microplastic Powders

Previous contests have produced more than 16,000 design ideas from engineers, entrepreneurs and students in more than 100 countries. The Create the Future Design Contest focuses on product designs that improve healthcare quality or help provide sustainable solutions, according to Mouser Electronics.

For more information on the finalists and their designs, visit https://www.mouser.com/createthefuture/.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.