Finalists Announced in 2024 Create the Future Design Contest Sponsored by Mouser Electronics

DALLAS & FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader™ empowering innovation, congratulates the finalists for the 2024 Create the Future Design Contest, a global challenge to engineers and innovators around the world 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. For more information on the finalists and their designs, visit https://www.mouser.com/createthefuture/.

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 brings attention to product designs that enhance humanity, improve healthcare quality or help provide sustainable solutions. The contest was created in 2002 by the publishers of Tech Briefs magazine to help stimulate and reward engineering innovation.

For more information, go to https://www.mouser.com/createthefuture/.

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