NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Emhart Teknologies announced a nationwide engineering-design competition to identify and recognize outstanding innovation and applications in the field of product design. The "Create The Future" contest period runs through November 15, 2002, and is open to engineering professionals, students, academics and the general public not affiliated with Emhart or NASA Tech Briefs, a co-sponsor. The grand prize is a hybrid automobile or $20,000 cash.

For more information, visit www.emhartcontest.com.