The best designed products of 2017

Good product design has the power to redefine the way we interact with the world.

That can mean presenting a new, more efficient way to cook dinner or changing the way parents interact with a sick child.

In that spirit, the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) has announced 77 finalists for its 2017 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), which are given to designers and concepts that have achieved excellence in product design in the past year.

The winners will be announced August 19.

Here are some of the best designs from around the world.

SEE ALSO: The 22 best product designs of the year

The VECTRA WB360 3D Whole Body Imaging System is the first machine capable of producing a 360-degree picture of the human body. It has 92 cameras to capture body shape and skin conditions, useful for surgeons and dermatologists.

Real Rain uses the same amount of water as a traditional shower but mimics actual rain with droplets and irregular spacing between bursts of water.

Q-Collar helps athletes prone to brain injury, such as football or soccer players, minimize their risk. The collar gently tightens around the neck to reduce the brain's tendency to slosh inside the skull.

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