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INTERVIEW
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Maximizing the Potential of Open Innovation
With Stefan Lindegaard
By Paul Arnold
I think we are getting to where open innovation is the norm in most industries. 
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BOOKS
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Leapfrogging
Harness the power of surprise for business breakthroughs.
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NEW INVENTIONS
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SENSUS
The leg band was designed to help people suffering from diabetes manage their chronic pain by keeping pain signals from reaching the brain. 

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Wear Your Tweets
Extroverts and Twitter afficinados can display live Twitter messages on their t-shirts, as well as other videos or images transmitted from an iPhone. 
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BROCHURE
"Open Innovation: 
The Next Step." 
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VIDEO
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Aurasma
This visual browser allows you to create a video and link it to an object. View the object through your smartphone and the image will playback.
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INNOVATION ARTICLES
Crowdsharing Innovation
Share your innovation and collaboration insights with the world!
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Featured Article
7 Innovation Lessons from the First Man on the Moon
By Gijs van Wulfen
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BLOG
One Innovation Era Ends, Another Begins
Are we coming to the end of an era where innovation is about products and services and embarking on a new age that focuses on "behavioral business models?"
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INNOVATIVE PEOPLE
Promote Your Innovation Skills!
Lara Jordan has developed a low cost thermal efficiency test rig for flat plate solar collectors.
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OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES
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Big Ideas to Boost Innovation in Africa
The Open Innovation Africa Summit launched a global open innovation contest that challenged participants to come up with ideas to make it easier for innovators to realize their enterprising visions.
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PROBLEM SOLVER INTERVIEWS
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Working on a Challenge elevates Aerospace Engineering Designer
I had no idea what the solution would be when we embarked on the challenge, but a combination of ideas and inputs from each member generated five solutions, two of which we knew stood out better than the rest. 
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POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Soybean Breeding Project Lead
Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. is seeking two Soybean specialists to work in Brazil. Must be proficient in Portuguese and English.
• Soybean Breeding Project Lead
• Soybean Genetic Project Lead
Who do you know who could fill these positions? Submit your lead, and if it's accepted, you will receive $2,000.
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TECH SCOUTING
Phase Change Material
More than 20% volumetric expansion with less than a 20°C temperature change. 
$2,000 for an accepted lead.
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CITATION SEARCH
Plants Resistant to Dicambia
Prior art citations wanted for plants resistant to dicamba.
$10,000 for each accepted document. [DETAILS HERE]
TECH SCOUTING
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Nematode Detection RFP
A major agribusiness corporation is seeking technology to enable simple, semi-quantitative, cost-effective, field-based diagnosis of nematode populations in soybean fields. 
$10,000 for each accepted lead.
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University Graduates Wanted
Employment available for university students and graduates in the fields of biotech, chemistry, genetics, plant science, biology, botany, earth science, material science, physics and engineering. 
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PATENT MARKETPLACE
Curved Panel Assemblies and Method of Assemblies Thereof
The "Arc," trademarked ArcSys Frame a.k.a.Construction Curve is a curved T-beam with 'hooked' ends and is the essence of my versatile, empowering building system. Arcs simply snap on to hold flexible sheet material in curved form, springing its inherent but typically latent advantages to the surface. 
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RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS
Right Brain Workout
How to Peel a Banana Creatively
Did you know that some people prefer to open their bananas from the far end, the end opposite the stem? Neither did I till I ran into a contrarian peeler and found a bunch of evidence and fellow bottom-up peelers backing him up. 
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TECHNOLOGY SCOUTING
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IdeaConnection is able to reach into many corners of the world – into small emerging companies, university and garage labs, and patent lawyers' offices as attorneys are drawing up patents for their clients. Technology scouting professionals continually search within their specialties to provide you with the critical technologies you seek. 
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INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS
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BIF-8 Collaborative Innovation Summit
Sep 19-20, 2012
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Two days. Thirty storytellers. Over 400 innovators, troublemakers, entrepreneurs, inventors, and transformation artists. Believing in the power of stories to change the world, the BIF Summit is a storytelling jam, peppered with tales of personal discovery, innovation, and transformation. 
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INNOVATION CONTESTS
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Innovate the Future
Contest Closes: Sep-30-12
Lockheed Martin recognizes that great ideas can come from anywhere. This campaign offers a global forum for participants to share their ideas for ways to enable a more secure future for our planet. $25,000. 
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INVENTIONS FOR SALE
T-Shield / Termite Shield
The T-Shield keeps subterrranean termites and vermin out of your home, and preserves the wood siding or stucco finish, providing a clean and watertight base for constuction applications. 
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If you don't do open innovation you are going to be in big trouble a few years from now 
and more companies are realizing this.

– Stefan Lindegaard