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IdeaConnection: What can we help you Solve? » Sep-05-12
INTERVIEW Sparks of Surprise With Soren Kaplan By Vern Burkhardt "Groundbreaking innovations always deliver: something new, something powerfully effective, and something unexpected." [MORE INTERVIEWS] BOOKS The Future of Innovation Innovation is the new mantra. Innovation is a journey. [MORE BOOKS] NEW INVENTIONS Connected Vehicles The Connected Vehicles system will allow vehicles to communicate with each other via Wi-Fi to cut down on crashes. Growing Stem Cells Researchers have found way to create stem cells from adult red blood cells, which could help relieve the controversy surrounding stem cell use. [MORE NEW INVENTIONS] BROCHURE "Open Innovation: The Next Step." Want a copy? [MAIL ME ONE] VIDEO Glove Tricorder Combines sensor technology and human touch to help instruct medical staff during physical exams, and may eventually allow patients to self-diagnose. [MORE VIDEOS] [SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO] INNOVATION ARTICLES Crowdsharing Innovation Share your innovation and collaboration insights with the world! [POST YOUR INNOVATION ARTICLES] Featured Article Smart Nation: Building the National Innovation System By Tim Mazzarol [READ MORE ARTICLES] BLOG Why Should We Innovate? "If you don't innovate, you may survive today, but you'll die tomorrow." [INNOVATION BLOG] INNOVATIVE PEOPLE Promote Your Innovation Skills! Ole Egon Moeller developed a way of blasting icebergs away using less explosives. [ADD YOUR PROFILE] [BE A PROBLEM SOLVER]	Did You Know... IdeaConnection's tech scouting service harnesses the crowd beyond the crowd? [LEARN MORE] OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES The Crowd Remakes a Movie Classic The force is with the crowd as Star Wars fans from all over the world have created a complete crowdsourced version of the 1977 sci-fi classic – 'Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'. [MORE OPEN INNOVATION STORIES] [WHAT CAN WE SOLVE FOR YOU?] Facilitators Wanted Experienced facilitators wanted to work in IdeaConnection's virtual ThinkSpace®, guiding teams of professionals working to solve theoretical challenges. [REGISTER HERE] PROBLEM SOLVER INTERVIEWS IdeaRally Pays Off for Biotech Freelancer I was most impressed with how an idea could evolve from something very simple to one with several add-on features, simply by including suggestions and ideas from the scientific community. [MORE INTERVIEWS WITH PROBLEM SOLVERS] [BECOME A PROBLEM SOLVER TODAY] POSITIONS AVAILABLE 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. [POST A JOB OFFER] It's Free to Post [MORE POSITIONS] TECH SCOUTING Phase Change Material More than 20% volumetric expansion with less than a 20°C temperature change. $2,000 for an accepted lead. [DETAILS HERE]   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 Funds Available for Nematode Detection Research Research proposals wanted seeking technology to enable simple, semi-quantitative, cost-effective, field-based diagnosis of nematode populations in soybean fields. Earn $10,000 to find some who can do this research. [MORE INFO] PATENT MARKETPLACE Stroboscope Light for Subwoofers and Low Frequency Speakers This is a brand new invention illuminating subwoofer speaker and allowing the spectator to see the rhythm and customizable speaker movement! The device is used to illuminate the subwoofer in an audio system. By analyzing audio signal it enhances the visual rhythm of the speaker and could be used to create abnormal speaker movement illusion. [THOUSANDS OF PATENTS] [LIST YOUR PATENT] It's FREE. RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS Thank You, Sword Swallower Experiments on sword swallowers beginning in the 19th century opened the door to medical practices we take for granted today. German physician Adolf Kussmaul performed the world’s first esophagoscopy on a sword-swallower in 1868. [MORE RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS] INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS BIF-7 Sep 20-21, 2012 Providence, Rhode Island, USA Two days. Thirty storytellers. Over 400 innovators, troublemakers, entrepreneurs, inventors, and transformation artists. BIF-7 is a national gathering of amazing people who are driven by their passion, creativity, and smarts to create value in entirely new ways. [MORE CONVENTIONS] [FREE: ADD YOUR INNOVATION EVENT] INNOVATION CONTESTS Ecomagination Low Carbon Solutions Challenge Contest Closes: Nov-30-12 An innovation experiment where businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators and students share their best ideas on how to reduce carbon emissions. There is $500,000 to be up for grabs and potential investment opportunities of up to up to $10 million from GE and its partners. [MORE INNOVATION CONTESTS] [FREE: POST YOUR INNOVATION CONTEST] [NOTIFY ME OF NEW CONTESTS POSTED] INVENTIONS FOR SALE Filta-Gutter The Filta-Gutter is like conventional square, round or ogee type uPVC gutter, but with the fascia side being a little higher, and has a curved, rigid, perforated filter plate covering the top. The filter plate, meshed with small holes arranged in a staggered fashion, would attach to the fascia side via a series of incomplete hinges and to the front lip via a small clip, thus enabling someone to simply lift the plate up in order to inspect the inside of the gutter. [MORE INVENTIONS FOR SALE] [LIST YOUR INVENTION FOR SALE]
The whole notion of surprise is an unspoken but critical ingredient to breakthrough innovation. – Soren Kaplan