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BOOKS
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101 Design Methods
The first step-by-step guidebook for successful innovation planning.
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BROCHURE
"Open Innovation:
The Next Step."
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NEW INVENTIONS
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The Muse
The Muse brainwave-reading headband brings consumer EEG devices out of the game room and into daily life.

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Kinetic Charger
The Kinetic Charger turns mechanical movement into electricity, letting you power your phone by taking a walk.
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VIDEO
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OncoSec
The OncoSec Medical System uses electrical pulses to open the pores of cancer cells, improving the effectiveness of cancer treatments.
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INNOVATION ARTICLES
Crowdsharing Innovation
Share your innovation and collaboration insights with the world!
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Featured Article
Why Environment Matters to Innovation
By Jeffrey Phillips
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Key Ingredients to make Your Crowdsourcing Challenge a Success

Make Your Crowdsourcing Challenge a Success
Five key ingredients to make your crowdsourcing challenge a success.
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INNOVATIVE PEOPLE
Innovative People
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Walid Fakhouriidentified the first ligand binding receptor for the endocrine disruptor atrazine in pituitary cells.
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Driving Innovation

OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES
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On the Road with the UK's First Crowdsourced Car
Featuring the slogan 'You like it, we make it' Citroen collaborated with Facebook to let the public have their say on a special edition of its C1 Connexion.
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CITATION SEARCH
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Imaging Systems for Phenotyping Plants
Prior art citations wanted relating to systems, methods or technologies for imaging a plant or plant tissue to identify a certain characteristic.
$10,000 for each accepted document. [DETAILS HERE]
TECH SCOUTING
Screening Pratylenchus Nematode in Soybeans
Seeking CRO that has a current capability of detecting pratylenchus nematode in soybeans.
$10,000 for an accepted lead.
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TECH SCOUTING
Doubled Haploid Plant Production – Seed to SeedSeeking CRO or research institutes providing double haploid (DH) plant and seed production services.
$2,000 for an accepted lead.
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TECH SCOUTING
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Funds Available for Nematode Detection Research
Research proposals wanted for nematode detection, or earn $10,000for referring a researcher.
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CITATION SEARCH
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Plants Resistant to Dicambia
Prior art citations wanted relating to field test results on dicamba tolerant crops prior to June 6, 2005.

$10,000 for each accepted document. [DETAILS HERE]
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Soybean Breeding Project Lead
Fortune 500 client is seeking a
• Trait Development Consultant
for 5 hrs/week for 5 weeks.
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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PATENT MARKETPLACE
Absorption system of shock waves and armor for military vehicles
System absorption of shock waves for armored military vehicles and construction consisting of the body and interior of the vehicle by a structure pre hollow interior frameworks available boxes with a considerable thickness and closed once these boxes with inner shield is injected inside these boxes or hollow type synthetic rubber elastomer.
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RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS
Right Brain Workout
The Greatest Inventor
One of the few people to actually make a living as an independent inventor, Jerry Lemelson racked up more than 600 patents, second only to Thomas Edison.
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INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS
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InnoTown Innovation Conference 2013
May 22-23, 2013
Alesund, Norway
The aim of InnoTown is to move people's minds, both rationally and emotionally; to inspire and enhance creativity and innovation, to help motivate people to think new thoughts and dare to fail – to succeed.
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INNOVATION CONTESTS
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Big Ideas at Berkley
Contest Closes: Nov-06-12
UC Berkeley's annual Big Ideas prize contest has inspired innovative and high-impact student projects aimed at solving the world's most pressing problems. Total of $300,000.
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INVENTIONS FOR SALE
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The Butler
The Butler is a motion detector incorporated with a small, waterproof and weather-friendly camera mounted to the exterior portion of door acts as the transmitter. A microphone is also featured at this station as well. When a person approaches the door, the motion detector activates the camera and transmits a signal to a receiver on the inside of the house or business.
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Creative people get it that mistakes are part of the creative process.
They're not bad things.

– Nigel Collin