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IdeaConnection: Your One-Stop-Shop for Open Innovation » Mar-13-13
INTERVIEW On the Cusp of a New Era of Open Innovation With Michael Docherty I think we're on the cusp of the next major thing in open innovation. [MORE INTERVIEWS] BOOKS The Innovator's Extinction How best intentions and natural selection will drive your company into the grave. [MORE BOOKS] NEW INVENTIONS Crowdsourced Bike Did they get it right? The Pibal Scooter-Cycle incorporates features not found on other bikes. SMARTWheel This student-designed steering wheel cover will warn you if the wheel is being held in an unsafe way, such as one-handed. [MORE NEW INVENTIONS] VIDEO Ultra Ever Dry The super hydrophobic coating uses nanotechnology to repel almost any liquid, including mud, paint and concrete, and can be used on a variety of materials. [MORE VIDEOS] INNOVATION ARTICLES Crowdsharing Innovation Share your innovation and collaboration insights with the world! [POST YOUR INNOVATION ARTICLES] Featured Article Innovation: Harnessing 3.8 Billion Years of R&D By Andrea Meyer [READ MORE ARTICLES] BLOG Crowd-Designed Rockets Design a 3D printed rocket engine that could become part of a propulsion system to carry nano-satellites into space. [INNOVATION BLOG] INNOVATIVE PEOPLE Promote Your Innovation Skills! Oleksandr Demidenko established and utilized an in vivo approach for site-specific mutagenesis of bacteriophages. [ADD YOUR PROFILE] [BE A PROBLEM SOLVER]	Meet IdeaConnection at Open Innovation 2013 Philadelphia, PA, USA Apr 15-17, 2013 OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES Open Innovation Speeds Up Development of a General Mills Snack Product The Snacks division estimated that working together with an external partner shaved nine to twelve months off the time it would have taken to get the brownie from concept to launch. Hearthside Food Solutions was happy with the deal as well as it got to share in the marketplace success of Fiber-One 90-Calorie Brownies. [MORE OPEN INNOVATION STORIES] [WHAT CAN WE SOLVE FOR YOU?] PROBLEM SOLVER INTERVIEWS Creating Groundbreaking Solutions I had a challenge from IdeaConnection to find a coating material to coat on a polymer film, a packaging film for food. The seeker needed a coating which can inhibit the transmission of oxygen and moisture into a package, so that the shelf-life of the product can be enhanced. [MORE INTERVIEWS WITH PROBLEM SOLVERS] [BECOME A PROBLEM SOLVER TODAY] TECH SCOUTING $2,000 for each Accepted Lead: High Voltage Power Supply Seeking a power supply designer/developer that can, in the short term (6-8 weeks), provide 5-10 units of the specified power supply configuration intended for a proprietary high power based application. Consumer Air Quality Monitoring Device, Sensor or Technologies Seeking a device, or enabling technologies to perform automatic, real-time monitoring of air for ground level ozone, speciated volatile organic hydrocarbon analysis and particles of less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter ("PM2.5".) in a consumer device. Control of Asian Soybean Rust Seeking emerging technologies for control of a disease called Asian soybean rust (ASR). $10,000 for each Accepted Lead: Soybean Nematodes Field Diagnostic Services Seeking a contract service provider or research group to identify and quantify nematodes, soybean cyst nematodes in particular, in soybean fields in several US States (IA, MO, IL, IN and AR). CITATION SEARCH 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. POSITIONS AVAILABLE $2,000 for each Accepted Lead: Who do you know who could fill these positions? Seed Care Technology Opportunity Manager Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. is seeking a candidate for the position of Global R&D Expert, Adjacent and Seed Care Technology Opportunity Manager to work in the UK. Soybean Genetic Project Lead Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. is seeking a candidate for the position of Soybean Genetic Project Lead, to work in Slater, Iowa. [POST A JOB OFFER] It's Free to Post PATENT MARKETPLACE Indole compounds and their use as radiation sensitizing agents and chemotherapeutic agents Various attempts have been made to develop a radiation sensitizer that reduces the radiation dose and adverse drug reactions without compromising the therapeutic effect of radiotherapy. The indole derived Aplysinopsin analogs have been reported as potent and selective cytotoxic agents against cancer cells. These observations prompted us to design and synthesize a series of novel indole derivatives, including substituted 5((N-Benzyl-1H-indol-3-yl)methylene)pyrimidine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-triones & (Z)-5((N-benzyl-1H-indol-3-yl)methylene)imidazolidine-2,4-diones and their related compounds with various substitutions on both the indolic ring and the N-benzyl group that are radiation sensitizers. These compounds produced robust radiosensitization in several cancer cell lines that include lung, pancreatic, glioblastoma, colon, and breast. The compounds suppressed tumor growth in vivo models. [THOUSANDS OF PATENTS] No charge to contact the patent owner! [LIST YOUR PATENT] It's FREE. RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS The Invention that Invented Itself While Adam was apparently satisfied with the way things were, his partner found the thirst for knowledge irresistible. So she observed, formed a hypothesis, experimented. And we've been independently verifying her results ever since. [MORE RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS] THE NINE-TENTHS SOLUTION Are you 9/10ths of the Way to Success? Funding and technical help may be available for start-ups and early stage companies in this very unique situation. [CONTACT IDEACONNECTION TODAY] INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS Silicon Valley Innovation Summit 2013 Jul 23-24, 2013 Mountain View, California, USA The Silicon Valley Innovation Summit is the premier annual gathering of the brightest minds and top entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate players in the Global Silicon Valley. This two-day exclusive event treats attendees to a high-level debate and discourse on top trends and opportunities in the booming digital media, entertainment, on-demand and cloud computing sectors. [MORE CONVENTIONS] [FREE: ADD YOUR INNOVATION EVENT] INNOVATION CONTESTS Start Me Up Innovation Campaign Contest Closes: Mar-30-13 The Backbone Innovation Campaign is about finding inspired Canadian technology ideas and helping entrepreneurs bring those ideas to the marketplace. $100,000. [MORE INNOVATION CONTESTS] [FREE: POST YOUR INNOVATION CONTEST] [NOTIFY ME OF NEW CONTESTS POSTED] INVENTIONS FOR SALE The Number Nudget The Number Nudget is a tool designed to assist students in developing conceptual number concepts, developing basic computational skills and making connections from those concepts to the abstract symbols. [MORE INVENTIONS FOR SALE] [LIST YOUR INVENTION FOR SALE]
I definitely think in the past year or so I've seen a lot more people adopting it [open innovation] and it really has moved from being a "nice to have" to a "must have." – Michael Docherty