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IdeaConnection: Global Collaboration - Connected Innovation » Aug-14-13

BOOKS The Ideal Result: What It Is and How to Achieve It. By Jack Hipple [MORE BOOKS] NEW INVENTIONS Oil Cleaning Spines Taking inspiration from the conic shape of cactus spines, researchers have developed a design that could extract 99% of oil from oil spills. Solar Watercraft The ASAP Solar Powered Resuce Watercraft is an affordable and eco-friendly watercraft that is a combination of ski, surfboard and catamaran design. [MORE NEW INVENTIONS] VIDEO Robots Remove Clots A robotic surgical system is now able to remove a blood clot with minimal damage to the surrounding tissue. [MORE VIDEOS] INNOVATION ARTICLES Crowdsharing Innovation Share your innovation and collaboration insights with the world! [POST YOUR INNOVATION ARTICLES] Featured Article Three Forces Needed for Innovation to Happen By Jorge Barba [READ MORE ARTICLES] BLOG Open Innovation at Ford's Silicon Valley Lab Ford's Silicon Valley Lab is driving into the future with a crowdsourcing approach to the creation of groundbreaking apps and entertainment features for its vehicles. [INNOVATION BLOG] INNOVATIVE PEOPLE Promote Your Innovation Skills! Lena Gerwick developed a transgenic zebrafish for use in vivo testing of anti-inflammatory molecules. [ADD YOUR PROFILE] [BE A PROBLEM SOLVER]

Applied mathematicians wanted for projects involving big data mining, decision modeling, applied mathematics, and statistical data analysis. [BECOME A PROBLEM SOLVER] OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES Crowdsourcing the Education Needs of the World In 2012 UNESCO teamed up with mobile phone company Nokia and nonprofit organization Pearson Foundation to launch the eight month long 'Education for All (EFA) Crowdsourcing Challenge'. The aim was to gain fresh ideas on how mobile communications can help EFA achieve its goals. [MORE OPEN INNOVATION STORIES] [WHAT CAN WE SOLVE FOR YOU?] TECH SCOUTING $2,000 for each Accepted Lead: Resolving Temporary Dark Circles Under Eyes Seeking a technology to combat either the development of, the signs of, the underlying causes of, a temporary dark circle below the eyes. Mobile Biomass characterization Device or Technology Seeking a platform or technology that enables real-time biomass characterization for multiple feedstocks. Mobile Raw Materials Characterization Device or Technology Seeking a platform or technology that enables real-time raw material identification and characterization of wide range of plastics and polymers. 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. $10,000 for each Accepted Lead: New Leads for GM Water Optimization in Corn (Maize) A client is seeking new GM technologies for trait improvements for water optimization in corn. EARN REFERRAL FEES Refer a Colleague and You Can Earn $500 IdeaConnection Problem Solvers and Members can earn $500 by referring colleagues to IdeaConnection's problem solving membership. If the colleague you refer wins a tech scouting challenge, you will be paid $500. [DETAILS HERE] RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS The I-s Have It Saying there is no I in team is like saying there are no letters in words. You might as well say there's no arrow in the FedEx logo. The arrow in the FedEx logo rises above the words, shape, colors, and contrasts as the hero. What about other individualistic elements that make a mark? [MORE RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS] PATENT MARKETPLACE A Portable Folding Electric Tricycle that can be Folded into a Chair and a Suitcase The patent is for a unique design for a folding tricycle that is ideal for day-to-day urban travellers and can be easily taken onto trains and buses. [THOUSANDS OF PATENTS] No charge to contact the patent owner! [LIST YOUR PATENT] It's FREE. INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS Service Design and Innovation Conference Apr-09-14 to Apr-11-14 Lancaster University, UK ServDes is the premier research conference for bringing researchers and practitioners together to discuss, share and evolve the emerging discipline of Service Design, and design-related service innovation. [MORE CONVENTIONS] [FREE: ADD YOUR INNOVATION EVENT] INNOVATION CONTESTS 2013 Intel App Innovation Contest Contest Closes: Sep-04-13 A unique developer opportunity open to developers in 20 countries, the Intel App Innovation Contest aims to generate innovative Windows*8 desktop demo apps that are optimized for Lenovo All-In-One and tablet devices, inspire developer creativity, leverage new form factors, and establish new use cases and PC interaction. Total awards of over $100,000 USD are available. [MORE INNOVATION CONTESTS] [FREE: POST YOUR INNOVATION CONTEST] [NOTIFY ME OF NEW CONTESTS POSTED] INVENTIONS FOR SALE System & Method for Personalized Social Networking on Mobile Devices (Patent Pending) The invention for sale is an app based on a hybrid peer to peer model which allows people to create and manage personalized social networks, context based workflows and meeting organization on their mobile devices. [MORE INVENTIONS FOR SALE] [LIST YOUR INVENTION FOR SALE] IDEA RALLY Need Ideas? Invite hundreds of IdeaConnection's targeted experts to participate in an Idea Rally™ focused on your topic of choice. Top thinkers and innovators with expertise in your topic area will come together in a virtual think tank for a week-long dialogue, feeding off each other's ideas and coming up with new approaches and solutions to your challenge. [LEARN MORE]

The future belongs to those who are capable of thinking differently and who dare to take risks, to break old rules and make new ones. – Anja Foerster