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IdeaConnection: Global Collaboration - Connected Innovation » Sept-11-13

BOOKS Engines of Innovation: The Entrepreneurial University in the Twenty-First Century. By Holden Thorp, Buck Goldstein [MORE BOOKS] NEW INVENTIONS Smart Syringe Designed to help alert people to the danger of used syringes, the ABC syringe turns a startling red after it's been used, which can help to prevent the spread of disease due to reusing or sharing of needles. Run-n-Read The newly streamlined Run-n-Read tracks the user's head movements as they jog and syncs the motion with an ebook interface for a more steady reading experience. [MORE NEW INVENTIONS] VIDEO Accessible Print Material A new system able to manipulate the color, tone and contrast of printed materials could have significant implications for people with color-blindness and other vision-related problems. [MORE VIDEOS] INNOVATION ARTICLES Crowdsharing Innovation Share your innovation and collaboration insights with the world! [POST YOUR INNOVATION ARTICLES] Featured Article Open Innovation Works! – Positive Conclusions in Report by Chesbrough and Brunswicker By Stefan Lindegaard [READ MORE ARTICLES] BLOG NFL Issues $10 Million Open Innovation Challenge A $10 million dollar prize pool has been created for innovators to come up with breakthrough technologies that lead to improved ways of monitoring and protecting the head against trauma. [INNOVATION BLOG] INNOVATIVE PEOPLE Promote Your Innovation Skills! Perry Hambright is a serial inventor and has developed the G-Force Gravity Powered Trash Press among his many creations. [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 CHALLENGES Arsenic Penny-per-Test Challenge Design an arsenic test that costs less than a penny per test and which can be manufactured and distributed locally, throughout Bangladesh and elsewhere. Contaminated Water "Tool Kit" Seeking a platform or technology that enables real-time raw material identification and characterization of wide range of plastics and polymers. Arsenic Removal Water Filter Design for Cottage Industry Manufacture Design an inexpensive water filter that removes arsenic to less than 50 ppb (Bangladeshi standard) or, ideally, to less than 10 ppb (WHO standard). Electronic Waste Challenge Design an action plan or strategy so members of the global community of professional chemists and their networks can alleviate the growing hazards of electronic waste (e-waste). TECHNOLOGY SCOUTING $2,000 for each Accepted Lead: 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. OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES Open Innovation and Publishing's New Chapter Unbound is a crowdsourcing platform that gives readers the power of publishing by supporting which books they want to be written. Authors can post a book excerpt and video pitch for funding and will complete the work when their goal is met. [MORE OPEN INNOVATION STORIES] [WHAT CAN WE SOLVE FOR YOU?] RESEARCH FUNDING Research Crowdfunding IdeaConnection Research Crowdfunding is a service where scientists, engineers and researchers can raise funds in order to complete a research project. [RESEARCH PROJECTS SEEKING FUNDING] [POST A PROJECT] RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS Special Education Even though our current economic system pays teachers a pittance compared to what it pays corporate executives, education is pretty special. At least it should be. What other kind of education should we tolerate? [MORE RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS] PATENT MARKETPLACE Tire Handling Device The patent for sale is for tire handling device that is portable and can hold and manipulate the tire while changing a flat. The device is compact and can be stored within a motor vehicle trunk or tire storage compartment. The device includes a tire support cradle supported by opposed vertically adjustable handles. [THOUSANDS OF PATENTS] No charge to contact the patent owner! [LIST YOUR PATENT] It's FREE. INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS Tech Summit on Incentivizing Collaborative Innovation Oct-16-13 to Oct-17-13 Silicon Valley, California, USA At this exclusive event participants will learn from some of the most influential tech leaders of our times and dive deep into the trends, track record, and trajectory of competitions. [MORE CONVENTIONS] [FREE: ADD YOUR INNOVATION EVENT] INNOVATION CONTESTS iSEED iCUBE Contest Closes: Oct-10-13 This contest aims to harness the power of ideas from youth, who may be able to provide fresh and unique perspectives to challenges. Students can submit any ideas which they believe in. Three awards are available, with a top award of INR 100,000. [MORE INNOVATION CONTESTS] [FREE: POST YOUR INNOVATION CONTEST] [NOTIFY ME OF NEW CONTESTS POSTED] INVENTIONS FOR SALE Microbial Process to Produce Water Soluble Melanin The invention for sale is for a process to economically produce water soluble melanin extracellularly by using microorganisms. The melanin corresponds to eumelanin typical of black, human hair. It has excellent UV light absorbance, protects internal organs against gamma radiation. [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]

"Leaders trying to ignite innovation have to move from rewarding innovation outcomes to rewarding behaviors consistent with successful innovation." – Scott D. Anthony