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IdeaConnection Innovation Newsletter » Mar-26-14

BOOKS Creativity and Innovation Accessing and optimizing your inner visionary, entrepreneur, artist and muse. By Tim Levy [MORE BOOKS] NEW INVENTIONS MicrobeScope Turn your iPhone into a microscope and capture images and videos at 800x magnification. Pop-Up House Recyclable, affordable and can be assembled in four days with only an electric screwdriver. [MORE NEW INVENTIONS] VIDEO Starshade This prototype spacecraft will make it easier to study darker objects like distant planets by shading the telescope from the bright light of neighboring stars. [MORE VIDEOS] INNOVATION ARTICLES Crowdsharing Innovation Share your innovation and collaboration insights with the world! [POST YOUR INNOVATION ARTICLES] Featured Article Six Components for Successful Innovation Capacity By Jeffrey Phillips [READ MORE ARTICLES] BLOG Open Innovation and Breakthrough Ideas and Products Open innovation can be a gateway to breakthrough products and ideas for companies no matter their size or industry. [INNOVATION BLOG] INNOVATIVE PEOPLE Promote Your Innovation Skills! Ryan Fink developed a patent for vaccination of poultry against Salmonella. [ADD YOUR PROFILE] [BE A PROBLEM SOLVER]

TECHNOLOGY SCOUTING $1,000 for each Accepted Lead: Creation of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Films in Situ A client is seeking a technology that would enable creation of hydrophilic and/ or hydrophobic films and/or nonwoven fabrics in situ. Creation of Flexible Absorbent Materials in Situ A client is seeking a technology to create flexible absorbent materials in situ, eliminating use of rolled goods or baled fibers. $2,000 for each Accepted Lead: Zwitterionic Polymers Safe for Human Use A client is interested in zwitterionic polymers that have been demonstrated to be safe for human use. Consumer Food Monitoring Device Seeking a device, or enabling technologies to perform real-time monitoring of food for pesticide residues, veterinary residues and adulterants. 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. [WHAT TECHNOLOGIES CAN WE FIND FOR YOU?] EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Electric Current Can "Herd" Cells For Tissue Engineering Researchers have succeeded in getting cells to behave like schools of fish or flocks of birds in responding to an electrical potential. The cells could be induced to move in different directions, to converge or diverge, and even to form complex shapes. [MORE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] [CONTACT US TO RECEIVE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES Open Innovation Achieves when Traditional Procurement Fails to Deliver Participants in the Medical Appointment Scheduling Contest were asked to deliver a breakthrough system with many requirements that went beyond traditional scheduling functionality. What the traditional procurement approach had failed to deliver in almost ten years of trying, open innovation achieved in a matter of months. [MORE OPEN INNOVATION STORIES] [WHAT CAN WE SOLVE FOR YOU?] PATENT MARKETPLACE Ski Simulator The foundation of the present invention is based on providing conditions for the full simulation of the skier's movement on a real skiing/slalom track by installing additional platforms, each of which imitates an axis of movement of the slope, skis, or skier's body. [THOUSANDS OF PATENTS] No charge to contact the patent owner! [LIST YOUR PATENT] It's FREE. We are excited to hear original ideas about innovation and open innovation. Contribute to our blog. Email us your article for review. INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS University of Waterloo Innovation Summit Apr 14-15, 2014 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Fostering global innovation conversations by bringing together innovators, global thought leaders, policy makers and academics who have the power to influence change and drive prosperity. [MORE CONVENTIONS] [FREE: ADD YOUR INNOVATION EVENT] INNOVATION CONTESTS Next Generation Award 2014 Deadline: Sep-01-14 Describe, in no more than 500 words, an idea, innovation or change to corporate policy that would improve the UK automotive business. Award £7500 plus a five-month work experience placement. [FREE: POST YOUR INNOVATION CONTEST] [NOTIFY ME OF NEW CONTESTS POSTED] INVENTIONS FOR SALE Camera Integrated Firearm System and Method The invention replaces the factory recoil guide rod of the police pistol. The invention takes a video of police shootings in real time and transmits it to nearest cell tower within seconds. Even if invention is lost or destroyed, the shooting video is online. All operation is fully automatic. [MORE INVENTIONS FOR SALE] [LIST YOUR INVENTION FOR SALE]

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