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IdeaConnection: Global Collaboration - Connected Innovation » Mar-05-14

BOOKS Growth Through Innovation Managing the Technology-Driven Enterprise. By Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen [MORE BOOKS] NEW INVENTIONS Heart Sock This silicon sheath, that covers the entire heart, could one day replace pacemakers. D-air Ski Airbag The airbag will only inflate when the data received from at least seven sensors exceeds a designated threshold. [MORE NEW INVENTIONS] VIDEO Giving People a Voice The vocaliD project uses 'donor voices' to give people who rely on synthetic speech their own unique voice appropriate for age, gender and personality. [MORE VIDEOS] INNOVATION ARTICLES Crowdsharing Innovation Share your innovation and collaboration insights with the world! [POST YOUR INNOVATION ARTICLES] Featured Article Ask Better Questions, Do More Stuff, and Think About Maps? By Tim Kastelle [READ MORE ARTICLES] BLOG How Companies Can Use Social Media for Innovation Working with consumers, suppliers and other external partners via social media can lead to innovative products. [INNOVATION BLOG] INNOVATIVE PEOPLE Promote Your Innovation Skills! Paul Munkholm co-facilitated a three day brainstorm for a national detergent brand, developing new product concepts and names. [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. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Novel Efficient Spacecraft Trajectories Optimized Multiple Shooting (OMS) method along with the Multiple Impulses Optimization (MIO) approach provides fuel efficient trajectories around the orbit of the Earth-Moon system. [MORE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES Crowdsourcing Competition for Breakthrough Clean Energy Solutions The 2013 MIT Clean Energy Prize was awarded to a technology that could vastly improve the efficiency of solar panels and make them cheaper to produce. [MORE OPEN INNOVATION STORIES] [WHAT CAN WE SOLVE FOR YOU?] PATENT MARKETPLACE Photovoltaic Ladder Inverter This invention is for a unique DC-AC conversion topology for solar photovoltaic arrays that incorporates the best features of both central string inverters and DC-DC optomizers. It has a simple, elegant design with high reliability, high efficiency and low cost. [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 Food Innovation Asia Conference June 12-13, 2014 Bangkok, Thailand The conference will provide opportunity to meet and share experiences as well as strengthen networking among international food scientists and scientists in related fields from academia, government and food industries. [MORE CONVENTIONS] [FREE: ADD YOUR INNOVATION EVENT] INNOVATION CONTESTS Innovation 2030 Deadline: Mar-31-14 A worldwide innovation challenge to identify and provide support for the growth of both French and foreign entrepreneurs whose innovation projects have significant implications for the French economy. Grants of up to €200,000 per project. [FREE: POST YOUR INNOVATION CONTEST] [NOTIFY ME OF NEW CONTESTS POSTED] INVENTIONS FOR SALE Lock-All Lock-All is a pocket-sized lock box with multiple uses. It can lock valuables by the pool or beach, lock your cell phone to an outlet while it is charging, lock power tools plugged into an outlet, or lock doors and drawers in a fast an easy way that does not damage to the surface. [MORE INVENTIONS FOR SALE] [LIST YOUR INVENTION FOR SALE]

"We owe our existence to innovation. Our species exists thanks to four billion years of genetic innovation." – Gary Hamel