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IdeaConnection: Global Collaboration - Connected Innovation » Mar-12-14

BOOKS The Innovator's Field Guide Market Tested Methods and Frameworks to Help You Meet Your Innovation Challenges. By Peter Skarzvnski, David Crosswhite [MORE BOOKS] NEW INVENTIONS Moff Sound Bracelet The Moff turns everything you do, everything you hold, into a toy. A broom becomes a guitar, a ruler a magic wand, a whisk a tennis racquet. Moss FM The first moss-powered radio uses the electrons and protons of photosynthesizing plants to create an electrical current. [MORE NEW INVENTIONS] VIDEO Water Harvesting Billboard A billboard in Lima, Peru is able to produce about 26 gallons of water a day by capturing and filtering the humidity from the air. [MORE VIDEOS] INNOVATION ARTICLES Crowdsharing Innovation Share your innovation and collaboration insights with the world! [POST YOUR INNOVATION ARTICLES] Featured Article Balancing Innovation via Organizational Ambidexterity – Part 3 By Paul Hobcraft [READ MORE ARTICLES] BLOG New Study Gives Crowdsourced Research the Thumbs Up Study concludes that members of the public are just as effective at spotting lunar craters as people with 5 to 50 years experience. [INNOVATION BLOG] INNOVATIVE PEOPLE Promote Your Innovation Skills! Randell Heath worked with 3M to develop a compaction tape coated with post-it note adhesive. [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 Trust Based Admission Control Model (TACM) Prospective For Advanced P2P Network Researchers in China have implemented a P2P social network system TrustP2Pnet based on TCAM called Trust Based Admission Control Model (TACM). This model cannot only effectively protect the system from malicious peers but also process very good scalability. [MORE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] [CONTACT US TO RECEIVE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES Reducing Flight Fuel Costs with Open Innovation Holding an Idea Contest is a popular form of open innovation that captures the imagination of brilliant minds and focuses the attention on speeding up innovation outcomes. GE's 3D Printing Design Quest produced a jet engine bracket that reduced weight, thus saving fuel. [MORE OPEN INNOVATION STORIES] [WHAT CAN WE SOLVE FOR YOU?] PATENT MARKETPLACE Device for Increasing Tire Friction This revolutionary new alternative tire traction device (ATTD) is designed for semi-trucks; a unique apparatus for preventing slipping of a tire under winter weather conditions solving a lot of the difficulties and disadvantages of the currently existing conventional tire snow chains and other ATTDs. [THOUSANDS OF PATENTS] No charge to contact the patent owner! [LIST YOUR PATENT] It's FREE. INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS EE Live! Mar-31 to Apr-03, 2014, San Jose, California, USA Attend EE Live! Conference and Expo and discover new solutions, and practical, actionable approaches to reducing time and complexity in your product development process. [MORE CONVENTIONS] [FREE: ADD YOUR INNOVATION EVENT] INNOVATION CONTESTS Mission Idea Contest Deadline: Jun-27-14 The primary goal of MIC is to open a door to a new facet of space exploration and exploitation. MIC for Micro/Nano-satellite Utilization Requirements: Exploitation of nano-satellite(s) (<50 kg). [FREE: POST YOUR INNOVATION CONTEST] [NOTIFY ME OF NEW CONTESTS POSTED] INVENTIONS FOR SALE The Bobber Floating Cell Phone Case The Bobber is a floating, indestructible, water-resistant cell phone case (patent pending) designed to fit various models of cell phones and other mobile devices so these devices can be used safely for taking pictures while on the water. [MORE INVENTIONS FOR SALE] [LIST YOUR INVENTION FOR SALE]

"Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation." – Mason Cooley