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IdeaConnection Innovation Newsletter » Apr-02-14 Working confidentially with companies large and small, including several Fortune 500s.

BOOKS Riding the Creative Rollercoaster How leaders evoke creativity, productivity and innovation. By Tim Levy [MORE BOOKS] NEW INVENTIONS Edible Water Bottle The Ooho edible water bottle could reduce the amount of plastic bottle waste, and it can be cooked up in a home kitchen. Buoyant Airborne Turbine The BAT could bring both electricity and WiFi to rural areas and the developing world. [MORE NEW INVENTIONS] VIDEO Meruru The Meruru lets you insert and remove contact lenses without ever touching the lens with your fingers. [MORE VIDEOS] INNOVATION ARTICLES Crowdsharing Innovation [SUBMIT AN INNOVATION ARTICLE] Featured Article The Key to Innovation: Making Smart Analogies By Annie Murphy Paul [READ MORE ARTICLES] BLOG New Drug Discovery Open Innovation Platform AstraZeneca's new open innovation platform will make it easier for scientists all over the world to access the organisation's OI projects. [INNOVATION BLOG] INNOVATIVE PEOPLE Promote Your Innovation Skills! Sam Lee developed a technique to detect novel genes that were never before found in liver cells. [ADD YOUR PROFILE] [BE A PROBLEM SOLVER]     PROBLEM SOLVER INTERVIEWS Helping Brilliant Brains Fire on all Cylinders My role as a facilitator is about bringing the team together and working together as one. It's about making sure that I'm drawing out the expertise and having everyone thinking a little bit outside of the box. – Bobbi Symes [MORE INTERVIEWS WITH PROBLEM SOLVERS] [BECOME A PROBLEM SOLVER TODAY] 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: 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?] Are you more comfortable speaking in Slovenian? Would you prefer to talk face-to-face to a representative in Italy? Would an electrical engineer be helpful in defining your challenge? IdeaConnection has agents in various parts of the world that can make it easier for you to communicate your open innovation needs, and get the solutions you need. [TALK TO AN AGENT TODAY] EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES "Origami Nanobox" Offers New Technique For Hydrogen Storage Hydrogen is not easy to store. Scientists have fabricated a "box" of graphene particles that can be folded like an origami structure and opened with an electrical potential. The "nanobox" can already store an amazing 9.5% hydrogen by weight. [MORE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] [CONTACT US TO RECEIVE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES Working with the Crowd to Solve Civic Issues Improve San Francisco is an open innovation initiative that taps into the knowledge and experience of citizens, tasking them to work with civic authorities to solve the city's most pressing and challenging problems. The best ideas that are workable are implemented. [MORE OPEN INNOVATION STORIES] [WHAT CAN WE SOLVE FOR YOU?] PATENT MARKETPLACE Device for Treatment and Disinfection of Solids and Fluids by Laser Radiation The application of this new technology of Infrared Laser IR, in the treatment of waste water for its re-utilization, in substitution of the ultraviolet lamps UV, means a saving electric power of the order from 40 to 80%. [THOUSANDS OF PATENTS] No charge to contact the patent owner! [LIST YOUR PATENT] It's FREE. INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS National Innovation Summit and Showcase Jun 15-18, 2014 Washington, DC, USA Delivering the world's largest showcase of industry-vetted emerging technologies ready for commercialization, and presenting the nation's top innovations emerging from federal technology funding programs. [MORE CONVENTIONS] [FREE: ADD YOUR INNOVATION EVENT] INNOVATION CONTESTS Digital Innovation Contest Deadline: May-07-14 We are looking for innovative commercial solutions in the areas of processing data efficiently, commercializing mobile data, geospatial data mapping, data visualization, and value of public-domain data. Five awards of up to £25k. [FREE: POST YOUR INNOVATION CONTEST] [NOTIFY ME OF NEW CONTESTS POSTED] INVENTIONS FOR SALE Basketball Training Barrier The makers of High off the Glass barriers are confident that practicing with this training device will increase your muscle memory as you perfect your layup skills and teardrop shots. [MORE INVENTIONS FOR SALE] [LIST YOUR INVENTION FOR SALE] "All human development, no matter what form it takes, must be outside the rules; otherwise we would never have anything new." – Charles Kettering