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IdeaConnection Innovation Newsletter » Apr-09-14 Working confidentially with companies large and small, including several Fortune 500s.

BOOKS The Idea-Driven Organization Unlocking the power in bottom-up ideas. By Alan Robinson, Dean Schroeder [MORE BOOKS] NEW INVENTIONS Spit-Powered Generator This tiny, saliva-powered generator is able to produce enough energy to power basic, on-chip applications. Diverting Lightning A new super-intense laser beam could be used as a high-tech way to control lightning strikes. [MORE NEW INVENTIONS] VIDEO Bridging the Gap between Ability and Disability Discussing the coming generation of bionic limbs and how the human body can never truly be broken. [MORE VIDEOS] INNOVATION ARTICLES Crowdsharing Innovation [SUBMIT AN INNOVATION ARTICLE] Featured Article The Problems with Crowdsourcing and How to Fix Them By Paul Wagorn [READ MORE ARTICLES] BLOG Crowdsourcing a New Spacesuit Design Help NASA by taking part in its crowdsourcing initiative to pick the design of a new spacesuit. [INNOVATION BLOG] INNOVATIVE PEOPLE Promote Your Innovation Skills! Thomas Anglero has an international patent in combining mobile services (sms, mms, dir lookup, etc) into PC based services [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: 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 Portuguese, Italian, French, Slovenian, Croatian, Malasian, Spanish or Arabic? IdeaConnection has agents in many 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 Filtering Light Waves Based on Direction for both Optical and Radio Astronomy Researchers have developed a novel material that filters light according to its direction of travel. The substance consists of alternating layers of two different transparent materials, the structure is just 8 µm thick and offers a new and extremely straightforward way of controlling the direction in which light propagates. [MORE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] [CONTACT US TO RECEIVE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES New Product Lines with Open Innovation "At AkzoNobel, we know there are times when we need to work with others to find those breakthrough innovative solutions. That is why... we will become massively engaged in open relationships with a wide range of technology and knowledge providers," states Jos Keurentjes. [MORE OPEN INNOVATION STORIES] [WHAT CAN WE SOLVE FOR YOU?] PATENT MARKETPLACE Shoe Sole Sanitizing Device and Associated Method for Eradication Microorganisms This shoe sole sanitizing device includes a pair of shoe sole-receiving sections including open bottom surfaces. Ultraviolet light emitting sources upwardly emit an array of ultraviolet light such that the ultraviolet light arrays eradicate microorganisms deposited on the exterior surface of the shoe sole. [THOUSANDS OF PATENTS] Contact the patent owner for free! [LIST YOUR PATENT] It's FREE. INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS In2 Innovation Summit 2014 May 20, 2014 London, UK The Holmes Report's In2 Summit London is a high-level event that explores how tomorrow's brands, technology and talent are reshaping the future of communications and engagement. [MORE CONVENTIONS] [FREE: ADD YOUR INNOVATION EVENT] INNOVATION CONTESTS European Satellite Navigation Competition 2014 Deadline: Jun-30-14 Seize your chance to gain your share of the EUR 1 million award pool and get the support you need from the world's largest innovation network in the field of satellite navigation. [FREE: POST YOUR INNOVATION CONTEST] [NOTIFY ME OF NEW CONTESTS POSTED] INVENTIONS FOR SALE Discrete Power Converter A new patented mechanical compound machine for converting the energy force flow of water (or another free-flowing mass) directly into the energy of reciprocating motion (simultaneously in vertical and horizontal plane) of the linkage of machine. [MORE INVENTIONS FOR SALE] [LIST YOUR INVENTION FOR SALE] "The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything" – Theodore Roosevelt