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IdeaConnection Innovation Newsletter » May-21-14 Working confidentially with companies large and small, including several Fortune 500s.

BOOKS Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper How innovation keeps proving the catastrophists wrong. By Charles Leadbeater [MORE BOOKS] NEW INVENTIONS Smartsun The Smartsun wristband changes color after absorbing UV rays, letting you know if you've had too much sun. Cotton Battery A cotton-based organic battery could help promote EV use by allowing the vehicles to have more range and charge more quickly. [MORE NEW INVENTIONS] VIDEO Extreme Robots A research group is studying the dynamics of sand and working to improve environment recognition in order to create robots suitable for space missions. [MORE VIDEOS] INNOVATION ARTICLES Crowdsharing Innovation [SUBMIT AN INNOVATION ARTICLE] Featured Article Developing a Strong Eco-System Which Drives Innovation By Margarita Korockina, Ewa Ali, Isabella M. Grahsl [READ MORE ARTICLES] INNOVATIVE PEOPLE Promote Your Innovation Skills! Albert Garcia-Quintanilla developed a patented method to generate antigenic diversity in vivo without killing the cells as a vaccine strategy to avoid viral escape. [ADD YOUR PROFILE] [BE A PROBLEM SOLVER]

INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS World Innovation Convention 2014 Nov 4-6, 2014 Cannes, France World Innovation Convention is a cutting- edge platform for the innovation industry leaders on a global level. Capturing new ideas and translating them into innovative & business viable products is more important than ever before. [MORE CONVENTIONS] [FREE: ADD YOUR INNOVATION EVENT] 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 Swedish, 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. [TALK TO AN AGENT TODAY] or [CONTACT A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT REP] EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Novel Electrochemical Detection of Locus Specific DNA Methylation at CpG Resolution Researchers have explored a potentially low cost alternative to current technologies for DNA methylation detection of specific CpG sites, proposing a microdevice based electrochemical assay for the detection of locus-specific DNA methylation at single CpG dinucleotide resolution after bisulfite conversion of a target DNA sequence. [MORE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] [CONTACT US TO RECEIVE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] PATENT MARKETPLACE Universal Home Gym for Wheelchair Users An assembly for stabilizing an individual while exercising in a seated position, such as, but not limited to, a wheelchair. A harness assembly comprises a plurality of harness structures each intended to be removably secured to a different part of the individual's body in a manner which stabilizes that body portion while performing a particular exercise. [THOUSANDS OF PATENTS] Contact the patent owner for free! [LIST YOUR PATENT] It's FREE. INNOVATION CONTESTS Rise Prize Driverless Car Challenge Deadline: Aug-09-14 We want to revolutionise driving on Indian roads. This innovation carries the promise of transforming our lives and addressing a range of challenges: from decreased road mortality rates and driver fatigue, to increased environmental friendliness that makes transportation more inclusive for people of all abilities. $700,000. [FREE: POST YOUR INNOVATION CONTEST] [NOTIFY ME OF NEW CONTESTS POSTED] INVENTIONS FOR SALE Method of Ice Wine Processing This invention is to concentrate grape juice to certain percentage of brix/sugar that is needed to make the wine over 10% alcohol without having to add sugar to produce a better quality of wine with best flavor, taste, aroma, and mouth feel. [MORE INVENTIONS FOR SALE] [LIST YOUR INVENTION FOR SALE]

"The increase in open innovation uptake can be attributed to companies finding out that open innovation is a more efficient way to spend innovation dollars and reduce development cost." – Owen Carryl