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IdeaConnection Innovation Newsletter » Jul-09-14 Working confidentially with companies large and small. Ask the CEO of IdeaConnection a Question

BLOG Saving Hawaii's Rainforests with the Crowd Hawaii's native forests are under threat from invasive plants. To help combat the threat, Digital Globe and The Nature Conservancy are enlisting the crowd to help with a huge global initiative. [INNOVATION BLOG] BOOKS Innovation Step-by-Step How to create and develop ideas for your challenge. By Darin J. Eich [MORE BOOKS] NEW INVENTIONS Remote-Controlled Contraceptive A new remote-controlled contraceptive implanted under the skin enables women to deactivate the device without needing to visit a clinic. Invisible Touch Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept invisibility cloak that prevents objects from being felt. [MORE NEW INVENTIONS] How to Write an Open Innovation Challenge [REQUEST WHITE PAPER] VIDEO Bio-Bots Inspired by how tendons interact with muscles and bone, researchers have developed a 'bio-bot' made up of real muscle and 3D-printed hydrogels that can controlled by electricity. [MORE VIDEOS] If you like this Newsletter EMAIL A FRIEND and recommend it! INNOVATION ARTICLES Crowdsharing Innovation [SUBMIT AN INNOVATION ARTICLE] Featured Article Opening Up the Stage Gates to let the New Innovating World In? Paul Hobcraft [READ MORE ARTICLES] INNOVATIVE PEOPLE Promote Your Innovation Skills! Aleksandra Drizo developed low cost, energy efficient water filtration technology for phosphorus removal from wastewaters. [ADD YOUR PROFILE] [BE A PROBLEM SOLVER]

OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES Open Innovation Boost for the Future of Education The Microsoft Innovative Schools Pitch Competition was a global open innovation contest that sought ideas from teachers, students and school leaders for breakthrough concepts in education. [MORE OPEN INNOVATION STORIES] [WHAT CAN WE SOLVE FOR YOU?] INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS World Innovation Summit for Health Feb 17-18, 2015 Qatar Six Forums have been established for WISH 2015. Each will be chaired and led by a recognized expert in the topic. That chair will lead a working group of experts drawn from government, academia, and industry. [MORE CONVENTIONS] [FREE: ADD YOUR INNOVATION EVENT] You have an R&D Challenge that you want solved, but is crowdsourcing the best way to go about it? IdeaConnection will do a free analysis of your technical problem to determine whether it can be solved using open innovation approaches. [FREE ANALYSIS] TECHNOLOGY SCOUTING $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 or 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] IdeaRallies Yield Breakthrough Thinking Crowdsourcing is a powerful engine that can fuel better problem solving, faster innovation, and novel thinking. It is defined as "the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people and especially from the online community rather than from traditional employees or suppliers." [REQUEST FULL ARTICLE] EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES New Catalyst More Efficient In Converting Biodiesel Waste To Valuable Chemicals Scientists have developed a palladium-gold catalyst that can speed up the conversion of glycerol to other compounds by a factor of 10 compared to less advanced catalysts. [MORE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] [CONTACT US TO RECEIVE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES] PATENT MARKETPLACE Volume Exclusion Agent to Enhance Formation of Extracellular Matrix A method of enhancing the formation of extracellular matrix in culture. Cells in culture secrete most of the collagen into the media as unprocessed procollagen, i.e., the cells do not convert procollagen to collagen. [THOUSANDS OF PATENTS] Contact the patent owner for free! [LIST YOUR PATENT] It's FREE. INNOVATION CONTESTS Entertainment on the Move Innovation Contest Deadline: Jul-29-14 IC tomorrow is offering four businesses up to £25k each to encourage digital innovation in entertainment on the move across music, books, magazines and interactive entertainment and games. [FREE: POST YOUR INNOVATION CONTEST] [NOTIFY ME OF NEW CONTESTS POSTED] INVENTIONS FOR SALE Nicotine Detector Detects and collects, vaporized nicotine particles, then translates that information to a screen. The owner of the device will then know that the non-smoking area, with it's related non-smoking policies, has been violated. [MORE INVENTIONS FOR SALE] [LIST YOUR INVENTION FOR SALE]

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