IdeaConnection Newsletter
WELCOME
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Sherrill Collins
IdeaConnection is pleased to welcome Sherrill Collins as Global Director of NonProfits.
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BOOKS
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Everyone Loves Speed Bumps, Don't You?
A guide to innovative thinking.
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RESEARCH LABS
$50,000
available for R&D labs interested in work
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NEW INVENTIONS
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Edible RFIDs
Edible RFID tags combined with a special plate could allow consumers to track the foods they eat and stay aware of nutritional and allergy information.
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VIDEO
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Tree Climbing Robot
The Treebot can adapt to unusual paths through visual sensors, enabling it to tackle climbing tasks that could be dangerous for humans.
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MATERIAL SCIENTISTS
Material Scientists wanted for four new challenges.
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REFERRALS
Know an Expert?
By referring your expert friends and colleagues, you can earn $500.
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BLOG
Social influence on the wisdom of crowds

Crowdsourced Incentives
What works best to incentivize crowdsourced work: social or economic incentives?
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COMMON GOOD
A "wikipedia" of problems and solutions for the Common Good
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PROBLEM SOLVER
Problem Solvers

Solver #25504:
I designed and developed a pressurized Pneumatic system for turbo machinery startups.
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TECH FOR SALE
100s of new listings each week. Contact IP owner directly.
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OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES
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Apps for Healthy Kids
In a nationwide fight against obesity, designers, software developers and students were challenged to come up with healthy, motivational and fun apps to get children off their sofas and to exercise more.
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PROBLEM SOLVER INTERVIEWS
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Idea Rally Funds to be used to Educate Students
Harrys K.C. Jacob is a graduate student in a joint PhD program with the Institute of Bioinformatics in Bangalore and Manipal University, Manipal investigating cell signaling pathways in lung adenocarcinoma especially in resistant cell lines using high throughput quantitative proteomic strategies.
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Challenge-based solutions

TECHNOLOGY FOR SALE OR LICENSE
Two Component Bone Cement Composition for Vertebroplasty
The invention is directed to an intrinsically radio-opaque two component bone cement, comprising a first component which contains at least one acrylate monomer and a second component which contains at least one initiator for the polymerisation of said acrylate monomer, wherein the at least one iodine containing radio-opacity providing polymer is present in at least one of the two components and wherein the cement.
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TECHNOLOGY SCOUTING
Technology Search
Starting May-17-11:
Find these technologies and earn $2,000 for each accepted lead:
• Technologies and methods to enhance soybean yield,
• Genetic and biotech approaches to improving crop yield,
• Genetic and biotech approaches to control chewing insects,
• Genetic and biotech approaches to improve drought tolerance.
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RICE EVENTS
Rice Events Partner
To collaborate in commercializing your genetically modified (GM) Indica Bt rice events in India.
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RESEARCH
Researchers Wanted

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INNOVATION IN BUSINESS
Equipois Inc.
ZeroG® Mechanical Arm Technology receives UK Innovation Award
BritWeek 2011 and the British American Business Council's Transatlantic Business Conference recognizes outstanding innovations in technology, design and service provision, and this year the BritWeek UK Trade and Investment Innovation Award was presented to Equipos Inc., for the zeroG® mechanical arm technology.
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RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS
Right Brain Workout
Creative Stereotypes
I love math concepts but also hate arithmetic. Maybe because of the way I was forced to do math in school. Later in life, I invented my own way of computing, seeing spacial relationships rather than walking step by step through the algorithms I was taught. Did my math teachers fail me, or do I have rocks in my head?
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UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
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Open & Collaborative Innovation in Life Science Research & Development
Oct 12-13, 2011
Vienna, Austria
"Open-innovation" is a concept that has been discussed a lot in recent times across many knowledge-intensive high-tech industries, including one as innovation-dependent as the global life sciences industry. The idea of pooling risk, costs and resources, whilst hopefully increasing R&D productivity at the same time through collaborative innovation is attractive.
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INNOVATION CONTESTS
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Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition 2011
Contest Closes: Sep-21, 2011
An international business plan competition which highlights Michigan as a robust and vibrant venue for innovation and business opportunity. The competition fuels innovation-based business growth by uncovering the best and brightest new business concepts from local and global entrepreneurs.
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CITATION SEARCH
Prior Art Citation Search
Clients have found that IdeaConnection is extraordinarily successful at finding obscure citations.
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FUNDING
Funding Available
Many companies are actively seeking to invest in emerging technologies that have been proven to work.
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INVENTIONS FOR SALE
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Body Filler Thickness Gauge
A magnetic gauge for determining vehicle body bondo filler thickness. Can be very useful for Auto Body Shop, automobile collector buyer, or even for a regular automobile user. Can be used on any metal surface. Very easy to use.
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