IdeaConnection Newsletter
BOOKS
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Nail It then Scale It
The entrepreneur's guide to creating and managing breakthrough innovation.
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RESEARCH LABS
$50,000
available for R&D labs interested in work
[SIGNUP HERE]
NEW INVENTIONS
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Artificial Pollinator
Worried about a world without bees? This device will eject pollen into the air where it will be collected and distributed to gardens.
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FOOD SCIENTISTS
Food Scientists wanted for new challenges.
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VIDEO
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Plastic Money
Canada' new bills are made from polymer and boast the latest hi-tech security features.
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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
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GSK's Innovation Portal
GSK's open innovation portal uses the "Want - Find - Get - Manage" model.
[INNOVATION BLOG]
COMMON GOOD
A "wikipedia" of problems and solutions for the Common Good
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PROBLEM SOLVER
Problem Solvers

Solver #27104:
I developed a novel virtual screening cascade protocol to identify potential trypanothione reductase inhibitors.
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TECH FOR SALE
100s of new listings each week. Contact IP owner directly.
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Open Innovation Summit 2011
Visit IdeaConnection at the 3rd Annual Open Innovation Summit in Chicago, Illinois, Aug 10-12. Call 1-877-525-6671 to set up a meet-time with Jim Beaumont (x102), Kristoff Coates (x103), or
Vern Burkhardt (x150)... or just drop by our booth. See you there!

OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES
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Innovative Ways to Air Dry Clothes
Levi's crowdsourcing contest urged users to find an innovation to encourage people to ditch their clothes dryer for an environmentally friendly alternative.
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POSITION AVAILABLE
Regional Head of Corn R&D, LATAM
Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. is seeking a Regional Head of Corn R&D to lead achievement of Corn breeding and trait program objectives within Latin America through effective execution of authorized projects and leadership of Corn Breeding Project Leads and Genetic Project Leads.
[DETAILS HERE]
RESEARCH PROJECT
Genetic Simulation Platform – $10,000
Find a Group that can create a genetic simulation program that will work for any diploid plant species to simulate a variety of genetic and breeding population types, including the flexibility to address novel population types.
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Challenge-based solutions

TECHNOLOGY FOR SALE OR LICENSE
Haptics and Virtual Reality
Licensing of Software and/or Hardware technologies covering high performance collocated virtual reality and haptics, applicable to a number of fields.
[THOUSANDS OF TECHNOLOGIES]
[POST YOUR TECHNOLOGY]
TECHNOLOGY SCOUTING
Technology Scouting
Find these technologies, $2,000 for each accepted lead:
• Biotech approaches to increasing nitrogen use efficiency,
• 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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RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS
Right Brain Workout
Think Different, Lee
Some folks with credentials bigger than mine (that is, they actually have some and have researched this question) have concluded that stimulating your brain is good for it. But you knew that. More to my point, they suggest that stimulation means thinking differently, not just thinking.
[MORE RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS]
RICE EVENTS
Rice Events Partner
Up to $7,000 to find a partner to commercialize genetically modified (GM) Indica Bt rice events in India.
[DETAILS HERE]
[TECHNONOGY SCOUTING]
RESEARCH
Synthetic Genes
$10,000 to find any non-patent literature, presentations, etc. publically disclosed or described.
[DETAILS HERE]
[MORE RESEARCH CHALLENGES]
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
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ITU Telecom World 2011: Talk, Take Action, Collaborate, Connect
Oct 24-27, 2011
Geneva, Switzerland
ITU Telecom World 2011 is a unique gathering of leading industry players, government heads, digital innovators and technological talents – focused together on applying the power of connected technology to real-world issues.
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[FREE: ADD YOUR INNOVATION EVENT]
INNOVATION CONTESTS
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Naples 2.0 International Social Innovation Competition
Contest Closes: Aug-10, 2011
We are looking for you, as part of the global social innovation to submit an innovative idea to tackle one of the six challenges in Naples.
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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
Eliminate Hypnic Jerks ('Sleep Starts')
Hypnic jerks or 'sleep starts' are interruptions of sleep just at the point of dropping off. For some people, these can happen over and over each night. This is very disruptive and can lead to cumulative loss of sleep. This herbal remedy can eliminate hypnic jerks.
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The innovation part is more difficult than coming up with the ideas.
– Peter Cook