Thursday, March 15, 2012

Universal Translator

Atunci când avem de a face cu copiii sau nepoţii noştri, unul dintre cele mai mari daruri să le putem da este pur şi simplu acordând o atenţie atunci când pune întrebări dificile, ascultarea observaţiilor lor despre lume, încurajându-i să vorbească cu persoane foarte diferite, şi nu prea orgolioşi despre experimentele lor atunci cand incearca lucruri noi.
- Hal Gregersen
// When we deal with our children or grandchildren, one of the greatest gifts we can give them is simply paying attention when they ask tough questions, hearing their observations about the world, encouraging them to talk to very different people, and not getting too uptight about their experiments when they try new stuff.
– Hal Gregersen

Universal Translator:

Creative Meditation:

Erasable Printing

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INTERVIEW
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The DNA
With Hal Gregersen
By Vern Burkhardt
There are few things as useless as the right answer to the wrong question.
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BOOKS
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Need, Speed and Greed
How the new rules of innovation can transform businesses, propel nations to greatness, and tame the world's most wicked problems.
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Innovation Resources for Companies

NEW INVENTIONS
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Universal Translator
This prototype can translate quickly enough to carry on a conversation using the speaker's own voice.
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BROCHURE
"Open Innovation:
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VIDEO
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Erasable Printing
Using a special toner and normal paper, this copier can erase printed text and reuse the paper.
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INNOVATION ARTICLES
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Some of This Week's Articles
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Skin Care Company gives a Big Thumbs Up to Open Innovation

Pearlfinder
Beiersdorf celebrates the first birthday of its open innovation platform.
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PROBLEM SOLVER
Problem Solvers

Solver #31195:
I developed a design model for using electric fields to separate earthworms from the fertilizer they generate after ingesting organic waste.
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Open Innovation 2012
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OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES
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To Boldly Go where No Code has gone Before
With the sheer volume of data beamed back from telescopes and robotic missions, space scientists need all the help they can get to enable them to better explore what's out there in the heavens.
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Seeking Pressure Sensitive
Adhesives for Metals
A client is seeking an organic polymer that is a solid material in the absence of solvents. The organic polymer material should be one that flows under high pressure or high shear and have good adhesion to metals such as stainless steel. $2,000 for each accepted lead.
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TECHNOLOGY FOR SALE OR LICENSE
Compositions and Methods for Growing Copper Nanowires
A method of synthesis to produce gram-scale quantities of copper nanowires in an aqueous solution, wherein the copper nanowires are dispersed in said solution. Copper nanowires grow from spherical copper nanoparticles within the first 5 minutes of the reaction.
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Planting Equipment
Seeking design and development of precision planting equipment.
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TECH SCOUTING
Partner Wanted
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PROBLEM SOLVER INTERVIEWS
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Challenges Keep Me in the Game
I had lots of plans of things to do after retirement, and among those plans were to spend a half to a third of my time still using my expertise, still exercising my brain and experience in what I'd learned over 30 years.
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CITATION SEARCH
Hueing Dye
Seeking prior art citations in the technology area of hueing dyes for fabric.
$10,000 for an acceped lead.
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TECH SCOUTING
Phase Change Material
More than 20% volumetric expansion with less than a 20°C temperature change.
$2,000 for an accepted lead.
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POSITION AVAILABLE
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Corn Genetic Project Lead
Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. is seeking a Corn Genetic Project Lead to work in Changchun, China.
$2,000 for an accepted lead.
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RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS
Right Brain Workout
Franca Leeson: Creative Meditation
Franca Leeson is a consulting partner at ThinkX Intellectual Capital and one of the organizers of the Mindcamp Creativity Weekend. So when I learned that she teaches meditation as a creativity technique, I was determined to find out more.
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INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS
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International Conference on BioNano Innovation
July 18-20, 2012
Brisbane, Australia
The 1st International Conference on BioNano Innovation (ICBNI) provides a wonderful multi-disciplinary forum to connect scientists, researchers and entrepreneurs in this rapidly expanding area.
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INNOVATION CONTESTS
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Digital Innovation Contest
Contest Closes: Apr-19-12
The contest is offering up to ten businesses up to £24K and to work in conjunction with a selection of museums and art galleries to develop prototypes of application or services.
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INVENTIONS FOR SALE
Polymeric Opacifier
This invention relates to polymer technology. More particularly, this invention relates to polymer particles for use in paint compositions or other applications, paint compositions containing the polymer particles, a method of manufacturing polymer particles for use in a paint composition, and a method of making such a paint composition.
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When we deal with our children or grandchildren, one of the greatest gifts we can give them is simply paying attention when they ask tough questions, hearing their observations about the world, encouraging them to talk to very different people, and not getting too uptight about their experiments when they try new stuff.
– Hal Gregersen