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INTERVIEW
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Optimizing Ideation Performance
With Shawn Coyne
By Vern Burkhardt
You need to approach every new idea with the attitude that you don't know whether or not your idea is going to work.
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BOOKS
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Generating Breakthrough New Product Ideas
Feeding the innovation funnel.
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Innovation Resources for Companies

NEW INVENTIONS
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Magnetic Soap
Researchers have developed a 'magnetic soap' that could make cleaning up oil spills more eco-friendly and efficient.
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BROCHURE
"Open Innovation:
The Next Step."
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VIDEO
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Quantum Dots
Quantum dot technology could allow optical fibers to use more light and boost speed and capacity by up to 10 times the current bandwidth capabilities.
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BLOG
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Crowdfunding Research
Scientists resort to persuading members of the general public to donate small amounts of money instead of applying for grants.
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PROBLEM SOLVER
Problem Solvers

Solver #30406:
I developed a custom enzyme cocktail for the isolation of microvascular endothelial cells from lung and skin.
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OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES
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Open Innovation Tunes into Whale Song
This open innovation experiment is asking wildlife enthusiasts to determine new phrases, meanings and dialects from approximately 15,000 recordings. They were recorded from animals that had been tagged with 'D-Tags', non-invasive tags that are attached to whales like suction cups and eventually fall off.
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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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CITATION SEARCH
Detergent Package
Seeking prior art citations regarding water-soluble detergent packages.
$10,000 for an accepted lead.
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TECHNOLOGY FOR SALE OR LICENSE
Droplet-Based Pyrosequencing
The present invention relates to droplet-based pyrosequencing including a method of identifying a base at a target position in a sample nucleic acid. The method includes: (a) providing a droplet microactuator including a first droplet including a sample nucleic acid immobilized on a bead; and (b) on the droplet microactuator.
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PROBLEM SOLVER INTERVIEWS
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IdeaRally: A Wiki-like Discussion
Michelsen likens IdeaRally to a kind of wiki-like discussion that is becoming more widespread and acknowledged as the next best step in open innovation.
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TECH SCOUTING
Metal Adhesives
Seeking organic polymer pressure sensitive adhesives for metals.
$2,000 for an acceped lead.
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TECH SCOUTING
Planting Equipment
Seeking design and development of precision planting equipment.
$10,000 for an accepted lead.
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The next step in open innovation

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
Reinventing Babbage
A group of British researchers, including a programmer and a museum curator, want to spend the next ten years and a few million to build a crowdsourced replica of the Babbage Analytical Engine. If that's not crazy enough, you should know that you can help.
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TECHNOLOGY SCOUTING
Technology scouting
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IdeaConnection is able to reach into many corners of the world – into small emerging companies, university and garage labs, and patent lawyers' offices as attorneys are drawing up patents for their clients. Technology scouting professionals continually search within their specialties to provide you with the critical technologies you seek.
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INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS
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Collaborate Innovate 2012
May 15-17, 2012
Adelaide, Australia
The conference is an ideal opportunity for researchers, educators and industry people to network with CRCA members while gaining valuable insights regarding the nature of cooperative research ventures.
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INNOVATION CONTESTS
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Charlotte Venture Challenge
Contest Closes: Feb-29-12
The region's premier business plan competition is organized by UNC Charlotte's Charlotte Research Institute and The Ben Craig Center. For the first time, money to be awarded to the winning companies will top $100,000.
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INVENTIONS FOR SALE
Submersible Navigation Buoy
In cold climates, where ice typically forms, navigation buoys are removed from service by plucking them from the water. To enable the buoy to dive or surface, like a submarine, means the buoy can be stored under the ice and away from damage.
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If you want to be really successful, don't merely steal their idea.
Steal the Right Question that led them to think of the idea.

– Shawn Coyne

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