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Crowdsourcing Contest to Repurpose Old Bridge

Aug-26-15 By IdeaConnection
So, what do you do when you have a defunct railway bridge that is reaching the end of its technical life?  Tear it down, leave it to rot or something else?

If you’re Linz AG, the owner of the old bridge in Linz, Austria you launch a crowdsourcing contest for ideas of what to do with the crossing.

The 393-meter-long steel bridge, which spans the Danube River is 120 years old and no longer in use.  But such is its beauty and history that there are calls to preserve some, if not all of its parts.  

Can You Find Novel Applications for a New Membrane Technology?

Aug-18-15 By IdeaConnection
Calling all innovators and creative smarts. IdeaConnection has a fascinating innovation contest for you to get stuck into, from Strategic Allies.

The UK-based company is looking for novel applications for a new membrane material in a few specific industrial sectors of interest: automotive, packaging and dosing. If your solution is selected, €1,000 (approx. $US 1,000) is yours.

Nokia’s Latest Open Innovation Challenge

Aug-12-15 By IdeaConnection
Nokia's third consecutive open innovation challenge is up and running and is inviting participants to submit their brilliant ideas, technologies and business models for the internet of things (IoT).

Crowd Accelerated Innovation from IdeaConnection

Aug-08-15 By IdeaConnection
You’re a company with a challenging problem and you want it solved. You get in touch what IdeaConnection and it pools together members of its global network of solvers to help. A few weeks later you have your brilliant solution.  Job done.

IdeaConnection has earned a stellar reputation for solving complex problems for its clients, including Fortune 500 companies.  Therefore, it may not surprise you to learn that in addition to its existing portfolio of open innovation approaches, it is taking the paradigm to the next level.  With its new industry challenges service, IdeaConnection's solvers will proactively tackle industry-specific roadblocks to scientific, technological and engineering advances in any field.

Want to Solve a Problem? Involve some non-experts

Aug-06-15 By Paul Wagorn
Having years of experience can help people tackle problems on an intuitive level.  If you’ve worked in an area for 20 years, you automatically know what potential solutions have a good chance of working, and which ones have a poor chance of working.