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Listening to Sounds in Space with Open Innovation Project

Nov-25-16 By IdeaConnection
"In space, no one can hear you scream," was the tagline of the first Alien movie. And that's because there is no medium for sound to travel because space is a vacuum. Or is it?

Martin Archer is a space plasma physicist at the University of London currently working on an open innovation project to collect sounds from empty space, and he wants the crowd to help him with his endeavor.

Improving Indian Railways with Open Innovation

Nov-18-16 By IdeaConnection
Indian Railways has been ferrying passengers for 163 years. Now, for the first time in its history, the state-owned railway company is hosting an open innovation brainstorming session for the future of the service it offers.

Open Innovation Hackathon for Crises Preparation in Nigeria

Nov-11-16 By IdeaConnection
The forthcoming Delta State Open Innovation Hackathon 2016 is a huge problem-solving initiative in Nigeria, organized by the recently formed Delta State Innovation Hub (DS-IHUB).

The goal is to find solutions to fourteen ideas spread across nine categories, including e-agriculture, national security, cybercrime, oil and gas, education and the environment.

NASA’s Open Innovation Call for Lunar Concepts

Nov-04-16 By IdeaConnection
NASA is once again casting its net far and wide for ideas that will help it work out how humans can live in space.  This week, the space agency put out a request for ideas for devices that will help it discover more about the moon.

While NASA already knows a lot about our closest neighbor in space, the open innovation call is to help fill gaps in its knowledge.