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Breakthrough Helmet Technology Wins Open Innovation Challenge

Dec-09-15 By IdeaConnection
The Head Health Challenge II, an open innovation challenge for innovations that better understand, diagnose and protect against brain injury, has announced its final winner.

The University of Washington was awarded a grant of $250,000 to continue its work on a breakthrough helmet to protect NFL players against traumatic brain injury.

Novel Energy Storage Solutions Win Open Innovation Contest

Dec-02-15 By IdeaConnection
Finding new ways of storing energy from renewable energy sources was the theme of BASF's recent open innovation contest on energy storage, and the winners have just been announced.

The competition sought innovative ideas for sustainable technologies capable of storing power from the grid and feeding back into it.

Open Innovation News

Nov-25-15 By IdeaConnection
Two fascinating stories about open innovation caught our attention this week.

The first concerns two global drugs companies sharing their chemical compound libraries to speed up drug discovery, while the second is the launch of a European open data platform.

Open Innovation Department for Studio Used by The Beatles

Nov-18-15 By IdeaConnection
Abbey Road is one of the most famous music recording studios in the world, instantly recognizable to fans of the Beatles because it’s where they recorded most of their music.  It was also the name of the final album that the Fab Four recorded together (issued in 1969).

For more than 80 years the studio has been at the forefront of music technology and it hopes to keep it that way with the founding of an open innovation department.

Nokia Open Innovation Challenge Winners Announced

Nov-11-15 By IdeaConnection
Congratulations to the winners of the latest Nokia Open Innovation Challenge.

The multinational communications company has been handing out gongs to the top 10 innovators of the 2015 iteration of the contest.

Open Innovation Contest for Cancer Solutions

Nov-04-15 By IdeaConnection
Cancer is one of the most insidious diseases to plague humans, but now it has a new enemy –the Nanotechnology Start-up Challenge for Cancer (NSC2).

This recently launched open innovation initiative is an international search for nanotechnology cancer-related inventions that will make a positive and powerful impact on human health.

Crowdsourcing Help to Combat Terrorism

Oct-28-15 By IdeaConnection
With global terrorism seemingly on the rise, the US Department of Defense has turned to crowdsourcing to speed up solutions for combatting the threat.

It has created the Laboratory Innovation Crowdsourcing portal, which allows those in the field to pose challenges to solvers across the federal government.

How the Crowd Can Help Discover New Antibiotics

Oct-21-15 By IdeaConnection
Antibiotic resistance continues to be a global threat to healthcare.  According to the World Health Organization (WHO) the planet is heading toward a post-antibiotic era where common infections are killers, unless urgent, coordinated action is taken.  These are infections that have been treatable for decades.

A new citizen's science platform hopes to be doing its bit to help with the battle against the bugs by developing a small home lab that anyone can use.

Open Innovation Search for Medical Advances

Oct-14-15 By IdeaConnection
If you've got an idea of how to improve patient care or drive down the cost of health care through remote patient monitoring, then Boston Scientific wants to hear from you.

The company has launched its Boston Scientific Connected Patient Challenge, an open innovation contest for novel medical advances.

A Crowdsourced Business Venture with 1,000 Founders

Oct-07-15 By IdeaConnection
A new startup is about to get off the blocks and it currently has no idea about what it will sell and to whom. But it will have 1,000 founders who will all pitch in their ideas and have a stake in the company.
GroupMinded is an experiment in crowdsourcing that will involve all founders in everything, from conception of the idea right through to how the product is packaged and marketed.