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Open Data is the Raw Material of the New Industrial Revolution says Govt. Minister

Mar-19-12 By IdeaConnection
The UK is fast becoming an important hub of open innovation, and according to Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude is leading the world in open data.

There are now more than 40,000 unique public sector datasets on www.data.gov.uk – from real-time traffic statistics to information about greenhouse gas emissions.

During a seminar for small and medium-sized businesses hosted by Digital Birmingham the minister said that open data is the raw material of the new industrial revolution.

Furniture Store Uses the Crowd to Select Product Ranges

Mar-18-12 By IdeaConnection
The crowdsourcing concept is helping to transform the relationship between retailer and consumer with the latter being given more of a say about what the former produces and sells. We’ve seen it with t-shirts, fashion lines and books to mention just a few examples, and now a company in Brazil is asking the crowd to help it determine which furniture to manufacture and market.

Journal to Mark 10 Years since Chesbrough’s Milestone OI Book

Mar-14-12 By IdeaConnection
To acknowledge the tenth anniversary of the publication of Henry Chesbrough’s landmark tome Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology, the journal Research Policy is going to publish a special edition intended to update research on the area.

The issue entitled Open Innovation: New Insights and Evidence will be published some time in late 2013 and the guest editors are Henry Chesbrough, Ammon Salter, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West.

Open Innovation Project Revolutionises the Documentary Genre

Mar-14-12 By IdeaConnection
Open source nonprofit organisation Mozilla is breathing new life into the documentary format with its recently launched Living Docs Project, an initiative that encourages collaborative, interactive web films.

Living Docs is a partnership between Mozilla, The Tribeca Film Institute, The Center for Social Media at American University, ITVS and BAVC and will foster the spirit of open innovation and collaboration in the documentary film genre.

Crowdsourcing University Technologies with New Website

Mar-11-12 By IdeaConnection
Have you got any ideas about what to do with reconstructed active enzymes from four-billion-year-old extinct organisms, or silver ink pens that write electric circuits?

A new open innovation website, called AlliedMindStorm.com is inviting members of the public to crowdsource ideas for new commercial applications based around existing technologies.

Skin Care Company Gives a Big Thumbs Up to Open Innovation

Mar-09-12 By IdeaConnection
Global skin care company Beiersdorf has given ringing endorsements to open innovation and the way social media is affecting how business is being carried out.

The announcement came as part of the firm’s first birthday celebrations of ‘Pearlfinder’, its open innovation platform that encourages external players to share their ideas and solutions.

Crowdsourced Map Reveals Booming Technology Sector in Africa

Mar-07-12 By IdeaConnection
African technology entrepreneurship has enjoyed a 300% growth according to the first ever on-line map of Africa's technology hubs, business incubators, hacker spaces and university technology hubs.

The figure represents a threefold increase on what ‘industry insiders’ had previously believed was the true number.

Last Minute Preparations for Zazzle Finalists

Mar-05-12 By IdeaConnection
It’s a nail-bitingly exciting time for the five Zazzle Million Dollar Open Innovation Challenge Finalists as they wait to see which one of them will walk away with the valuable prize on March 22.

The competition was launched late last year and is a search for the world's next big customizable product.  It’s being organised by custom products platform Zazzle, MIT's Smart Customization Group and UC Berkeley's Center for Open Innovation.

General Mills Adopts New Open Innovation Approach

Mar-02-12 By IdeaConnection
With its Worldwide Innovation Network (G-WIN) to tap into talent wherever it may be, General Mills is one of the most prominent proponents of open innovation.

But it doesn’t rest on its innovation laurels and continues to look at better ways of using external expertise to move its projects forward more efficiently and effectively.

To these ends it has announced a new method to accelerate the pace of its innovation; a step-by-step approach called the “X3 Process”.

New Report: Crowdsourcing Enjoys Spectacular Growth

Feb-29-12 By IdeaConnection
The first comprehensive report on the enterprise crowdsourcing industry has revealed it to be in a very healthy state. The study was compiled by research firm massolution and collected data from 32 Crowdsourcing Service Providers (CSPs). The results revealed that crowdsourcing continued to demonstrate growth in 2011, with revenues increasing over 75% when compared to 2010.