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Frankfurt Airport Launches Open Innovation Challenge

May-20-16 By IdeaConnection
Frankfurt Airport, commonly known as Frankport wants to improve the passenger experience.  And so it is adopting an open innovation approach to harness what it hopes will be some innovative, popular and cool ideas.

The very first Frankfurt Airport Innovation Challenge is now under way and travelers have until June 28th to submit their ideas.

Report Highlights Increased Open Innovation Activity

May-13-16 By IdeaConnection
Open innovation is thriving.  That's one of the conclusions of the 2016 State of Innovation Report: Disruptive, Game-Changing Innovation by the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters.

This annual study is now in its seventh year and based its findings on research that looked at global intellectual property data.  This included worldwide patent application activity and scientific literature publications in 12 technology areas, such as aerospace and defense, automotive, biotechnology and oil and gas.

Crowdsourcing App Studies the Health Benefits of the Outdoors

Apr-29-16 By IdeaConnection
It seems intuitive that being outdoors, surrounded by nature and natural beauty is good for the heart, soul and mind.  But just how healthy is it?

A new crowdsourcing app developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge in the UK could help them to understand more about the relationship between biodiversity and well-being.

New Open Innovation Drive to Enhance Lives in India

Apr-08-16 By IdeaConnection
Software giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched an open innovation center in Nashik in India to solve community problems.

The physical and online problem-solving initiative is looking for ways to reduce school dropouts and improve soil and water health among many other pressing issues.

How Electrolux Does Open Innovation

Dec-16-15 By IdeaConnection
In a recent TED talk, Lucia Chierchia, Head of Open Innovation at Electrolux gave some fascinating insights into how the multinational appliance manufacturer garners ideas from innovators all over the world.

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.