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November-07-18

Innovation Newsletter

Decision Tree Visualization and Analysis

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Shape Shifting Robot

This robot can explore an unknown environment and decide when and how to reconfigure its shape to move objects.

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BOOKS

The Startup Gold Mine

How to tap the hidden innovation agendas of large companies to fund and grow your business.

By: Neil Soni

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VIDEOS

FlyCroTugs

The wasp-inspired FlyCroTugs drone can pull up to forty times its own weight.

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Transforming the future of Self-Care Challenge

Sheet Metal Frame Stamping Experts Wanted

We are currently looking for experts in sheet metal frame stamping and manufacturing and butt-joining processes to work on an upcoming challenge!
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Foldable Phone

Still in its prototype phase, the Royole FlexPai is the first truly foldable screen that can transition from phone to tablet size, and boasts 3 screens when folded.

Reversible Adhesive

As an alternative to harsh chemicals or physical force, thermolabile adhesives are stable at room temperature but decompose in a controllable way when heated.

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System and Method for Dynamically Valuing Social Media Influence in Remote Transaction Initiation

A system and method for assigning a value to an electronic communications action by a user based on the social media profile of the user in the initiation of transactions based on some electronic communications action by a user, such as updating their social status with their mobile device.

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INVENTION FOR SALE

Multi Degree Wrench and Pipe Wrench

The Multi Degree Wrench is made out of a metal alloy giving it superior strength plus it has a comfortable rubber handle for ergonomic comfort and a superior grip. It comes with three interchangeable bits that are the 15 degree, the 60 and the 75 degree for different fittings and reach.

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Leveraging Snow Plow Data to Clear a City’s Roads

School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, USA

The Ploughing Through the Data Hackathon was designed to engage technologists, designers, developers and anyone else with an interest in using their skills to address snow removal from the city's public roads. Organizers released data from GPS trackers on its snowplows in the hope that participants could extract useful insights and develop interesting solutions. They were encouraged to use the data in any way they thought would best help the city and its residents.

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GITEX Technology Week

Dubai, UAE • Oct 6-10, 2019

The latest solutions around AI, blockchain, robotics, cloud and other mega trends, across 21 halls with 4,000 exhibitors across 24 sectors.

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Deadline: Feb-02-19

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Bring Your Breakthrough Ideas to Life

By Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, Michael Wade

Digital advances in the past two decades have enabled more people than ever before to express creative intelligence. Yet apart from the transformation of services powered by mobile apps and the internet, few sectors have seen spectacular surges of innovation—and only 43% of companies have what experts consider a well-defined process for it. In this article the authors present a five-part framework to guide the development and ensure the survival of breakthrough ideas.

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Climate Change? LOL!

"Should planet Earth stick with its hardline ideological stance... we will seek a second planet." Can satire be the tool that reaches climate change deniers?

Autonomous Arrest

What happens when the police want to pull over a self-driving car? Should they have the ability to disable the vehicle? Waymo offers some protocol guidelines.

INNOVATIVE PEOPLE

Paul Malchesky

developed a biocide formulation for treating water for oil and gas drilling.

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