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Challenges, Contests, Crowdselling

Below is a list of current disclosable Challenges at IdeaConnection as well as Contests you can enter and Crowdselling opportunities. The majority of IdeaConnection's work is solving confidential R&D challenges. Sign up below to receive invitations to solve confidential challenges.

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Crowdselling Opportunities

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Buy and Sell Inventions

Dual Screen Monitor

Monitor with two display (screen), one on the front and other on the back.

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PORTA-AIRE DELUXE

The purpose of this product is to provide automobiles with portable air conditioning in which the automobile's original air condition system fails or stops working completely. Restores air conditioning to vehicles that no longer have functioning, manufactured installed air conditioning systems.

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Gravity Plating

Create artificial gravity as seen in science fiction shows such as Star Trek.

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Buy and Sell Patents

Applicator for Hair Treatment Products

A patent for a product already selling to both home users and professionals for the application of hair colour or other hair or scalp treatment products. The invention makes the application quick and precise thanks to channels into a spatula that connects the container with the hair treatment product with the tip of the spatula which can be used as the traditional application brush. The segment for beauty home treatments is growing rapidly for many reasons and the prospects for the patent could be hair colour/tool or treatment brands. Or for a different business area such as construction ad

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Solution for Tech Neck Associated with Smartphone Use

People spend around 4 hours daily staring at their smartphones — that’s 1,400 hours every year. Tech-neck issues start when you bend your neck forward continuously for a long time looking down at your device. The obvious solution to this problem is to hold and view your smartphone near eye-level, keeping a relax posture without the head leaning forward. This invention provides a long awaited solution to the growing problem of tech-neck that affects roughly 70 % of smartphone users. A clever hidden arm support system is integrated in the design of cross-body bag that could provide elbow sup

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High Friction Surface Coating and Method of Making Thereof

High Friction Surface Treatment for Highways and Bridge decks. The patented product is for use on highways and bridge decks. High Friction Surface Treatments are skid resistant surfacing systems bonded to a pavement surface in areas where the risk of a vehicle skidding out of control is high. Examples would be approaches to traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, roundabouts, steep inclines and dangerous bends where sudden or excessive braking or cornering may be required. The aggregate specified for use in HFST systems, calcined bauxite, is available in few locations throughout the world and i

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LIVE CHALLENGES

CHARIoT Challenge - Advancing First Responder Communications

Deadline: 2020-11-18
Total Award: $1,100,000
Open to: Everyone*

Build augmented reality interfaces for first responders or develop smart city data streams to simulate disaster scenarios.

Network Detection of Adversarial Campaigns using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Deadline: 2020-05-29
Total Award: $500,000
Open to: US citizens and entities*

Seeking to automate the Security Operations Center using artificial intelligence and machine learning to detect advanced persistent threat campaign activity.

Good Jobs and Inclusive Entrepreneurship

Deadline: 2020-06-18
Total Award: $10,000
Open to: Everyone*

How can marginalized populations access and create good jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities for themselves?

The Alternate Format Business Technology Challenge

Deadline: 2020-04-23
Total Award: $150,000 CAD
Open to: Canadian entities*

Seeking a solution that will result in innovation and efficiency in the production of, and access to, a wide variety of physical and digital alternate format materials.

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Confidential Challenges

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New Challenges

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