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BOOKS
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The Innovator's Toolkit
50+ techniques for predictable and sustainable organic growth.
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BROCHURE
"Open Innovation:
The Next Step."
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NEW INVENTIONS
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Breast Cancer Bra
The BSE bra is an early warning system for breast cancer, able to detect emerging tumors long before they become visible to a mammogram.

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Treadwall
The Treadwall M4 was created for rock climbers, allowing them to climb as high as they like while barely leaving the ground.
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VIDEO
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iBeam Navigation
The iBeam allows users to navigate their tablet computers by sight alone, such as turning a page by looking at the bottom corner.
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INNOVATION ARTICLES
Crowdsharing Innovation
Share your innovation and collaboration insights with the world!
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INNOVATION ARTICLES
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Featured Article
56 Reasons Why Most Corporate Innovation Initiatives Fail 
By Mitch Ditkoff
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BLOG
For the Crowd's Eyes Only

For Crowd's Eyes Only
If you have espionage ambitions there is a new crowdsourcing outlet for your inner James Bond.
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INNOVATIVE PEOPLE
Innovative People
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Valarie Thomasdevised a multi-material, multi-layer thin film layer interface that served to prevent the formation of the traditional pinholes and cracks in the aluminum oxide layer.
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OPEN INNOVATION SUCCESS STORIES
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Crowdsourcing to Create Better Futures in Minnesota
The Minnesota Idea Open is a platform for Minnesotans to learn about issues that affect their lives, to come up with ideas to tackle them, and ultimately to create change and get things done.
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CITATION SEARCH
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Imaging Systems for Phenotyping Plants
Prior art citations wanted relating to systems, methods or technologies for imaging a plant or plant tissue to identify a certain characteristic.
$10,000 for each accepted document. [DETAILS HERE]
TECH SCOUTING
Screening Pratylenchus Nematode in Soybeans
Seeking CRO that has a current capability of detecting pratylenchus nematode in soybeans.
$10,000 for an accepted lead.
[DETAILS HERE]
 
TECH SCOUTING
Doubled Haploid Plant Production – Seed to SeedSeeking CRO or research institutes providing double haploid (DH) plant and seed production services.
$2,000 for an accepted lead.
[DETAILS HERE]
TECH SCOUTING
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Funds Available for Nematode Detection Research
Research proposals wanted for nematode detection, or earn $10,000for referring a researcher.
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CITATION SEARCH
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Plants Resistant to Dicambia
Prior art citations wanted relating to field test results on dicamba tolerant crops prior to June 6, 2005.

$10,000 for each accepted document. [DETAILS HERE]
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Soybean Breeding Project Lead
Fortune 500 client is seeking a
• Trait Development Consultant
for 5 hrs/week for 5 weeks.
Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. is seeking two Soybean specialists to work in Brazil. Must be proficient in Portuguese and English.
• Soybean Breeding Project Lead
• Soybean Genetic Project Lead
Who do you know who could fill these positions?
Submit your lead, and if it's accepted, you will receive $2,000.
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Driving Innovation

PATENT MARKETPLACE
Method of Identifying and Registering Entities
This is a methode for implementation of identification code systems in a DNS (Domain Name System) providing domains + web pages, and services to clients. Practically this means that all kind of identification code (like telephone numbers, isbn or social sec. nr) systems exclusively can be implemented as a domain name(nr) system also under a special TLD (Top Level Domain) with a linked data-page providing information and services.
[THOUSANDS OF PATENTS]
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RIGHT BRAIN WORKOUTS
Right Brain Workout
Comedic Contagion
Since humor and creativity are so closely related, according Edward de Bono, if humor is contagious, then possibly creativity is contagious as well. So is it true?
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INNOVATION CONVENTIONS & EVENTS
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2012 Energy and Innovation Conference
Nov 28-29, 2012
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
This event will bring together regional manufacturers, key business leaders, leading scientists, venture capitalists, and environmentalists from the region and will provide a forum to accelerate technology development and assist in commercializing new technologies and products.
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INNOVATION CONTESTS
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Europe Social Innovation Competition 2012
Contest Closes: Dec-21-12
Over 25 million Europeans are out of work. This Competition invites any European to come up with new solutions to create new opportunities for work, and for better work. €20,000.
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INVENTIONS FOR SALE
The Ultra Toe Guard
The Ultra Toe Guard is a small plastic, metal, or synthetic insert that fits into the top cap of almost any shoe to provide protection equivalent to that of a Safety Shoe.
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People who are creative believe they are,
and people who are not believe they are not creative.

– Michael Michalko