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  • Challenge Seeks Risk Assessment Tool for Microloan Denials

    A new challenge from InnoCentive calls for a tool to gauge the financial risk of people and organizations that were denied a microloan for their business. The challenge has a prize of $40,000 and a deadline of 30 May 2012. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts is a company the conducts open-innovation, crowd-sourcing competitions for corporate and…

  • Unilever Launches Open Innovation Initiative

    The consumer goods manufacturer Unilever unveiled today its open innovation program seeking ideas for new products and technologies from the public at large. The initiative is managed by the online intellectual property marketplace yet2.com. Unilever’s program is structured around a set of issues or problems for which it seeks collaborators to find solutions. The opening…

  • Challenge-Funded Research Studies Animal Testing Alternative

    Research at University of Southampton in the U.K. will study in-vitro alternatives for testing the toxicity of drug candidates on animals. The U.K.’s National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) awarded £500,000 ($US 800,400) for the study from its 2011 CRACK IT challenge seeking alternatives to tests with lab…

  • Challenge Seeks Molecular Composition Tool for Electronics

    A new challenge from InnoCentive calls for a technology to determine the chemical composition of everyday electronic devices. This “ideation” challenge — one looking for a breakthrough idea —  has a total prize fund of $8,000 and a deadline of 20 March 2012 for submissions. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts is a company the conducts open-innovation,…

  • USPTO Competition to Boost Patents for Humanitarian Goals

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today unveiled a competition to encourage inventors to share their patented technologies to address humanitarian needs. Winning inventors will receive a faster review of their applications for patents on future inventions. The program, called Patents for Humanity, is officially a pilot program to help address an Obama administration…

  • InnoCentive Acquires London-Based OmniComplete

    InnoCentive Inc. in Waltham, Massachusetts, a provider of open-innovation and crowdsourcing competitions, says it has acquired OmniCompete Limited based  in London, U.K. that also conducts challenge contests. No financial terms were disclosed. InnoCentive says it plans to adds OmniComplete’s experience in big-ticket competitions to InnoCentive’s so-called Grand Challenges, contests with larger payouts. Among the larger…

  • Challenge Seeks Sustainable Material Substitute for Wood

    A new challenge on Innocentive seeks materials or processes that can be used create materials with the physical properties of softwoods, but are more sustainable than natural wood. The competition has a prize of $20,000 and a deadline of 31 March 2012 for submissions. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts is a company the conducts open-innovation crowd-sourcing…

  • $250K Challenge Seeks Post-Hospital Care Ideas

    Janssen Healthcare Innovation, a unit of pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson in San Diego, is offering a challenge with a total of $250,000 in awards for technology solutions to improve the care for patients discharged from the hospital. The Janssen Connected Care Challenge was announced today by Kimberly Park, a Janssen Healthcare Innovation partner, at the…

  • Challenge Seeks Combat Emergency Rescue Device

    A new challenge on InnoCentive calls for a concept and design of a device that enables a rescuer to quickly and safely transport an injured person away from a combat site. The contest has a prize of $15,000 and a deadline of 28 February 2012. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts is a company that conducts open-innovation…

  • $40K Challenge Seeks High-Speed Missing Food Finder

    A new challenge on InnoCentive seeks a method or process of identifying trays with missing food servings in a system where servings are delivered to trays one at a time at high speeds. The competition has a prize of $40,000 and a deadline of 2 January 2012 for submissions. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts is a…