unleashing eco-patents
First-of-its-kind effort to help the environment, unleashing dozens of innovative, environmentally responsible patents to the public domain. – Energy conservation or improved energy or fuel efficiency– Pollution prevention (source reduction, waste reduction)– Use of environmentally preferable materials or substances– Water or materials use reduction– Increased recycling opportunityLink Continue reading unleashing eco-patents
roller buggy
Baby carriage that can be transformed into scooter with special attention on security. So, it has a belt for a child and the hydraulic brake system with two disks for parent.This is specially designed for fathers. I surely want one.This product is idea of Valentin Vodev from Pixstudio – Vienna-Sofia creative team.link Continue reading roller buggy
the future of europe lies in knowledge
Janez Potočnik, member of the European Commission for Science and Research said The Future of Europe Lies in Knowledge at the National Forum on Europe, in Dublin:“We want to improve our quality of life and remain globally competitive. If we think about how best to achieve that, we can consider cutting costs or improving our productivity. Looking at the costs, then there are limited possibilities. I’ve not met many people who really want to drive down wages or drastically cut back on our social security standards. And even after we’ve made improvements in the flexibility and mobility of our labour … Continue reading the future of europe lies in knowledge
ibm’s top 5 ideas for next 5 years
IBM revealed a list with 5 top innovation that have biggest potential in next 5 years.1. It will be easy for you to be green and save money doing it2. The way you drive will be completely different3. You are what you eat, so you will know what you eat4. Your cell phone will be your wallet, your ticket broker, your concierge, your bank, your shopping buddy, and more5. Doctors will get enhanced “super-senses” to better diagnose and treat youlink Continue reading ibm’s top 5 ideas for next 5 years
portable fishtank
A classy way to carry fishes from pet-shop to home. The other solution is to carry fishes on little walk 🙂 Only dog owners, can be proud on their pets on the street, now it’s time for aquarist! The idea behind this product is to allow children with divorced parents to take their fishes with them. Continue reading portable fishtank
the one million linden dollars idea
Osram started innovation contest in December and tomorrow is last day for submission of ideas.The information about this contest is available on Second Life on OSRAM island.Everybody can submit up to 3 ideas, and after first filter, best 250 ideas will go to real contest. Next will include work on ideas and awards for the best.This puts new light on Second Life as the platform for collaboration&work on new ideas.I will prepare two ideas for this contest and submit it tomorrow 🙂 Continue reading the one million linden dollars idea
solar trees
10 solar panels at the top of every artifical tree, which gathers solar energy at day, and power LEDs for illumination at light. – less pollution– no underground intallation– no power used from cities power systemlink Continue reading solar trees
tchibo
Stand-up café with every-week new products! They have the formula “every week new experience”, and I was surprised to see how classy and cheap are those products.Innovative retail solution is accomplished with completely new line of products every week, with impressive sales through Europe. In a week when they was selling telescopes, they have sold more telescopes in 7 days then all other shops in Germany in whole year. It’s a good reason for me to check their web site, every time before going to Vienna. Continue reading tchibo
vidi e-novation
Innovative contest of croatian ICT magazine VIDI is the best thing that happened in last years in Croatia, in the field of innovations.Brochure is available on croatian&english under:link Continue reading vidi e-novation
3 categories of companies
According to annual study from Booz Allen Hamilton, Global Innovation 1000 (link) in which are included the data from 1000 companies all around the world, which are leaders in R&D funding. Companies can be sorted to 3 categories according to corporate strategy and customer undestanding: 1. Need Seekers – invent new-to-market product with breakthrough innovation. Gathering information about customers and analysing they wishes in shaping new products. Already know technology is used in new ways and their are no new inventions.2. Market Readers – react to what customers buy by carefully watching market – cautiosly entering with incremential changes3. Technology … Continue reading 3 categories of companies
event went fine
I held an inno-event two days ago. It went just fine, I think that participants were satisfied, because the final event of innovation award program, should be as it was – not long, informative and dinamic. Best 4 participants presented thier ideas and I had a presentation about the inno-statistics this year.The greatest success is to have new ideas coming in after event, and I heard about some new ideas, really 🙂The brochure which I made, was read through event as I saw, and it seems like it was good idea to make it(I haven’t waste time to make it). … Continue reading event went fine
tower energy – utopia or the ‘big’ solution
This invention is really big! If this proves to be truth, this could be the solution to world energy demand, and then many ‘big’ things will be solved – one of them is ‘global warming’, second is oil demand. I hope that this is it! We need this!Link Continue reading tower energy – utopia or the ‘big’ solution
innovation in horror?
Where is the connection between innovation and horrors?I watched today new horror movie “30 days of night”, and scenario is really innovative 🙂 What can be better for a band of vampires, then to have no sun-light for 30 days. That’s the story behind this movie. Small Alaskan town is 30 days every year without sunlight, and at the first day there came the vampires!It’s realy not easy to find something new in this genre, so this deserves good note (currently 7.0 on imdb.com) Continue reading innovation in horror?
how to organize an innovation event?
First of all, I got great receipt from managers, almost all of them will come, but not so good from employees, because they are at business trips or they have private reasons. But I expect that 50% will come surely, so the event will survive… What’s the main reason fo this event?First, I want to reward best innovators in last year, and to ‘make them important’. Second, to present the best ideas for all colleagues, but also for the managers on event, but also through the special brochure and intranet site to everybody in the company. This ideas should inspire … Continue reading how to organize an innovation event?
nils bohlin
Nils Bohlin – the inventor of three-point-seatbelt – standard in every car today, has invented it in late 50’s of last. it was patented in 1958. and by 1963. every new Volvo (Bohlin’s company) has seatbelts. This breakthrough saved lots of lives, specially thanks to Bohlin and Volvo, who gave their invention for free to every car manufacturer. Now, to give them a thank, we can at leat say that we all have something from ‘Volvo’ in our vehicles. Continue reading nils bohlin
MyCuppaTea/Cofee
If you can better visualise your taste for coffee, then this is the product you’ve waited. This mugs will help you to make your coffee or tea by matching the colour guide inside. I would love to have it!Link to MyCuppa website Continue reading MyCuppaTea/Cofee
inno-campaign
Today I faced a dilemma concerning innovation campaigns posters. For a third year in a row, we run an inno-campaign in our firm. First year we had an image of parachuter on poster. Last year we had a picture of american football pitch with two amateur teams preparing for the game.This year we have to choose from three ‘finalist’ which was filtered from 6-10 pictures which was looking ‘innovative’. We choose the one that looks most connected with our company and which also was the prettiest. It’s the picture of offshore windmills and beneath them a little boat. The poster … Continue reading inno-campaign
cat poo cleaner
There are so much of useless inventions, and this seems like a favourite for top positions. But, as there are many cat-lovers on the planet, this may seem as a great idea to get rid of the cat poo 🙂So, get your cats into robot (what if robot goes crazy and start to roll the cat! 😉On this web-site there is the demonstration of this litter-robot:Litter robot web site Continue reading cat poo cleaner
hoverboard scooter
This is what I thought about in last post, when I was talking about future. I would like to drive this vehicle! Continue reading hoverboard scooter
top-down vs. bottom-up innovations
Top-down innovations, from one side – innovations promoted by senior managers and bottom-up innovations – ideas given from employees through the organization is two processes, which may sound opposite, but both must be enabled. Why? For good (or great!) innovation process it’s essential to have high-level commitment, but also to be oriented to each employee. Only Top-down innovation principle will close the door to every improvement idea which could come from employees including process improvement or for example, introduction of new toll. Continue reading top-down vs. bottom-up innovations
the future is here
When I was a child (20-25 years ago), I was thinking about the 21st Century, as a time of living like in SF movies. Me and my friends expected flying cars, robots in every house… Ok, these products was to futuristic, but let’s see what we have in last 10 years: microvawe ovens everywhere, flat-screen TV’s, internet, iPods, mobile phones, GPS, online games… We’re already living the future 🙂 Continue reading the future is here
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