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DSM’s Open Innovation Challenge Awards a Trip to the London Olympics
DSM, a science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, has just announced the launch of an open innovation contest that challenges designers and creative thinkers to develop high-quality sports equipment using the company’s own Arnitel® Eco material. A thermoplastic co-polyester…
January 30th BetterLesson: Crowdsourcing For a Better Education
Alex Grodd, a former teacher in charter schools and Teach for America, is applying the crowdsourcing model to improve education. In 2009 he created and launched BetterLesson, an online platform designed with teachers in mind. BetterLesson allows teachers in the…
The Haas School is Involved in a Million Dollar Open Innovation Challenge
The Million Dollar Open Innovation Challenge is sponsored by Zazzle, who offers customers an online web platform where they can create their own merchandise by uploading images. Only 25 students will be invited by the Haas-Berkeley’s School’s Center for Open…
US Based Rival, Brandstack.com has been Taken Over by DesignCrowd
For an undisclosed price, DesignCrowd has purchased Brandstack services, who are best known for their ability to generate ready-made logos through crowdsourcing. The brand plans to reinvent Brandstack by launching BrandCrowd.com. According to the CEO of DesignCrowd, Alec Lynch, the new…
Innovative Food Waste Recycling Project Launches Crowdfunding Campaign at Kickstarter
Throw To Grow, a new food waste recycling program based in Honolulu, HI, has launched a Kickstarter campaign. The company hopes to raise $15,000 to fund its innovative research project as well as an educational program aimed at teaching kids…
GoodWorldCreations to Launch a Green Crowdfunding Platform in 2012
After the successful launch of HelpersUnite, a crowdfunding platform with a focus on arts and charity, GoodWorldCreations will soon be turning to environmental causes. In a partnership with the environmentalist and polar explorer Robert Swan and his organization 2041, the new service,…
The Health Care Innovation Challenge Enters the Next Phase
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently challenged all comers to devise the most compelling new ideas to deliver better health, improved care and lower costs to people with the most pressing health care needs. The innovations must…
DARPA’s Shredder Challenge Solved With the Help of Crowdsourcing
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) recently challenged the crowd to find new ways of reconstructing shredded documents. The Shredder Challenge asked contestants to download five variously shredded documents, find new and faster solutions to reconstruct them, and present…
[Crowd Leader: David Alan Grier] The Point of Innovation
What do we mean when we say that we are crowdsourcing? It is useful to take a moment to consider the concept so that we can best understand where the point of innovation lies.
Mercado: A Specially Designed Produce Bag Created through Quirky’s Crowd
Peter A. Wachtel, a toy designer and inventor, developed his better designed farmer’s market bag, called Mercado, on Quirky.com, a crowdsourcing website that brings the best ideas to market. ”It’s a one of a kind bag,” said Mr. Wachtel, who…
[Crowd Leader: Shelley Kuipers] Crowdsourcing and Finding Your Prosumers
There are a couple of different definitions for the term “prosumer.” One of the most frequently used definitions of a prosumer is a consumer who desires a level of service that is typically only demanded by professionals, or someone who…
Artspire Allows Artists to Crowdfund Tax Deductible Contributions
Artspire, created by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is a newly launched crowdfunding platform that acts as an extension of NYFA’s fiscal sponsorship program. Artspire is different from other crowdfunding platforms because it allows artists to accept…
Crypteks Inc. Unveils New Ultra-Secure USB Device On Kickstarter
Crypteks Inc. has unveiled a new ultra-secure USB device that is sure to grab headlines this festive season. The device was launched through the “All-or-Nothing” crowdsourcing funding platform Kickstarter.com. The USB device is predicted to gain instant market fame similar…
Sixty Year-Old Food Company Turns to the Crowd for Fresh Logo
Honeyville Food Products, Inc. established as a family business in 1951, is marking its sixtieth year of successful business with a contest to design a new company logo. The competition is not completely open, but the almost 40,000 qualified designers…
The Sky’s The Limit With Cloudlogo.com
Anybody interested in acquiring the skills of a talented logo designer will be happy to know that there now exists a unique portal where they can gain access to the cream of the crop. Cloudlogo.com specializes in the crowdsourcing of logo…
EMI Releases Crowdsouced Remix of Jane’s Addiction’s “Irresistable Force”
It all started when rock band Jane’s Addiction partnered with Indaba Music and Creative Allies to create a remix of the song “Irresistable Force”. The idea was to give the opportunity to Indaba’s online music creating community to remix the…
DesignCrowd Receives $3M Investment for a Fairer, Higher Quality Crowdsourcing Model
DesignCrowd, an Australian crowdsourcing website, recently received $3M in venture capital from Starfish Ventures. The purpose of the investment is to bring a new, fairer, and higher-quality form of crowdsourcing to the US market. DesignCrowd fixes the problems with traditional design…
Symbid: Your Investment Sparks Promising Ideas and Profits
Symbid, is an ‘equity-based’ crowdfunding platform for promising business ideas. Anyone can become an investor as the minimum investment is only twenty euros. Unlike other crowdsourcing companies Symbid, a partner of Enviu, allows participants to become partial owners. The way…
Google Maps Improves Accuracy with Help of Canadian Citizens
As part of the navigation system industry’s overall drive to improve map accuracy, Google Maps has enlisted the help of Canadian citizens in the form of crowdsourcing. Much like the way that Wikepedia crowdsources to the public for factual information, Google…
Getty Images Partners With Indaba to Crowdsource Music For Advertisement
Getty Images has just announced a partnership with Indaba Music to use the website’s community to crowdsource music that will be placed in advertisements, helping the community’s independent musicians getting their songs known and heard worldwide. With advertisements often being…
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