Lunch Thoughts: What to do with Recycled Glass?
Our office kitchen only has one microwave and I always get hungry at peak lunchtime. I place my Pyrex glass container of leftovers at the end of the microwave queue [...]
Is Innovation Just a Buzzword?
I moved to the Bay Area three years ago for an exciting new job with IdeaScale. From the first week in town I was meeting new people constantly—people here really [...]
Innovation is a Team Sport
“It takes a village to raise a child,” and to build a strong innovation program. You’ve read the research—crowdsourcing and open innovation are powerful tools for organizations of all [...]
Addiction Research: There’s an App for That!
With over 101 million in the US alone, iPhone users make up a sizable population. Imagine the value a population that size holds for researchers in medical fields like Diabetes, [...]
Digital Solutions to Improve the Lives of People Around the World
Millions of people who can’t access the power of technology are being left behind—excluded from a world of opportunity. In order to address this divide, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has launched [...]
Challenge to Advance Drug Abuse and Addiction Research
As of 2012 approximately 23.1 million Americans suffered from drug or alcohol abuse or dependence, while only 2.5 million actually received treatment for their dependence or abuse from a specialty facility. From current addicts to future substance abusers to their families and friends, these issues affect our nation daily. The National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA is running a series of open innovation challenges targeted to drive advancements in the research of drug abuse and addiction treatment methods, systems, and approaches from outside of their organization and traditional networks.
Innovations in Measuring and Managing Drug Addiction Treatment
The National Institute on Drug Addiction has issued an exciting new challenge that breaks the boundaries between research specialties to improve the quality of drug addiction treatment. The Challenge, including [...]
Open Challenge: the National Institute on Drug Abuse is Innovating Addiction Treatment
Open Innovation is at its most powerful when used to discover new opportunities and new methods. The National Institute on Drug Abuse has set forth an open innovation Challenge to [...]
Tomorrow is the Final Day to Submit to the Open Innovation Awards!
image courtesy of nicolas will via flickr If you’re part of an IdeaScale community you’ve probably already heard about our second annual Open Innovation Awards. Over the past [...]
Support the Vote: 3 Reasons IdeaScale Loves Voting
image courtesy of h. michael karshis via flickr In case you hadn’t heard, IdeaScale loves voting! It’s part of crowdsourcing, part of our platform and part of our [...]