InnoCentive Launches Open Innovation Challenge With Habitat for Humanity to Inexpensively Harvest Drinking Water
PRNewswire reported that Open innovation firm InnoCentive is supporting global housing nonprofit Habitat for Humanity in a new Challenge to find low-cost solutions to harvest water and remove impurities so that water is suitable for human consumption. “Clean drinking water is easy to take for granted for those that have it, but sadly, that’s not the case for millions of people around the world,” said Simon Hill, CEO, Wazoku. “Addressing the world’s biggest challenges, such as providing clean drinking water to every human on the planet, requires big solutions. This is exactly the type of challenge that open innovation and the InnoCentive crowd can help address.” “Open innovation is a highly effective way for any organization to address a challenge of this type,” said Harry Sangree, Founder and CEO, SeaFreight Labs. “It’s a critical issue.”
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