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Data and the Fight Against Climate Change
The Dataquest website reported that the ‘Data for Climate Action’ initiative launched in March this year by the UN is an ‘open innovation challenge’ to scientists and researchers from across the world to harness data science and big data from the private sector to fight climate change. The challenge aims to leverage private big data to identify
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Build Palestine Organizes Solve-A-Thon
The Palestine News Network website reported that Build Palestine, a social enterprise based in Ramallah, in partnership with MIT SOLVE organized a solve-a-thon which aims to solve one of the world’s most challenging problems through open-innovation and partnership. The project tackled the challenge
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Students’ Ideas Adopted by U.S. Intel Agency
The Loudoun Times website reported that a team of students from Loudoun County’s (Va) Academy of Science is turning its ideas into real-world solutions after impressing the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the U.S. Army Geospatial Research Lab (GRL). After impressing the NGA,
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MIT’s 2017 Global Challenges
The MIT News website reported that MIT’s initiative that brings together problem-solvers of all stripes to tackle the world’s pressing problems — has four new global challenges for 2017: brain health; sustainable urban communities; women and technology; and youth, skills, and the workforce of the
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Using Open Data to Boost Public Sector Innovation
The Diginomica website noted that the clamor for digital transformation means executives in both the public and private sectors are encouraged to use creative methods, such as hackathons and cross-organization partnerships, to foster innovation. The city of Camden recently launched an open data challenge
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Agritech Challenge Aimed At Inspiring Innovation In Kenya
The AFKInsider website reported that the World Bank and venture capital firm Nest have announced a call for applications for the AgriTech Challenge 2017 in Kenya. The initiative is the first open innovation program of its kind in Kenya, and it is aimed at connecting promising startups and innovators
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Connect and Compete Through Open Innovation
The MDDI website noted that open innovation has become a mainstream practice for most technology-driven companies looking to accelerate time to market and stay ahead of the competition; and added if you are a medical technology manufacturer considering open innovation as a strategy within your innovation
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Rafael Nadal Academy To Develop 3 Sports Technology Startups
The SportTechie website reported that Rafael Nadal’s tennis academy has announced three winning startups from a competition it held to uncover and support sports technology companies. The competition, supported by Movistar and Telefonica’s “Open Future” initiative announced the winners as iAltituse,
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Nokia: Wide Open to Co-creation
The Nokia Networks blog noted that today, R&D resources are not sufficient to answer all customer demand and master new emerging technologies. Collaboration with third parties is mainly done on demand and only a very small part of the ecosystem capabilities is leveraged. Looking forward, we are convinced
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Scientists Without Borders
The New York Academy of Science website reported that Scientists Without Borders, conceived in 2008 in partnership with the United Nations Millennium Project, is a collaborative community of scientists, engineers and innovators dedicated to finding solutions for global development issues. Through its
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