Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111014/13295416368/dailydirt-video-challenges.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111014/13295416368/dailydirt-video-challenges.shtml

Create your own Public Service Announcement on how technology has made an impact on creativity. There's a $1000 prize available, and it's due on October 28th, 2011. (Oh yeah, and you can keep the copyright to your submissions for this one because we're sponsoring it!) [url]

The USDA has a Fruits&Veggies contest looking for a 30-second video on how to add more plants to your diet. The first prize is $1500, and the submission period ends November 15, 2011. [url]

Submit a video on the theme of Unlikely Innovation here. The winner receives $5000, and it's due on December 30, 2011. [url]

To find other interesting links for entrepreneurial folks, check out what's currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]  

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]]> urls-we-dig-up http://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20111014/13295416368 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110214/12450613088/dailydirt-field-open-innovation-is-still-wide-open.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110214/12450613088/dailydirt-field-open-innovation-is-still-wide-open.shtml Netflix Prize, and generally, when there's a really interesting concept that seems to catch on, there are plenty of copycats ready to try their hand at reproducing success. Here are a bunch of open innovation marketplaces that have the same basic idea -- and there are plenty others -- but we're still waiting on one player to really stand out.

• Innocentive was spun out of Eli Lilly as a way to get some chemistry R&D answers from an open market. It still has a lot of chemistry-based challenges, but it's slowly expanding into other areas. [url]
• ChallengePost is aimed at software developers -- who want to create apps that help others out. These are the folks behind Challenge.gov. [url]
• Hypios is yet another chemistry-heavy market for R&D solutions. Chemistry is hard, apparently... [url]
• To discover more interesting challenges, check out what's currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]  

By the way, StumbleUpon can recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

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