Innovation ChallengeRegister as solver

Piezoelectric power transducers using bolted Langevin designs are well established for converting electrical energy into mechanical vibrations at a specified frequency.  This Challenge is to streamline an existing bolted Langevin transducer design or to submit an alternate design in order to minimize complexity and cost. 

This Challenge requires only a written proposal.

The Seeker desires a theoretical method to efficiently find rare errors in a database, without relying on manual case-by-case rules or context-sensitive parameters. 

This Challenge requires only a written proposal.

The Seeker and InnoCentive desire a new predictive, quantitative economic/financial model that underpins a decision-making framework that R&D-based companies can use to:

1. Optimize the distribution of its R&D budget between expenditures internally and the use of Open Innovation,
2. Decide on which specific R&D projects and/or project tasks are most suitable for Open Innovation, and
3. Assess the costs and benefits of projects using the optimum approach vs. a classical use of primarily internal resources.

The Seeker and InnoCentive will strongly consider further collaboration with winner(s) of this Challenge. 

This Challenge requires only a written proposal.

The seeker requires methods for rapid, non-destructive analysis of markers of curvature in thin wires of high-carbon steel. 

This Challenge requires only a written proposal.

This Challenge requests a theoretical design for a surgically implanted micro-sensor device that reports displacement and mechanical load on healing ligament/tendon tissues. 

This Challenge requires only a written proposal.

The Seeker desires an algorithm that can identify the size, shape, and depth of underground features when given noisy seismic data. 

This Challenge requires only a written proposal.

We need your help to remedy the problem of potholes!  Given acceleration and GPS data collected by volunteers running the StreetBump app on Android smartphones, build a computer program that predicts the location of potholes and other street features. 

This is a Reduction-to-Practice Challenge that requires a written proposal and delivery of a working algorithm, source code, and prediction to the Seeker.

A method is required for on-line quantification and real-time reporting of ferrous fibers (60 mm x 1mm) in flows of a semi-solid and heterogeneous matrix.

This Challenge requires only a written proposal.

A design is required for a high-throughput filling system that is capable of arraying and filling 3000 small cylinders per minute.