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How can cities crowdsource disruptive innovations? How can venture funds and incubators more efficiently find winning technologies and teams? Can best practices in corporate innovation be applied to the public sector?
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Research into prizes reveals superior economic returns using crowdsourcing.
Soapbox Media reports on the 2009 Cincinnati Innovates Awards with over $50,000 in prizes awarded to 8 local innovators.
Featured Innovations
Treadway Wearable Transportation
Motorized footwear will get you around town. Check out three generations of Treadway Transportation.
Central Venous Catheter
A safer, more comfortable central line catheter. The folding design is a unique approach to a common and vital therapeutic tool.
Scale Detects Diabetic Ulcers
A diabetic's biggest risk are foot ulcers. 10 seconds on the ulcer scale detects foot temperature differentials that predict developing ulcers.Featured City
CINCINNATI, OHIO
Cincinnati has one of the highest per-capita patent rates in the Midwest and is home to world class talent plus 10 Fortune 500 headquarters.
The Uno card game, Swiffer, Heimlich maneuver, Benadryl, oral polio vaccine, iron lung, ambulance service, Ivory Soap, Pringles, gas mask, and the 3-light traffic signal were all invented in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati Innovates launched May 1, 2009 and garnered over 270 entries and 65,000 + votes.
