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New Product Launch Spotlight Awards Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Start Time: 2:50 pm End Time: 3:00 pm Location: Las Vegas Convention Center - Description New Product Launch Spotlight Awards May 11, 2011 /2:50 pm - New Product Launch Spotlight Show area debuts in a PREMIERE Spot � lobby of the
Central Hall. This area is exclusively devoted to TRUE new products that attendees
can take back to your local markets � products that have no pre- New Product Launch Spotlight Awards judges are TBA. More Info: http://www.nationalhardwareshow.com/en/Special- ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Greener Package Awards - Date: Friday, May 6, 2011 Description Sabre encourages brand owners, packaging material and equipment suppliers, design firms, and recyclers who have commercialized a sustainable package, initiative, or technology in 2010 or 2011 to enter this year’s competition—both for the prestige and for the opportunity it will bring to learn about new industry standards. “There’s a lot of change coming to the sustainable packaging movement,” he says. “The awards are a good opportunity to see what some of those changes will bring. It’s going to be a learning experience for the applicants.” Entries for the 2011 Greener Package Awards will be accepted through May 6, with results announced on July 29. Winners will be profiled in the August issue of Packaging World magazine, as well as online at GreenerPackage.com. More Info: http://www.greenerpackage.com/metrics_standards_and_lca/greener_package_awards_gain_prestige?u tm_source=eClip&utm_medium=newsletter ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
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NASCAR - Date: Monday, May 2, 2011 Description On Your Mark, Get Set, Invent! NASCAR wants to license and brand innovative merchandise. NASCAR wants to see what homegrown product innovations, apparel and merchandise they can put their influential “NASCAR” brand on. Keep in mind the NASCAR fan experience, and consider new ideas for: Apparel and accessories Track side retail NASCAR- Memorabilia and collectables Toys Tailgating and other innovations that enhance the fan experience Tell your friends about this opportunity!
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BIG Idea Group - Friday, April 29, 2011 If you have an idea that fits into our current interest categories and would like
to present it over the phone for a free, confidential review, here is your chance.
Phone- Scheduled Date: • Friday, April 29, 2011 All phone interviews are conducted out of our Bedford, NH offices. Once you have
pre- All materials must be in our offices by no later than April 27. More Info: http://www.bigideagroup.net/inventors/submit.htm#phone __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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2011 DiabetesMine Design Challenge DEADLINE Friday, April 29, 2011 This is the third year of the Challenge, which calls for new devices, web applications, or other instruments designed to facilitate the daily challenges that persons with diabetes face. These include special diets, limitations to exercise, insuring proper blood circulation, blood sugar testing, insulin shots, blood pressure monitoring, and being on the alert for vision and other sensory changes. Ideas can come from patients, parents of diabetic children, design, medical, and engineering students or professionals, or anyone else with knowledge of the disease that can come up with an ingenious groundbreaking concept. There will be three grand prize winners, each receiving $7,000 in cash plus, guidance and support from a variety of innovation and investment professionals. Two other finalists, the Most Creative Idea, and the Best Kids Concept will be awarded $2,500 and $1,500 respectively. Projects will be submitted online at the Diabetes Mine website and 10 finalists will be selected by open community voting. Winners will be selected by a distinguished panel of judges. The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 29, 2011, at 11:59 pm Pacific time More Info: http://www.chcf.org/projects/2009/diabetesmine- __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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ThinkQuest Competition - Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Challenging Students Globally to Think, Create, and Innovate This exciting competition challenges students to apply their critical thinking, communication,
and technology skills to a real- ThinkQuest Projects Teams present their solution by creating a project in ThinkQuest Projects, an online learning environment. Age Divisions: * 19 and under * 16 and under * 12 and under More Info: http://www.thinkquest.org/competition/index.html __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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IDA Congress 2011: 'Design at the Edges' - Monday, April 25, 2011 The IDA Congress: Location: Taipei International Convention Center Taipei Taiwan Opening: 24- Closing: 26- The IDA Congress is the primary event for dialogue between designers and non- Theme The congress theme is "Design at the Edges." The theme addresses the blurring of
the edges between industrial design, communication design and interior architecture/design,
as design becomes a pan- More Info: http://www.2011idacongress.com/english/ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Edison Nation - New Product Hunt - eGolf.com seeks innovative golf products. Extended Deadline: Monday, April 25th, 2011 at 11:59PM PST Description Heads up, golf fans; eGolf.com where golfers come to learn, play, and watch the game is looking to showcase your innovation through eGolf.com and alongside these properties. • eGolf Online Tee Times the country’s preeminent site to book tee- • eGolf Professional Tour where the rising stars of tomorrow are playing today and in 2011 players will be competing in 18 tournaments for $4,000,000 in prize money. • eGolf Radio Show to listen to the latest news on and off the course From training aids to equipment to accessories, eGolf.com wants to place your product in front of their golfing community. Think outside the (tee)box and submit your innovative golf products for consideration. Targeted Consumer: Amateur and professional golfers; players of all abilities looking to improve, gift- More Info: http://www.edisonnation.com/live_product_searches/EG255 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Edison Nation - Sure Fit seeks covering innovations. Deadline: Monday, April 18th, 2011 at 11:59PM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Now, Sure Fit is looking for innovations in: Applications of or technical improvements to slipcovers (e.g. fit, look or maintenance
enhancements) for at- Applications of or technical improvements to furniture slipcovers in non- Products that cover items — other than furniture — for protective or decorative reasons. Tell your friends about this opportunity! More Info: http://www.edisonnation.com/live_product_searches/SF256 ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Swing- Date: Monday, April 11, 2011 Live Product Search Submission: Swing- Deadline: Monday, April 11th, 2011 at 11:59PM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Tell your friends about this opportunity. Description Swing- Since 1985, Swing- For this challenge, Swing- Swing- More Info: http://www.edisonnation.com/live_product_searches/SNS257 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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USPTO - Date: Thursday, March 31, 2011 Nominations for the 2011 National Medal of Technology and Innovation are now being accepted by the Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The National Medal of Technology and Innovation (formerly known as the National Medal of Technology) is the highest honor for technological achievement bestowed by the President of the United States on America's leading innovators. The Medal is awarded annually to individuals, teams (up to four individuals), companies
or divisions of companies for their outstanding contributions to America’s economic,
environmental and social well- All completed nominations must be submitted to the USPTO by: 5 p.m. (ET), March 31, 2011. Nomination forms and guidelines can be downloaded at http://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/guidelines.jsp. More Info: http://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/index.jsp __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Open Minds 2011 – CONTEST Saturday, March 26, 2011 Start Time: 10:00 am End Time: 2:00 pm (Time Zone: US/Eastern) Location: Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C So what to expect from Open Minds 2011? The event is at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., Saturday, March 26, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Fifteen teams will display and discuss their inventions, as well as their plans to commercialize these innovations. This year’s sponsors are: Intellectual Ventures, Time Warner Cable – Connect A Million Minds and General Patent Corporation. For the past 14 years, the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance has showcased some of the best university student inventors in the country at its annual March Madness for the Mind event. This year, recognizing the student teams we work with are focused on becoming companies, we’ve rechristened the event Open Minds to better reflect the serious nature of the students’ entrepreneurial aspirations. You can vote for this year’s teams at InventorsDigest.com. More Info: http://www.inventorsdigest.com/?p=5777 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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BIG Idea Group -
Friday, March 25, 2011 New Naming Hunt Launched We’re staging a Name Hunt for a new mobile cold therapy solution. This solution offers a malleable gel pack that can provide fast cooling relief to many areas of the body while staying firmly in place. We’d like a name that is appealing, memorable, unique, and reflects the product benefits. Multiple suggestions are welcome. We will be offering a merchandise prize to the person who submits the best name(s). The winner will receive a Skybar™ ONE Wine System, with a retail value of $399.99. IMPORTANT: We have a tight deadline for this hunt. You must email or fax your name suggestions by no later than noon (eastern time) on Friday, March 25. More Info: http://www.bigideagroup.net/inventors/ideahunts_home.htm __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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First Lego League - March 18, 2011 The FIRST® LEGO® League Global Innovation Award is designed to get FLL teams excited
about further developing their Body Forward Projects. The X PRIZE Foundation, our
award sponsor, is generously awarding up to $20,000 (USD) to one (1) winning team
so they can file a US patent, create a prototype and get it on its way to becoming
one of those “can’t live without it” inventions. The X PRIZE Foundation is the leading
nonprofit organization solving the world’s Grand Challenges by creating and managing
large- More Info: http://fllinnovationaward.firstlegoleague.org/ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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iNNOVATE 2011 Racie Awards Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Start Time: 12:00 pm End Time: 1:00 pm (PST) Location: San Francisco The Racie Awards honor the best retail ads, commercials, digital efforts and other communication materials that consumers first experienced during the past year. Each piece of work is judged on creativity, strategy, and results. Learn more about the 2011 categories, Awards Luncheon and FAQs. More Info: http://events.nrf.com/innovate11/public/Content.aspx?ID=11422 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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