GenV Campaigns

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Jim Bach.

Got a great idea for a cool gadget that could change the world? We’re a group of people that help university students and faculty turn their ideas into products and ventures.
We’re the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); we fund emerging student entrepreneurs and faculty and provide workshops, investments and other resources to help [...]

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Young Inventors International

Posted on 10. Feb, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Young Inventors International (YII) is a not-for-profit organization that works with more than 1,800 university engineering and science students across North America.  YII’s vision is to provide young innovators with skills and a supportive community in which they can bring their ideas to the market. 
1) How do you support young inventors?
We offer online webinars about [...]

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The Egyptian Society for Engineering Innovations

Posted on 10. Feb, 2009 by Jim Bach.

The Egyptian Society for Engineering Innovations is comprised of prominent figures and experts from both Egyptian and International society. The society is located in the engineering faculty at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. The society conducts feasibility studies for applying ideas and innovations that will result in industrial technological advancement and practical products. The [...]

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Inventar Peru

Posted on 17. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Inventar is an organization dedicated to promoting inventiveness as a tool to improve competitiveness and the economy of Peru, through industrial and technological progress.
We recognize the inventor as an agent of development, and encourage his professionalization. We seek to create a new paradigm through which poor people no longer rely on foreign solutions to [...]

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MAP: Invention Sector

Posted on 08. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

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This map shows our invention ventures and partners around the world. Click on the map and drag left or right to see different regions. Click on each pin to find out more about each venture and partner.
If you would like to be added to this map, leave a comment below with [...]

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Rural Innovations Network

Posted on 08. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Driven by dreams of a prosperous rural India, Rural Innovations Network is a not-for-profit entity based in South India.
Its mission is to identify and incubate grassroots technological innovations developed by innovators that can have a significant impact on rural lives and enable these innovations to reach rural markets. RIN identifies these innovations and helps [...]

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Instructables: The World’s Biggest Show and Tell

Posted on 08. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Instructables is an online platform for passionate people to share what they do and how they do it.

Want to know how to do or make something?  Look it up on Instructables first.  Chances are someone has written up step-by-step instructions.
For example, you can build your own wind turbine, create your own ice-skating rink, assemble a [...]

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AfriGadget

Posted on 23. Dec, 2008 by Jim Bach.

AfriGadget is a website dedicated to showcasing African ingenuity. A team of bloggers and readers contribute their pictures, videos and stories from around the continent. The stories of innovation are inspiring. It is a testament to Africans bending the little they have to their will, using creativity to overcome life’s challenges.

Link: www.africagadget.com

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Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams

Posted on 06. Nov, 2008 by Charles Tsai.

Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams is a national grants initiative of the Lemelson-MIT Program to foster inventiveness among high school students.
InvenTeams composed of high school students, teachers and mentors are asked to collaboratively identify a problem that they want to solve, research the problem, and then develop a prototype invention as an in-class or extracurricular project. Grants of up [...]

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