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The Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) is keenly interested in fostering awareness and appreciation among healthcare professionals and scientists for the research of health-related concerns in outdoor and wilderness activities. Criteria: The successful applicant will submit a project proposal likely to result in a substantive contribution to the field of wilderness and environmental medicine. The successful applicant will be expected to conduct a well-defined project during the ensuing year and...

Keep an eye out for this grant program in 2015! The Patrick Administration developed the Community Innovation Challenge (CIC) grant program in 2012.  The program encourages and incentivizes regionalization based upon the belief that the most crucial and visible interactions between government and citizens occur locally.  In three years, the program invested $10.25 million in 74 unique projects that involve 242 municipalities across the Commonwealth.  This equates to 69% of the 351 cities and to...

What would you do with a $10,000 innovation grant? Innovation: the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs… Changing business models is a pressing priority for most associations. There is a strong emphasis on innovative solutions to address unique and complex challenges of the 21st century.  But how do you find the resources and support to begin such a project? ASAE (Advancing Association and Non-Profit Leadership) wants ...

The heart.  Some may argue that it is the most important organ in the body. Oftentimes, especially with increased age, this valuable pumping machine starts to deteriorate in function. Researchers at St. Francis Hospital and the Dematteis Center for Education and Research are trying to use their investigations to gain scientific knowledge and insight into this deterioration. This knowledge  has been and will continue to be translated into improved methods for prevention, diagnosis and tr...

Clothing is the new electrical insulator as deemed by academic researchers. Investigators from Wake Forest’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials manufactured a clothlike material that generates electricity using body heat. Generators that produce electricity using heat are inefficient. However, heat itself is almost everywhere and is generated by almost everything, even the human body. Because it is a very common energy source and doesn't cost much, such as leftover heat produced b...

Technological ideas? Pranav Mistry has some. Mistry is an Indian computer scientist and Inventor. He can be considered to be a forward thinking technological guru. At present, he is the head of Think Tank Team and Vice President of Research at Samsung. He is best known for his work on SixthSense and Samsung Galaxy Gear. He has created some innovative technologies that foreshadow the future of receiving, transmitting, and exchanging information. Mistry's research interests include Wearable Com...

The International Development Design Summit is an intense, hands-on design experience that brings together people from all over the world and all walks of life to create technologies and enterprises that improve the lives of people living in poverty. Unlike most academic conferences, this particular summit emphasizes the development of prototypes, not papers and proceedings.In moving the technologies on the path from idea to implementation to impact the summit aims to create real ventures, not j...

Project LiveWire™ is the next major milestone in the history of The Motor Company – The first Harley-Davidson® motorcycle with an electric engine. This is Harley-Davidson® way by bringing this innovation to the street to gain feedback from customers. HD is inviting customers to ride the motorcycle and tell them what they think. Even those who don’t ride yet can take a ride on Jumpstart™ Demo, a simulated riding experience that doesn’t require any experience or a motorcycle license. The Project i...

Many teens and adults enjoy listening to their favorite music.  The Cool Rock-It 2.0 Portable Vibration Speaker System is a thoughtful solution for those with tangled or broken speakers who wish to "jam out" to their favorite tunes. This device, which was featured on ABC's Shark Tank, turns any hollow object into a speaker. With this new innovation, possible choices for speakers are endless. The pictures in this article illustrate how the device itself is used in the comfort of your home. ...