Comments on: Updated: HP Labs’ makeover means moving faster on ideas

By: IBM’s Innovation Jam 2008 shows how far crowdsourcing has come » VentureBeat

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:59:00 +0000

[...] This week’s event had nearly 55,000 participants from IBM registered and another 5,200 outsiders. Participants sign a waiver that turns all ideas expressed into public intellectual property. The winning ideas can get funding, but, in contrast to InnoCentive started (and now spun off) by Eli Lilly, the contributors of the ideas are not rewarded directly. “Web 2.0 comes to the enterprise” solutions, like Innovation Jam are now increasingly co…. [...]

By: NineSigma raises $4M for innovation market » VentureBeat

NineSigma raises $4M for innovation market » VentureBeat — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:10:56 +0000

[...] innovation” marketplace seems to be heating up — among other news, it’s part of a new research initiative at HP Labs. NineSigma says it has the largest network of this kind, and helps customers like GlaxoSmithKline, [...]

By: Hope for the little guys at the Intellectual Property Symposium » VentureBeat

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:14:40 +0000

[...] that big companies such as Eli Lilly (through its Innocentive program), IBM, and Hewlett-Packard (our coverage) are working hard to invite collaboration with all sorts of inventors through [...]

By: Audio Post: Foundation’s Steve Vassalo on cleantech strategies » VentureBeat

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:18:18 +0000

[...] investment, some parts of the field that seem to be hot right now and also the recent announcement (our coverage) that HP Labs will be partnering with Foundation for an Entrepreneur in Residence [...]

By: DV Henkel-Wallace

DV Henkel-Wallace — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:41:09 +0000

You know, PARC made lots of money for Xerox. Yes, they ignored laser printing, bit-mapped personal computers and ethernet. On the other hand my understanding is that some (straightforward relative to the inventions above) work they did on copiers paid off far more than PARC ever cost.

At least that was the story when I was there. Great computing environment and I for one never worried nor was asked about the wider impact of what I was doing.

By: Stanford Crane

Stanford Crane — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:45:10 +0000

A neighbor of mine who is an ex-HP engineer told me the instead of HP invent, the sign should say HP Not Invented Here.

Perhap Mr. Hurd fears that is true.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:58:04 +0000

“Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.” – Wernher Von Braun

By: Nathan Moroney

Nathan Moroney — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:50:42 +0000

Nice write-up. I know it was an exciting event for us and a great chance to talk with you guys today.