The InnoCentive SOULution

It’s cost-prohibitive for many cutting-edge companies to spend the R & D money necessary to solve some of the problems that arise in their research. That’s why they turn to InnoCentive.com, a Web site where they can post the problem and offer a financial reward to anyone who can solve it. Cool idea, and now there’s even a SOULution that all can take advantage of!

Christopher Columbus.

We all know the man believed the world was round when others believed it was flat and that if you traveled far enough you would sail over the edge.

We also know that Columbus reached what we now know as America. While there are still a few who believe Columbus returned to Spain and told Queen Isabella that he had discovered a new world, most believe he told her he had reached India.

Recently, documents written by Queen Isabella’s official scribe were uncovered revealing what Columbus actually said on returning from his first voyage.

His first words were, “I’ll bet I’m the first man who ever got nineteen hundred miles on a galleon.”

If Columbus and the Spanish Court had been able to take advantage of InnoCentive.com, however, there would have been no doubters in his age.

InnoCentive is a huge online think tank where corporations can post intricate questions and problems for the world to ponder, and offer substantial cash awards to the person or persons who can...