Nissan Innovation Garage Offers $50,000 Grant, Free Car
Nissan wants to encourage innovation, and not necessarily exclusively within the automotive industry, which is why it is opening it’s “innovation garage” to anyone with an idea and an internet connection to share their thoughts.
Would-be inventors afraid of having their ideas stolen can relax – Nissan promises that the participants will retain ownership rights to their ideas. Then again, the contest puts those ideas up to a social media fueled vote, so anything really worth while should probably be patent protected.
In either case, a panel of engineers will select the best two ideas as grand prize winners, the owners of which will get a $50,000 grant and a 2013 Altima sedan each. In case the social media crowd disagrees with the panel, Nissan also says it will award another of its all-new Altimas to the crowd favorite.
Entry is simple: All it takes is a 500-character blurb on what your idea is, a name for it and submission authorized through Facebook. The contest ends October 12, so anyone with a hum dinger had better head over quickly.
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I have had this Idea for a long time, and keeps coming to my mind every time I take a trip in my car. my Idea is called " adjustable seat headrest" by which the headrest pad can move up, and down, forward and backward ( this movement can be by tilting). the control switch will be added to the switch pad installed on the door handle. that is all I have to say about this Idea.
I have an innovative idea for your new delivery van. I was going to offer it to Ford but they never got back to me. I am an inventor, I have one invention "Thermal Barrier Construction Material", and a Patent pending one that would prevent hail stones or birds from entering the intake of a Jet Engine. I have been successful as a troubleshooter on many industrial projects.