Edwards second half
The way this works is
that we meet with
students in class and
out of class and seed
groups of 3-5 students
with ‘breakthrough’
ideas at the interface
of art and science.
Then we try to incite
student passion.
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The need:
The current solution:
The hypothesis:
The precedents:
The potential for IP:
Local experts:
Global experts:
The translation resource
demand:
• The interests served:
• The resource providers:
• The roles of art and science:
We work through a
semester to fashion the
student idea into one that
meets a major unmet
need and forces the
students to think far
beyond their expertise or
education. They then
work to develop a kind of
business proposal that
answers these questions.
At the end of each fall
semester those students
who remain passionate
can revieve funding to
travel abroad to develop
their ideas. They often
pass through Paris where
they participate in an
innovation workshop at Le
Laboratoire. Sometimes
they travel to other places
internationally.
What kind of students?
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Indication of creative potential
2. Facility as a communicator
3. Open-mindedness with regard to
cultural differences
4. Ability to follow an idea with
passion
6. Students who express an interest
in the world and society and
issues that transcend student
life
A community outreach
program of these labs is
the ArtScience Prize, which
encourages high school
students to aim their
passion for change to
frontiers of science through
the arts.
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With the ArtScience Prize
students receive seed art
and design ideas around
an annual theme and
receive funding to pursue
their passion via short-term
idea translations.
The ArtScience Prize began in
Boston in 2009 in a
partnership with the Boston
Public Schools – around
the theme of
neuroinformatics.
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IDEA 1
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IDEA 2
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Ideas of students end up
becoming part of larger art
and design experiments at Le
Laboratoire and through
cultural incubation spin out as
innovations.
What comes of this …
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Since 2002 24 group ideas have
grown within the HU Idea Translation
Lab.
Winter 2003, 3 ideas
Fall 2007, 3 ideas
Fall 2008, 7 ideas
Fall 2009, 11 ideas
These have involved about 120 students.
Students have learned how to work
collaboratively across disciplines to
develop an idea that can have major
social, cultural or industrial impact.
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Of these, 11 finished last fall,
6 are in serious development
with external resources and
several others are in active
search for resources.
Chances are then about 1/2
that an idea from the ITL will
continue to develop following
class.
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Idea Translation Lab Statistics at a Glance
Idea
 MEND
 Pulmatrix
 Lebone
 Le Whif
 MuseTrek
 LifeCell
Years
Investment
7
7
2
2
2
1
$10M
$40M
$250K
$3M
$250K
$20K
Early
HU Students
Late
4
2
4
2
4
4
1
1
4
1
2
1
1/2 ITL ideas Takes millions 1/4 students run with the idea,
1/10 stick with it …
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Idea Impact Measures
Form of Impact Quantity
 Employees
 Exhibitions
 Field Testing
 Products
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5
5
2
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Over the last few years
other Idea Translation Labs
have started to emerge – in
Boston, Dublin, Paris,
Singapore, Dharhan …
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If innovation
is art,
innovators
are artists,
and passion to
learn
is equivalent to
willingness to
try.
Thank you!
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