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InnoCentive CEO Dwayne Spradlin talks to Hardball’s Chris Matthews about the oil spill

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As attempts to stem the flow of oil from the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico continue to fail, the intensity of media attention has increased.  At the same time, our Solvers continue to rise to the challenge and submit thoughtful and novel solutions to the problem.  Last night, InnoCentive CEO Dwayne Spradlin spoke with Hardball’s Chris Matthews about some “out of the box” ideas we’ve seen from our Solvers – and about the need for those in charge to start looking very seriously at what our Solver community has to offer.

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  • mircea blaga

    Heavy metal, TAPERED ROD; lead, zinc or copper, with a pressure relief way throughout the ROD and a valve which can be secure after the TAPERED ROD is secured in the SPILL PIPE by different means; special concrete, welding or crimping. I wish I could find more DIMENSIONAL information of the SPILL site, so I can focus more for the appropriate possible solution. Please email me if you know where to find more details.
    Respectfully Mircea Blaga, Marine engineer.

  • mikayla

    I personally can come up with many different ways to solve or atleast try to stop the oil spill. Such as, filtering the water, sucking out the the oil, or plugging it with concrete or other sturdy material. Dirt obviously did not seem to help the matter at all.
    Possibly sucking the contaminated water into a giant or even small filter that could seperate the oil from the water. The access water could be pumped back into the ocean. This could also preserve oceanic life that will be destroyed if further polution.
    Covering the hole with a stronger more durable pipe to get the oil out and into some kind of container(s) could also be very possible. A large enough pipe to go around the hole or small enough tofit tight inside would do the job.
    Pouring a concrete base over the hole would definitly stop it, may not be easy, but definitly work. Or maybe even just a substance strong enough to plug it up long enough to figure out a way to fix this disaster.
    Also, I do not think BP is totaly to blame. This mishap could have happened anywhere by any other gas/oil company.

  • Erik van Vliet

    Dear Sir,

    Another idea is to use a ROV and appoach the leaking pipe with a steel pipe connected to / comming out of ROV to blow up a gummi ball placed in the leaking pipe. The ROV submits air or a fluid to blow up the ball, placed in the leaking pipe. You can also fill the ball with a glue that will expand and get stiff from a reaction. By doing this really fast the ball will stay in the pipe and close up the hole. The ball will be made of rubber compound like the tires of cars. Such a ball can resist high overpressures. Friction between the gummy ball and innerside of steel pipe will stop the ball from being blown out of the steel pipe.

    Erik
    tel:0031-6-30264550
    The Netherlands

  • http://www.2sane.com Roger Ellman

    Good interview.

    But one thing – it is really important to switch from jargon to plain-speak, and be sure the language used can be understood by all watching.

    You did a better job than most but I could count a few too many words that would make a non-tech person gulp…

    I have to say that Chris Matthews doesn’t come across as anything but a noisy bulldozer without a driver – but you played into his hands; he was saying “get to Chu” (-spelling?-) – it was a field left open because in the end I think you Dwayne, made it sound as if a bunch of “experts” didn’t know how and hadn’t been very creative trying to communicate their ideas (I am sure you have tried hard, just that this did no come across),

    However being interviewed is tough stuff until you are accustomed to it and overall you did well…next time knowck theri socks off.

    Also congrats on the excellent concept and existence of Innocentive – deserves and award.

  • http://www.2sane.com Roger Ellman

    Awww so sorry about the spelling errors – I can spell, really I can!!

    Roger

  • http://sites.google.com/site/biotronikanovaveda/ Konrad Ajster

    Čudi me, da svetovna strokovna elita ne zna z najsodobnejšo tehnologijo, čeprav je globina za potapljače nedosegljiva, nastaviti lijakasti kanal, da bi iztekajočo nafto usmerili na površino kamor tudi sama že teče in od kjer bi jo enostavno prečrpali v tanker, medtem pa eventuelni ostatek morske vode zčrpali nazaj v morje!?

    Vprašanje nastaja: ali neznajo, ali nimajo volje, ali pa nočejo!?

  • k.v.gopalakrishnan

    We should cover entire leaking area with a tunnel made out of either metal or heavy multilayer fabric reinforced rubber sheet . Close the ends of this tunnel and suck out the water from one end simultaneously pump two components of very fast curing epoxy or cynoacrylic adhesive inside the tunnel . The space vacated by the sea water inside the tunnel will be occupied by the adhesive which is pumped from the other end and fill the entire tunnel enclosing the leaking area and get solidified quickly. Very high strength of the solidified adhesive will seal the leakage permanently.