A new innovation model: Interdisciplinary creative value-adding toward commercialization

To reflect the growing importance of networking beyond disciplinary and organizational boundaries toward an open R&D system with the commercialization aim, Engineering Section of the National Science Council in October 2009, began to support the “Promoting Program for Cross-Field Creative Scenario Value-adding”, aiming to facilitate the formation and cooperation of the interdisciplinary team in knowledge integration and innovative R&D, method from “creative idea”, “feasibility assessment” to “prototyping”. In 2010, the new innovation model included “Orange Technology” in the theme. These creative ideas from different domains are humanism, management, engineering, bio-techs, etc. There were 104 out of 181 designs used Orange Technology and 30 Orange Designs had executable potential. Among the interdisciplinary teams, 14 projects made actual technology feasibility evaluation, the final 9 projects finished prototyping.