# Lonely but brilliant solution seeks problem to solve - possible cash reward (Marblar)

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**Created:** [June 26, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-but-brilliant-solution-seeks-problem-to-solve-possible-cash-reward-marblar/661992 "2013-06-26T22:58:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-but-brilliant-solution-seeks-problem-to-solve-possible-cash-reward-marblar/661992/1 "2013-06-26T22:58:09Z")

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Think of it as a dating site for patent worthy ideas that can’t find a mate - IOW, a problem with enough commercial value to make it worth the trouble. OK, that’s to say, no one has had the imagination to come up with such an idea yet, so Marblar puts them in the public domain so that they can be crowd sourced. In the same way that solutions to problems have been by other web sites, here you find problems for the solutions. In some cases, your idea might earn you some cash.

[Marblar website - “About” section.](http://marblar.com/pages/about)

[Article in Nature describing it.](http://www.nature.com/news/website-pitches-solutions-in-search-of-problems-1.11630)

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> Marblar gives scientists a space to tout solutions that have yet to find their problem. Members, who can come from any background, are invited to publicly discuss potential uses for patented discoveries made in research laboratories that as yet may not have led to real-world applications.