The Geek Squad is partnering with IdeaFestival to promote a contest for ideas that help with e-waste, power conservation, and untapped resources. The Geek Squad is a national 24-hour computer support service that is offered by Best Buy stores around the nation.

The Idea Festival is a 3 day event from September 13-15, 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky, that gathers together leaders and thinkers across the nation to explore and celebrate innovations and ideas. Together, Geek Squad and Idea Festival are looking for great ideas in the following areas:

Solutions for eWaste: As much as technology is making life easier for most of us, the growing problem of eWaste is making things harder for the environment. Whether it’s an idea for a great piece of art made from recycled motherboards, or a biodegradable laptop made from sunflower seeds, Geek Squad wants to hear it.

Power Conservation: The world is awash in battery inefficiencies. Got a schematic for a more efficient solar panel? Send it in to Geek Squad. Think the world should harness the collective power of stationary bike riders and use it to heat museums? Even better.

Maximizing Untapped Resources: Geek Squad wants to hear about untapped resources, be they people they aren’t talking to but should, how to maximize ordinary things for extraordinary purposes (corn helps us make fuel now), or something else entirely.

The main purpose of the site is to promote ideas that people can suggest and it will also allow you to rate ideas submitted by others. Winners will get an all-expenses-paid trip to Idea Festival in Louisville, Kentucky. I am not sure how much fun you can have in Kentucky outside of the event, but the event sure sounds cool.

The Geek Squad Challenge

Idea Festival