Weekly IdeaWarz has another winner! Congratulations to Kevin_Cox for his idea, Open Render Networks.

Here’s the Pitch: For Everyone who uses a computer the Open Render Network is a public processing powerhouse that optimizes performance, speeds render time, and accelerates innovation without investment in IT infrastructure. Unlike high cost commercial computer grids our product is cheap or even free.

Cambrian House community and staff are divided over the merits of this idea. Some are adamant this idea is great only in theory and would not support a viable business model, yet it won this week’s tournament by a landslide! Certainly there are examples of network computing (yes similar ideas have been implemented) but we can’t find a commercial success story to date.

Will Open Render Networks destroy the competition? Or co-exist in a comfortable niche? Will Kevin_Cox build a new peer-to-peer computing structure from the ground up? Or can he leverage existing technologies and still make a buck? Will he arrange for possible competitors within the community to meet untimely deaths? Or will they band together to knock this one out of the park?

Check out our video for more discussion on Kevin_Cox’s idea!

Honorable Mentions:

• Best Painkiller: Mobile Phone Application Tester Service by fish99
• Good idea but misunderstood?: Babybookpro.com by mannymix03
• Most Entertaining: JinxMyBoss by Tournesol
• Christine’s Pick: mobiFlick by Me_

In the last 7 days, we received the most idea comments in a 7 day period ever, and the most votes in a 7 day period since the very beginning of idea voting in Aug 2006. We say that’s some nice feedback on the current tournament format, no?

Would love to read your thoughts, let us know what you think. Be part of the wisdom of crowds by voting in next week’s round and…
May the best idea win!