Making Copies II

29/06/2010 | Editor

Jack Hipple

How many of you are old enough to remember some of the original cast episodes of Saturday Night Live? There have been several famous ones including the mimicing of Julia Child’s cooking show and bleeding all over the food … Read More

"The Invention of Air"

24/06/2010 | Editor

Jack HippleLast month we discussed resource utilization levels in food production and made some observations regarding inevitable trends. In that case we were talking about obvious resources. What about unobvious ones? We often say in our workshops that some of … Read More

TRIZ in Six Sigma at DoD

08/06/2010 | Editor

Ellen Domb

I’m in the beautiful suburban environment (all the trees are in flower!)  of Washington DC this week for the 2010 DoD Performance Symposium, which is the USA’s Department of Defense Six Sigma meeting.  People from all services present their … Read More

TRIZ & Ultrasonic-aided Electrical Discharge Machining

07/06/2010 | Editor

Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is a non-traditional process based on thermoelectric energy between a work piece and an electrode.Read More

Demonstrating Contradictions in a Gui

07/06/2010 | Editor

A graphical user interface has many advantages over its predecessor known as the textual user interface. The most fascinating feature of a graphical user interface is that it helps users perform complex operations with simple mouse clicks.Read More

Welcome to the June 2010 Issue of The TRIZ Journal

07/06/2010 | Editor

June’s issue features a few returning authors: "TRIZ & Ultrasonic-aided Electrical Discharge Machining by Professor V.S. Sreebalaji and Dr. R. Saravanan. And "Demonstrating Contradictions in a GUI" by Umakant Mishra.Read More

Continuous Innovation Enables Breakthrough

02/06/2010 | Editor

Ellen Domb

Rosabeth Moss Kanter (well-known management author and Harvard professor) presents her observations and challenges to CEOs who are embracing innovation during the recovery in the article “Block-by-Blockbuster Innovation” in the May 2010 Harvard Business Review.   See http://hbr.org/2010/05/column-block-by-blockbuster-innovation/ar/1  

I … Read More