TRIZ Motivated Design Of An Amphibian Bicycle

María Teresa Tame Cohen, Luis Manuel Gómez Zamudio and Muhammad Ali Yousuf Robotics, Automation and Educational Technologies Research Group (GIRATE) Engineering Division, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Monterrey Tec), Santa Fe Campus, Avenida Carlos Lazo 100, Colonia Santa … Read More

The Real World: TRIZ In Two Hours For Undergraduate And Masters Level Students!

Dr. Paul R. Filmore pfilmore@plymouth.ac.uk School of Computing, Communications & Electronics University of Plymouth, UK

ABSTRACT The reality of overloaded university syllabi is very limited time for introducing challenging and comprehensive concepts like TRIZ. This paper shares experience and knowledge, … Read More

Case Studies from a Breakthrough Innovation Product Design Programme For Local Industries

Darrell Mann Director, Systematic Innovation Ltd, UK Phone: +44 (1275) 337500, Fax: +44 (1275) 337509 E-mail: darrell.mann@systematic-innovation.com

Joseph Poon Director, Hong Kong Productivity Council E-mail: jpoon@hkpc.org Matthew Driver Director, Network China Ltd, UK E-mail: networkchina@btinternet.com

Abstract Starting in August 2004, … Read More

Design for Wow 3 – Literature

Darrell Mann Systematic Innovation Ltd, UK. Phone: +44 (1275) 337500, Fax: +44 (1275) 337509 E-mail: darrell.mann@systematic-innovation.com www.systematic-innovation.com

Melissa Mann Writer Phone: +44 (7985) 192052 E-mail: info@melissamann.com www.melissamann.com

Introduction This article is the third in a series, which aims to explore … Read More

Student’s Corner #8 – Bionics: Applications Of Biology’s Ideas In Technique

Edited by Mrs. Leora C. Slocum (leora@slocumfamily.org)

On our previous Student’s Corners, we have already discovered several applications of biological effects, such as corrugation and the honeycomb, which increase the effectiveness of technology. Over time, scientists have developed the … Read More

Framework for solving Global problems-A case study using TRIZ

Abhisek Bhowmik 602 537 3928(O) 480 626 2505(H) Abhisek_Bhowmik@infosys.com or abhisek.bhowmik@gmail.com Business Analyst Infosys Technologies Limited 10835, N 25th Avenue, Suite 300 Phoenix-AZ 85029 Phone 480 655 3579

Introduction TRIZ was originally derived from the analysis of patents related to … Read More

Selecting TRIZ Tools by RDM

Gao Changqing (E-mail address: chq_gao@hotmail.com) School of Mechanical Engineering, Jinan University, Jinan, 250022, P.R.China

Abstract: A map is established to help TRIZ users to select the proper TRIZ tools to resolve the corresponding technical problems. The map (RDM) is composed … Read More

Risk-Free Business Innovation

By Mark Barkan, mark@concept-catalysts.com Innovation is the act of introducing something new or doing something in a different way. Innovation in business differs from invention in that the latter is generally associated with the generation of new ideas and concepts. … Read More

Why Reinvent The Wheel? The Efficacy Of Systematic Problem Solving Method TRIZ And Its Value For Innovation In Engineering And Its Implications For Engineering Management

By: Dr. Paul R. Filmore, Dr. Pete Thomond Dr. Paul R. Filmore pfilmore@plymouth.ac.uk Senior Lecturer School of Computing, Communications & Electronics University of Plymouth UK

And Dr. Pete Thomond pete@insightcentre.com Innovation Consultant The Insight Centre Ltd UK

ABSTRACT The engineering … Read More

Thermal Deformations in Engineering

By: Alexander Kynin, Seunglhee Suh, Seungheon Han

Alexander Kynin a.kynine@samsung.com, Seunglhee Suh, Seungheon Han SAMSUNG Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd., South Korea.

The most part of the materials changes its volume under the influence of temperature.

Accordingly, the part of the system, … Read More

Use of TRIZ to develop a novel auto-focus camera module

By: Hayong JUNG, Jaeyoung BAE, Seunghee SUH, Hyunju YI

Auto-focus cameras generally change focal length by altering the distance between two solid lenses, requiring moving parts, large dimensions, and high power consumption. It is therefore difficult to adapt this technology … Read More

Applied TRIZ In High-Tech Industry

By: Valery Krasnoslobodtsev, Richard Langevin

Technical Innovation Center Inc., 100 Barber Avenue, Worcester, MA 01606 USA www.triz.org

ABSTRACT This paper is devoted to the practical use of TRIZ the in high-tech industry based upon the authors’ considerable experience. There are … Read More

Japan TRIZ Symposium and Newsletter update

Dear TRIZ Colleagues, “TRIZ Home Page in Japan” has been updated on June 6, 2006: Both English and Japanese Pages http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/ The Program of “The Second TRIZ Symposium in Japan, 2006” and its Call for Participation have been announced. ————– … Read More

Workshop On Computer Aided Innovation: Report of the meeting held in Karlsruhe on 11th of May 2006

Executive Summary A consultation workshop was held in Karlsruhe on the 11th of May 2006 on the broad domain of Computer Aided Innovation (CAI). Experts from European member states, candidate states and from outside Europe took part in the … Read More

Letter: Khomenko article in June 2006

LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE TRIZ-JOURNAL: COMMENTS ON “WHY TRIZ AND OTSM? WHAT ARE TRIZ AND OTSM?”

I enjoyed reading Nikolai Khomenko’s article in the June TRIZ-Journal and look forward to the rest of his series of articles. However, … Read More

Letter: TRIZ and Advertising

Editor’s note: Jim Kowalick was the founding co-editor of The TRIZ Journal, and wrote many of the articles in the first 2 years of publication, so he is an old friend of many of our readers. We thought you’d like … Read More

The Energy of Innovation: A Leadership Perspective

Prepared by Anja-Karina Pahl A.K.Pahl@bath.ac.uk Dale S. Deardorff DM. d.s.deardorff@att.net November 2005 Ongoing Discussion Host: Bill Bellows (william.j.bellows@boeing.com) for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s Enterprise Thinking Network

Anja-Karina Pahl A.K.Pahl@bath.ac.uk University of Bath, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering – Claverton Down, UK

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Six Sigma Trends: TRIZ Six Sigma for Cost Reduction: Strategic Breakthrough Training Based Projects

Dr. Elena Averboukh is an industry-funded professor at the University of Kassel (Germany) in Quality and Safety Control Systems and works internationally as a Six Sigma and TRIZ Master Instructor and Fellow Master Black Belt for manufacturing, transactional, design, financial … Read More

Children’s corner

Edited by: Leora C. Slocum*, Micaiah C. Slocum, and Hosannah M. Slocum (*contact at leora@slocumfamily.org)

In this Student’s Corner we’ll return to a book written by my Physics Professor in Kharkov State University, Jacob Geguzin, about properties of a … Read More

Innovative Design for Link-Type Optical Fiber Polisher

*Hsin-Sheng Lee Long-Chang Hsieh and Zhi-Yi Wang Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Formosa University Yunlin 63208, Taiwan E-mail: jennifer@nfu.edu.tw(*Corresponding author)

Abstract The link-type optical fiber polisher is roughly divided into four parts: (1) suspending device; (2) clamping device; (3) … Read More