” 5W’s and an H ” of TRIZ Innovation

Prakash R. Apte Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India apte@tifr.res.in

Harish Shah Neilsoft Ltd., Pune, India Harish.shah@neilsoft.com

Darrell Mann University of Bath, Bath, UK D.L.Mann@bath.ac.uk

Abstract

It is a commonly held view that ‘90% of the problem is defining … Read More

System Operator Tutorial – 1) 9-Windows On The World

Darrell Mann Industrial Fellow Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY, UK Phone: +44 (1225) 826465 Fax: +44 (1225) 826928 E-mail: D.L.Mann@bath.ac.uk

Introduction

This article forms the first of a series providing novel perspectives on the interpretation … Read More

The Role of TRIZ in Technology Development

Don P. Clausing Retired from the Center for Innovation in Product Development Massachusetts Institute of Technology Can be reached at dontqd@mediaone.net Keynote talk at TRIZCON2001, The Altshuller Institute Conference

We all believe … Read More

Any Colour You Like As Long As It’s The One You Want: TRIZ and Customisable Foods

Darrell Mann University of Bath, UK Tel: +44 1225 826465 Email: ensdlm@bath.ac.uk

Barry Winkless University College Cork, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Tel: (087) 9720544 Email: winkfull@hotmail.com

“Customers, whether consumers or business, do … Read More

From TRIZ to ASIT in 4 Steps

(The first in a series of three articles describing ASIT and its uses)

Dr. Roni Horowitz start2think.com 10 Dov Friedman Street, Ramat Gan

Israel. Email: Roni.Horowitz@start2think.com

Web site: www.start2think.com

ASIT (Advanced Systematic Inventive Thinking) is … Read More

TRIZ and Inventing an Anti-Gravity Machine!

Graham Rawlinson Graham@dagr.demon.co.uk – www.dagr.demon.co.uk Phone +44 (0) 1252 330121 NSA, 12 St Peters Park, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 3AU, UK

Those who have read my other TRIZ articles, on “TRIZ and How to Stop Tornadoes”, and “TRIZ and decorating”, know … Read More

Humanitarian De-mining and TRIZ (a Response to the March TRIZ Challenge)

Dr. David Levy

Editor: Dr. Michael Slocum mslocum@ontro.com

The TRIZ Challenge from March was on Landmines. Here is the background information provided by Ian Care:

Landmines cost less than $3 each, the new ones are predominately … Read More

Comparison of Polovinkin’s Heuristics with Altshuller’s Principles

Tz-Chin Wei Flotrend Corporation 3F, 72 Sungteh Rd. Taipei, Taiwan 110 R.O.C. peterwei@ms9.hinet.net

Semyon D. Savransky, Ph.D.* The TRIZ Experts 6015 Pepper Tree Court, Newark, CA 94560, USA TRIZ_SDS@hotmail.com

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Review: ASIT On-Line Training

By Drs. Ellen Domb and Michael Slocum This is the first time that The TRIZ Journal has had a review article about training. I was asked why I was doing this-doesn’t it just publicize my competition? (My new training class … Read More

TRIZ Challenge – July 2001

We challenge you to use your TRIZ skills and your knowledge to help solve a humanitarian or social problem. We hope that you will submit your results for publication in the TRIZ journal. Every few months we will set a … Read More

A proposal to integrate TRIZ and CAD (Computer Aided TRIZ-based Design)

First presented at TRIZCON2001, The Altshuller Institute, March 2001.

Dr. Noel León-Rovira Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada # 2501, Col. Tecnológico, CP 6409, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. (email: nleon@campus.mty.itesm.mx)

Abstract:

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Case Studies In TRIZ: Anti Red-Eye Flash Photography

Darrell Mann Industrial Fellow, Department Of Mechanical Engineering University Of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK Phone: +44 (1225) 826465 Fax: +44 (1225) 826928 E-mail: D.L.Mann@bath.ac.uk

Anyone who has taken photographs … Read More

40 Inventive Principles for Social Applications

Editor’s note: John Terninko sent this note with the accompanying list of examples of social applications of the 40 principles: One day two years ago I was sitting around realizing that there was little demonstrated use of TRIZ to social … Read More

The Space Between ‘Generic’ and ‘Specific’ Problem Solutions

Darrell Mann Industrial Fellow Department Of Mechanical Engineering University Of Bath Phone: +44 (1225) 826465 Fax: +44 (1225) 826928 E-mail: D.L.Mann@bath.ac.uk

Since its introduction to the West … Read More

Essence of TRIZ in 50 Words

By Toru Nakagawa, Osaka Gakuin University nakagawa@utc.osaka-gu.ac.jp

An answer to the question “What is the essence of TRIZ?” stated in 50 words and then explained in 2 pages. See the “TRIZ Home Page … Read More

QFD by TRIZ

First presented at TRIZCON2001, The Altshuller Institute, March, 2001

Michael Schlueter Philips Semiconductors Stresemannallee 101, D-22529 Hamburg GERMANY Phone: +49 40 5613 3423; Fax: +49 40 5613 3392 Email: Michael.Schlueter@philips.com

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TRIZ For Children: Press Release

“TRIZ Home Page in Japan” has been updated: http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/ (1) Course Material: CID Course for Children (3): 1st Grade, 2nd Semester, “Fairy Tales School” (Guidebook & Workbook) Topics 1 to 5 (Finished) by Natalia V. Rubina (Petrozavodsk), English translation by … Read More

TRIZ Challenge – June 2001

We challenge you to use your TRIZ skills and your knowledge to help solve a humanitarian or social problem. We hope that you will submit your results for publication in the TRIZ journal. Every few months we will set a … Read More

Conflict Resolution Using TRIZ and Design of Experiment (DOE)

First published in the Proceedings of TRIZCON2001, The Altshuller Institute, March 2001.

Author & Project Leader: John Hsing jhsing@lifefitness.com Team members: Steve Coates, Julie Daly, Lisa Nowak, Gary Oglesby, & Ken Yee

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Book Review: “Directed Evolution: Philosophy, Theory and Practice.”

Reviewed by Ellen Domb, Title: “Directed Evolution: Philosophy, Theory and Practice.” Authors: Boris Zlotin and Alla Zusman, edited by Victoria Roza Details: 103 pages, some in color. Soft cover. US$70. Published by Ideation International Inc., www.ideationtriz.com

Alla Zusman and Boris … Read More