“how to Develop “breakthrough” Products and Services

FYI, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has posted another FREE open courseware offering regarding innovation — this one is entitled “How to Develop “Breakthrough” Products and ServiceRead More

Using TRIZ to Develop a New Stirling/brayton Engine

The Stirling engine is combined with the Brayton cycle in order to produce a more efficient machine by using TRIZ methodology. The result is a system that operates in a closed cycle and obtains energy from external sources.Read More

Using TRIZ to Develop New Corrosion Protection Concepts in Shipbuilding – A Case Study

Jan R. Weitzenböck and Stefan Marion Det Norske Veritas, Veritasveien 1, 1322 Høvik, Norway Jan.Weitzenboeck@dnv.com

Abstract Accidents involving ships that carry environmentally dangerous cargo, such as oil tankers, can have severe consequences for the environment. In many accidents, the ship … 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

What Innovation Is: How Companies Develop Operating Systems for Innovation

By: Howard Smith

THE INNOVATION IMPERATIVE There isn’t a business that doesn’t want to be more creative in its thinking. According to one study, 75 percent of CEOs of the fastest growing companies claim their strongest competitive advantage is … Read More

Book Review: How To Develop Winning New Product Ideas Systematically

By: Roni Horowitz, Reviewed by Larry Ball, and John Terninko, Edited by Ellen Domb editor@the-trizjournal.com Details: 145 pages. Published in April, 2004, as an e-book in PDF format. Download from www.start2innovate.com for US$57.

Editor’s note: We invited two reviewers to … Read More

Utilising TRIZ Methodologies to Evolve and Develop Next Generation Food Packaging Concepts

Dr John Cooney, Researcher, University College Cork, Ireland Tel: +353 86 1599027 Barry Winkless, MSc, Research Engineer University College Cork, Ireland Tel: + 353 87 9720544. © Barry Winkless and John Cooney. All rights reserved

The following article focuses on … Read More

Develop New Kind Of Plough By Using TRIZ And Robust Design

By: Zhao Xinjun School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation Northeastern University, P.R.China xinjun_zhao@yahoo.com.cn

Abstract The main part of plough is the share, it digs into the soil, separates the surface soil from the bed soil and then moldboard turns it … Read More

Using ASIT to develop new products

(The third 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

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Using Analogies to Develop Breakthrough Concepts

Ellen Domb, Ph.D. The TRIZ Institute, 190 N. Mountain Ave., Upland, CA 91786 USA +1(909)949-0857 FAX +1(909)949-2968 ellendomb@compuserve.com ©1998, Ellen Domb

Both the classical and software-based TRIZ methods rely heavily on the use of analogy as a teaching method … Read More