Which Methodology is Best?

01/01/2010 | Editor

“TRIZ and DFSS are controversial. Strict methodologies do little more than stifle innovation, says the brainstormers. Random idea generation is undisciplined, often unproductive and a big money pit, cRead More

Which Metric?

01/01/2010 | Editor

I'm just getting started  with TRIZ, and am doing so to help solve problems here.  The type of probem [not the exact problem at hand] is this:  As the density variation of the objecRead More

Systematic Innovation: in Which Way?

01/01/2010 | Editor

Systematic Innovation is often used as a label for the best ever thought about innovation. But what does it mean exactly? Is it another title for TRIZ (see Terninko/Zusman/Zlotin) or, even, DFSS? Is iRead More

Student Corner 9: Funnel – A Simple Device, Which Has A Lot Of Applications

29/09/2006 | Editor

By: Abram Teplitskiy

A funnel is a conically shaped pipe, employed as a device to channel liquid or fine-grained substances into containers with a small opening. Most people first saw a funnel in their kitchen, where it was used … Read More