The problem As I described in an earlier post, some elementary students in Ontario were suspended for incomplete immunization records. This series of posts is an effort to come up with ideas using each of the 40 Principles. Remember the cardinal rule: there are no stupid ideas, only ideas that may serve to inspire the…
In a conventional engine design, coolant first enters the block and then the head. The result is that the coolant is already quite hot by the time it reaches the head. In 1992, Chevrolet introduced the C4 Corvette along with its then revolutionary V8 engine that featured a “reverse cooling” system. This routed coolant first…
I actually owned one of the little iPod Shuffles and was struck at the time by the cleverness of using the headphone jack as a charging port using this little adapter. The principle at work All previous devices of this ilk would use one jack for charging and another for the headphones. So what Principle…
Does it matter? In many of my posts I reveal my efforts to determine which Principle is at play in a given innovation. You may think that quibbling over what Principle is at play is unnecessary. To a large extent I agree. If you arrive at a good idea using any of the 40 Principles…