Never be threatened with unemployment “The world is endless, the universe inexhaustible, and the human brain will never be threatened with unemployment.” Genrich Altshuller That’s why its called luggage It is a common worry among those who seek to invent something new. And yet, sometimes you realize that inventions, even recent ones, are so bloody…
Best of both worlds The University of Wisconsin has been working on what they call a Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition engine. This system uses a port injector and a direct injector two introduce two fuels into the combustion chamber, such as gasoline and diesel (port and direct, respectively). Both SCAMPER – Combine and Principle 5…
“Your life, reimagined” That’s how the team at Storebound describe their jack-of-all-trades side table. Certainly it captured the imagination of crowdfunders at Indiegogo. 2472 backers have already contributed $1,093,451 USD to this project which originally only sought $50,000 in funding – and there are 20 days left! Innovations SCAMPER – Combine The Sobro side table combines…
$1 billion twist “You don’t need to have an amazing idea or innovation to succeed. You just need to improve or “twist” something that already exists…in a big market.” Bernie Schroeder One can debate whether Instagram was an amazing idea of innovation, but you can’t argue with the results. In less than two years after…
Why do I want to fit Principles into SCAMPER approaches? In a recent post (check it here first) I explore how SCAMPER can embrace the 40 Principles of Inventive Problem Solving. The goal is to wrap the complexity of the Principles in the approachability of SCAMPER. Combine defined in Applied Imagination Under the category of…
Divide and conquer? Saturn was a division of car manufacturer General Motors (then alongside today’s survivors like Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac) that was started in 1985 as a semi-autonomous company with its own models, designs, dealer network and manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. This was a bold move, because at the time GM was…