Innovation CHEF

Very excited to have an article published in the latest edition on Technology Ireland. The magazine is dedicated to providing the inspiration to innovate. Entrepreneurs, researchers and technology managers share their real life stories. It is a good read and a great resource.
The article is here.

I guess my pet topics came up.

• Encouragement of natural creativity
• Positive thinking
• TRIZ

The basic point I make and probably the basic point of this blog. is this…

Creativity is not a black art. Innovation can
be learned and developed. It may take some
perseverance in the beginning, but, as with any
skill, practice yields great results. A little coaching
and some simple techniques can help us relearn
what used to be everyday. Harnessing this skill
and focusing it is the key to creating an innovative
and smart economy. It can begin with you.

Love some feedback folks…

Just saw this today but it looks really good. Also a really cool example of voids being used to solve a problem for all the TRIZ guys.

ARTtrust is a simple self-certification system, under full control of each author, providing individual identity to any Digital Fine Art Collection Pigment Print, produced on an HP Designjet Z series Professional Photo Printer using HP Vivera Pigment inks on any compatible media. The solution is a combination of physical elements and data accessible through the Internet, combining the best of analog and digital capabilities.

It is in the Testing Phase but authors & artists are welcome to participate and get their first package of ARTtrust tags for free.

The solution uses a translucent polymer in which a set of bubbles are randomly self generated. This constellation of bubbles is used as the unique indentifier for the physical tag. There is no technical way to reproduce this tridimensional code as it is impossible to generate empty spaces with shapes, sizes and positions identically inside the material. Once affixed to any surface, it cannot be removed without visually altering the tag and the pattern. Brillant use of self action & voids!

Courtesy of @belleirene a visual representation of the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart”

Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart

Though not strictly related to related to Innovation or Innovation in Ireland the new Coraline movie is just fantastic. I brought my eldest daughter along to see it in 3D and was not disappointed in the least. The story is genuinely excellent, from the pen of the comic writer / novelist  Neil Gaiman.  The film itself is a great piece of film making. I heard it described as “the Shining for kids” and that is probably not that far away from the truth. It is much, much better than The Nightmare Before Christmas or  Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride for example. Even the website shows care, craft and imagination.

Remember that Genrich Altshuller wrote numerous works of science fiction published under the pseudonym Genrikh Altov.

Neil Gaiman was number 40 on this years Fast Company most creative people list. His new book The Graveyard Book won the Newbery Medal, the top award for Childrens books. I also recommend The Sandman very highly.

See Coraline in 3D.

Worthy reads from top blogs

• iPhone Apps
• Creativity and copyright protection

CCCP newscast from 1948 describing the Trends of System Evolution

Also worth a look are the other TRIZ video lessons from Rick Blauw.

I’d like to see the full series, the four videos currently posted have different styles but are all done in a humourous fashion.