FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Next public training courses from ICG:

• 2-day Basic Systematic Innovation in Technology: December 1-2, 2004, Enschede, The Netherlands.

• 1-day Systematic Innovation in Business and Management: December 8, 2004, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Description and registration are available at http://www.xtriz.com/Training/

Conferences:

• November 3-5, 2004: ETRIA Conference "TRIZ Future 2004", Florence, Italy. The program of the conference is available at http://www.etria.net/programma_TFC3.htm.

• January 26-28, 2005: European Congress "Summit For Future 2005", Amsterdam. This international forum is dedicated to discussing major questions about the transformation of Europe to Knowledge Society. Valeri Souchkov will be speaking in the stream "Science and Technology" http://www.clubofamsterdam.com/press.asp?contentid=373&catid=61

• April 17-19, 2005: TRIZCON 2005, Brighton, MI, USA. An annual conference in the US organized by the Altshuller Institute for TRIZ Studies, http://www.aitriz.org/2005/trizcon2005.htm

NEW ARTICLES FROM ICG

-         Contradictions and System Thinking
by Valeri Souchkov, October 2004
This new article explains how contradictions are related with innovation, and how system thinking helps to come up with innovative solutions that resolve contradictions at different levels.
Read more at: http://www.xtriz.com/publications/ContradictionsAndSystemThinking.pdf

 SELECTED ARTICLES

• Ideal System, by V.Fey and I.Vertkin
  An online tutorial explaining the basic principles behind building "ideal" systems and the TRIZ concept of ideality.
  http://www.trizgroup.com/tutor1.html

•  TRIZ for Software? By D. Mann
  The author explores how TRIZ works for software design and development
  http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/2004/10/04.pdf

• Footprints of Innovation, by R. Morravei and S. Vessal
  The authors explored "reverse engineering" approach to explore how TRIZ can be used to develop new creative advertisements.
  http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/2004/10/06.pdf

NEW PUBLICATIONS

• Book Review: "Hands on Systematic Innovation for Business and Management"
  http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/2004/09/09.pdf

 ONE THE EDGE OF INNOVATION: TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS

•  PAVL: "The Flying (and Driving) Dutchman"
  What happens if one merges a car, a bike, and a chopper? "The Flying Dutchman", as authors of a small Dutch company Spark Design call their "child": a new vehicle which can drive and fly, and as they think might be quite popular in future.
  http://www.sparkdesign.nl/actueel/20041013palv/20041013press.html

• Knowledge Discovery: a new technology that accelerates discoveries?
  Using advanced Artificial Intelligence and the latest computer technologies, scientists at Purdue University develop an integrated environment that will enable researchers directly manipulate visual data within 3D environment. Just like in "Minority Report". http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/2004/041018.Caruthers.discover.html

• 13,300-lumen solid state RGB light engine
  By developing a unique technology for producing ceramics-metal composites to manufacture light diodes, Lamina Ceramics developed LED which is 10 times brighter than previously known. http://www.laminaceramics.com/news/101804.aspx
   

•  Wireless Household Internet Radio
  This radio looks like an ordinary radio, but instead of searching traditional radio stations, it scans WiFi stations broadcasting on the Internet. No PC needed.
  http://www.reciva.com/
  
  Buses which drive in herds?
  Toyota offers a new system for transportation: IMTS (Intelligent Multimode Transit System) will enable special unmanned buses gathering together and drive on dedicated roads, thus offering a low-cost alternative to railways. (Interesting illustration to "mono-bi-poly" trend of evolution).
  http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/expo_2005/imts_fchv/imts_fchv_01.html