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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Student Teams Take on Real-World Innovation
Term project designed to help the automaker advance its delivery of consumer-friendly electronics. “We call the project Cars 2.0,” says Fields. “We’ve had to change the culture here at Ford from ‘not invented here’ to taking ideas from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
to see the recent proliferation of invention and witness new approaches and experimentation around carbon capture, which is exactly what we need. Because, as we sit here today, it’s not clear that we have a viable technology solution... View Details
Edwin H. Land
Land was a brilliant innovator whose instant photography invention created a billion-dollar corporation. He is responsible for inventing the Polaroid camera and 3-D glasses. Polaroid Corporation was viewed... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
Jessica Matthews (AB 2010, MBA 2014) and her inventions have drawn a lot of attention. Former president Bill Clinton said she’s “quite extraordinary, really; if ever there was an innovator, she’s it.” Talk-show host Stephen Colbert called... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Powering into the Future
professor, where they have invented a new way to move power without wires. The company’s called WiTricity—wireless electricity—and it couldn’t be more exciting. “We have so many new electronic devices in our lives that we are all... View Details
Elmer A. Sperry
A prolific inventor, Sperry was instrumental in creating technological advances in navigation. He invented gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers that became fundamental components for both ships and airplanes. His View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Edmund D. Libbey
Using Mike Owens’ invention for blowing glass bottles, Libbey revolutionized the glass industry. Libbey’s adept commercialization of this invention was the most innovative contribution to the glass industry... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- Fast Answer
Patent terminology: Patent Family
family will protect a single invention, by a common inventor. In this instance the collection of patents covers one single invention and the technical content is identical. An extended patent family relates to the same... View Details
- 25 Jul 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Evolution of Apple
halted production of the Newton, an early version of the personal digital assistant, and closed the division working to develop a portable PC for the education sector. "What Apple is great at is figuring out how to invent cool... View Details
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
In the not-too-distant past, many companies secured competitive advantage by investing heavily in internal R&D. Company engineers and scientists built value from the ground up, and protected their intellectual property like lions defending their pride. If it was... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
invention. What we’ve witnessed in these past months is so many health care workers and health care companies becoming instant entrepreneurs, and also public officials becoming public entrepreneurs—all of them inventing ways to keep... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
fill out the rest of those properties that are important to you. And you essentially use that to invent molecules that we haven't seen before or used before for direct air capture. DM: As Sabin begins his search for the breakthrough... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Five Degrees of Doriot
influence extended well beyond the classroom. Here, a few of the ideas and inventions that Doriot helped bring to the masses. (Baker Library Historical Collections) Venture capitalism Before Doriot founded the world’s first VC firm,... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Getting New Ideas off the Ground
company called Firefly, and we pioneered personalization on the internet. We were responsible for inventing something called collaborative filtering. If you go to Amazon and it recommends books, or if you go to Netflix and it recommends... View Details
William P. Lear
Long before he invented the autopilot and the executive jet that bears his name, Lear was a pioneer in the development of radio technology. A self-taught engineer, Lear developed the prototype for the first practical automobile radio... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Collaborative Cures
scientific and technological foundations of medical invention are already straining our existing institutions. By thoughtfully approaching business model innovation, we will be more successful in navigating the opportunities and... View Details
- 20 May 2020
- News
Keeping Families Connected
content on their respective screens. Launched in 2016 as a story app for young children, Caribu has since expanded to offer a variety of activities for kids up to age 13. The platform was named one of TIME magazine’s best inventions of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
becoming open to a wider range of American citizens than was the case a half-century ago. A future volume would certainly include today's "stars," who are not white men only. Oprah Winfrey comes to mind. Hers is a rags-to-riches story, not only to great wealth but... View Details
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
comes to creating new ones? A: Answering this question goes back to our definition of innovation. Innovation is invention times impact. Invention is nice, but if it has no economic or social impact it is... View Details
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
self-importance [when people say] that “my idea is the most important and most unique and people will steal it.” It’s good to invent and come up with a solution, but building it to scale is more important than anything else. My view is,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman