The interview of Justo Puerto Albandoz Open innovation platforms are a great success when it comes to bringing experts and companies together so that they can innovate. We got the opportunity to interview Justo Puerto Albandoz , a professor of operations research at the University of Seville, Spain, who has…
Month: June 2014

Is car safety too expensive ?
Is car safety too expensive ? General Motors has announced the recall of more than 2 million vehicles for safety reasons. This brings the total number of cars recalled by the manufacturer to more than 13 million in the United States in the past year, more than the total production…

Would Tetris be useful for more than to kill time ?
An Unsuspected Usefulness Tetris was launched by a Russian scientist in 1984. 30 years later, 70 million games were sold, Tetris has been downloaded to 130 million mobile phones and over one billion people have tried it (3 million per day on facebook some says) ! Yet it is so…

Internet from Space
Google wants to deploy hundreds of satellites There is much talk about internet from space, or say by satellite, since Google announced plans to deploy hundreds of satellites worth 1b$ to provide fast internet access to uncovered areas. Many research focuses on the internet from space already: what telecommunication protocols,…

Implementing swifter Open Innovation thanks to the C-K design theory PART 1
The C-K Design Theory The C-K design theory is a theory of reasoning in design, that aims to provide a single yet domain-independent approach to innovators seeking to streamline their innovation workflows. It builds on classical design theories, then goes beyond problem-solving by stimulating truly innovative design. This is due…
Innovative Environments: Which ones allow an exceptional level of innovation?
What are the environments that lead to unusual levels of innovation? Steven Johnson shares his quest for places where good ideas are born, also known as “innovative environments”. Are they really individual EUREKA moments or do they come from an architecture of space where people get together from different backgrounds…