Innovate to Elevate : Innovation & Innovation Processes

Explore the TRIZ problem solving matrix to dissect a problem, identify general TRIZ problems, and analyze and adopt a TRIZ general solution as the path to resolution.

Explore the forty inventive principles of problem solving and how TRIZ drives innovation across business strategies, ideation, personal improvement, technology advancement, portfolio balance, marketing, and technology innovation.

Apply local quality by changing object structures or environments from uniform to non-uniform and by making each part function for its operation, as seen in radio tuners and cloud computing.

Explore universality by designing parts and objects that perform multiple functions, as seen in smartphones, smart televisions, multipurpose furniture, and dump trucks.

Explore the anti-weight principle by harnessing lift to counteract object weight. See examples like parachutes, buoyancy, rear spoilers, and aircraft wings that interact with the environment to enable lift.

Plan and perform preliminary action by prearranging objects in convenient places before they are needed, enabling quick access and faster response in emergencies.

Beforehand cushioning mitigates low reliability by planning emergency measures ahead; examples include parachutes and low-density means, backing up work on an external hard disk, and carrying a spare tire.

Limit position changes in a potential gravity field to enable quicker automation in an automobile factory, and calibrate a weight scale correctly to ensure consistent readings.

Explore principle 13, the other way around, by inverting actions to solve problems, with examples from e-commerce customer flow, backward walking, agile sim slots, and upside-down objects leveraging gravity.

Explore principle 14 spheroidality by using spherical and non-rectilinear forms—rollers, balls, and spirals—illustrated by the Taj Mahal and Bahai Temple.

Explore principle 15 dynamics and learn to reach optimal operating conditions with dynamic solutions, such as voltage regulators that stabilize fluctuating voltage, plus adjustable bicycle seats and movable components.

Apply principle 16: adjust the method by slightly less or more than 100 percent. Examples include filling a cup of sugar, filling water in a water tanker, and burning garbage.

Explore principle 18 mechanical vibration and resonant frequency, with examples from ultrasound scanners, motion detectors, sonar, and transducers, plus ultrasonic and electromagnetic field oscillators for mixing metals and powders.

Principle 19 advocates periodic or pulsating actions instead of continuous ones. Adjust magnitude or frequency and insert pauses between impulses to optimize driving, automation, signaling, and endurance.

Apply continuity of action by keeping all parts at full load. Eliminate idle or intermittent actions, like binge watching and waiting time, with solar panels as an example.

Explore principle 22 blessing in disguise, turning factors into positives, such as generating electricity from landfills, making bricks from waste plastics, combining harmful actions to resolve problems, vaccin, and antivenom.

Utilize principle 24 intermediary to show how an intermediary carrier article or process protects, organizes, and carries items, with examples like screwdriver casing, heat-resistant underlays, egg casings, and wardrobe arrangements.

Explore principle 26, copying, by replacing costly objects with inexpensive copies or replicas and using flyers to convey offerings; shift from optical copies to infrared or ultraviolet for different views.

Principle 27 highlights cheap, maintainable objects and multiple inexpensive items with 13 qualities, with examples like papercuts, tissue paper handkerchiefs, and plastic bean bags instead of plastic baskets.

Explore principle 28 mechanics substitution, replacing mechanical means with sensory or field-based solutions. See examples like pressure visual indicators and fire alarms with audible alerts, plus field interactions in devices.

Explore pneumatics and hydraulics by using gas and liquid parts of objects rather than solids, with examples like tire tubes, inflatable helium balloons, and hot water applications.

Discover how flexible shells and tensions replace three-dimensional structures to isolate objects, purify water with triangular plant arrangements around a water tank, and support heat-resistant camps in hot regions.

Explore porous materials and how adding porosity enables new functions like filtration, cooling, and regulation; from filters and cooling pads to refrigeration and noodle-making devices.

Explore principle 32 color changes by altering an object's color in its external environment, with examples like wall lighting, ultraviolet indoor farming, and transparency via glass or chandeliers.

Learn discarding and recovering by removing consumed parts, such as capsules or banana leaves, and restoring usability with reusable blades and cooking utensils.

Explore principle 35, parameter changes, and how physical state, concentration, and temperature shift objects. See eggs turning into omelets and packaging designs that reduce plastic footprint.

Explore principle 36, phase transitions, and how temperature triggers changes in size and length, illustrated by plastic containers, bottles, and pipes.

Explore how thermal expansion of materials enables design effects, from attaching a diode or capacitor to a board to casting patterns in molds and stabilizing gold ornaments with copper.

Replace ambient air with oxygen to support medical oxygen supply, accelerate reactions, and enable space oxygen supply; use ionized oxygen and ozone in purification, radiocarbon dating, and rocket fuel burning.

Explore principle 39 by replacing the surrounding environment with an inert atmosphere to protect reactive substances, using plastics, glass, or inert additives like carbon dioxide in aerated drinks.

Explore principle 14: shift from uniform to composite materials, with examples like carbon fiber and glass made from components such as limestone and soda ash, illustrated by a ring ornament.