Innovation & Design

Innovation on the Edge

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Institutional Innovations

A Silicon Valley nonprofit fostered the development of a radical open-source platform for top-level health research

 

Interactive Case Study

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Changing IBM's Innovation Strategy

New director of research John Kelly had to refocus the company's R&D without alienating scientists. The solution? Collaboration and diversification

 

Podcast: Innovation of the Week

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It's the Experience That Counts

Peter Merholz of Adaptive Path discusses how focusing on consumers' experience of new products and services through rapid prototyping and other means can inform and shape design

 

Featured Blog

I'm a big fan of the work of designer Branko Lukic. Lukic and his team of four are working on a book which will feature 45 radical design ideas and experiments.

Helen Walters, NEXT: Innovation Tools & Trends

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IN YOUR FACE: FORD'S BETTER IDEA

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Reader Jeff B Writes:

"Ford deserves credit for improving quality, but it's not enough to simply build cars that don't break. You need to make great cars people want to buy—Ford doesn't."

 

Material Innovation

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PolyID

German chip printer PolyIC's flexible RFID tags are flexible transponder chips on polyester film. And they cost next to nothing

 

Debate Room

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Internet Ads: Irritating, Ineffective

The advertisements that appear on Web sites are a nuisance for readers and a false economy poised to fall to Earth. Pro or con?

 

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Top Stories

Inside the Tata Nano Factory

The tale of the creation and design of the world's cheapest car is one of innovation and ingenuity, both inside and outside Ratan Tata's organization

Is U.S. Innovation Headed Offshore?

Apparently not, even though more research and development is joining manufacturing in the shift toward low-cost nations

Braving Brazil's 'Airline Graveyard'

Can JetBlue founder and former CEO David Neeleman find success with his latest venture, a domestic Brazilian airline dubbed Azul?

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Architecture

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Will China Welcome a Mid-Range Hotel?

Hotel Jen marries high design with smart business strategy as it targets an overlooked—and growing—sector of the hotel market

 

Auto Design

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Hot Design for Graying Drivers

Faced with slumping sales at home, Japan's carmakers are testing new technologies to help the elderly stay safely on the roads

 

Brand Equity

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Converse's All-Star Image

The century-old sneaker maker has been undergoing an overhaul since it was bought by Nike. The new global VP for footwear talks about the classic retro shoe

 

Game Room

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Spielberg's Wii "Block-buster"

The premise of the Hollywood director's first video game—tossing balls at stacked blocks—may be simple, but it's possibly the best Wii game to date