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The TRIZ Journal Article Archive - 2008
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FebruaryWelcome to the February 2008 issue of The TRIZ Journal! By Katie Barry, Ellen Domb and Michael S. Slocum Last month, a reader suggested that each issue of The TRIZ Journal include a round-up of mentions of TRIZ in other literature. The good news is that we already do this – on a daily basis!TRIZ Principles in Action - Improving Solar Cells By Ramesh G. Raju Looking at clever designs created by others within the desired field and determining what principles are embedded within is a frequently used teaching/learning tool in TRIZ. In particular, the 40 inventive principles have broad use potential.Unorthodox Use: TRIZ for Non-intended Product Use By Claudia Hentschel Lots of companies deliver products that serve a determined purpose – but they often are wrong about how the product is finally used. Such diversions sow the seeds of creativity to generate ideas for new product outcomes and problem solutions.Challenges in Lubricant Additives Technology By Tomasz W. Liskiewicz, Ardian Morina and Anne Neville TRIZ provides a number of tools to not only solve, but also to properly define, problems. In that sense, TRIZ ensures that the effort is directed toward solution of a real problem and no time is wasted on answering inappropriate questions.Key to Teaching TRIZ: Breaking Mindsets By Paul Filmore Present education often has a dysfunctional approach in that it gives students knowledge and examples of how to solve problems using that knowledge, and then assumes that the student will understand how to solve further problems in that domain.Student Corner: Overcome Assumptions - Use Fuzzy Logic By Abram Teplitskiy Classic logic comes down to the law of the excluded third – A or not A, white or not white. In ancient Greece they started to consider paradoxes - a "mismatch" problem, "The world is gray, but science is black and white."
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