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The TRIZ Journal Article Archive - 2008
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AugustWelcome to the August 2008 Issue of The TRIZ Journal! By Katie Barry and Ellen Domb "From Russia, With Love" is more than just the name of a James Bond movie! This month, it also means that we have reports from the happenings at this year's TRIZ Developers Summit in St. Petersburg.Entropy and the Ideal Final Result By Joseph Marotta Every specific design of a system intended to fulfill requirements can be seen as a micro-state. Design degeneracy is a type of entropy that can be defined as the number of designs available to fulfill a certain set of requirements.In Search of the Ideal TRIZ Teaching Method By Darrell Mann TRIZ practitioners continue debating how best to teach it. Recognizing everyone is different, learns differently and possesses a different knowledge base the article explores different thinking/teaching modes.TRIZ Permeates Patent Use - Albeit Unintentionally By Abram Teplitskiy A lot of problems exist in life where the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) tools of understanding functions would improve the problem solving process – especially in order to avoid spending money on unnecessary problem solving.The Complete Technical System and System Operator By Ellen Domb and Joe A. Miller Applying CTS and the system operator model enhance the creativity of the solutions; viewing the core process of a call center, where a service technician works with a customer, revealed an immediate opportunity for improvement.Student Corner: Shape Memory Alloys, Part 2 By Abram Teplitskiy Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are useful in construction; one such way is protecting buildings and other structures from earthquakes and other dynamic "happenings."
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