October 2016

A tribute to Robert Brands, one of our authors who sadly passed away

By |2016-10-28T12:21:32+01:00October 27th, 2016|Uncategorized|

This week, I received the sad news that the innovation community has lost a dear colleague. I recently found out that Robert Brands passed away on an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) weekend, doing what he loved: being adventurous. Robert was a frequent writer for Idea to Value, and a much-loved member of the worldwide innovation […]

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First look at Nintendo’s new games console: The Nintendo Switch

By |2016-10-28T12:21:32+01:00October 20th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Nintendo just released a trailer for its next generation console, which now finally has a name: The Nintendo Switch. After the phenomenal success of the Wii, Nintendo still has around $10 billion of cash reserves in the bank. However, their failure to convince customers of the capabilities and values of their follow-up system, the WiiU, […]

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How China’s Shenzhen became the world capital of hardware innovation

By |2016-10-28T12:21:33+01:00October 14th, 2016|Uncategorized|

When people talk about innovative cities, most people think of Silicon Valley near San Francisco, Berlin, London or Singapore. But hardly anyone usually thinks of anywhere in China. Most people still think of China as a technology copycat, stealing intellectual property and designs from western companies and producing inferior but cheaper knock-offs. Yet what most […]

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Did you know: Some people are born with an imagination?

By |2016-10-28T12:21:33+01:00October 6th, 2016|Uncategorized|

One of the most important skills for any creative person is that of visualisation. Whether it is remembering a specific image, like a sunset, your lover’s face or the goal scored by Didier Drogba against Everton, there is something special about being able to picture something in your mind’s eye. However, new research is telling us […]

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September 2016

Why I have a problem with the Global Innovation Index

By |2016-10-28T12:21:33+01:00September 23rd, 2016|Uncategorized|

INSEAD Business School, along with Cornell University and the World Intellectual Property Organisation have just released their analysis of the world’s most innovative countries for 2016. Together, this is called the Global Innovation Index and aims to objectively measure several dozen indicators to assess which countries are comparatively more innovative than others. You may have seen graphics […]

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How Hollywood turns this vehicle into any car you can think of using CGI

By |2016-10-28T12:21:34+01:00September 23rd, 2016|Uncategorized|

You probably know about green screen, and how film and TV studios use it to create computer-generated images for you favorite blockbusters. But did you know that a lot of the cars you see on screen, on TV and especially in commercials might be computer-generated as well? In the above video from WIRED, we take […]

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This video shows how bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics

By |2016-10-28T12:21:34+01:00September 16th, 2016|Uncategorized|

One of the most pressing concerns in medical innovation is how to address the problem of bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics. There are regular news updates about diseases that are becoming resistant to traditional drugs, such as MRSA and even Super Gonnoreah. Harvard Medical School just released the video above to showcase a recent experiment […]

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Why “Follow your passion” is terrible advice for you & those you care about

By |2016-10-28T12:21:34+01:00September 7th, 2016|Uncategorized|

One of the most common pieces of advice floating around the internet is also one of the most dangerous: To be happy in life, you need to figure out what you are passionate about, and singlemindedly pursue that as your ideal job. This is especially true for anyone who dreams of a creative career or being […]

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10 Famous inventions that were the culmination of other people’s work

By |2016-10-28T12:21:34+01:00September 2nd, 2016|Uncategorized|

A dirty (yet open) secret about innovation is that most great breakthroughs don’t happen thanks to a single lone genius. While history is full of stories of famous inventors, who are often national heroes, in almost every case they were just the first people to improve an existing system to the final stage where it […]

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How tattoos (and laser tattoo removal) work in super-slow motion

By |2016-10-28T12:21:35+01:00September 2nd, 2016|Uncategorized|

One of the most ancient and personal forms of art is the tattoo: getting a permanent piece of attached to your own body. But as someone who has never had a tattoo before, I was fascinated to learn exactly how you can get something permanent into your skin that doesn’t fall off as you grow […]

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