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Innovation - anything is possible
Rachael Taggart By Rachael Dalton-Taggart on 6/15/2006 5:49 AM
is there a point where innovation stops and engineering begins? Based on a conversation today, there isn't a defining line
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Ansys and Fluent - comments from Richard Davis of Needham
Brad Holtz By Brad Holtz on 6/11/2006
The recent decline in Ansys has set off fears in investors that something must be amiss with the Ansys-Fluent merger. My colleague, Richard Davis, has given me permission to post his explanation as to why that is NOT the case.
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Speaking of Innovation...
Rick Stavanja By Rick Stavanja on 6/2/2006 9:55 PM
INPEX bills itself as "America’s largest invention trade show" and showcases the newest inventions and products available today. It takes place next week in Pittsburgh.
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Most people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them
Rachael Taggart By Rachael Dalton-Taggart on 5/31/2006 5:43 AM
This was the rather surprising title to a spam email I just received. This entry looks into how Spam is affecting my working life and questions what the future holds
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PGM - another industry acronym to add to the list
Rachael Taggart By Rachael Dalton-Taggart on 5/18/2006 3:52 AM
If you create a new term and no one hears it, was it worthwhile? A look at Right Hemisphere's activities with "Product Graphics Management" provides a great case study in how to gain acceptance for a new term or concept, but is the term actually right?
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We are all Victims of Marketing
Rachael Taggart By Rachael Dalton-Taggart on 5/12/2006 1:46 AM
Contrary to popular understanding that new products are driven by customer demand, new research finds that IT innovations are giving rise to a new breed of product - created by changes in IT and then revealed to the public to fuel demand.
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Lester Craft's 'Brilliantly Dumb' Innovations
Rachael Taggart By Rachael Dalton-Taggart on 5/12/2006 12:49 AM
Lester Craft recently posted an article on COFES at his Innovate Forum site. In it he talks about the difference between 'just dumb', and 'brilliantly dumb' innovations: the difference is, according to Craft, that some of the biggest innovations have been brilliantly dumb. Read on ....
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Engineers and innovation: Conflict?
Joel Orr By Joel Orr on 5/11/2006
Yes, Rachael, everyone does know that loving shiny things is a guy thing. (By the way, that would be a 1956 Chevy, not a '52 - a dour, clunky box...:-))
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National Inventors' Hall of Fame Announce 2006 inductees
Rachael Taggart By Rachael Dalton-Taggart on 5/6/2006 4:28 AM
The National Inventor's Hall of Fame today announced its 2006 inductees. Why do we care? Because it is interesting to see just how long ago some important inventions were made.
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Look Out for Possible Interruptions to COFES.com over the Next Couple Days
Rick Stavanja By Rick Stavanja on 5/3/2006 10:26 AM
A COFES.com web site maintenance alert.
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