Rigorous methods to foster creativity? Should we believe in them? Most techniques are disappointing or at least random in their results. However, the TRIZ method is an exception, probably because it ...

You could say it doesn’t take much to make me happy, because I was thrilled to see TRIZ (the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving), an innovation methodology, featured in an article by BusinessWeek ...

The problematic circuit tester lifts an IC into delicate finger contacts to test the chip. After one workshop, engineers with National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, Calif., modified a machine that tests ...