Claytronics: Building Matter from Microscale Robots
Claytronics: Building Matter from Microscale Robots Today, computing engages a user’s senses of sight and hearing through video and audio devices whose effects the user must integrate into his or
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Dr. David S. Ricketts
Harvard Innovation Fellow | Innovation Keynote Speaker
Magneto-Track Football: 3D Football tracking with Disney Research
Referees may soon have a new way of determining whether a football team has scored a touchdown or gotten a first down. Dr. Ricketts and his colleagues, in collaboration with
Problem Representation
Problem representation relates to the fact that how we see or conceptualize a problem defines how we try to solve it. Solving difficult, high-impact problems requires finding a representation of
Invention vs. Innovation: Understanding the Difference
Invention vs. innovation — Many people mistake invention for innovation or believe that every invention is an innovation, but this is not exactly accurate. The key difference to understand is
The Champagne Principle: How to Turn Your Uniqueness Into a Market Leader
If you lived somewhere where you made bad wine, would it have occurred to you to make champagne instead? Probably not. But that’s what innovation is: taking sour lemons and
Disruptive Innovation: How It Differs from Keystone Problems
What is the difference between disruptive innovation and solving keystone problems? Keystone problems are the things that must be overcome so that companies who have a nascent technology can actually