Harnessing the Power of Waves
July 7, 2008
As long as people have turned their eyes from the shore to the sea, they have seen and recognized the power of waves as they relentlessly hurl themselves toward the shoreline. I
Category: Innovation
In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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The Comeback of Electric Cars
July 3, 2008
Conspiracy theorists have long rumored that solitary inventors, toiling in their garages and basements, have created technologies that can make internal combustion engines (choose your favorite): (1) run on water, (2) achieve
Creating a Sustainable Future
July 2, 2008
Nearly two decades ago, MIT professor Peter Senge wrote a best-selling business book that introduced the notion of “learning organizations.” [The Fifth Discipline, New York: Doubleday, 1990]. “As he describes it, a
R&D in the Intelligence Community
June 25, 2008
This past April I wrote a blog entitled Happy Birthday DARPA that focused on an article celebrating that agency’s 50th anniversary. DARPA has been a remarkably successful agency with a notable number
A Few Interesting Scientific Breakthroughs
June 19, 2008
I usually like to scan the science section of the New York Times just to see what interesting breakthroughs have been made. There is, of course, way too much knowledge being created
Changing the World from the Edges
June 17, 2008
As I have noted in previous posts on innovation, many of the most interesting ideas come from the edges of various disciplines, especially when those edges butt against the edges of other
Machine — Heal Thyself
May 27, 2008
One desired feature of a resilient system is the ability to heal itself. Some animals escape from danger by shedding their tails once in a predator’s grasp. This strategy would only work
A Marketplace for Ideas
May 21, 2008
In March 2007, I wrote a post entitled Dating Game for Innovation. The focus of that post was UTEK, a technology matchmaking company that provides researchers an outlet for their ideas and
The Race for a 100 mpg Car
April 9, 2008
Last month I wrote a post about Google teaming with the X Prize Foundation to sponsor a contest to send robots to the moon [Reaching for the Moon]. The X Prize Foundation,
Happy Birthday DARPA
April 8, 2008
Everyone who surfs the Internet or sends email owes a debt to the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (commonly known as DARPA). It was DARPA (named ARPA until 1972) that, at the
