Government vs. private innovation

by | Mar 21, 2013 | Blog

I’m en route to San Antonio to give the keynote speech at an internal meeting at the Brooke Army Medical Center. Along with dealing with getting my presentation slides through the door (no flash drives! no laptops!), this has me thinking about the role of...

Will the Industrial Internet Change the World?

by | Mar 19, 2013 | Blog

Call it what you will, the Internet of Things, the Physical Internet, the Internet of Atoms (as opposed to bits), or the Industrial Internet, as it’s referred to by a GE-produced paper of the same name. It seems inevitable that more and more of the gadgets in...

An Avatar in Every Garage

by | Mar 15, 2013 | Articles, Blog

It’s a concept well known to sf fans: an artificial stand-in for your biological self that’s stronger and longer lasting than you are. See the movie Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis and James Cameron’s movie Avatar, for example. If a Russian...

Becker Twisted Fin: Simple Innovation in Fuel Economy

by | Mar 13, 2013 | Blog

Sometimes it really is better to keep it simple in creating innovations that can make a difference. On my most recent speaking trip, I had a chance to rent a brand new Toyota Prius. It was my first time driving one, and I was not impressed. It took me ten minutes just...