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Category Archives: Innovation
What the necessity mothers: energy shortage and the development of copper smelting furnaces, 1900-1980
An old adage tells us that necessity is the mother of invention. But if necessity were the prime mover of invention, why, then, there are so many really nifty technologies – say, antigravity – that would be obviously useful, yet … Continue reading
Posted in Academic work, History, Innovation, Research
Tagged Copper, History of technology, PhD
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Simulating technological development: sneak peek!
As previously stated, we’re seeking to simulate the development, adoption, and modification – in short, the evolution – of technologies. Here’s a sneak peek of the sort of shiny output our computing clusters will soon be churning out. Hopefully . … Continue reading
Posted in Academic work, Evolution, Innovation, Notes in process, Research, Simulations
Tagged ADDER, evolution of technology, Innovation, Research, Simulations
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“How Radical is a Radical Innovation?” Kasmire, Korhonen and Nikolic (2012)
My very first journal publication! Admittedly, it’s a conference proceedings published in a journal form and I’m just the second author, but still, it’s an indexed journal, so you’ll perhaps forgive me for celebrating. In any case, although the paper … Continue reading
ADDER: A proposal for an improved model for studying technological evolution
In this paper, me and Julia Kasmire from Delft University of Technology introduce an improved, simplified computer simulation model for studying technological evolution. The paper was presented by yours truly at the 26th European Conference on Modeling and Simulation in … Continue reading
Is there such a thing as radical innovation?
Recently, I came across a working paper by two very big names in design/innovation research – Donald A. Norman and Roberto Verganti. The paper was very interesting, not the least since the hill-climbing paradigm of innovation presented therein is almost … Continue reading
