Tag Archives: Innovation

Necessity is the mother of inventors: my PhD lecture

Posted on December 15, 2017 by

The following is the traditional Lectio praecursoria a doctoral candidate in Finland gives to the audience before his/her PhD defence. This one is mine, delivered on 12th December 2017. Esteemed custos, esteemed opponent, ladies and gentlemen! You all are probably … Continue reading →

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Atomic mail rockets, and how monocausal predictions are particularly dangerous

Posted on January 17, 2017 by

The new, shining age of information delivery was briefly at hand on June 8th, 1959. A Regulus cruise missile – designed for delivering a nuclear warhead to a Soviet city or port – landed neatly at the naval base at … Continue reading →

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Simulating technological development: sneak peek!

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

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 →

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Is there such a thing as radical innovation?

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

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 →

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Crises are “come as you are” events, not springboards, simulations say

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

My PhD research topic deals with resource constraints and, by implication, resource shocks such as the oil crisis of 1973 – and the current slow-mo energy crisis. What I’m trying to do is to sort out whether sudden constraints, such … Continue reading →

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