Transportation
innovation
Source: http://www.business-opportunities.biz/2010/03/03/jetpacks-coming-soon/
Part # 1
Product
innovation
What makes the Tata Nano so cheap?
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7957671.stm
Make cars lighter and simpler
“In the debate on fuels, one factor is overlooked –
at least, as Bruno Auvity from the Ecole
Polytechnique in Nantes in France sees it. Fuel
consumption could be lowered drastically if cars
were built to be both lighter and simpler.
For a long time now, new cars have become
heavier and heavier, and equipped with more and
more technical features. This has eaten up much
of their increased engine efficiency.”
Source
http://emagazine.credit-
suisse.com/app/article/index.cfm?fuseaction=OpenArticle&aoid=237759&WT.mc_id=In%20Focus%20I
nternational%2018.8.2008-237863 =EN
Make cars with low CO2 emission
Source: http://www.smart.com/
Make cars softer
Source: http://bigthink.com/ideas/16378
Add a 5th wheel to make parking easier
Source: http://www.ideaconnection.com/innovation-videos/103-fifth-wheel.html
Make wheels on a car turn 90 degrees to help
people be able to park their cars more easily
Source:
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/308/
Approximately 8 minutes into the video.
Make the car sound like a concert hall
Source: http://www.bang-olufsen.com/aston-martin
Make door opening system more cool
Source: http://www.salon-auto.ch/en/en-images/atmosphere-0-20855
Combine driving and lawnmowing
Source
http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/wordpress/2010/05/nothing-runs-like-a-deere-except-a-cat/
Combine driving and sailing
Source: http://www.ideaconnection.com/innovation-videos/114-4x4-waverunner.html?ref=nl060909
Combine driving and flying
Source:
Skycar.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7909034.stm
http://www.skycarexpedition.com/
Combine walking and flying
Source: http://www.business-opportunities.biz/2010/03/03/jetpacks-coming-soon/
Combine sailing and flying
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0snTqLQLpBA
Part # 2
Service
innovation
2.a.
Car sharing
innovation
2.b.
Bicycle sharing
innovation
2.c.
Safety
communication
innovation
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_yW1zdQzaY
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjHCc6TZhaM
Part # 3
Process
innovation
"In the automobile industry, each company does its own R&D.
Every innovation is patented before it ever reaches the public, which
may take five years for the improvements to be incorporated in an
actual car after they were originally developed. If the automobile
industry started taking on an open source development model with
sharing across companies and countries, the cost and prices would
eventually drop, innovation and development would speed up and
exceptional features would be shared across many makers and
models.
The auto industry could finally come up with the safe, clean energy
car. The problem is that the car companies do not seem likely to
support something that they perceive could put them out of
business, even though this would not happen since nothing stops
them from developing on their own and incorporating developments
from their "open design shop" into their own products."
Source: http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1481/1396
2 examples
http://www.smart-design-contest.com/
http://www.bmwgroup-ideacontest.com/