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articles:triz_application [2019/05/27 19:49] – [CI, the Optimization Wall & TRIZ] rrandallarticles:triz_application [2022/03/26 10:39] – [TRIZ: Levels of Innovation] rrandall
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   - Quantitative improvement of the existing function/principle (e.g., to reinforce a building, its walls are made thicker).   - Quantitative improvement of the existing function/principle (e.g., to reinforce a building, its walls are made thicker).
-  - Qualitative improvement of the existing function/principle (e.g., merging an alarm clock and CD-player).+  - Qualitative improvement of the existing function/principle (e.g., merging an alarm clock and CD player).
   - Extending a known function/principle combination to a new market (e.g., extending the function "to see through", based on the principle "x-ray emission" from medical purposes (medical market) to different applications within different markets, such as destructive testing).   - Extending a known function/principle combination to a new market (e.g., extending the function "to see through", based on the principle "x-ray emission" from medical purposes (medical market) to different applications within different markets, such as destructive testing).
   - Creating a new function/principle combination (e.g., the first radio transmitter or Ebay.com).   - Creating a new function/principle combination (e.g., the first radio transmitter or Ebay.com).
-  - Discovering a new principle (e.g., through creating new scientific knowledge, such as x-rays or the photo-voltaic effect). +  - Discovering a new principle (e.g., through creating new scientific knowledge, such as x-rays or the photovoltaic effect). 
  
-For example, the Stirling Engine, a 200 year old idea, is finding new applications / markets (as a Level 3 Innovation).+For example, the Stirling Engine, a 200-year-old idea, is finding new applications/markets (as a Level 3 Innovation).
  
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 More: [[https://www.stirlingengine.com/modern-uses/|Modern Uses of Stirling Engines]] More: [[https://www.stirlingengine.com/modern-uses/|Modern Uses of Stirling Engines]]
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 +To "spark" these types of innovative improvements, TRIZ practitioners utilize the "40 principles of TRIZ":
 +[{{  :articles:2048px-40_principles_of_triz_method_720dpi.jpeg?direct&800 |40 principles of TRIZ. Copyright By FotoSceptyk – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, \\  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45719323  }}]