October 16, 2007
National Award Honors Washington, Virginia and Ohio Research and Development Executives Lincolnshire, IL - For their paper in Industrial Research Institute's (IRI) award winning bi-monthly journal...
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March 16, 2015
Process Frameworks & Evaluation Tools Assessment frameworks enable common approach, iterative process to assess emerging technology opportunities. Jeff Cope, RTI International https://www.pathlms...
May 14, 2018
China’s seemingly endless supply of cheap labor made it the factory for the world in past decades. Today, as the country seeks to remake itself, from a maker of products created elsewhere to an...
July 12, 2018
Express Session Join us to examine a few cross- industry examples of AI technologies being applied in ‘traditional’ (non-web) enterprises. In particular, applications of deep learning and deep...
July 18, 2018
China’s seemingly endless supply of cheap labor made it the factory for the world in past decades. Today, as the country seeks to remake itself, from a maker of products created elsewhere to an...
November 01, 2013
The articles in this special issue offer a diverse collection of views on the future of innovation, but they agree on one point: the future will be different. New technologies—and old problems—are...
January 05, 2015
News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene NIH Startup Challenge Offers Model for Commercializing Federal Technology; Fusing Europe’s Energy Research; Postdocs in Limbo; Li-Fi Lighting the Way...
October 17, 2016
Track the history of simulation and analysis at Deere & Co. and hear about Deere’s vision for the near and far futures. Current analysis activities at John Deere are focused on verification and...
June 05, 2018
The country is undergoing a rapid generational change in our workforce. Baby boomers are starting to retire, and 35% of the labor force in America is currently made up of Millennials. That number is...
July 12, 2018
The country is undergoing a rapid generational change in our workforce. Baby boomers are starting to retire, and 35% of the labor force in America is currently made up of Millennials. That number is...
July 12, 2018
Breakout Session Is it possible to remain competitive in a technology company when Moore’s Law makes everything obsolete before it ships? How should innovation teams think about technology strategy...
November 01, 2015
Digital technologies are rapidly changing the basis of competitive advantage. In this interview, author and consultant Joe Weinman discusses the digital disciplines necessary for future success and...
July 12, 2018
Breakout Session "Jill Watson" was initially developed to respond to student questions posted to class forums, though the possibilities extend far beyond the classroom. Ashok Goel, creator of Jill...
September 01, 2010
OVERVIEW: The Industry-Defined Fundamental Research program is designed to bring together industrial and academic researchers to develop basic science in areas important for the success of American...
March 07, 2017
As the creator and webmaster of enablingthefuture.org, Jennifer Owen has built a community around the creation of 3D-printable, open-source design files for prosthetic hands. Step 1: Logged in IRI...
September 01, 2015
Neil Gershenfeld talks with Jim Euchner about the Internet of Things and the coming revolution in manufacturing. Neil Gershenfeld is a pioneer in understanding the boundary between the digital and...