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...
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November 01, 2015
This talk is an engineer’s view of the third industrial revolution. There are many views about what that revolution is, if it is a revolution at all. A lot of these views come from philosophy or from...
April 29, 2015
2015 Achievement Award Address: An Engineer's View of the Third Industrial Revolution Charles Hull, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, 3D Systems This talk is an engineer’s view of the third...
December 02, 2016
As emerging markets continue to grow in both size and economic influence, innovation managers at companies around the glove increasingly turn to those markets for new ideas that could catalyze their...
July 12, 2018
Plenary As access to the internet grows globally, the number of information sources are growing exponentially. In addition, innovations driven by technology platforms such as IoT, AI, MEMS, etc. are...
October 17, 2016
As the demand for web-based analytics increases, more and more software and web applications are appearing on the market every day. This begs the question of when is it better to buy and when is it...
May 24, 2016
The Virtual Experimentation and Simulation project is part of IRI’s strategic research platform on Digitalization and its Implications for R&D Management. They are working to answer the following...
May 25, 2016
Express Learning The structure of medicine and the practice of surgery are changing based on governmental policies and emerging new technologies. This session focuses on the growing application of...
October 05, 2017
The search for emerging and impactful technologies tend to rely on some combination of patent literature, scientific literature, and/or trade literature as the basis for discovery. Each of these...
November 09, 2016
As the technology for virtual experimentation and simulation has matured, interest in its uses for R&D has grown. Indeed, investment in virtual experimentation and simulation in R&D is...
September 01, 2014
OVERVIEW: As 3D printers become more widely available, additive manufacturing will challenge the traditional forms of intellectual property (IP) protection in a signifi cant way. This paper presents...
July 12, 2018
Breakout Session Companies need a consistent and systematic way to identify signals of emerging trends that will affect the future of their business. It enables organizations to engage proactively in...
July 11, 2016
As the second quarter of 2016 closes, IRI has two big announcements: 1) Our Next Big Research Initiative is almost ready; more info below. And, 2) the Winter Meeting is back on for 2017! http://...
July 24, 2018
Satya-Nadella-Profile_1457411659.jpg As CEO of Microsoft, Nadella is steering the company through a cultural transformation designed to equip it to make the most of coming technological shifts and...
October 15, 2008
Seven Authors Explored Best Practices in Integrating Strategic Planning Throughout and Across Autonomous Business Units DENVER, Colo. - (October 15, 2008) - The Industrial Research Institute (IRI)...
June 22, 2020
INNOVATION NEWS HEADER.png Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. The low-dose...