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Mining operations without boundaries

At first, Kirsten Sheehan found it strange. She'd walk into a control room in the middle of Perth, sit down in front of a wall of screens, and start her shift. The mine she was operating was hundreds of kilometres away, on the other side of Western Australia. No dust.…

Cross-industry patterns for blast radius control

It was 2:17am when Priya's phone rang. Head of Technology Operations at a large financial services firm, she joined the bridge call to find a payment processing service down and the blast radius already spreading — three downstream systems affected, a settlement window missed, transaction failures accumulating by the minute.…

Airlines safety improves through automobile solutions

The de Havilland Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner, was launched in 1952. Tragically, within a year of its entry into service, the aircraft experienced a series of highly publicized accidents, with three Comets lost due to catastrophic mid-flight mishaps, resulting in significant loss of life. The Comet's engineering…

Zespri system innovation on clearance to pick

‘Timing is everything’ – this old adage applied to different facets of business from product launch,marketing to supply chain. However, it becomes absolutely vital if you are a fruit producer, a global brand and a dominant market leader. Yes, ‘clearance to pick’ is such a key aspect in the fruit…

Cardiac catheterization inspired by horse and literature

Heart patients worldwide owe a lot to Dr. Werner Forssmann. In the late 1920s, the medical community knew little about how to treat heart ailments. Instead, most of what we knew about hearts came from studying cadavers. Forssmann was inspired by a textbook that featured a tube entering the heart…

Dyson vacuum cleaner inspired by industry saw mill

James Dyson was frustrated with the way vacuum cleaners worked where they used a traditional approach of using suction power to pick up dirt into a bag. James during one of the visits to industry saw mill found inspiration the way conical cyclone was used to accelerate the air and…

Cockroach inspired ‘Robot’ for disaster relief

US Researchers from University of of California, Berkeley were inspired by cockroach’s ability to withstand heavy forces and ability to flatten themselves to fit tight spaces. They attributed this to its exoskeleton feature which can be compressed when subjected to heavy force without breaking. The researchers were able to replicate…

Design thinking in US Army

Design thinking is the new buzz word going around industries.Simply described it is a problem solving or innovation approach to design solutions or products integrating the principles of human centered design to conventional methods. US Army has taken up the concepts of design thinking and integrate into your core operations…

Sports Simulations: Big data lessons for corporates

The field of sports always has fascinating things to offer – not just on the field but also off the field. There are several sports innovations today which can provide the corporates with several good practices. One such innovation that can be taken from the sports field to the board…

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