Opinions and Articles

Is Innovation Artificial?

In the preface to the second edition of now classic, The Sciences of the Artificial, Herbert A. Simon, the Noble winning MIT professor says, “…artificiality is interesting principally when it concerns complex systems that live in complex environments. The topics of artificiality and complexity are inextricably interwoven…”. When we talk about Innovation we are taking [...]



Indian UAV Engine development programs

India has developed indigenous UAV engines for unmanned aerial targeting system UAV Lakshya and UAV Nishant. A jet engine PTAE-7 has been developed as a sustainer engine for Lakshya. A rotary engine is under development for Nishant. PTAE-7 engine, developed by HAL Engine Test Bed Research & Development Center (ETBR&DC) is a single rotor engine [...]



Innovation Algorithm – The Co-Crafting Way

What is an Innovation Co-crafter? An Innovation Co-Crafter is a Simpleton, Scientist and Saint – who starts along with people in a system (experienced domain experts) to reach to the SOUL of the system. He starts every time as a simpleton – then he becomes a scientist and finally achieves sainthood – reaching and delivering [...]