We are surrounded by all sorts of sounds all the times. Some we choose; some we don’t. We set an alarm clock. We set up music playlist for our exercise. We choose podcasts for our commute. We play music for dinner parties. In between those moments, we have down time. We are surrounded by sound … Read more
Store One: Office Max I went to Office Max to pick up chairs that I ordered earlier. The store was almost empty. I was happy to see my chairs stacked up in the cash register area. I thought it would a quick stop at the cash register to pay for the chairs and leave. Perhaps 5 … Read more
Existing solutions for electronic patient record systems fail because they begin with a wrong assumption. As I understand it, the original patient record system was invented by Mayo clinic in 1907. The idea is that for each patent, the hospital would create and maintain a central dossier folder for all medical records for an individual … Read more
This is a keynote presentation that I made at ISB Digital Summit this summer.
Ever since the introduction of iPhone featuring a flat multi-touch screen that replaced physical keyboards, the scope of traditional industrial design on new product developments has been shrinking. Instead of providing physical interface, many companies opted to offer software-defined functions that make the product flexible and reprogrammable. For a typical smart phone, the work of … Read more
Samsung unveiled Galaxy Note Edge which is featuring a curved screen. It offers a new possibility that enable offer new ways to use smartphones. Yet, as many reporters have already pointed out, whether this “innovation” will succeed or not largely depends on software. That is, if there are enough third-party apps that take advantage of … Read more
(1) What if Samsung buys Dropbox? DropBox is currently estimated with a market valuation of $10 billion. What if Samsung would buy it? If they can, the following could be a possible scenario. They can integrate DropBox service with 1TB free storage space for every Galaxy phone and TVs that they sell. But why would … Read more
I just finished teaching a course on “digital innovation and design” at ISB. Like previous years, students worked on “re-imagining Hyderabad Public Transportation Experiences”. What surprised me this time was how homogeneous their ideas were. They all went for a combination of smart card, a GPS-installed vehicles, cloud-based analytics, optimization of route balancing, and personalized … Read more
This is an interview I did for Canadian Innovation Centre. I was asked to describe my research in the domain of innovation. I mostly talked about my current work on the evolutionary sciences of the digital artifacts, focusing on its implication on design and platform strategy. The work reflected in the interview was funded in … Read more
Please come an join us to celebrate the successful completion of Urban Apps & Maps Studios Summer bITS program. The program begins at 11:30 am at Tyler Gallery. We will visit all different labs where students worked at. It will be an exciting day for all those who come to visit us.
I am currently visiting Indian School of Business to teach design inquiry and its application for digital innovations. With Design Inquiry, I ask students to focus on the FIVE key questions: What inspires you? Who are the affected stakeholders? What are the unmet needs? What do you want to do to change the situation? What … Read more
I am flying in an Airbus 330 of US Airways, back from Barcelona. Just like any other flights, as soon as I settled down, a flight attendance came to me offering a newspaper. Since I was reading my New York Times on my iPad, I politely declined her offer. Then, about 10 minutes later, a … Read more