How to Come Up With More Truly Innovative Ideas

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The world’s most successful creative minds and entrepreneurs all have one thing in common: they benefit from innovative thinking. Some people come up with a truly game-changing idea and they use that idea as the basis for a startup, which then can create an entirely new industry. Others use their innovative brains to solve problems in creative new ways, or to get the edge over a top competitor.

What does it take to come up with a truly innovative idea, and can you optimize your environment to help you generate more innovative ideas?  Innovation can occur across many different scales, from system innovation to ground-level innovation. Big-picture system innovation requires you to rethink entire systems and bureaucracies from the ground up, or possibly come up with groundbreaking ideas that create new industries. There are also smaller-scale forms of innovative thinking; for example, you might figure out a new way to butter toast in the morning that saves you 45 seconds of effort.

We also need to differentiate between innovative organizations and innovative people. Innovative people, at the individual level, can come up with ideas that can improve their lives and change their environment. For an innovative organization to emerge, it needs the power of innovative individuals combined with internal mechanisms that allow those individuals and their ideas to thrive.

If you want to master innovative thinking for yourself and for your employees, you need to create environments that stimulate creativity and allow “outside the box thinking.

Allow more downtime.

It’s commonly accepted that people tend to come up with their best ideas in the shower, but why is this the case? Science suggests it’s because we’re bored. When our minds aren’t occupied with anything particularly interesting or important, they wander and that’s when completely novel ideas can strike. If you want to think in a more innovative way, try giving yourself more downtime where you aren’t focused on anything.

Encourage interaction.

People think in different ways and exposing yourself to intellectually diverse groups encourages you to think in new ways. The more people you talk to, and the more ideas and perspectives you see, the more creatively you’ll come to think.

Get stimulated.

Innovative inspiration can strike you anywhere, from any stimulus, so get stimulated. Movies, TV shows, books, podcasts, works of art, and even nature can all help you get inspired, so find something that interests you and provokes your creative thinking.

Learn from other innovative thinkers.

Find some truly innovative minds that inspire you and figure out what drives them. They may have certain habits, certain hobbies, or certain approaches to learning that help them think in dynamic new ways; try these techniques for yourself to see if they work for you just as well.

Embrace ideas from all people and all levels.

If you collect ideas from every member of your organization, you’ll find innovative ideas almost constantly. For that reason, it’s important to give everyone a chance to speak up and embrace ideas no matter where they originate.

Adopt a mentality that favors change and growth האתר שלי.

Old, massive organizations tend to be sluggish and unmovable. In some ways, this is a strength. It also means you’re unable to adopt new ideas with any sort of agility. Your organization needs to be capable of making big changes for ideas worth pursuing.

Encourage autonomy.

While it’s certainly an advantage to have a consistent company culture that affects all people at all levels in the company, it’s also advantageous to encourage isolation and autonomy. Let department leaders and supervisors make their own decisions and changes as they see fit, rather than forcing them to submit every idea to bureaucratic review; chances are, you’ll see a lot more change and growth this way.

Innovation isn’t entirely straightforward, and there’s no way for you to force innovative ideas to come to you manually. However, if you’re willing to make some changes to the way you think, act, and interact with others, you can create an environment that naturally encourages more innovative, game-changing ideas from the ground up.

 

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Investment Opportunities in Aviation Industry of Pakistan

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Federal Board of investment, Pakistan arranged an online session on “Investment Opportunities in Pakistan” from the platform of Dubai Expo-2020.   Engr Tanveer Ahmed; CEO Aviation MRO & Executive Member of Pakistan Aerospace Council was invited to share his thoughts on “Investment Opportunites in Aviation Industry of Pakistan” meine seite.  His lecture is presented here;

Breakthrough in Solar Energy: Ultrathin Solar Cells Using 2D Perovskites Get a Boost

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Rice University engineers have achieved a new benchmark in the design of atomically thin solar cells made of semiconducting perovskites, boosting their efficiency while retaining their ability to stand up to the environment.

The lab of Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering discovered that sunlight itself contracts the space between atomic layers in 2D perovskites enough to improve the material’s photovoltaic efficiency by up to 18%, an astounding leap in a field where progress is often measured in fractions of a percent.

Perovskites are compounds that have cube like crystal frames and are highly efficient light harvesters. Their potential has been known for years. They’re good at converting sunlight into energy, but sunlight and moisture degrade them.

“A solar cell technology is expected to work for 20 to 25 years,” said Mohite, an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering. “We’ve been working for many years and continue to work with bulk perovskites that are very efficient but not as stable. In contrast, 2D perovskites have tremendous stability but are not efficient enough to put on a roof warum schau hier nicht.

The Rice engineers and their collaborators at Purdue and Northwestern universities, U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories Los Alamos, Argonne and Brookhaven and the Institute of Electronics and Digital Technologies (INSA) in Rennes, France, discovered that in certain 2D perovskites, sunlight effectively shrinks the space between the atoms, improving their ability to carry a current.

“We find that as you light the material, you kind of squeeze it like a sponge and bring the layers together to enhance the charge transport in that direction,” Mohite said. The researchers found placing a layer of organic cations between the iodide on top and lead on the bottom enhanced interactions between the layers.

“This effect has given us the opportunity to understand and tailor these fundamental light-matter interactions without creating complex heterostructures like stacked 2D transition metal dichalcogenides,” he said.

“It doesn’t sound like a lot, but this 1% contraction in the lattice spacing induces a large enhancement of electron flow,” said Rice graduate student and co-lead author Wenbin Li. “Our research shows a threefold increase in the electron conduction of the material.”

“One of the major attractions of 2D perovskites was they usually have organic atoms that act as barriers to humidity, are thermally stable and solve ion migration problems,” said graduate student and co-lead author Siraj Sidhik. “3D perovskites are prone to heat and light instability, so researchers started putting 2D layers on top of bulk perovskites to see if they could get the best of both. “We thought, let’s just move to 2D only and make it efficient,” he said.

That could help the Rice team tweak the materials for even better performance. “We’re on a path to get greater than 20% efficiency,” Sidhik said. “It would change everything in the field of perovskites, because then people would begin to use 2D perovskites for 2D perovskite/silicon and 2D/3D perovskite tandems, which could enable efficiencies approaching 30%. That would make it compelling for commercialization.”

 

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East West Infiniti Train WAPDA to use State-of-the-Art Discharge Measurement Technology

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Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

The historic discharge measurement in waterways is based on a lot of lumped empirical “assumed” data, much of these lumped parameters were in discharge tables which were developed by the British.

To computer discharge measurement, techniques took into consideration;

(1)  Cross-section of a water channel.

(2)  Water level at two “stages” downstream.

(3)  Old antiquated “rating tables” (i.e. time taken by a water column to travel from stage level 1 to stage level 2, considering bottom and side friction of the en-route water channel, etc.

The only real-time element measured for determining the discharge is the Water Levels at Stage 1 and Stage 2 downstream, everything else is lumped figures.  Over the years the cross-sections and rating tables of waterways have become inaccurate and presumed discharge numbers are totally unreliable.

Siemens installed from IRSA got 20 years ago a system that just measured gate positions at various dams and barrages to establish how much and for how long a gate was opened to allow water flow downstream, and rest is the use of the inaccurate flow/discharge calculations based on old WAPDA rating tables.

It is imperative to note that the water issues between the provinces, for which the IRSA system was installed, will soon seem trivial compared to international water sharing issues we are (may) be facing with Neighbours both in the East and soon the west. So, it is extremely important that we have the capability to measure “real” discharges.

ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler technology is used to measure the actual and real volume of water (i.e. cusec) passing at a certain cross-section in a water channel, river, or canal. The system measures water velocity using pulsed sonic waves at all depths across the water channel at one cross-section and provides real volume/flow/discharge values.

East West Infiniti feels gratified contributing to providing solutions to key issues of the country with technology and knowledge inputs.  www.eastwestin.com

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Pakistan Aerospace Council Member Companies Visit Pak Austria Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Haripur.

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“High Tech companies of Pakistan are committed to developing hands on technical manpower at university level”, said Dr Arshad Ali, Convener Pakistan Aerospace Council. Elaborating on the subject Dr. Arshad Ali underlined the role of close liaison between universities and their surrounding businesses have, on development of students’ employability skills in the next generation of technologies.

Dr at-casinos.com. Muhammad Mujahid, Vice Chancellor Pak-Austria Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (PAF-IAST), welcomed the 25 members delegation and made detailed presentation on university programs and facilities. He also shared the progress and future plans with regard to Artificial Intelligence, Data Storage and Technology Park. Dr Mujahid highlighted that university focuses on singular mission of skilling Pakistan in close cooperation with industry.

Each member of the visiting companies gave presentation on the technology, products, processes and technical resources of their companies. The interaction lasted for about six hours during which a detailed understanding was developed for various forms of collaboration between PAF-IAST and Pakistan Aerospace Council.

Dr. Nasser Khan, Project Director said that such Hi-tech industries are true strength of Pakistan and need to be respected at every level. He also spoke about the excellent prospects which could emerge for the day’s interaction and result in lasting, fruitful relationship and the resulting high quality of the students which would be produced as a result.

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SoluNox; PAeC’s Rising Star in Aerospace and Hi-tech Manufacturing

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SoluNox Pvt Ltd started business in 2017 under the leadership of Engr Sajid Ali Khan Tareen with multifaceted mandate to undertake Research & Development projects in dual use technologies in Aerospace and Maritime. Engr Sajid Khan Tareen is a retired Naval officer and PEng BEng AMRINA (UK) MIEP MASME MASTM (US). Having its corporate offices in […]

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Sherani Engineering, A PAeC Success Story

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Being part of a cluster organization like PAeC, brings about unforeseen opportunities for those of its members to take an active part in its activities.

Sherani Engineering is one of the early members of Pakistan Aerospace Council (PAeC) and has been actively participating in activities intended to enhance business growth possibilities supported by PAeC, including co-exhibiting with PAC at Airtec-2017, delegation at CERN to liaison with procurement team, liaison meetings at Air-headquarters and Heavy industries Taxila. Sherani was introduced to PAC Kamra by PAeC for a project which not only brought it goodwill and high visibility but also led to inquiries from various other defence outfits and Sherani order book continues to grow!

Having developed close relationship with PAF, Sherani has won business exceeding PKR 300 million in the first 2 years.  They are now a well reputed supplier for PAC, PAF, AWC, Advance Engineering Research Organization (AERO), HIT, and CERN.

Sherani Engg has been a tool and machinery maker for the automobile sector since 35 years and has scored many credits in this field.  Having played an important part on equipping automotive assembly lines in Pakistan they also helped ISUZU Japan to setup their truck cab assembly in Moscow, Russia guarda ora.

It is interesting to note that with its rich background in serving global auto giants, Sherani’s association with PAeC has created a wonderful combination where the Hi-tech defence sector of Pakistan is benefiting from their expertise and saving billions of Rupees in foreign exchange to the national exchequer.

Currently, most of the major OEMs in Pakistan are satisfied customers of Sherani Engineering.  Having experience of exporting Jigs to Isuzu Assembly in Moscow, Russia – in 2018, Sherani Engineering signed a contract of designing, manufacturing & commissioning of Jigs for the MALE UAV being developed by Pakistan Air Force. Earlier these Jigs were imported from China. Sherani Engineering now continues to support advanced engineering, design and development work being carried out at various PAF Air Bases across Pakistan.

                           

                                                    Fuselage and Wing Jigs Developed by Sherani Engineering

Mr. Mahmood Alam Sherani, CEO Sherani Engineering believes that the business of his company has expanded manifold after joining PAeC Cluster. The introduction of his company to Pakistan Air Force through the platform of PAeC Cluster has truely changed the dynamics of his business.

Pakistan Aerospace Council is continuously working to grow the business opportunities for its members.

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SoluNox (Pvt) Ltd Signed Agreement with DOMAN Technologies for Collaboration in Commercial Aerospace Applications and Renewable Energy

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SoluNox (Pvt) Ltd signed an agreement with DOMAN Technologies for collaboration in commercial aerospace applications and renewable energy.

SoluNox (Pvt) Ltd; a proud member of Pakistan Aerospace Council is a trademark-registered company; having business with multifaceted mandate to undertake Research & Development projects in dual technologies used in Aerospace and Maritime. Having its corporate offices in Karachi and Federal Capital Islamabad, SoluNox is the 1st company in Pakistan Private Sector to develop its maritime and aerospace design house.

Doman Technology is a UAE based company focused on bridging the gap between technological innovation and practical implementation with primary focus on innovation and product developments in renewable energy and long endurance commercial drones.

Great results are expected from this collaboration in advancement of commercial aerospace applications and renewable energy warum schau hier nicht.

Engr. Sajid Ali Khan Tareen, CEO SoluNox Signing Agreement with Doman Technologies

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Dr Haroon J Qureshi Talks about the Role Pakistan Aerospace Council is Playing to Promote Hi-tech Industry

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Dr Haroon J Qureshi while talking in a webinar highlighted how Pakistan Aerospace Council (PAeC) is showcasing and promoting Pakistan’s Aerospace and Hi-tech Industry in international and domestic markets.  He also told that  PAeC was working with Government policy makers for free Hi-tech industry.  His complete talk is presented here;