COVID-19

Digital fabrication maker response to COVID-19

By rnd-admin
on 14 January, 2021

The rapid spread of Covid-19 has led to an unprecedented bottom-up, distributed, frugal innovation response from individuals and maker communities worldwide who have rapidly developed and distributed crisis-critical items, filling shortages and providing a stop-gap solution for the disrupted...

usability testing offer new insights for product developers

Usability testing of new COVID-19 workplace test kits

By rnd-admin
on 20 July, 2020

Testing for COVID-19 can provide reassurance, even if the result is positive, explains Val Lynch of AND Technology Research, the company provided usability testing to answer 3 questions for the client.

Is the media sustainable? Interview with Paavo Ritala

By rnd-admin
on 24 June, 2020

The sustainability of the media industry is one of the issues that is of interest to Paavo Ritala, Professor of Strategy & Innovation at LUT University. The COVID-19 crisis has shown that information provider and 'watch-dog' are among the...

Providing solutions in emergencies – call for papers

By rnd-admin
on 5 May, 2020

The current global challenge has provoked interesting approaches to innovation - from collaborative working and open innovation, to crowdsourcing and repurposing of labs and equipment. If you have some interesting examples - then R&D Management has a call for...

Reviewing the innovation pipeline to detect timely opportunity

By rnd-admin
on 20 March, 2020

Rapid responders are organizations that are already reviewing the innovation pipeline to detect timely opportunity. In response to new environmental factors and circumstances, they pause briefly and ask this of the projects in their pipeline, “is it time…?”