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Originally Posted by GordonJ
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Hi Gordon,
Well... I agree... It's said that original ideas don't really exist!
My old Ph.D. advisor was a bit of a "renaissance man"... Not only was he a professor in physics... He also had a psychology practice on weekends. In his younger days, he was in a band, and they even had a single!
Anyway, he once told me that there's an easy way to get new ideas... You just take one idea, put it together with another idea, and Bam! A new idea!
* Cassette player + miniaturization = Walkman
* TV + online streaming = Netflix
* Hat + toilet paper =
this invention!
Okay... maybe it doesn't always work well...
Another way is to take one process from one industry, and apply it to another industry...
For example: assembly line (from the car industry) + food = McDonald's!
So... I think there's something to it!
Best wishes,
Dien