TRIZ: Inventive Problem Solving- 4
In this fourth article of our TRIZ series, we will go through the principles 21 to 30 as previously illustrate principles 1 to 20 let us continue the journey.
Principle 21: Rushing Through, Skipping
Implementation of specific operations very fast to avoid possible negative effects
Examples:
• Rescue someone from drowning at sea
• Operations performed in emergency by doctors
Principle 22: Convert Harm to Benefit
Use of harmful elements or effects in the system to obtain positive effects
The harmful effects can also be eliminated by adding harmful substances to produce a useful or harmless product.
Examples:
• Use of waste to generate electric power
• Weapons and anti-arms industry
Principle 23: Feedback
Providing information to a product with the aim of improving that product or improving the procedures it performs, as there is feedback is present, So, its quality or process can be enhanced
Examples:
• Airport metal detector
• Speed bell
• Anti-theft alarm for cars and homes
Principle 24: Mediator/ Intermediary
The use of an intermediary object, system, or process to perform work, or temporarily combine something to achieve a specific target.
Examples:
• The blacksmith needs to join two pieces together and needs a medium to weld them together
• Using needles to enter medical solutions
Principle 25: Self-Service
Making the system self-serve by performing support functions such as maintenance, handling differences, and using wasted resources
Examples:
• Laser Doors that operate open automatically
• Autopilot
Principle 26: Copying
Using a copy of the thing or system is simpler and more expensive and can be reduced or enlarged as needed
Instead of an unavailable, expensive, fragile object, use simpler and inexpensive copies.
Replace an object, or process with optical copies.
We could copy the design of abbreviated scuba diving wet suits for use as a bullet proof garment.
Examples:
• Gold and mobile stores offer copies, not original goods
• Listening to lectures from net instead of direct attendance
Principle 27: Cheap Short-Living Objects
Replace an inexpensive object with a multiple of inexpensive objects, comprising certain qualities.
Examples:
• Plastic utensils in restaurants
• The tent instead of the room.
Principle 28: Replacement of mechanical system
Replacing mechanical means with sensory ones (auditory - visual - tasting- olfactory) and using electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields to interact with events
Transition from stationary to moving fields, and from irregular to regular fields
Examples:
• To detect narcotics, the search is by a mechanical machine, such as metal detectors, etc., or by manual searches. Using this principle, sniffer dogs are trained to detect narcotics.
• Eye or ear prints to detect thefts instead of fingerprints
Principle 29: Pneumatic or Hydraulic Construction
Replacing the solid state in the body or system with liquid or gas, that is, by swelling these things with water and air
Examples:
• Scouts and armies carry tents and beds - plastic that inflate when sleeping
• Use of an inflatable lifeboat
• Children's pools that inflate when needed
Principle 30: Flexible Membranes/Thin Films
The use of flexible membranes and thin films instead of 3D systems, and the object can also be isolated from its surroundings using membranes and thin films
Examples:
• Sunglasses
• Adding a thin layer to the glass with even if it breaks - will cohesive and does not cause damage
Farhan Hassan Al Shammari
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