Category Archives: Disruption

Nanofibers in Application: Dialysis using Zeolites in an Electrospun NF Web

Posted on March 14, 2014 by flybrand1976

The popular press has picked up on the publication of,  Fabrication of zeolite–polymer composite nanofibers for removal of uremic toxins from kidney failure patients by a team out of WPI-MANA.  Unfortunately, this article ties together many sensationalist components that are commonly … Continue reading →

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New Products: What We Study

Posted on March 13, 2014 by flybrand1976

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children … Continue reading →

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Reading and Listening to Revolutionary America

Posted on March 11, 2014 by flybrand1976

The American revolution is fascinating from a political, military, economic and social standpoint.  I didn’t fully appreciate its importance until moving to Virginia for college.  When reading, listening and learning about this time period, I look at things in three … Continue reading →

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Insights from Aviation and Aerospace on Innovation and Disruption

Posted on March 10, 2014 by flybrand1976

There are no shortage of insights to be taken from the aviation and aerospace industry.  Any achievements are made in public – the Wright’s couldn’t hide their practice sessions in Ohio, Sputnik’s surface reflected in the night sky as it … Continue reading →

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In 2008 We Never Expected Tesla’s GigaPlant

Posted on March 5, 2014 by flybrand1976

At the outset of the most recent financial downturn in 2008 enthusiasm grew for funding materials science research into energy storage.  The thought at the time was that manufacturing in this sector could ease employment concerns.  Concerns about global energy … Continue reading →

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Podcast Innovations RFP

Posted on March 3, 2014 by flybrand1976

I’m at a truce with my podcast listening experience.  I’m very grateful to the show hosts – if anything I feel like I have a connection and personal relationship with them far beyond what I experince with other media.  However, … Continue reading →

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Aviation and Aerospace Innovation

Posted on March 2, 2014 by flybrand1976

The history of aviation and aerospace is fascinating because the achievements were technically challenging and the impact on society has been so clear.  Through the major phases of the industry’s growth ideas evolved across the globe, with the pioneers taking … Continue reading →

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Favorite Podcasts

Posted on March 1, 2014 by flybrand1976

My first digital music player was a Rio, and I first signed up for the iTunes store in 2005. But for a music phase in high school, Bob Dylan is the only artist for which I’ve regularly kept a music … Continue reading →

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Superbowl Post: Playing a Different Game

Posted on February 2, 2014 by flybrand1976

In 1906 the rules were modified to allow the forward pass American Football (aka “Gridiron”), defining the schism between football and rugby and enabling those teams that made use of the play to dominate their opponents.  If you had the … Continue reading →

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Our Gladwellian Future

Posted on November 17, 2013 by flybrand1976

Gladwellian stories are those that take a common assumption and then overturn it with data. As the cost of generating data decreases, and as inaccurate data grows, the genre finds itself in an arms race.  Determining what is enough data … Continue reading →

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