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		<title>Creativity and Innovation Can Be Learned</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2011/11/08/learn-creativity-innovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I make a distinction between creativity and innovation. I define innovation as &#8220;Profitably satisfying unmet desires.&#8221; Profitable doesn&#8217;t just mean money, it means better satisfying the desires of everyone involved. A new device or way of doing something won&#8217;t be accepted unless it makes things better for everyone who is needed to make it happen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3D Printer / CNC head positioning ideas</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2011/04/26/3d-printer-cnc-head-positioning-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ideas to make high precision low cost head positioning systems for 3D printer / fabricators / CNC machines. Precision stepper motors are expensive. What if you could use cheap analog motor? They could be very fast and cheap. Electrical Resistance Run a length of wire along each axis of the printer / fabricator / CNC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electric Drag Racer Sets Records</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2011/04/13/electric-drag-racer-sets-records/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2011/04/13/electric-drag-racer-sets-records/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plugin electric car beats gasoline muscle cars at drag racing. White Zombie set records with simple lead acid batteries. The fact this car was setting speed records using simple, reliable, cheap, lead acid batteries is the major innovation. The definition of innovation is: Profitably satisfy unmet desires Profitably doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean money, it means all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aquapod Emergency Water Storage</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2011/04/12/aquapod-emergency-water-storage/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2011/04/12/aquapod-emergency-water-storage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aquapod Emergency Water Storage is a low cost way to safely store 65 gallons of clean water, a 14 day supply for a family of four. http://www.aquapodkit.com/index.html Not exactly an overlooked innovation since the plastic technology to make this cheap is fairly new. This does use an existing resource, the bath tub, to provide the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to innovate: Sony camcorder with projector</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2011/04/11/how-to-innovate-sony-camcorder-with-projector/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2011/04/11/how-to-innovate-sony-camcorder-with-projector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adding features]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[function]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outcome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outcome Based Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portable projector innovation skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prediction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The full list of outcomes for video is: Recording Storing Editing Locating / Selecting Viewing Disposing Doing each of those anywhere, anytime, for whoever, for the price desired with no hassle is the ultimate. Including a projector on the camcorder satisfied an outcome that was under-satisfied. It also utilized existing components so the extra feature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s fashion innovation hides camel toe</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2011/04/11/womens-fashion-innovation-hides-camel-toe/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2011/04/11/womens-fashion-innovation-hides-camel-toe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camel toes occurs when a woman&#8217;s pants are too tight the fabric rides up expose the shape of her intimate area. Smooth Groove prevents the embarrassing effect. This product follows in a long line of women&#8217;s undergarments that strategically reveal or conceal some portion of the figure. The obvious solution for camel toe is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctors save left foot by attaching it to right leg</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2011/04/07/doctors-save-left-foot-by-attaching-it-to-right-leg/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2011/04/07/doctors-save-left-foot-by-attaching-it-to-right-leg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://markproffitt.com/?p=909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctors in China use many principles of Predictive Innovation&#174; to save a man&#8217;s foot when it was cut off in an accident. http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Doctors_put_left_foot_on_right_leg The man&#8217;s foot was cut off because of an accident. The damage to the leg prevented the foot from being immediately reattached. So there was a dilemma. Must re-attach the foot to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Form of Life, Discovery Published Creative Commons</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2011/03/24/new-form-of-life-discovery-published-creative-commons/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2011/03/24/new-form-of-life-discovery-published-creative-commons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abundance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist reports a new form of life was discovered, very interesting. The actual scientific article is released with a Creative Commons license, awesome. Economists summary http://www.economist.com/node/18437900?story_id=18437900 Actual scientific article http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018011 Be Sociable, Share! Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>Secret to why McDonald&#8217;s Coke Tastes Best</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2011/02/15/secret-to-why-mcdonalds-coke-tastes-best/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2011/02/15/secret-to-why-mcdonalds-coke-tastes-best/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://markproffitt.com/?p=878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone who sells Coca-Cola fountain drinks uses the same syrup and fountain machines but McDonald&#8217;s tastes better. Learn McDonald&#8217;s impossible innovation. If you&#8217;ve ever bought a Coca-Cola from a gas station soda fountain you&#8217;ve probably noticed it doesn&#8217;t taste the same as Coca-Cola from McDonald&#8217;s. You might have noticed that a Coke from other restaurants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ham boning robot, Abundance Report</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2011/02/11/ham-boning-robot-abundance-report/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2011/02/11/ham-boning-robot-abundance-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meat cutting is a dangerous, physically stressful, and tedious job. Replacing human meat cutters with robots is all around better if the humans have an income. The representative repeatedly says the robots can cut oddly shaped soft objects. He is making clear that cutting ham is not the only use. The robot can cut a [...]]]></description>
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