Popular Science came out with their list of products again. What all creativity can do! One of my favorites is the inverted chain saw - clever! The designers that came up with this concept really had to restructure the problem and let go of the traditional chainsaw concept.In past work we have shown that innovative products tend to possess certain characteristics and that the competition is unable to catch the innovators even after a few years in the market. Specifically, innovative products tend to hit on average three of the 13 innovation characteristics when compared to the competition. Below is a table with three past PopSci award winning products analyzed against these characteristics.
The chain saw above, by the way hits modified physical layout (chain on the inside), modified physical demands (no exposed chain, less kickback), and additional function (gripping branch while sawing).
