On Saturday the final round of the IBM Ultimate Derby took place.  In the double elimination event, the HON #15 car placed…dead last!  However, this is not as bad as it sounds.  When you look at the times, out of 4 racers in this class, the HON car was a total of .03 seconds from [...]

Two very young designers, one of Priority Designs and the other of Facebook, gave an enlightening presentation on two different topics.  Going along with the Polar Opposites theme, one presented on the core of the design process, while the other presented on the forefront of design visualization.  The holy grail, or core, of design is [...]

Fitch gave an excellent presentation further defining the always vague concept of innovation.  The presentation broke the concept into two sections: being innovative and actual innovation.  The presenter from Fitch defined being innovative as a re-establishment of an existing product or solution.  Something that is not totally unique, but a new realization. An example that [...]

Friday’s general session included a very diverse group of speakers.  There were representatives from LPK Cincinnati, Hewlett Packard, as well as Hong Kong Polytechnic.  Lorraine Justice from HK Polytechnic presented a wonderful and interesting observation of China from a westerner’s perspective.  During her presentation she explained the positive growth and change of the Chinese labor [...]