What is Technology Reformatting©?
Technology Reformatting© is a creative process for uniquely tailoring technologies from different industries to provide solutions to important and difficult business issues.

How does Technology Reformatting© Work?
Reformatting technologies is a complex process and requires an in-depth understanding of material sciences from diverse industries, as well as a thorough understanding of physical and engineering sciences. Technology Reformatting© uses a extensive network of world class experts, numerous knowledge databases, leading edge strategic technical insights and innovative thought processes to adjust and augment the technology imported from a different industry to function as required in the new application.

The changes necessary to reformat the imported technology (or technology components) are highly varied depending on the specific imported technology and new end use application. For explanatory purposes, a partial list of reformatting parameters that may be necessary to meet new end use requirements is provided below:

• Resizing - The imported technology embodiment may be too large, too small or the wrong shape to fit into the new end product.
• Power Parameters - The original power requirements may be different in voltage, wattage, amperage and or source (such as battery or electrical outlet).
• Environmental Conditions - The imported technology may be required to work in a different environment than its original design -- which could be more or less strenuous. For example, in its new environment, the imported technology may need to work submerged underwater rather than exposed to dry air, function in an acidic rather than a basic environment, or perform at an elevated temperature instead of ambient conditions.
• Reliability Requirements - The reliability requirements of the imported technology may need to increase or decrease. For example, the imported technology may have been adopted from an extremely high reliability/expensive application. As such, in its new application, the reliability requirements may only be a fraction of the reliability required for the original application. Conversely, the new application could have significantly greater reliability requirements, which would stretch the capabilities of the imported technology.
• Bundled Technologies Considerations - In some cases, a number of diverse technologies from disparate industries may be bundled together to deliver a superior solution. In these situations, the reformatting challenge centers on making the technologies compatible with each other. Ideally, the bundled technologies would work synergistically. However, at a minimum, the bundled technologies must not significantly interfere with one another.

Technology Reformatting© works in conjunction with internal resources or independently, based on the client’s interests and resources -- with the goal of adapting technologies from diverse industries to provide superior solutions in new industries.

Innovation Spectrum™ offers a number of services to help your company:

• Product and Package Innovation and Development
• Developing Critical Consumer and Technology Insights and Linkages
• Strategic Planning for Product and Package Development
• Enhancing Organizational Innovation Effectiveness
• Technology Scouting©
• Technology Reformatting©
• Disruptive Challenges©

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