My Research on Innovation Technology

Innovation Technology Floor

With the development of new technologies and methodologies, processes and criteria are changing in the fields of invention and innovation as well as in production. Similar to the understanding in production processes, speed, agility, almost complete accuracy and quality are sought in invention and innovation. In order to meet these conditions, we now have methods, tools and techniques such as simulation, modeling, rapid prototyping, reverse engineering, virtual reality, data mining, big data and analytics, as well as known informatics, communication, Internet and media facilities. These make up the branches, sub-branches, and objects of a technology - exactly as Brian Arthur expresses it in his book. For this reason, we can talk about innovation technology by bringing together the concepts of systems theory, technology and innovation. In this new technological environment, we can predict that the phenomenon of innovation - in terms of permanence at macro and micro scales, competitiveness, sustainability and value added growth - can become much more effective, efficient and powerful.

Another development took place in the fields of idea development, design and prototype development. Before 1980, it was costly to set up a development workshop (experimental laboratory). Many of the hardware you can see in a factory environment today can be used as desktop tools for a small workshop to buy and experiment at reasonable prices. In other words, there are so many possibilities to invent and innovate and to develop them on an experimental scale - just like playing a game.

Business-Business Ecosystem

The ecosystem of doing business is changing. Markets and customers have different characteristics than in the past. Business idea development, design and production processes are also differentiating in order to respond to changing needs and demands. Understanding this change is important because only in this way can innovation be achieved to better evaluate, reorganize and gain advantages in economic, social and environmental resources.

Innovation is a topic, a cluster of questions, and a challenge for every function and process in a business. Today, the attitude they take in the face of innovation is decisive in the ups and downs of industries and businesses. Market examples show that industries and businesses that can combine the demands and needs of the market with appropriate technological facilities provide a sustainable competitive advantage. The issue here is not a one-off innovation initiative, but the assimilation of the innovation philosophy to the entire industry or business. Assimilating innovation to the sector or business is an integral and indispensable element of today's corporate change management approach.

For economies, industries, and businesses, innovation has two important non-destructive features. First, innovation provides the opportunity to prepare for the world of the future and to face the future. Second, effective and efficient use of resources emerges with a better understanding of the innovation process. We live in a period in which markets and customers are more knowledgeable and experienced. In addition to this accelerated development, technological advances create new opportunities and threats. In the face of this reality, it seems inevitable for sectors and businesses to better understand and internalize the innovation process.

Definitions

Before going any further, it is useful to return briefly and recall a few definitions on the subject. Technology is a repeatable man-made - artifact. It is created through experiential practice and the knowledge that creates and develops it. Technology reveals itself in new products, processes and systems that contain knowledge and ability to be reproduced.

Invention is the creation of an idea and its reduction to the application level. Different from invention, innovation includes all the activities needed for the commercialization of new technologies. In essence, innovation is the transformation of new ideas into successful business gains. For this reason - in short - it is defined as a profitable innovation. The concept of innovation includes scientific, technological, financial and other business-related activities aimed at a new product, service or business model. As understood; Innovation is a process of change and transformation that concerns the entire enterprise — which can vary in scale — and aims at higher added value.

Innovation technology, on the other hand, is a structure that consists of the information, experience, equipment, methods and techniques required to innovate in the sector or business. In summary; innovation technology, “How is innovation done here?” that can be directed to a business that has absorbed innovation. is the answer to the question.

Innovation Technology

There is an unbreakable link between science and technology. Scientific knowledge leads to the production of new technologies. In turn, science uses technologies to generate new knowledge. A similar relationship exists between innovation and technology. The innovation technology of the industry or business affects the production of creative work, the production of information, the quality of processes and the success of innovation first hand.

Innovation technology also has an impact on our perception and foresight of innovation. It also determines the way we think, design, develop, prototype, test and experience new products, services, processes and business models. Innovation technology can be articulated with advanced manufacturing and operation technologies. It can benefit from computer aided hardware, marketing and customer relations systems in its processes. Innovation technology serves as a technological environment and tool for the variety of inputs involved in the innovation process.

Open and Free

Scientific developments and new technologies are changing in a way that transforms economic, social and cultural life. It will continue to change by accelerating. We will see the reflections of this trend in the field of innovation technology. Innovation technology, which will constantly renew itself, will be different from the invention and innovation processes we have seen in the past. The new innovation technology, the first of which we are seeing, will increasingly use the possibilities, tools and most importantly speed of information and communication technologies. In addition to the increasing and diverse use of the Internet, new information and communication equipment will be gradually introduced, while the use of open system software will become widespread. Meanwhile, it should be noted that the further development and use of open (free) software threatens the industrial age (such as patents) intellectual property understanding. One of the trends that will determine the innovation technologies of the coming period will be the developments on this basis.

New scientific and technological developments (especially the Internet and new applications and platforms in this environment) will affect the process of thinking, developing and doing innovation. On thinking and creating ideas; E-science and e-technology themed virtual research communities to be established thanks to new e-applications will develop new opportunities in finding, producing and processing data and information. Artificial intelligence and network computing will be among the factors that create important opportunities in this field.

New Conditions of Innovation

Until recently, post-idea development was done on paper. With the new possibilities in computer hardware and software, the development process started to be transferred to virtual environments. In the current situation, there are many computing tools, methods and techniques to develop (test, try, make a mistake, change) the idea towards application - or commercialization. Also, many of them are available as open software. Thanks to new technological possibilities, the process from idea to product design has turned into a game for adults.

Approaches such as simulation, modeling and visualization are used in the play development process. Computer-aided design and virtual reality technologies provided this. On the other hand, the availability of desktop types of many machines used in a large factory or workshop (such as 3D printer, CNC lathe, saw, drill, etc.) in the market at reasonable prices increases the possibilities of sample development. In terms of bringing the design development process closer to production, possibilities such as reverse engineering and prototyping provide speed and cost reduction (due to risk reduction by preventing faulty mass production).

New Age

Consider the change in water state. Water, which receives a certain level of heat energy, turns into steam when it reaches the required threshold. Such are the effects of science and technologies on economic, social, cultural and industrial life. For today's business world, research, development, engineering, and even invention-innovation concepts and institutions, many of which were defined in the Industrial Age, are not sufficient. The relationship between the concepts of industry and university, research and engineering as well as with each other needs to be redefined. These and similar reasons require us to look at innovation as a process and technology rather than a one-off activity.

Today's scientific and technological opportunities create such a necessity and need on the one hand, and provide the necessary environment, tools, methods and techniques on the other hand. I think that innovation should be given importance for more innovation.