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Solid Liquid Gas Field

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Mosquito beater.

Battery-operated necklace transmits a sonic repelling frequency.

Liquid snow chain

It hardens upon contact with water, and provides additional traction in icy and snowy conditions. Upon hitting dry asphalt again, it will simply erode away. It’s allegedly completely biodegradable, so it won’t harm the environment.

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Inhaled insulin Contains a blister pack of insulin in the form of dry powder. To release the powder, the user presses a button and inhales the powder.

No ink pen The solid metal 'nib' consists of a metal alloy, that leaves a mark on most types of paper.

Solid Liquid Gas Field

3STATE - Sterilization

• Filter sterilization •Plasma Sterilization

•Chemical Sterilization

• Steam Sterilization

• Hot air Sterilization

• Ultra High Pressure

• Gas Sterilization

• Microwave Sterilization

• Flash Sterilization

• Radiation

Property 1 STATE

Solid Liquid Gas Field

Property 1 State4

Infrared thermometer to measure

UV toothbrushsanitizerto clean

Magnetic induction to charge

Ultrasound repellantto disperse

Laser to cut

Water powered calculatorto operate Ultrasound toothbrush

to clean

Liquid capsulesto absorb

Property 1 State5

Infrared BBQto cook

Air powered carto operate

No ink pen to operate

Liquid snow chainto grip

Magnetic laundry ballsto clean

Invisible lasersto charge

Magnetic tapeto hold

Property 1 State6

Negative pressure pumpto heal

Magnets to correctsunken chest

Electrical charge pain pen to heal

Ultrasound surgeryto grip

Gas chomotographerto detect skin cancer

Laser dentist drillto operate

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increase system compactness

increase user convenience

reduce number of systems

improve maintainability

change texture or how it feels

have a broader operating range

improve structural strength

help to achieve effective use of resources

reduce production cost

achieve opposite functions simultaneously

improve transportability

make it easier to mix with other substances

make it easily dissolvable

increase system flexibility

increase reactivity

change electrical characteristics

change optical characteristics

maintain temperature

add ability to change colour automatically

make it easy to apply

make environmentally friendly

make it difficult to replicate or copy

reduce time wastage

increase user convenience

improve system safetyimprove user safety

reduce human drudgery

increase accuracy

reduce cost

Benefits of STATE CHANGE

Solid

Liquid

Gas

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Product• ‘Yoghurt on a stick’ - frozen snack

food/ Frozen yoghurt- healthy alternative to ice cream.

• Jello/ Jello containing alcohol.• Kellogg’s Cereal and Milk bars-

utilize dried milk• Double cream/whipping cream• Coffee concentrate (instead of

instant powder) - probably better for tea!

• Sauce concentrates that change flavour depending on what is added e.g. Unox Townsend and Eine Sauce- which incorporates a concentrated sauce paste (parameter changes) to make one liter of brown, white or tomato sauce (increase dynamism).

• Crystal farms ‘Cheese in an aerosol’.

Process• Pump odour of freshly baked bread

around a supermarket• Irradiation• Ohmic heating• Intelligent microwaves• Heat a substance containing

ferromagnetic material by using varying magnetic field. When the temperature exceeds the Curie point, the material becomes paramagnetic, and no longer absorbs heat (not sure if this has any food application - yet)

• ‘Fresh-baked biscuit’ scent spray• Frozen foods - easy to

transport/store• Dehydration to inhibit microbial

growth.• Ice filtering in brewing-e.g. bud ice,

fosters ice.

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Product• Fluid clock • Inflatable furniture/mattress/etc • Gel filled shoe insole adapts to

user • Hovercraft , Gas bearings

Process• Transition from mechanical to hydraulic or pneumatic

systemsReplace a physical fence to confine a dog or cat with an acoustic "fence" (signal audible to the animal)

• Use a bad smelling compound in natural gas to alert users to leakage, instead of a mechanical or electrical sensor

• Finger-print/retina/etc scan instead of a key • To mix 2 powders, electro statically charge one positive

and the other negative • Magnetic bearings • Field activated switches • Early communications used omnidirectional broadcasting.

We now use antennas with very detailed structure of the pattern of radiation

• MRI scanners • Magneto-optic stress sensors • Heat a substance containing ferromagnetic material by

using varying magnetic field. When the temperature exceeds the Curie point, the material becomes paramagnetic, and no longer absorbs heat.

• Ferro-magnetic catalysts • Ferro-fluids • Electro-rheological fluids • Photochromic glass

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PULSATION

Property 2 PULSATION

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Continuous action Pulsating action Resonance mode

Property 2 Pulsation

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Vibrating paintbrushto apply

Pulsating toothbrushto clean

Pulsating light therapyto operate

Pulsating razor to cut

Vibrating mascarato apply

Vibrating sieve to filter

Bone conduction hearing aidto disperse

Vibrating hair brush to break

Property 2 Pulsation

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Pulsating headphonesto indulge

Vibrating wood weldingto join

Pulsed water coolingto cool

Vibrating mouseto relax

Vibrating GPS ringsto guide

Pulsating ionic hair dryer to dry

Soundbug surface speaker to disperse

Pulsating sinus irrigationsystem to clean

Benefits of Property 2 Pulsation

increase system efficiency

reduce user effort

reduce cost

increase adjustability or adaptability

increase magnitude of useful effect

decrease user involvement

reduce materials used

add a new function or integrate another function

improve user safety

increase efficiency of useful effect

introduce time measurement capability

add new function by using available resources

increase user feedback

add sensatory information to repel or attract

add ability to change colour automatically

add sound reflection

copy form of other objects

increase use of colour

reduce energy cost

make the ideal "no"

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Pulsated action

Property 2 Pulsation

Product• Musical instrument • Dog-whistle (transmit sound

outside human range) • Tuning fork, Increase action of a

catalyst by vibrating it at it’s resonant frequency

• Washing machine/dish-washer water injection operates uses different cycles for different load types Clean barrier filters by back-flowing them when not in use

• Hitting something repeatedly with a hammer

Process• Pulsed water jet cutting • Mixing alloys in an induction furnace • Electric carving knife with vibrating blades • Shake/stir paint to mix before applying • Electric vibrators improve fluid atomisation

from a spray nozzle • Hammer drill, Vibration exciter removes voids from poured

concrete • Vibrate during sieving operations to improve throughput• Ease bottle cleaning by pulsing washing action at resonant

frequency of bottles • Ultrasonic cleaning, Non-destructive crack detection using

ultrasound • Pulsed bicycle lights make cyclist more noticeable to drivers • Pulsed vacuum cleaner suction improves collection performance • Destroy gall stones or kidney stones using ultrasonic resonance • Quartz crystal oscillations drive high accuracy clocks • Sono-chemistry Combined ultrasonic and heating in drying

operations • Replace a continuous siren with a pulsed sound • Replace a pulsed siren with sound that changes amplitude and

frequency • Brush between suction pulses in vacuum cleaner

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Pulsated action

Solid Segmented solid Solid powder

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FRAGMENTATION

Property 3 FRAGMENTATION

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Property 3 Fragmentation

Pots that can cook different dishes at the

same timeBy cooking more than one

food in the same water you will not only save time, but

energy, too.

Brabantia Twin Bin – 2 areas for waste

seperation

Winggrid

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Property 3 Fragmentation

Segmented wheel to grip

Segmented Mirra chair to recycle

Segmented sofa to assemble

5 separate knivesto protect

Powdered pancake mixto mix

Calorie packsto measure

Segmented crutchesto dispose

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Property 3 Fragmentation

Segmentation in customer paying scheme

Offer different customers different paying schemes

Segmentation in packaging

•Offer different customers different possibilities according to bulk packaging and delivery•Hospital containers, UN containersSegmentation in customer approach

•Different approach according to customer•Greetinq:Dedicated voicemail to different callers

Pay as you drive• New insurance business models dependent

on kilometers• Pay as you use teachers/trainers time

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Solid

Segmented solid

Solid powder

BENEFITS of Fragmentation

change object shape

make simple measurements

improve aesthetic appearance

reduce size of a system

reduce production time

achieve opposite functions simultaneously

make it easier to mix with other substances

seperate different functions

improve integrity of joint

reduce energy usage

have more compact folding

increase system flexibility

create the ability for more customization

reduce assembly time/cost

increase use of colour

create a more modular or stackable component assembly

divide it into small portions

make it easily dissolvable

seperate different functions

reduce waste of materials

Product• Have a range of different focal length

lenses for a camera • Gator-grip socket spanner • Multi-pin connectors • Bubble-wrap • Multiple pistons in an internal

combustion engine • Multi-engined aircraft • Loose-leaf paper in a ring-binder • Pocket-spring mattress

Process• Multi-blade cartridge razors • Multi-zone combustion systems • Stratification of different

constituents inside a chemical process vessel• Rapid-release bicycle saddle/wheel/etc

fasteners • Quick disconnect joints in plumbing and

hydraulic systems • Single fastener V-band clamps on flange

joints • Use of multiple control surfaces on

aerodynamic structures • 16 and 24 valve versus 8 valve internal

combustion engines • Build up a component from layers (e.g.

stereo-lithography, welds, etc)

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Fragmented

Property 3 Fragmentation

Product• Separate ‘fruit’ and ‘yoghurt’ portions in a

yoghurt container• TV Dinners• ‘Salt’n’Shake’ potato chips contain separate

sachet of flavouring• Cheese slices• Striped (tooth)paste container• Individual cup coffee sachets• Segmented Garlic Bread/ French Baguettes • DairyLea Lunchables• Silver-foil milk bottle tops• Microwave dinners where no removal of

packaging or film piercing is needed??• Turn two pot yoghurts into three-pot yoghurts• ‘One-cup’ tea-bags• Multiple small doors on frozen-food cabinets• Variety-pack cereals• Crushed ice • ‘Sandwich pickles’ - pickles chopped to sizes

consistent with expected height of a sandwich

Process• Ice cubes• ‘Just add hot water’ snack pots• Tear-strip/weak-point/etc

openings

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Property 3 Fragmentation

Fragmented