valley of death n.— «Several speakers referred to the difficulty in getting an innovation from the idea stage to the commercial stage, a gap referred to as the “valley of death.” Andrew Dearing, secretary general of the European...
WiTricity n.— «Realizing their recent theoretical prediction, they were able to light a 60W light bulb from a power source seven feet (more than two meters) away; there was no physical connection between the source and the appliance. The...
emotimapping n.— «Over 60 young people aged 7�19 from the two areas used an innovative research technique called �emotimapping� to tell the county council how they feel about the area in which they live. They went out �on...
janteloven n.— «He thinks that Danish culture’s focus on the concept of “janteloven,” which holds that no person is better than another, may make companies more open to ideas from their users. The Danish company Lego is famous for tapping...
MTBOO n.— «MTBOO…Mean Time Between Other Offers. It is commonly held that MTBOO for software engineers is 9 months.» —“Get that Gazelle Out of My Space!” by Eliot Redmond Innovation Dec., 2005. (source:...
crater
n.— «Crater…A company that received venture capital that went bankrupt. » —“Get that Gazelle Out of My Space!” by Eliot Redmond Innovation Dec., 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)