Tool: The Hunch Engine

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NOVEMBER 27, 2006

STORY TOOLS

INSIDE INNOVATION -- IN SHORT

Tool: Innovation Radar

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Tool: The Hunch Engine

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Tool: Mental Models

INSIDE INNOVATION -- IN SHORT

Tool: The Hunch Engine

What to do when mere human brainstorming leads nowhere fresh? One option is to jump-start conversations using Icosystem's Hunch Engine. The software delves into the characteristics of products, images, or names that appeal to a client. It then applies those characteristics to the automated design of new objects (which can be displayed onscreen). The Hunch Engine can be customized for corporate clients -- customers include Eli Lilly -- to design drug combinations for pharmaceutical companies, combine colors and patterns for designers, or analyze components of cars or airplanes to come up with creative combos of parts. Icosystem is now experimenting with a version that will spit out striking, original brand or product names.

By Reena Jana

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