The idea was advanced as a budget-cutting measure — a way to shave millions from the cash-strapped state's expense sheet — and it called forth the sort of instant, intense hostility that often signals that an inspired notion, truly innovative, truly new, has, by some miracle, entered politics.
Innovative twists include the notion of renting versus owning, as we shift into the era of the "sharing economy" and "collaborative consumption", in which the value of "on-demand access" often outweighs "ownership" — exemplified by rental clothing startup Le Tote.
Based on this notion, many innovative methodologies have been proposed to predict or prioritize protein-coding genes for complex diseases [ 1- 3, 7, 11, 12].
Perhaps more striking, in the seven years since rock stardom killed Kurt Cobain, bands struggling to make innovative music have abandoned notions of sole authorship and rock celebrity.
When, in the early nineties, Snapple paired kiwi with strawberry flavoring for its juice drink, the notion was considered highly innovative.
Perhaps Jürgen Zöllner, Berlin's new senator for education, who has a reputation for being innovative, will take a shine to the notion.
Touring from the Honolulu Academy of the Arts, this show takes a look at the career of an innovative architect and designer who pioneered the notion of site-sensitive planning and design along with the concept of sustainable building.
The notion of redesigning the chair for a modern, innovative, design-centric world seems similar to redesigning the wheel.
