[ERPS] New lube, VTVL in Israel and TRIZ

[Yossi Preminger]

Hi all I'm cross posting this to Arocket and ERPS mailing lists.   The first (?) dry lubricant from Applied nanomaterials. http://www.apnano.com/ It's made of tiny in-organic balls. Should be good in extreme conditions like vacuum or cold.   Dr. Rafi Yoely is about to start flight testing of his flying car any day now. I actually saw the thing being taken to Ben-gurion airport ! I was driving along and I saw a 4x4 with a trailer carrying a weird shape covered in grey cloth, I nearly wet myself with excitement. Later it was confirmed in the newspaper. The car is powered by 4 diesel's driving 2 fans, with one engine out capability. Control is accomplished with lots of vanes like window shutters covering the fans. It's supposed to carry two people for one hour at 100kph. There's no web site but Yoeli is co-founder of http://www.aero-marine.design-development.com/   Now for the best part: TRIZ ! If any of you don't know what TRIZ is then you're in for a treat. TRIZ is Russian for Teorya Rishanye Izabritzelnyi Zadach. A theory for solving inventive problems. It's an amazing methodology designed to help solve technical contradictions. It helps define problems, free your mind from patterns and direct you to unconventional solutions. Here's a basic overview http://www.mazur.net/triz/ Other good sources are www.triz.org and http://www.triz-journal.com   TRIZ is bigger then DTC, VE, Taguchi and kaisen all together.       Have fun !         Yossi Preminger