TRIZ Examples — Systematic Innovation and Problem Solving

Explore TRIZ, the science of systematic innovation created by Genrich Altshuller after analyzing over 200,000 patents. Learn how its 40 inventive principles and contradiction matrix make invention predictable — from the Fosbury Flop to zero-energy cooling and adaptive wings. TRIZ is a powerful reminder that great inventions are rarely accidents. Genrich Altshuller built TRIZ by analyzing hundreds of thousands of patents and finding that breakthrough solutions follow repeatable patterns. This video shows how innovation can be taught as a method, not treated as a mysterious talent. The core idea is simple: every tough problem hides a contradiction, and TRIZ provides structured tools for turning that contradiction into a new design. You will learn the logic behind the 40 Inventive Principles and see them working in real, famous examples. We walk through the Fosbury Flop as a clean case of “moving to another dimension,” explain how a zero-energy Zeer pot refrigerator uses evaporative cooling to solve off-grid food storage, and show why the Phillips screw was designed to self-center and prevent over-tightening. We then connect these stories to the contradiction matrix and the laws of technical system evolution, which TRIZ uses to forecast where technologies tend to go next. By the end, you will see why TRIZ is not a theory about being clever, but a practical engine for generating cleverness on demand.

In This Video You Will Learn
What TRIZ is and why Altshuller created it from patent evidence
How the 40 Inventive Principles guide real inventions
How to spot the core contradiction inside any hard problem
Why the Fosbury Flop is a textbook TRIZ solution
How zero-energy refrigeration works and why it matters globally
Why the Phillips screw is a self-service, torque-limiting design
How the contradiction matrix turns trade-offs into solution pathways
How adaptive aircraft wings illustrate the principle of dynamics
What the laws of technical evolution predict about future tech
How to use TRIZ as a learnable, repeatable innovation skill

Timestamps:
00:00 Origins of TRIZ and Altshuller’s patent study
01:00 Patterns of invention and the 40 principles
02:00 Segmentation and modular containers
03:00 Preliminary action and prefabrication
04:00 Dynamics and adaptive systems
05:00 Fosbury Flop and moving to another dimension
07:00 Zero-energy refrigeration with the Zeer pot
09:00 Phillips screw and self-centering torque control
10:30 Finding contradictions in real engineering
11:30 How the contradiction matrix works
12:30 Adaptive wings in aircraft design
13:30 Laws of technical evolution and ideality
14:30 Predicting innovation and final insights

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