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  • 22 Mar 2018
    Huub Ehlhardt, Arthur O. Eger

    On the origin of the LED lamp

    The incandescent lamps was the killer application of the electrification. Just a couple of years ago we decided to say goodbye to this lighting workhorse. A first assumed successor – the CFL – was not embraced by consumers. Nevertheless it pioneered the transition to energy-efficient lighting. And now the LED lamp takes over. This article […]

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  • 15 Mar 2018
    Huub Ehlhardt, Arthur O. Eger

    On the origin of the smartphone

    In his fourth instalment, Huub Ehlhardt, co-author of On the Origin of Products, discusses the origins of the smartphone.

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  • 9 Mar 2018
    Huub Ehlhardt, Arthur O. Eger

    On the origin of the e-bike

    In his third post, Huub Ehlhardt, co-author of On the Origin of Products, discusses the origins of the electric bike.

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  • 5 Mar 2018
    Huub Ehlhardt, Arthur O. Eger

    On the origin of the word processor

    Word processor software has become an indispensable tool in our daily life. Remarkably, it appears that this software product evolved from the mechanical typewriter. This article is the second of a series of five on product evolution. They illustrate that technological evolution can explain ‘the origin of products’, although one of a different nature than we […]

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  • 21 Feb 2018
    Huub Ehlhardt, Arthur O. Eger

    On the origin of products

    In the first of a series of blog posts, Huub Ehlhardt, co-author of On the Origin of Products, asks: ‘Can product development be considered as an evolutionary process?'

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