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Ask HN: Other innovative companies like 3M?
What are some other innovative companies like 3M is/was reputed to be?
I had read some years ago in a book about various companies (most of them were American, IIRC) that 3M was a very innovative company and kept coming out with new products. Today I was buying some 3M product online and was reminded of that book, which triggered this question. Note: the companies could be into any field, not just physical products or software.
Thanks to all who reply.
- smt88 9y agoI'd argue that Microsoft is like that. Their research divisions create a lot of amazing things. They're just not very good at marketing those aspects of their company, although friends at Microsoft say some of the internal demo videos are breathtaking.
- georgewsinger 9y agoOut of curiosity: Besides the Hololens, what are some amazing things their research has generated in the past 10 years?
- smt88 9y agoPreventing SIDS via data analysis: https://news.microsoft.com/features/love-aaron-children-may-susceptible-sids/ https://news.microsoft.com/features/love-aaron-children-may-... Original Microsoft Surface (tabletop computing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxk_WywMTzc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxk_WywMTzc Real-time language translation on Skype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu9kMIeS0wQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu9kMIeS0wQ TouchWall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PimbkQNKzb4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PimbkQNKzb4 F#, TypeScript, P, and possibly other programming languages HoloDesk Kinect Industry-leading speech recognition: https://blogs.microsoft.com/next/2016/09/13/microsoft-researchers-achieve-speech-recognition-milestone/ https://blogs.microsoft.com/next/2016/09/13/microsoft-resear... HomeOS There are more, but I'm too lazy to Google it. They also had a dual-screen, folding tablet that I really wished had made it to the market, but I can't remember the name.
- vram22 9y agoInteresting list. Coincidentally, I was checking F# out briefly just a few days ago. Read a lot of positive things about it, including that some people think the language is fairly well-designed. I'm not a language design expert though, so can't comment its design. But this makes me want to try it out properly. Thank you.