# fundamental innovation

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## Q&A: Rethinking how innovation happens

DevFeed: [Q&A: Rethinking how innovation happens](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/q-a-rethinking-how-innovation-happens-37979.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/qa-eugene-fitzgerald-rethinking-how-innovation-happens-0817>)

Author: Jason Sparapani | Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Published: 2026-08-17T19:50:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [MIT AI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

Topics: [Materials science and engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/materials-science-and-engineering.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/implementation.md>)

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### AI overview

MIT professor Eugene Fitzgerald discusses his book The Invisible Engine: Why Innovation Evades Control, drawing on research programs and his experience co-inventing strained silicon. He describes innovation as an intersection of science, economics, market applications, technology, implementation, and society.

### Source excerpt

In his latest book, Professor Eugene Fitzgerald examines the forces that turn breakthroughs into value -- and why innovation resists simple formulas.