Gene engineering-based innovation of manufactured products

With the similarity between the evolution of living beings and the development of manufactured products, gene-engineering techniques have been applied to develop a systematic design theory and methodology for product innovation. This innovation method is different from the conventional one as it innovates products via artificial differentiation of the virtual product chromosomes. It provides a logically structured process, which can reduce blindness to innovation. Since products have no physical chromosomes, their virtual chromosomes must be reverse-deduced according to their function requirements so that the new innovation method can be applied. This paper introduces the gene engineering based innovation method, discloses the contents and data structure of virtual product chromosomes and applies database techniques to edit and store product chromosomes.