The hexagon of ideas: After X, what's next?
After X is invented, how can you use it to invent new stuff? And remember, you don't have to have invented X to use it.
The techniques suggested here are:
Generalizing to another dimension (X to Xd).
Fusion of the dissimilar (X + Y).
Finding all nails for a hammer (X).
Finding all hammers for a nail (X).
Adding an adjective (X++).
Doing exactly the opposite (X).
