also work as still cameras. However, innovators were also at work creating ever smaller hard drives for computers, which eventually allowed them to use this technology for image storage in digital cameras. At the same time, memory chips are becoming more powerful as well, making possible.... ...well, you get the idea. One invention leads to a myriad of innovative applications. Try the brainstorming techniques described below to see if you can create opportunities by applying new technologies to new and old problems or applications. Just as your first idea isn't likely to be your best idea, the first opportunity may not be the best either. For example, you may discover that the aging population will mean a growth in the health care field. But which part of this vast area holds the most and best opportunities? Home care? New drugs? Better nutrition? Health care centres? Education? Before you commit yourself to the hard work it will take to research an opportunity, make sure you've brainstormed as many variations of it as you can. Try the brainstorming activity below with your friends to see how many opportunities you can come up with. Keep the tips below in mind as you go. Tips for Maximizing Creative Activities Choose an unusual setting or rearrange the setting you're in. Humans tend to get into ruts, which restrict creative thinking. Try these activities outside, perhaps on your deck or in your backyard. Wear unusual clothing and arrange yourselves randomly, rather than sitting in ordered rows