Here is a way to get a Fresh Eyes approach to innovation. Let the military be your inspiration.

The military has one of the biggest research and development budgets of any institution on earth. As a result, they and their contractors come up with some pretty cool stuff.

Some of these ideas, even older ones, can be transferred to civilian life. Here is one idea.

Landing craft are ships that can be beached to offload troops, tanks and cargo. These craft were very important during D day.

So how could you adapt this idea to the civilian world? How about creating a "personal landing" craft. This smaller version of the military models could be used to move researchers and their equipment to remote islands. Or to let sportsmen take their 4 wheelers to places previously unavailable.

Using this Fresh Eye's approach, what other types of military hardware could you adapt to civilian use?