Innovation in job loss

The Boston Globe ran an interesting online story today about airline design innovation.
The story tells how Emil Jacob, a man who recently lost his job at an economics consulting company, came to invent and patent a new airplane seating system to create less cramped conditions for passengers riding coach.
At a time when bad news keeps on coming for the economy and job market, this story highlights the opportunity one man made of his unemployment to follow other interests and better the services of an industry.
Finding positive stories in a dark economic time is a true challenge for business journalists. Yet if it is done well, journalists can give much-needed hope and inspiration to their downtrodden readers.
View the story here.

What stories have you written covering the positive repercussions of the recession? Comment and let us know.