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1 INVENTION
Invention by lone inventors or in collaborative, creative teams is at the forefront of
design. Designers must not only be creative and innovative, but also understand the
concepts that will make a new product viable. A designer must use imagination and be
firmly grounded in factual and procedural knowledge while remembering the needs and
limitations of the end user.
Inventions are often the result of an individual or group’s curiosity about whether
something can be done or a problem can be solved. On occasion, inventions are the
result of an individual’s curiosity about something other than the product that they finally
develop. These inventions include microwave ovens, ink-jet printers and Post-it® notes.
● Famous inventions.
● Times 2018 best inventions.
● Some inventions by women
● Women Inventors
● Comic Book Inventions that became real!
● 10 comic book inventions
Read these:
● Coca-Cola
● Invention-vs-Innovation
Motivators for Invention
Activity: Find two novel products or inventions (see links posted above or others you
may have found). Explain how those inventions include one or more of the drivers listed.
Activity: Watch the above videos. Find another 5 different accidental inventions.
Include an image and a 1 line sentence how it was accidental. Post it on the Padlet.
NB: cant watch the youtube videos then follow this link to Accidental Inventions.
Advantages Disadvantages
Term: IP – A legal term for intangible property such as “creations of the mind” such as
inventions and designs that are used in a commercial setting. Intellectual property is
protected by law.
Term: Patents – An agreement from a government office to give someone the right to
make or sell a new invention for a certain number of years.
Term: Copyright, © – A legal right that grants the creator of an original work exclusive
ownership for its use and distribution. Usually for a limited time and within geographical
boundaries, copyright allows the creator to receive compensation for their intellectual
effort.
Term: Service Mark (SM) – A trademark used to identify a service rather than a
product.
Term: Patent Pending – An indication that an application for a patent has been applied
for but has not yet been processed. The marking serves to notify those copying the
invention that they may be liable for damages (including back-dated royalties), once a
patent is issued.
First to Market
Term: First to Market – The first product of this type to be rushed onto the market.
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Saehan and Rio MP3 players pple Newton – the first PDA
Shelved Technologies
Term: Technology that is shelved for various reasons. Sometimes shelved technologies
will be rediscovered or taken off the shelf.
● Social.
○ Market is not yet ready for change.
○ Examples, smart glasses, self driving cars or collision avoidance
technology
● Technology.
○ Is not resolved sufficiently to introduce the product. In other words
the science behind the technology exists but making it into viable
product does not.
○ Examples, smart glasses, flexible phones (flexible glass has been
around a while), touch screen smart phones.
● Timing.
○ Products are introduced in a strategic order.
○ To improve market viability – gain
● Cost/Price.
○ Product is not released until the technology becomes affordable.
○ Often new technology or products are expensive (first iPhone)
therefore there may not be a market (consumers not willing to spend
the money – ie value for money)
● Dyson shelved smart glasses 10 years before google – The Guardian Article .
● Google shelves their smart glasses – The Irish Times article.
International Mindedness
The role of intellectual property and patents in stifling or promoting inventions globally
needs to be considered, especially with regard to the inequalities between countries.
Theory of Knowledge
What is the role of imagination in invention? Are there limits to what can be imagined?
Something Extra …
● Not all companies that come up with great inventions are good innovators,
take Xerox’s PARC research centre for example, they invented personal
computers and the GUI interface long before Apple Inc. In fact Apple bought
the GUI from them and made into what it is today! The Xerox star.
● BBC Jeremy Clarkson – Inventions That Changed the World on Youtube.
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