1. Invention and Innovation

2. Important Terms Invention Innovation Discovery Creativity Patents
Trademarks
Copyrights
Science
Engineering
Technology
Design

3. Invention!
Invention can be thought of as a new manmade device or process.
An example of invention is the internal combustion engine invented in the 1800’s.
The internal combustion engine is used in cars, trains, trucks, lawnmowers, boats and many other applications.

4. Innovation
*An innovation can be define as simply a better way of doing things or an improvement to an existing product or invention.
Smithsonian

5. Evolution of the Telephone Alexander Graham Bell’s Phone 1876
Old Phone
Telephone
1st Cell Phone
March 6, 1983
Razr 2006

6. Old
Computers
Dell
Computers
2006

7. Discovery
Discovery is the primary process used in science to uncover new knowledge.
Thomas Edison invented over 1000 patents, but only made one scientific discovery. This discovery was called the “Edison Effect”.

8. Creativity The ability to see a problem in several dimensions.
The ability to truly understand the problem at hand.

9. Inventor Spotlight: Mike Augspurger
“If you want to make an improvement or an innovation or an invention the place to look is in yourself.” –Mike Augspurger
Mike is an expert cyclist, a machinist and a designer and builder of bicycles.
Early interest in go-karts and woodworking and machining.
Invented a sport hand cycle.
No formal training in mechanics.

10. Patents
Provide inventors with exclusive rights to manufacture a device for a period of time that has been fixed. (Currently 17 yrs.)
Assigned to individuals, not corporations.

11. The Original Patent The Innovations JBL Koss Apple Computer JBL
Ipod Skins

12. Patents Cont.
The inventor must keep dated logs in order to prove who invented something first.
“Patent Pending” – the inventor has applied for a patent, but not received it yet.

13. Trademarks
Trademarks give an individual or corporation a right to identify a product with a graphic symbol that customers can readily recognize for the quality and service they have earned.
Generally, a trademark has no time limit.

14. Trademark Examples
Nike
Mountain Dew
Abercrombie & Fitch
Adidas

15. Copyright ©
Copyright is related to the written material, graphic material, or music.
Copyright provide the creator the exclusive rights to their works for a definite period of time.
Copyright are extended to 50 years after the death of the artist.

16. Science The pursuit of new knowledge about nature.
Its primary goal is knowledge, not solutions to problems.

17. Science Science is the pursuit of new knowledge about nature.
Its main goal is knowledge, not solutions to problems.

18. Engineering
The profession in which knowledge of the Mathematical and natural sciences gained by study.
Engineering in the simplest sense is the deliberate, orderly process through which technology is created.

19. Technology
The innovation, change, or modification of the natural environment to satisfy the perceived human wants and needs.

20. Design
The process of designing solutions to technological problems – innovating and inventing.
LEGO
Rhino

21. History of Invention, Innovation and Discovery
The greatest difference between science and technology is purpose.

22. The main purpose of science was curiosity, where the main purpose of technology was a matter of survival.
Science and technology need and serve each other while serving mankind.

23. Early civilizations were based on just a few inventions:
Stonecutting
Spinning
Weaving
Surveying instruments
And more…
The plow
Handwriting
Metallurgy
Pottery
Brick making

24. 7 Mechanisms that affect Invention and Innovation
Deliberate search
Deliberate search for 1 thing that leads to something else
Totally unrelated developments have an effect on the main event

25. Military needs or military inventions give rise to intense development efforts and equally significant social change.
Result of religion
Weather & other natural forces
Pure accident

26. Invention, Innovation and Discovery Today
A few of the most influential factors which are of a different origin than the previous 7 mechanisms…

27. Information and Communication Technology
The faster we can communicate, the faster we can influence others with new inspiration and new inventions.
Specialization of knowledge and teamwork
The rise of organized science
In the past, discoveries often followed the practical application.
Technology preceded science
Today, technology rarely precedes science

28. The influence of government
The need for rapid wartime development of technology tends to push the envelope of efficiency.
The funding of research which is often available for the asking.
Government can also influence invention and innovation by legislation that creates the rules others must play by

29. Intellectual Property
To promote rapid growth of technology, there had to be something in it for both users and producers, and if the correct balance could be found, it would be good for the country.

30. Inventors Thomas Edison Benjamin Franklin Elijah McCoy Eli Whitney
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Ford