The whole history of human development, in essence, is a glorious history of invention. All aspects of human are all related to the invention and creation, such as clothing, food, housing, transportation and communication. Compared with the past, these entire have a big difference due to the scientists invent. It can even be said that, without invention, there is no human civilization and high-tech era. The invention, as the essential symbol of human progress and development, is full of meaning. The invention also played and will continue to play a huge role in the history of human civilization simultaneous. The main role of engineers is to find questions and to solve it which may come up in people’s daily life. When engineers solve a problem …show more content…
If an invention cannot be used in people’s life which means no one wants to buy it and there is no market for this invention. People can say that this invention was a failure. In order to avoid the invention failure, firstly, investors should determine target customer before they design. When inventor wants to invent a new product, he or she must research to determine target customer due to different products have a different market. There are many kinds of people live in the world, such as male, female or farmers, workers or children, the old. During the research, what are farmers need in their life or goods production? What are females and children’s need and hope? Making a specific investigation, such as the needs of the disabled, the disable can be divided into blind, deaf, hand and foot disability and so on. When inventor determines the invention of the target, it should be small rather than be large. The markets can get the guarantee when inventor chose the proper target customers. Secondly, determining the new products function is important to occupy the market. People’s needs can be divided into eating, wearing, living, commuting. The inventor should pay attention to the specific and uniquely functional so that the invention can guarantee the novelty of the product and make it successful. Thomas Edison who we thought to be the greatest inventor had gotten 1,093 patents in his life. Some of his …show more content…
Firstly, the inventor can make product confidentiality before applying for the patent. For instance, when inventing new products, the number of inventors in one project team should be reduced to a minimum, and ask everyone to assume the confidentiality obligations. The name of this project can be code. Before applying for the patent, the project does not hold any form of a press conference, do not publish papers, will not hold appraisal meeting. The purpose is not to let others understand the development trends and intentions of the new invention and avoid competition to apply for a patent, resulting in the infringement. Secondly, inventors should do patent literature research in the beginning. Nowadays, with the development of the science and technology, the rapid patent literature grows quickly and the most of the patents are improve the invention. So the patent application and the implementation must be checked before applying for the patent to avoid falling into the intellectual property scope of protection. It is absolutely not to have fluke mind, such as the kind of innovation that has not been found or there will not have the same invention in existence. Edison had a legal struggle because of the filament incandescent light bulb patent. The invention of incandescent lamp
It is important to protect a patent because of the potential economic value of the intellectual property. New machinery or industry processes can be sold or licensed to companies wanting to use the innovation for their own
Over the course of human history, we as a species have progressed an unimaginably large amount. The source of this progression? Innovation. Without innovation, there is no progression. This then begs another question: why do we innovate? The answer to this is simply that we have issues that we must overcome. We have to innovate to solve our problems, but then those leads to more problems, and therefore more innovation. Although this is a large scale example, the spirit of invention is also important in everyday life as we face our own smaller-scale problems. Without invention, how can we expect to get anywhere? How can we ever accomplish anything, or resolve anything? Without invention, we wouldn’t have electricity, automobiles, or television. We also wouldn’t have success, joy, or relationships, as there are problems that we must solve to
“A patent is an intellectual property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor “to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States” for a limited time in exchange for public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted.” ("Patents," 2014) There are three types of patents, utility, design, and plant. Utility patents protect useful process, machines, article of manufacture, and composition of matter. Design patents pro...
Individuals who are deaf or are hearing impaired are faced with many problems in today’s world. There are so many tasks and activities that are done today that deaf or hearing impaired people may have difficulty doing because of there handicap. There handicap used to stop them or inhibit them from doing something that they are interested in or there friends and neighbors would do. However in today there are new and different technologies, that help the deaf and hearing impaired in the activities in which they want to participate in which is hard for them to take part in because of there handicap. Technology is used to help with everyday tasks in the lives of deaf and hearing impaired individuals. With out this new technology which is being invented everyday, deaf and hearing impaired people may be considered to have a handicap which prevents them from certain activities, but this is not the case anymore, now these people just have different obstacles which through the use of technology they are learning to over come. They can do anything that regular normal range of hearing individuals can do, due to the new technology being invented everyday.
But Innovative is something most people can do. Making a telephone takes both creativity and innovative. According to “Source B,”in paragraph 2 the author states “Creativity is a function of knowledge, curiosity,imagination and evaluation.” By stating this means that when inventing something better than others most inventors had a vision which leads to the second evidence. Also in source b the author stated “that discovery may also spur an innovative idea of how to apply it.” This means, with the inventor’s vision or discovery, the can use it on their invention which is supposed to be something better than the old one. The telephone or any other invention takes an inventor to have a vision. So that vision leads to inventing something better that even more changed people’s lives. For instance, now with the telephone, people can call other people that is on the other side of the world. So the old telephones are like 2 cans and a long string attached to it. With the inventor’s vision, it made something better from going something like cans and a string to a
In the past society was able to advance because of science. science has played a major role in discovery. The product of these major discoveries was technology. Technology mankind would use to assist in the search for answers. Used most commonly as an extension of the human biology. The Hubble telescope is a great representation of this phenomenon because it extends our biological sense of sight. But now, in the twenty first century the idea that technology is assisting mankind, has long been abandoned by most people of the twenty first century. Due to ignorance and laziness of humankind, the role of technology as shifted from assisting people in problems, to providing answers to problems. For instance, people depend on google.com for everyday problems instead of solving the issue. In comparison to the society of “The Machine Stops” where technology...
The first principle of universal design is to make sure that the product is usable by persons with disabilities. Equitable design means products should be created in a way equivalent to products used by persons without special needs and does not alienate the user with special needs in anyway. Not only should the design be appealing, but also meet safety and privacy needs of the user (Connell, Jones, Mace, et al, 1997). The second principle also focuses on the use of the product. Flexibility in the design should accommodate a range of physical abilities, e.g. right or left handedness, and usage options (Connell, Jones, Mace, et al, 1997). Likewise, the design should facilitate the varying intellectual and physical skills of the intended user. Prompting and information should be simply arranged to meet user expectations.
According to the article “is scientific progress inevitable?” can understand that advances in technology are in the order of nature and advances in technology are regular. This article may be expanded many ideas about the progress and development of technology. Technology must be progress, but the progress of scientific discovery may not be able to promote social development in a short time. Although the power source of social development is the advancement of technology, but technology discovery just a part of system and it is an integral part, but only "essential" conditions, rather than "full" condition. Anyway, the article has made the readers to
Ever since the dawn of time, curiosity has driven mankind into the intriguing revolution of technology. Beginning with simple, fire-starting techniques by use of stick and stone and advancing into complex, space-exploring odysseys, civilization has created endless scientific and technological discoveries. By looking at this developmental progress, one can notice that culture as a whole has been and will continue to be affected by technology. In an era where this kind of change is rapidly increasing, there are those who are afraid of its power. But do these concerns outweigh the amount of positive influence that ever-evolving industrial science brings?
To many people, when they hear the word “invention” they think of clever gadgets and devices that are now commonplace. Such as the safety pin, zippers, computers, telephones, and cars- all of which have amazing stories behind them. However, the word “invention” actually goes back to the Latin word invenire for “to come upon.” Basically, an invention can be any tangible device or a process, which is brought about by the human imagination. Now, a lot of these inventions have helped shape America.
Technology Then to Now Throughout time, machines, no matter how simple or complex, have played a vital role in the development of civilization into the future. In other words, machines have played a part in helping our culture develop into what it has become today. This dates back to the beginning of time when an early man used a stick and a fulcrum (rock) to make a simple lever. Technology:
Technology has, since the primitive years, always been used to invent tools in order to solve problems. This would, in turn, simplify and make man’s life easier. Through advancements in the field, man has become more efficient on both the macro- and microscopic level. Anything can be attained with either the flip of a switch or the click of a mouse. One particular technology that came about at this time was the smartphone.
There are many periods in time that have been crucial in the development of human ideals and technology. One of the most important times was the Romantic Era. This period began in the late 18th century, and peaked around the 1850’s. It was embodied most strongly in the visual arts, music, and literature until Industrialization had come fully into effect. Because of all the variables and factors of the time, the world was ready for a new era, a modern era that advanced the world far beyond expectations. The Romantic Era was a time of innovation, social struggles, and major changes in industry and society, all due to Industrialization. One of the most important was all of the innovation that occurred.
Patents claims focus of the mechanism, principles and components surrounding those ideas. Patents are the strongest of the law to protect the intellectual property. Patent law is based on a very strict liability standard, making a business owner’s strongest option for intellectual property protection. Patents often make use of reverse engineering. Through reverse engineering, they see if patented inventions are in used by another company. Patents have an expiration date; the design patent protect design, shape, configuration and appearance of any invention for 14 years, and utility patents that protect functional makeover and new invention last for 20
Engineering is one of the oldest professions. About 4400 years ago Imhotep, the first documented engineer , built a famous stepped pyramid of King Zoser located at Saqqarah. With simple equipment and mathematics Imhotep built a monument that is standing to this day. For him greatest contribution to engineering was the discovery of the art of building with material such as stones. The people that followed him carried engineering to remarkable heights using human brain which gave them skill and imagination. Thanks to Vitruvius' De Architiectura which was published 1AD in Rome which survived and gave us a look at engineering education in ancient times.