Invention
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
| Revision as of 09:39, 28 July 2010 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) ← Previous diff |
Revision as of 23:15, 18 November 2013 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) Next diff → |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
| An '''invention''' is a new composition, [[device]], or process. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing model or [[idea]], or it could be independently conceived in which case it may be a radical breakthrough. In addition, there is '''[[cultural invention]]''', which is an [[innovative]] set of useful [[social behavior]]s adopted by people and passed on to others. Inventions often extend the boundaries of human knowledge or experience. An invention that is [[novelty (patent)|novel]] and [[inventive step and non-obviousness|not obvious]] to [[person skilled in the art|others skilled in the same field]] may be able to obtain the legal protection of a [[patent]]. | An '''invention''' is a new composition, [[device]], or process. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing model or [[idea]], or it could be independently conceived in which case it may be a radical breakthrough. In addition, there is '''[[cultural invention]]''', which is an [[innovative]] set of useful [[social behavior]]s adopted by people and passed on to others. Inventions often extend the boundaries of human knowledge or experience. An invention that is [[novelty (patent)|novel]] and [[inventive step and non-obviousness|not obvious]] to [[person skilled in the art|others skilled in the same field]] may be able to obtain the legal protection of a [[patent]]. | ||
| + | ==Downside of inventions== | ||
| + | As [[Paul Virilio]] has noted, every new [[invention]] has a downside which we are unwilling to acknowledge in the name of [[progress]]: the invention of automobiles inaugurated car-[[crash]]es; the invention of nuclear energy, [[Hiroshima]] and [[Tchernobyl]]. The technologies of [[instant communication]]s have invented [[pure war]]. | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 23:15, 18 November 2013
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
An invention is a new composition, device, or process. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing model or idea, or it could be independently conceived in which case it may be a radical breakthrough. In addition, there is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social behaviors adopted by people and passed on to others. Inventions often extend the boundaries of human knowledge or experience. An invention that is novel and not obvious to others skilled in the same field may be able to obtain the legal protection of a patent.
Downside of inventions
As Paul Virilio has noted, every new invention has a downside which we are unwilling to acknowledge in the name of progress: the invention of automobiles inaugurated car-crashes; the invention of nuclear energy, Hiroshima and Tchernobyl. The technologies of instant communications have invented pure war.
See also
- List of Australian inventions
- Bayh-Dole Act
- Chindōgu
- Creativity
- Creativity techniques
- Diffusion of innovations
- EU Directive on the patentability of biotechnological inventions
- EU Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (proposed, then rejected)
- Discovery
- Edisonian approach
- The Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia
- Independent inventor
- International Innovation Index
- Invention promotion firm
- Inventive step and non-obviousness (patentability requirements)
- Inventor's Day
- Islamic inventions
- Kranzberg's laws of technology
- Lemelson-MIT Prize
- List of Chinese inventions
- List of Russian inventors
- Timeline of Russian inventions
- English inventions and discoveries
- List of Indian inventions
- List of United States inventions
- List of inventions named after people
- List of inventors
- List of prolific inventors
- Mad scientist
- Mind's eye
- Multiple discovery
- National Inventors Hall of Fame
- Technology
- The heroic theory of invention and scientific development
- Timeline of historic inventions, for a detailed list of inventions, listed by date of invention
- TRIZ approach
