Inventions and Innovations

What is the definition of invention

• A cool idea

• An improvement made on an existing design

• Turning thoughts or ideas into devices or systems

• The quality of being creative

What is the definition of innovation?

• Another cool idea

• An improvement made on an existing design

• Turning thoughts or ideas into devices or systems

• The ability to create

Inventions and Innovations are developed to satisfy needs and wants.

• True

• False

Technological ideas can be protected through a process called:

• copyright

• umbrella law

• protecting

• patenting

Designers use simulations and mathematical calculations to help them solve problems. What does this save?

• Time

• Money

• Materials

• Skittles

Marketing involves...

• Informing consumers about a product

• Assisting in selling and distributing a product

• Communicating ideas about a product

• Advertising new products

Design comes from which of the following words:

• dessin (French)

• deseno (Spanish)

• disegno (Italian)

• digiorno (Not Delivery)

Modern thinkers believe that innovative thinking requires both science and art to flourish.

• True

• False

Edison once said, "Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration." What did he mean?

• Working in a lab makes you sweaty

• A great idea is useless if you don't have good work habits

• Being a genius is not it's cracked up to be

• Great ideas are often inspired through exercise

How was the telegraph different from the telephone?

• The telephone could both send and receive information; the telegraph could only receive information

• The telephone could transmit information over long distances; the telegraph only worked over short distances

• The telephone could transmit a human voice; the telegraph could only transmit electric pulses

• The telegraph needed wires to transmit messages; the telephone was originally a wireless device