inventions and innovations

Identify the driver of innovation that motivate designers and engineers to design & engineer new products & solutions.

• Hope, skills, choice of materials & entrepreneurship

• Creative interest, curiosity, make money & helping others

• Research, investigation, subject knowledge & skills

• Design thinking, empathy, technical knowledge & research

A lone inventor is a creative individual. What is a definition of someone who is described as a lone inventor?

• An individual working inside or outside of an organisation

• Any person who has good ideas to solve design based problems

• A designer that designs and manufactures a product

• A creator of products that never diffuse into the marketplace

Intellectual property is defined as exclusive rights to creations of the mind. Which of the following would be examples of IP rights?

• Contracts, forms & agreements

• Declaration, accords & contracts

• Certificates of ownership, company logo

• Copyright, trademarks, & patents

What is a patent?

• A recognisable design that distinguishes one design idea from competing companies

• A document that protects the designer from others taking legal action

• An agreement for an individual to have the right to sell a new invention for certain

  number of years.

• A document that enables designer to charge a higher sales price for their product

A product that is first to market, with a new technology, can also create a new market with a new category. What is a term that can be given to a product that possesses the features that are required & desired by the user?

• Desirable

• Innovative

• Dominant

• Creative

What restrictions or reasons might there be for a patented technology to be shelved?

• Poor sales, lack of advertising & marketing strategy

• Cost effectiveness, timing, & social.

• Quality control & assurance issues

• Product recalls, health & safety issues

Which of the following terms best describe invention?

• Being the first to market with a new idea or concept

• Identifying new materials & processes and applying them successfully to a new idea

• An idea or thought that remains secret to the inventor

• The process of discovering a principle, a technical advance resulting in a novel product

Which of the following best describes innovation?

• The idea must be put into action and be diffused into the marketplace

• Any innovative thought or process that results in a new product

• Creative outcome to a design problem that is solved in an innovative way

• A product with high sales volumes in it growth phase

What statement would describe the reason why the Apple i-Pod Shuffle was considered to be a piece of disruptive technology?

• Colour schemes were varied and unexpected by the market

• Radically changed the way we listen to and buy music

• The price point was too high when it was first introduced

• It did not function as expected and caused consumers problems

What is meant by process innovation?

• Implementation of a new or significantly improved production or delivery method.

• Developing a design idea from a sketch to a virtual model

• Using a design process to develop more innovative solutions

• The creative process by which new ideas diffuse to the marketplace