:''In music, an invention is a short composition with two or three part counterpoint. See Invention (music)'' In lay terms, an invention is a novel device, material, or technique. One question that society often asks is, "What conditions lead to the development of an invention?" There are two main opposing viewpoints on this. One school of thought argues that a lack of resources leads people to invent (popularized in the phrase "necessity is the mother of invention"), while the other school of thought argues, conversely, that only an excess of resources will result in inventions. ''Castles in the air'' (or ''castles in Spain'') are creative ideas that do not reach fruition due to practical considerations. The history of invention is full of such castles, as inventions are not necessarily invented in the order that is most useful. For example, the design of the parachute was worked out before the invention of powered flight. Other inventions simply solve problems for which there is no economic incentive to provide a solution. Following the terminology of political economist Joseph Schumpeter, an invention differs from an ''innovation''. While an invention is merely theoretical (even though it might have been filed with the Patent Office), an innovation is an invention that has been put into practice. However, this conflicts with the theory of social anthropologists and other social sciences researchers. In social sciences, an innovation is anything new to a culture. The innovation does not need to have been adopted. The theory for adoption (or non-adoption) of an innovation is called diffusion of innovations. This theory, first put forth by Everett Rogers, considers the likelihood that an innovation will ever be adopted and the taxonomy of persons likely to adopt it or spur its adoption. Gabriel Tarde also dealt with the adoption of innovations in his Laws of Imitation. ==See also== * Bayh-Dole Act * Chindogu * Diffusion of innovations * Directive on the patentability of biotechnological inventions * Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions ''(proposed)'' * Discovery (observation) * Edisonian approach * Inventive step (patentability requirement) * Inventor * List of inventors * Kranzberg's laws of technology * Lemelson-MIT Prize * National Inventors Hall of Fame * Patent * Everett Rogers * Gabriel Tarde * Technology * Timeline of invention, for a detailed list of inventions, listed by date of invention * TRIZ approach ==External links== * [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/browse/inventions/ Inventions] in [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org Webster's Dictionary] - the Rosetta Edition * [http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/inventions/inventions.html List of PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Notable Inventions] (on the WIPO web site) History of technology Technology Innovation
How about some older inventions, like the plow, the stirrup, the aqueduct, the arch? They certainly revolutionized the societies of their times. Does agriculture count as an invention? Surely it would be one of the earliest influential ones, right up there with stone tools... user:-- April Great idea: I'll put them in. user:The Anome ---- I don't think that the 'parachute:powered flight' analogy is the best. Granted we now use parachutes *most* with powered flight, but it was primarily a way to get close to flight, or for base jumping (for a more modern term). They weren't designed to be airplane survival systems. In fact, WWI was notorious for pilots not having parachutes (even if they had been previously designed).
~ender 2003-10-02 17:07:MST ---- I have got some problems with the definition of innovation and invention. If there is no need for application for an innovation, what is than the distinction with invention? In this definition, innovation and invention are the same. I would like to use Schumpeters definitions here, with the remark that an other school looks at it a different way. --User:MaxB 12:55, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC) :I don't think there's anything wrong with outlining Schumpeter's theory. However, to balance the article, it is important to note conflicting views from other theorists. I don't think there is any reason to limit the article to Schumpeter. --User:Westendgirl 07:10, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC) ---- ''In lay terms, an invention is a novel device, material, or technique.''
But what means "novel"? --:eo:Vikipediisto:Montanesko == Sibling word == Is Invention a sibling word of convention? does anybody know if there are such words as revention, suvention, etc.? --User:SuperDude115 03:49, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
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:''In music, an invention is a short composition with two or three part counterpoint. See Invention (music)'' In lay terms, an invention is a novel device, material, or technique. One question that society often asks is, "What conditions lead to the development of an invention?" There are two main opposing viewpoints on this. One school of thought argues that a lack of resources leads people to invent (popularized in the phrase "necessity is the mother of invention"), while the other school of thought argues, conversely, that only an excess of resources will result in inventions. ''Castles in the air'' (or ''castles in Spain'') are creative ideas that do not reach fruition due to practical considerations. The history of invention is full of such castles, as inventions are not necessarily invented in the order that is most useful. For example, the design of the parachute was worked out before the invention of powered flight. Other inventions simply solve problems for which there is no economic incentive to provide a solution. Following the terminology of political economist Joseph Schumpeter, an invention differs from an ''innovation''. While an invention is merely theoretical (even though it might have been filed with the Patent Office), an innovation is an invention that has been put into practice. However, this conflicts with the theory of social anthropologists and other social sciences researchers. In social sciences, an innovation is anything new to a culture. The innovation does not need to have been adopted. The theory for adoption (or non-adoption) of an innovation is called diffusion of innovations. This theory, first put forth by Everett Rogers, considers the likelihood that an innovation will ever be adopted and the taxonomy of persons likely to adopt it or spur its adoption. Gabriel Tarde also dealt with the adoption of innovations in his Laws of Imitation. ==See also== * Bayh-Dole Act * Chindogu * Diffusion of innovations * Directive on the patentability of biotechnological inventions * Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions ''(proposed)'' * Discovery (observation) * Edisonian approach * Inventive step (patentability requirement) * Inventor * List of inventors * Kranzberg's laws of technology * Lemelson-MIT Prize * National Inventors Hall of Fame * Patent * Everett Rogers * Gabriel Tarde * Technology * Timeline of invention, for a detailed list of inventions, listed by date of invention * TRIZ approach ==External links== * [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/browse/inventions/ Inventions] in [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org Webster's Dictionary] - the Rosetta Edition * [http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/inventions/inventions.html List of PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Notable Inventions] (on the WIPO web site) History of technology Technology Innovation
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How about some older inventions, like the plow, the stirrup, the aqueduct, the arch? They certainly revolutionized the societies of their times. Does agriculture count as an invention? Surely it would be one of the earliest influential ones, right up there with stone tools... user:-- April Great idea: I'll put them in. user:The Anome ---- I don't think that the 'parachute:powered flight' analogy is the best. Granted we now use parachutes *most* with powered flight, but it was primarily a way to get close to flight, or for base jumping (for a more modern term). They weren't designed to be airplane survival systems. In fact, WWI was notorious for pilots not having parachutes (even if they had been previously designed).
~ender 2003-10-02 17:07:MST ---- I have got some problems with the definition of innovation and invention. If there is no need for application for an innovation, what is than the distinction with invention? In this definition, innovation and invention are the same. I would like to use Schumpeters definitions here, with the remark that an other school looks at it a different way. --User:MaxB 12:55, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC) :I don't think there's anything wrong with outlining Schumpeter's theory. However, to balance the article, it is important to note conflicting views from other theorists. I don't think there is any reason to limit the article to Schumpeter. --User:Westendgirl 07:10, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC) ---- ''In lay terms, an invention is a novel device, material, or technique.''
But what means "novel"? --:eo:Vikipediisto:Montanesko == Sibling word == Is Invention a sibling word of convention? does anybody know if there are such words as revention, suvention, etc.? --User:SuperDude115 03:49, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
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