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Unit 5 - Invention and Innovation Flashcards

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Constructive Discontent

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dissatisfaction with the current state of things or status quo might motivate an inventor to find a better solution.

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Desire to make money

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innovative designs to generate money

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Scientific Curiosity

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invention may come about as a part of scientific or technical curiosity

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Desire to help others

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Fundamental to empathy and Design Thinking.

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Lone Inventor

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Individual working outside or inside an organization who is committed to the invention of a novel product

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Patents

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An agreement from a government office to give someone the right to make or sell a new invention for a certain number of years

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Trademark

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a symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.

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Design protection/trade dress

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A simple and cost-effective way to protect an innovative shape, appearance or ornamentation

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Copyright

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A legal right that grants the creator of an original work exclusive ownership for its use and distribution. Usually for a limited time and within geographical boundaries.

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Service Mark

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A trademark used to identify a service rather than a product.

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Shelved Technologies

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A technology invented and developed, but not brought to market

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Sustaining Innovation

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the continuous development of a product throughout its lifecycle (adding new features, product expansion, economies of scale)

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Disruptive Innovation

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A product that challenges existing companies to either ignore or embrace the change.

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Process Innovation

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An improvement in how a product is manufactured and distributed(reduced costs or increased benefits for consumers)

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Architectural Innovation

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Focuses on how the parts of a design are arranged and interact with each other

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Modular Innovation

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Focuses on changing a single part of the design, while other parts remain unchanged.

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Diffusion

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Rate at which a market accepts a new product

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Suppression

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The active slowing or prevention of a new product entering the market

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Act of insight

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An idea that suddenly comes to a person

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Adaptation

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Describes how a solution in one field is used to provide a solution to a new problem in a different field.

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Technology Transfer

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Describes how a technology developed in one context is applied in different and new contexts

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Analogy

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The use of an idea from one area to develop an innovation in an new area

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Biomimicry

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where designers investigate how nature develops a solution for the design context.

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Chance

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Unexpected discoveries lead to new ideas

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Technology Push

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Technical development is the driving force of innovation, despite there not being an identified need for a solution

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Market Pull

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refers to consumer demand for an innovation or solution

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Product Champion

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Influential individuals, usually working within an organization, develop enthusiasm for a particular idea or invention.

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Entrepreneur

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An influential individual who can take an invention to market, often by financing a product’s development, production and diffusion into the marketplace.

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Multidisciplinary approach to innovation

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group of people with different areas of expertise to maximise the function of the product

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Product Life Cycle

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Launch, Growth, Maturity, decline

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Product versioning

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The creation of variations of a product, different models, that are sold at different prices.

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Planned obsolescence

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A product becomes outdated as a conscious act to ensure a continuing market.

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Technological Obsolescence

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When a new technology supersedes an existing technology

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Functional Obsolescence

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Over time, products wear out and break down. Parts are no longer available, and the product can no longer work in the way it originally did

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Style(Fashion) Obsolescence

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Fashions and trends change over time, which can result in a product no longer being desirable

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