Inventology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (765 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0544324005 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pagan Kennedy reports on how these enduring methods can be adapted to the twenty-first century, as millions of us deploy tools like crowdfunding, big data, and 3-D printing to find hidden opportunities. Find out where great ideas come from. A father cleans up after his toddler and imagines a cup that won't spill. An engineer watches people using walkie-talkies and has an idea. A doctor figures out how to deliver patients to the operating room before they die. By studying inventions like these — the sippy cup, the cell phone, and an ingenious hospital bed — we can learn how people imagine their way around "impossible" problems to discover groundbreaking answers. Inventology uses the stories of inventors and surprising research to reveal the steps that produce innovation. As Kennedy argues, recent advances in technology and communication have placed us at the cusp of a golden age; it's now more possible than ever before to transform ideas into actuality. Inventology is a must-read for designers, artists, makers—and anyone else who is curious about creativity. By identifying the steps of the invention process, Kennedy reveals the imaginative tools required to solve our mos
Amazon Customer said This is a very good book. I enjoyed reading every page of it. This is a very good book. I enjoyed reading every page of it it makes you believe that inventions are not only for specific people with lots of capabilities and resources. With the technologies we have in today's world, anyone like you and me can be creative and come up with inventions that can change the world!. "Where do great ideas come from, and how do they result in brilliant inventions?" according to ZenWoman. Art Fry, the inventor of the Post-it, said that invention is what happens when you translate a thought to a thing. It involves creating a prototype that lets you test your concept. Innovation is what happens afterwards as you work through obstacles to turn your idea into business. Pagan Kennedy sets up the book with this quote and then proceeds to discover the answer to how invention comes out or as she calls it "Inventology" - the study of inventions. She takes us through the Who, How, What, and the Benefits of inventions in the subseque. MrRobotAddict said Pagan Kennedy's book will challenge and stimulate your thinking and creativity!. What a delightful and informative book! I don't know this author, but after reading "Inventology" I'm going to look up her other works. She is a creative thinker and an innovative researcher. I learned so much and only occasionally came across information I've already read elsewhere. As a retired person who reads a lot I sometimes feel like there is a book mill that gobbles existing books and regurgitates them in new form so that the best seller phenom can continue unabated, not unlike the equivalent phenomenon in movie-making in which on
A delightful account of how inventors do what they do." —Kirkus, Starred. Some 21st-century creations (crowdfunding, 3D printing) are breaking down barriers (money, time) between new ideas and a useful product, so a golden age of innovation seems in the offing. "Inventology offers a new perspective into the process of invention that will inform and illuminate." —Publishers Weekly "'Inventology'" may be a real science; researchers are beginning to study it, and teachers are teaching it