Product: Sewing machine Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Sewing machine Invention In 1834 Walter Hunt developed a product that would automate the manufacture of caps to be worn on the head. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Sewing machine Innovation Hunt believed his invention would lead to widespread unemployment, so he never patented it. Nearly 20 years later the Singer Company produced treadle driven machine which allowed fast and accurate joining of fabrics. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Sewing machine Invention In 1834 Walter Hunt developed a product that would automate the manufacture of caps to be worn on the head. Innovation Hunt believed his invention would lead to widespread unemployment, so he never patented it. Nearly 20 years later the Singer Company produced treadle driven machine which allowed fast and accurate joining of fabrics. Inventor and also innovator? No, the inventor did not patent the product or develop it for the market. This was done at a later date by the Singer Company, which was the innovator. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Cat’s Eyes Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Cat’s Eyes Invention In 1933 Percy Shaw created a product that reflected light from glass lenses. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Cat’s Eyes Innovation In 1934 Percy Shaw patented his invention and founded Reflecting Roadstuds Limited in Halifax to manufacture and sell products that showed road markings well in poor or dark conditions. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Cat’s Eyes Invention In 1933 Percy Shaw created a product that reflected light from glass lenses. Innovation In 1934 Percy Shaw patented his invention and founded Reflecting Roadstuds Limited in Halifax to manufacture and sell products that showed road markings well in poor or dark conditions. Inventor and also innovator? Yes, Percy Shaw invented cats eyes and founded the company which brought it to market, so he was also an innovator. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: The telephone Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: The telephone Invention In 1875 Alexander Graham Bell’s experiments led to a product that could transmit sounds. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: The telephone Innovation The company today known as AT&T was formed by Alexander Graham Bell, Gardiner Hubbard and Thomas Sanders to exploit the ‘talking telegraph’. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: The telephone Invention In 1875 Alexander Graham Bell’s experiments led to a product that could transmit sounds. Innovation The company today known as AT&T was formed by Alexander Graham Bell, Gardiner Hubbard and Thomas Sanders to exploit the ‘talking telegraph’. Inventor and also innovator? Yes, Alexander Graham Bell’s experiments led to the invention of the telephone. He also helped to form the company to exploit the product. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Vacuum cleaner Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Vacuum cleaner Invention In 1869 Ives McGaffey created a product that would improve the health of its users by removing dust particles. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Vacuum cleaner Innovation In 1907 Hoover began the commercial production of a machine that in their slogan ‘beats as it sweeps as it cleans’. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Vacuum cleaner Invention In 1869 Ives McGaffey created a product that would improve the health of its users by removing dust particles. Innovation In 1907 Hoover began the commercial production of a machine that in their slogan ‘beats as it sweeps as it cleans’. Inventor and also innovator? No, the inventor of a product to improve health by removing dust particles did not develop this into a vacuum cleaner. This was done by Hoover. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Safety pin Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Safety pin Invention In 1848 Walter Hunt was trying to think of something that would help him pay off a fifteen dollar debt. He began twisting a piece of wire and coiled it into a spring at one end and a separate clasp and point at the other end. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Safety pin Innovation In 1849 Walter Hunt patented his idea and together with Jonathan Richardson launched the product that it was designed to keep fingers safe from injury. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.

Product: Safety pin Invention In 1848 Walter Hunt was trying to think of something that would help him pay off a fifteen dollar debt. He began twisting a piece of wire and coiled it into a spring at one end and a separate clasp and point at the other end. Innovation In 1849 Walter Hunt patented his idea and together with Jonathan Richardson launched the product that it was designed to keep fingers safe from injury. Inventor and also innovator? Yes, Walter Hunt, the inventor of the paper clip, launched the product as a means of holding materials, but keeping fingers safe. Read the information on the next two screens and decide if the inventor is also the innovator.