How to Be an Inventor Week 1 Instructor: Drew Boyd 1

What We Are Going to Learn Five Tools to Create New Inventions Famous Inventors Patents How to Use a Lab Book 2

How Do People Invent Things? Find a problem… 3

How Do People Invent Things? Find a problem… then….. 4

How Do People Invent Things? Find a problem… then….. Find a Solution 5

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What are the parts of a TV? 7

What are the parts of a TV? Screen 8

What are the parts of a TV? Screen Remote Control Volume Channel Speaker Box Plug 9

You now have a “virtual TV” 10

You now have a “virtual TV” Who would use a “screenless” TV? 11

First Tool: Reduction Find a product List all of its parts Take a part away Imagine your “Virtual Product” Ask, “Who would use this?” 12

Kids Can Be Inventors! Kathryn Gregory Age 10 Invented the “Wristies” Kids Hall of Fame in 1997 13

Your Lab Book Always write down your ideas in the LAB BOOK. For each idea: Date Name of the idea Describe the idea Tell how you got the idea Draw a picture of the idea List the parts Sign your name Always write in ink, not pencil 14

Next Week Bring in a small toy or other product from home. We will practice REDUCTION. We will learn another tool. 15

How to Be an Inventor Week 2 Instructor: Drew Boyd 16

Why are you taking this class? 17

Why are you taking this class? 18

Review The right way to invent: find solutions, then find problems First Tool: Reduction How to Use a Lab Book 19

How Do People Invent Things? Find a problem… 20

How Do People Invent Things? Find a problem… then….. 21

How Do People Invent Things? Find a problem… then….. Find a Solution 22

How Do People Invent Things? Find a problem… then….. Find a Solution This is backwards!!! 23

Pencil Sharpener 24

What are the parts of a TV? 25

What are the parts of a TV? Screen Remote Control Volume Channel Speaker Box Plug 26

Reduce by taking away the screen Who would use a “screenless” TV? 27

First Tool: Reduction Find a product List all of its parts Take a part away Imagine your “Virtual Product” Ask, “Who would use this?” 28

Second Tool: Replacement Find a product and list all of its parts Take a part away REPLACE the part with something else Imagine your “Virtual Product” Ask, “Who would use this?” 29

Famous Inventors K.K. Gregory Ben Franklin Thomas Edison Alexander Graham Bell 30

Kids Can Be Inventors! Kathryn Gregory Age 10 Invented the “Wristies” Kids Hall of Fame in 1997 31

Ben Franklin Bifocal glasses Lightening rod Franklin stove Many more! 32

Walt Disney Multiplane camera 33

Your Lab Book Always write down your ideas in the LAB BOOK. For each idea: Date Name of the idea Describe the idea Tell how you got the idea Draw a picture of the idea List the parts Sign your name Always write in ink, not pencil 34

How to Be an Inventor Week 3 Instructor: Drew Boyd 35

What does it take to be an Inventor? Smart? Creative? 36

What does it take to be an Inventor? Smart? Creative? No!!! 37

What does it take to be an Inventor? Smart? Creative? No!!! You need to be: Observant Curious Disciplined Persistent Question asker See possibilities 38

Agenda Review Third Tool: Multiplication Introduction to PATENTS Second Tool: Replacement Lab Books Third Tool: Multiplication Introduction to PATENTS 39

How Do People Invent Things? Find a Solution… 40

How Do People Invent Things? Find a Solution… then….. 41

How Do People Invent Things? Find a Solution… then….. Find a Problem 42

Don’t Invent Things Like This! 43

Review Lab Books Who has an idea or an invention from their Lab Book that they want to share? 44

Second Tool: Replacement Find a product and list all of its parts Take a part away REPLACE the part with something else Imagine your “Virtual Product” Ask, “Who would use this?” 45

Take away the screen… Screen Remote Control Volume Channel Speaker Box Plug 46

And REPLACE it with what? Computer screen Projector Head mounted 47

Examples Stapler “Tape-ler” Ice Skate Roller Blade Coke Can Twist Top Can Phone Cradle Belt Phone 48

Third Tool: Multiplication Find a product and list all of its parts Multiply, or create a copy of one of the parts Change the multiplied component in some way Imagine your “Virtual Product” Ask, “Who would use this?” 49

Example: Multiply a Part 50

“Picture-in-Picture” TV 51

Patents A patent is a property right Granted by the Government Excludes others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention How? Apply to the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office (USTPO) 52

Patent Examples 53

Patent Examples 54

Patent Examples 55

Patent Examples 56

Next Week Review all the tools so far Review your LAB BOOKS Invent something!! Learn a new tool Practice! 57

How to Be an Inventor Week 4 Instructor: Drew Boyd 58

Agenda Review Fourth Tool: Feature Dependency More PATENTS Lab Books Third Tool: Multiplication Fourth Tool: Feature Dependency More PATENTS 59

Review Lab Books Who has an idea or an invention from their Lab Book that they want to share? 60

Third Tool: Multiplication Find a product and list all of its parts Multiply, or create a copy of one of the parts Change the multiplied component in some way Imagine your “Virtual Product” Ask, “Who would use this?” 61

Example: Multiply a Part 62

“Picture-in-Picture” TV 63

Fourth Tool: Feature Dependency Find a product and list all of its features (NOT parts). Take one feature and list it beside the name of all the other features Pretend that one feature changes when something about the other feature changes Imagine your “Virtual Product” Ask, “Who would use this?” 64

60-Second Toothbrush Features: Rotating brushes Time Length Width Color 65

Traffic Light Features: Light color Time Car’s Waiting Car’s Moving 66

Scooter Features: Height Wheel Size Speed Road Smoothness Person’s height 67

Patents A patent is a property right Granted by the Government Excludes others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention How? Apply to the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office (USTPO) 68

Patent Examples 69

Patent Examples 70

Patent Examples 71

Patent Examples 72

Finger Mounted Toothbrush 73

Yoyo Inventor: Donald Duncan Sold over 100 million He also invented the: Eskimo Pie Good Humor Ice Cream Truck Parking Meters 74

Next Week Review all the tools so far Invention Workshop Surprise! 75

How to Be an Inventor Week 5 Instructor: Drew Boyd 76

You are ALL inventors! 77

Agenda Review all Tools Invention Workshop Surprise! 78

First Tool: Reduction Find a product List all of its parts Take a part away Imagine your “Virtual Product” Ask, “Who would use this?” 79

Second Tool: Replacement Find a product and list all of its parts Take a part away REPLACE the part with something else Imagine your “Virtual Product” Ask, “Who would use this?” 80

Third Tool: Multiplication Find a product and list all of its parts Multiply, or create a copy of one of the parts Change the multiplied component in some way Imagine your “Virtual Product” Ask, “Who would use this?” 81

Fourth Tool: Feature Dependency Find a product and list all of its features (NOT parts). Take one feature and list it beside the name of all the other features Pretend that one feature changes when something about the other feature changes Imagine your “Virtual Product” Ask, “Who would use this?” 82

Invention Workshop Use all of your tools Create several good ideas Draw the best one 83

Graduation “You are hereby empowered to go out a invent awesome new products for the betterment of all mankind.” 84