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How to Be an Inventor Week 1 Instructor: Drew Boyd 1
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What We Are Going to Learn
Five Tools to Create New Inventions Famous Inventors Patents How to Use a Lab Book 2
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How Do People Invent Things?
Find a problem… 3
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How Do People Invent Things?
Find a problem… then….. 4
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How Do People Invent Things?
Find a problem… then….. Find a Solution 5
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What are the parts of a TV?
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What are the parts of a TV?
Screen 8
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What are the parts of a TV?
Screen Remote Control Volume Channel Speaker Box Plug 9
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You now have a “virtual TV”
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You now have a “virtual TV”
Who would use a “screenless” TV? 11
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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
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Kids Can Be Inventors! Kathryn Gregory Age 10 Invented the “Wristies”
Kids Hall of Fame in 1997 13
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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
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Next Week Bring in a small toy or other product from home.
We will practice REDUCTION. We will learn another tool. 15
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How to Be an Inventor Week 2 Instructor: Drew Boyd 16
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Why are you taking this class?
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Why are you taking this class?
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Review The right way to invent: find solutions, then find problems
First Tool: Reduction How to Use a Lab Book 19
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How Do People Invent Things?
Find a problem… 20
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How Do People Invent Things?
Find a problem… then….. 21
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How Do People Invent Things?
Find a problem… then….. Find a Solution 22
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How Do People Invent Things?
Find a problem… then….. Find a Solution This is backwards!!! 23
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Pencil Sharpener 24
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What are the parts of a TV?
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What are the parts of a TV?
Screen Remote Control Volume Channel Speaker Box Plug 26
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Reduce by taking away the screen
Who would use a “screenless” TV? 27
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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
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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
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Famous Inventors K.K. Gregory Ben Franklin Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell 30
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Kids Can Be Inventors! Kathryn Gregory Age 10 Invented the “Wristies”
Kids Hall of Fame in 1997 31
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Ben Franklin Bifocal glasses Lightening rod Franklin stove Many more!
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Walt Disney Multiplane camera 33
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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
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How to Be an Inventor Week 3 Instructor: Drew Boyd 35
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What does it take to be an Inventor?
Smart? Creative? 36
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What does it take to be an Inventor?
Smart? Creative? No!!! 37
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What does it take to be an Inventor?
Smart? Creative? No!!! You need to be: Observant Curious Disciplined Persistent Question asker See possibilities 38
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Agenda Review Third Tool: Multiplication Introduction to PATENTS
Second Tool: Replacement Lab Books Third Tool: Multiplication Introduction to PATENTS 39
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How Do People Invent Things?
Find a Solution… 40
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How Do People Invent Things?
Find a Solution… then….. 41
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How Do People Invent Things?
Find a Solution… then….. Find a Problem 42
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Don’t Invent Things Like This!
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Review Lab Books Who has an idea or an invention from their Lab Book that they want to share? 44
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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
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Take away the screen… Screen Remote Control Volume Channel Speaker Box
Plug 46
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And REPLACE it with what?
Computer screen Projector Head mounted 47
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Examples Stapler “Tape-ler” Ice Skate Roller Blade
Coke Can Twist Top Can Phone Cradle Belt Phone 48
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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
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Example: Multiply a Part
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“Picture-in-Picture” TV
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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
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Patent Examples 53
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Patent Examples 54
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Patent Examples 55
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Patent Examples 56
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Next Week Review all the tools so far Review your LAB BOOKS
Invent something!! Learn a new tool Practice! 57
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How to Be an Inventor Week 4 Instructor: Drew Boyd 58
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Agenda Review Fourth Tool: Feature Dependency More PATENTS Lab Books
Third Tool: Multiplication Fourth Tool: Feature Dependency More PATENTS 59
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Review Lab Books Who has an idea or an invention from their Lab Book that they want to share? 60
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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
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Example: Multiply a Part
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“Picture-in-Picture” TV
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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
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60-Second Toothbrush Features: Rotating brushes Time Length Width
Color 65
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Traffic Light Features: Light color Time Car’s Waiting Car’s Moving 66
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Scooter Features: Height Wheel Size Speed Road Smoothness
Person’s height 67
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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
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Patent Examples 69
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Patent Examples 70
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Patent Examples 71
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Patent Examples 72
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Finger Mounted Toothbrush
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Yoyo Inventor: Donald Duncan Sold over 100 million
He also invented the: Eskimo Pie Good Humor Ice Cream Truck Parking Meters 74
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Next Week Review all the tools so far Invention Workshop Surprise! 75
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How to Be an Inventor Week 5 Instructor: Drew Boyd 76
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You are ALL inventors! 77
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Agenda Review all Tools Invention Workshop Surprise! 78
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Invention Workshop Use all of your tools Create several good ideas
Draw the best one 83
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Graduation “You are hereby empowered to go out a invent awesome new products for the betterment of all mankind.” 84
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