Inventions.

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« Our inventions mirror our secret wishes. »

What is an invention?

An invention is a unique or novel device,method ,composition or process. The invention process is a process within an overall engineering and product development process. It may be an improvement upon a machine or prodct or a new process for creating an object or a result.

An invention that archieves a completely unique function or result may be a radical breakthrough.

Another meaning of invention is cultural invention,which is an innovative set of useful social behaviours adopted by people and passed on the others.

The Institute for Social Inventions, collected many such ideas in megazines and books.

Invention is also an important component of artistic and design creativity. Inventions often extend the boundaries of human knowledge, experience or capability.

Invention is often a creative process. An open and curious mind allows an inventor to see beyond what is known.

Seeing a new possibility,connection or relationship can spark an invention. Inventive thinking frequently involves combinng concepts or elements rom different realms that would not normally be put together.

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Three areas of invention

Inventions are of three kinds:

scientific-technological (including medicine)

sociopolitical (including economics and law)

humanistic, or cultural

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Scientific-techonological inventions

Scientific-technological inventions include railroads,aviations,vaccination,hybridization,antibiotics, astronautics,holography,the atomic bomb, computering,the Internet, and the smartphone.

Invention is the most important product of scientific knowlwdge. Without invention, science would be merely inquiry for its own sake,serving few and helping no one.

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