- published: 07 Apr 2016
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An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, process or discovery. It may also be an improvement upon a machine or product, or alternate means of achieving a process. An invention that is not derived from an existing model or idea, or that achieves a completely unique function, discovery, or result, may be a radical breakthrough. If such a work has novel and not obvious to others skilled in the same field, the inventor may be able to obtain the legal protection of a patent.
Another meaning of invention is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social behaviors adopted by people and passed on to others. Invention is also an important component of artistic and design creativity, although the patentability of artistic invention is heavily debated.
Regardless of type, inventions often extend the boundaries of human knowledge, experience or capability.
The idea for an invention may be developed on paper or on a computer, by writing or drawing, by trial and error, by making models, by experimenting, by testing and/or by making the invention in its whole form. Brainstorming also can spark new ideas for an invention. Collaborative creative processes are frequently used by designers, architects and scientists. Co-inventors are frequently named on patents.
Crazy people know
the special place to go
when the pressure is on.
Neurons re-align
'til the feeling is fine
or the trouble is gone.
They're in the business of inventing saviours.
There's always trouble
so tell yourself again
that help is on the way
and safety abounds, that safety abounds.
When you need some
kind of guarantee
that you're protected
you start to trust
the things that
deeper comfort brings
before you've checked it.
You might be waiting for a long time.
There's always trouble
so tell yourself again
that help is on the way