Invention and Design

Class notes 1/16/97

http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~meg3c/id/TCC315/syllabus.html

Discussion

Invention and Design Experiences

Differences Between Invention and Design

Processes

Rigorous-- Design; invention less so?

Head vs. hands (inventor)

Designer has specific goal-- set of constraints

Goal of inventor-- invent the constraints.

Designer-- pocket protector; inventor-- wild haired, crosseyed?

Is there any way to teach invention?

Designers-- follow rules? The "Masters" know when to violate the rules.

Email:

Gorman-- meg3c@virginia.edu

Richards-- lgr@virginia.edu

Scherer-- wts@virginia.edu

Mehalik-- mmm2f@virginia.edu

First assignment:

Read Gorman, Chapter 2 to get ideas on who inventors work--especially two telephone inventors. Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray.

This is linked to the syllabus page

• Task: improve on what Bell & Gray did
• We have materials such as wire, batteries, meters, etc...

Arctic survival game

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