Creativity Challenge 2002

"Everything Been Invented Already"

Creativity Challenge 2002 #34

2002 is the 200th year of the Patent Office. 160,000 patents were applied for in 1990 and approximately 95,000 were granted. 344,717 were applied for in 2001 and 187,822 were granted. 8 out of the top companies applying for patents in 2001 were Japanese, 2 were American (IBM 3,411 and Micron Technology 1,643).

Let's have some fun stretching our creative muscles inventing ideas for future inventions.

Each day set aside 15 to 30 minutes in your creative space or a creative space and list as many potential inventions you would love to have created.

MONDAY

Make a list of inventions for your favorite sports that could be for improving practice to the play of the sport.
i.e.: Automatic spiral pass glove, soft football helmets

TUESDAY

Make a list of inventions that could make food and food preparation better.
i.e.: instant freezer (reverse of a microwave), watermelon depitter

WEDNESDAY

Make a list of new entertainment inventions
i.e.: portable, pocket size holographic projector, credit card size with chip size storage music player

THURSDAY

Make a list of new household appliances (inside or out)
i.e.: portable room size air conditioner, ceiling hung bookstorage system

FRIDAY

Make a list for transportation inventions
i.e.: frictionless roller shoes, computer controlled highway systems (saw this written up in Science Mechanics in the 1950s)

Use your imagination. Hopefully you'll generate one you'll want to start working on in your spare time.

Have a creative week! Remember it is always your choice.

This week I signed a contract to have my book BROKEN CRAYONS published in Istanbul in Turkish.

Alan

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