1. Techdirt: The Difference Between Innovation And Invention Last year, Michael Schrage wrote an interesting piece pointing out the very important differences between invention and innovation, where he noted that http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20050322/1528251.shtml

Home The Techdirt Insight Community The Techdirt Blog Corporate Intelligence ... Ramblings by Mike Masnick Tue, Mar 22nd 2005 3:29pm Share This Permalink. The Difference Between Innovation And Invention from the important-lessons... dept For all the talk about protecting innovation, we've often pointed out that the patent system seems to do the exact opposite making it more difficult for those who are actually innovating, while giving money to those who haven't done anything at all. Last year, Michael Schrage wrote an interesting piece pointing out the very important differences between invention and innovation , where he noted that innovation is more important but the patent system is more about protecting invention. Basically, plenty of people or companies who "invented" an idea were never able to capitalize on the idea at all. It took others who actually innovated and built off that idea to make a product that actually had an impact on the world. Helping to prove that point are a bunch of example cases where the initial inventor of something wasn't the one to make it valuable . In a market driven economy, the real winner is the company that can make something valuable through innovation not the inventor who happens to come up with something that the market may or may not want. 10 Comments Leave a Comment..

2. Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Engineering, Industry, And Invention Lemelson Center for the Study of invention and innovation Fosters inventive creativity in young people and appreciation for the role of invention in U.S. http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/science_and_technology/EngineeringandIndustry_

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3. Lemelson-MIT Program: Celebrating Invention And Innovation Celebrating inventors who have turned their ideas into accomplishments. http://web.mit.edu/invent/

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4. Invention And Innovation A look at invention and innovation over the ages with a special focus on construction and control of complex systems. http://www.squidoo.com/inventionandinnovation

Home Explore Topics Log in ... About How-To Top 100 Groups Make your page Search: Go Invention and Innovation by dhcsoul in (by 2 people) Your rating: X Rate this Lens Sorry, you must be logged in before you can rate this lens. Don't have an account yet? Sign up here Subscribe Email Print ... Close A look at Invention and Innovation over the ages with a special focus on construction and control of complex systems. Orientation The how , why and whereof this Lens Connective Summary Invention and Innovation Macrosope: a brief guide to the infinitely complex Cyberenetic Inventions and Innovations era: Antiquity Feedback Control feedback control systems for flood chambers designed by Ktesibios, Philon and Heron Float regulator for water clock Ktesbios of Greece invented a float regulator designed to keep the water level in a tank at a constant depth so that a constant flow of water to a second tank was achieved ... thus the level of the water in the second tank depended on the time elapsed. Cybernetic Inventions and Innovation era: Middle Ages 12th Century navigational mechanism A chariot had a mechanism that turned a statue so that it was always pointing south. A gearing mechanism connectied to the wheels of the chariot turned the statue to keep it aligned to the south, thereby allowing the charioteer to steer a straight course across the land.

5. JIII HomePage(English) Encourages invention, enhances original ideas, promotes their practical use, and diffuses and develops the industrial property system. http://www.jiii.or.jp/english/e.htm

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6. VenChar: Difference Between Innovation And Invention They are confusing the meaning of invention and innovation. They are right VC s don t fund invention but they do fund innovation. Confused? http://www.venchar.com/2005/04/difference_betw.html

hostName = '.venchar.com'; VenChar Ideas, analysis and opinions on technology About Archives September 2005 August 2005 ... December 2004 Blogroll Gizmodo BoingBoing Jon Udell Tim Oren ... Add me to your TypePad People list Powered by TypePad Member since 08/2003 Main April 01, 2005 Difference between Innovation and Invention Seems like everyone is on the VC bashing trail these days. Nothing wrong with doing that (like Paul Graham has with his article ) but it would be good if you can be thoughtful about it. Bart Stuck and Michael Weingarten of Signal Lake Partners have penned a piece called "How Venture Capital Thwarts Innovation" which is interesting but fundamentally flawed from a thesis standpoint. They are confusing the meaning of invention and innovation. They are right VC's don't fund invention but they do fund innovation. Confused? Invention, innovation, What is the difference you ask? Big one. Invention is discovering something new or novel. Innovation is taking that invention and making it into a commercially viable product/service/business. Bob Metcalfe characterizes it as "Invention is a flower, innovation is a weed."

7. Invention And Innovation invention and innovation. There is a subtle difference between these two words, but it is an important one for Business Studies students. http://tutor2u.net/business/production/invention-and-innovation.htm

Enter your search terms Submit search form Web www.tutor2u.net Accounting and Finance Economics (GCSE) Economics (AS/A2) EBusiness / E-Commerce ... Strategy Invention and Innovation There is a subtle difference between these two words, but it is an important one for Business Studies students. Invention if the formulation of new ideas for products or processes Innovation is all about the practical application of new inventions into marketable products or services Innovations can fall into one of two categories: Product (or service) innovation As the name suggests, this is all about launching new or improved products (or services) on to the market. Advantages might include (note links to marketing) Higher prices and profitability Added value Opportunity to build early customer loyalty Enhanced reputation as an innovative company Increased market share Process Innovation This has to do with finding better or more efficient ways of producing existing products, or delivering existing services. Advantages might include: Reduced costs Improved quality More responsive customer service Greater flexibility Possible drawbacks Loss of jobs, especially if work is outsourced

8. NIST GCR 02–841 Between Invention And Innovation The purpose of the Between invention and innovation project is to support informed design of public policies regarding technology entrepreneurship and the http://www.atp.nist.gov/eao/gcr02-841/contents.htm

Between Invention and Innovation An Analysis of Funding for Early-Stage Technology Development Prepared for Economic Assessment Office Advanced Technology Program National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4710 By Lewis M. Branscomb Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management, emeritus Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University lewis_branscomb@harvard.edu Philip E. Auerswald Assistant Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University philip_auerswald@harvard.edu Grant 50BNB0C1060 November 2002 View PDF version of NIST GCR 02-841 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ABOUT THE AUTHORS ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Motivation Objectives Approach Findings Sources of most funding Inefficiency of markets Institutional arrangements for funding Conditions for success Conclusion INTRODUCTION: MOTIVATION AND APPROACH Motivation Project Objectives Approach A. Workshops

9. Innovation And Invention - Similar Words, Different Concepts An important distinction is normally made between invention and innovation. Invention is the first occurrence of an idea for a new product or process while http://www.ipfrontline.com/depts/article.asp?id=16295&deptid=5

10. ACM: Ubiquity - Mark Stefik On Invention And Innovation PARC was the starting point for writing the Breakthrough book, but the stories of invention and innovation are a lot bigger than PARC. http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/interviews/v5i35_stefik.html

Invitation Send a Comment Submit an Article Subscribe Archives Views Book Excerpts Mark Stefik on Invention and Innovation "Breakthrough" book looks at the creative cycle. How does one prepare to become an inventor? What does an "Aha!" feel like? What do repeat inventors do? Mark Stefik and Barbara Stefik are the co-authors of the new MIT Press book, "Breakthrough: Stories and Strategies of Radical Innovation." Barbara has a doctorate in transpersonal psychology and is in private practice. Mark is an inventor at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), where he directs the Information Sciences and Technologies Laboratory. UBIQUITY: Before we talk about your new book, why don't you remind us of the history of PARC? MARK STEFIK: PARC was founded by Xerox in 1970. It was created to provide a path to the digital future and a window to Silicon Valley. PARC was chartered to explore "the office of the future." PARC was the starting point for writing the "Breakthrough" book, but the stories of invention and innovation are a lot bigger than PARC. PARC's research culture is organized to create breakthroughs. Although PARC is small- to medium-sized as a research organization, it has made big footprints in the world of innovation. UBIQUITY: How so?

11. INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION invention and innovation provides students with opportunities to apply the In this course, stu¬dents will learn all about invention and innovation. http://www.iteaconnect.org/EbD/Samples/MiddleSchool/InventionInnovation.htm

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12. Technology, Invention, And Innovation Collections The Archives Center collaborates with the Museum s Lemelson Center for the Study of invention and innovation to acquire and make accessible collections http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d-8.htm

Technology, Invention, and Innovation Collections The Archives Center holds a wide variety of collections documenting technology, invention, and innovation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Both individuals and companies are documented in subject areas including railroads , pianos, television, radio, plastics, ivory, and sports equipment. The largest collection is the Western Union Telegraph Company Records, ca. 1840-1994. Other collections of significance include the Earl S. Tupper Papers, ca. 1914-1982 , documenting the inventor Tupper and his invention Tupperware; the SmartLevel Collection, 1985-1996, which documents a Silicon Valley engineering story of inventing a high-tech electronic digital level; and the Darby Windsurfing Collection, 1946-1998, documenting the invention of the sailboard. The Archives Center collaborates with the Museum's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation to acquire and make accessible collections documenting the history of invention. The finding aids below marked with a double asterisk (**) are located in electronic form on the Lemelson Center's web site. When you click on those titles you will open a window to the Lemelson Center site. To return to this page close that window. Collection Finding Aids Currently Available On-Line Accessible Snowboard Collection Richard Adlard Collection,

13. IT@Intel · How To Tell An Invention From An Innovation And Why You Should Know If you have a distinction between invention and innovation, you will never complain about how many innovations “fail”. There is no way for all or even most http://blogs.intel.com/it/2007/05/how_to_tell_an_invention_from.php

Recent Posts Archives Tags Meet the Bloggers How to Tell an Invention from an Innovation and Why You Should Know posted by Eleanor Wynn on May 08, 2007 People over-use the term innovation. I know because I got “the word” from an evolutionary biologist named David Krakauer at the Santa Fe Institute Business Network meeting on Innovation in nature and in organizations in June of ’05. Since that time I tend to notice when people claim that a large percentage of “innovations” “fail”. I have to disagree. In Krakauer’s definition, an innovation is something that has already succeeded. On the other hand, invention is the production of mutations, novelties, changes. Most of these in fact do fail. But they are the raw materials of innovation. Without invention, there would be no innovation. It is absurd to think that a high percentage of inventions should succeed. Invention Invention is a process that is random, one-off and situational. Inventions can easily occur “before their time”—before receptive conditions exist; or they can come “too late”—after some possibly less productive invention has already established itself as an innovation. Inventions often need co-evolution with other inventions, in order to really create and sustain a niche. Innovation Once it has a niche in a system, it is an innovation. Once it is an innovation, by that definition, it has already succeeded. So, innovations can’t really fail, at least until some other innovation replaces them. What can fail are inventions, and they are supposed to. Mutation in nature is random, on the chance that if enough is produced, something will stick. In order to come up with some mutation that will stick, there have to be an awful lot of inventions.

14. The Business Innovation Insider: What Is The Difference Between Innovation And I What is the difference between innovation and invention? The first confusion to dismiss is the difference between invention and innovation. http://www.businessinnovationinsider.com/2006/07/what_is_the_difference_between.

Main July 27, 2006 What is the difference between innovation and invention? In an extended post about the importance of managing innovation properly, the Innovation Zen blog argues that it is important for companies to understand the difference between innovation and invention "The first confusion to dismiss is the difference between invention and innovation . The former refers to new concepts or products that derive from individual’s ideas or from scientific research. The latter, on the other hand, represents the commercialization of the invention itself. It is important to have this difference clearly outlined because an invention may have little economic value, if at all. In order to monetize an invention it is necessary to transform it into innovation, and such transformation is possible once we find a target customer, application or market. A company may be particularly good at coming up with new ideas and inventions, but it is the ability to monetize those inventions that really matters. Organizations need to have an innovation process in place to ensure that this is possible. Tags: invention innovation [image: Thomas Alva Edison invents the lightbulb Recommend this!

15. Intute: Science, Engineering And Technology - Browse Innovation And Inventions Browse Innovation and Inventions. This website is produced by Lemelson Center for the Study of invention and innovation. The website is divided into http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/browse.pl?id=274

16. Invention Vs. Innovation | Innovation Creators The first confusion to dismiss is the difference between invention and innovation. The former refers to new concepts or products that derive from http://innovationcreators.com/wp/?p=202

17. TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTION AND INNOVATION The relationship between invention and innovation often becomes a synergistic circular flow that reproduces inventive talent for new and varied purposes. http://www.innovativecapacity.com/TechInvInno.htm

TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTION AND INNOVATION Invention is the most important product of scientific knowledge. Without invention, science would be merely inquiry for its own sake, serving few and helping no one. Invention involves the discovery of new processes, ideas or tools. Invention is prioritary, meaning that only a new or previously unknown discovery can be considered an invention, as opposed to the development of an already existing one. Patenting an invention requires priority, meaning that no one else must have come up with the same (or similar) idea at any previous time. Patenting involves an exhaustive scrutiny of an idea’s novel qualities and an evaluation of its potential uses by experienced specialists from various fields. The evaluation of a patent application often requires years before a final determination on award can be made. Innovation , on the other hand, involves the use or development of an invention for some useful purpose. Innovations have often served as the point of departure for new inventions. Innovation is typically less risky than invention, since it usually deals with known parameters, qualities or quantities.

18. MIT World » : Invention And Innovation: Emerging Technologies That Will Change invention and innovation Emerging Technologies that Will Change the World The Inventor View Spencer Reiss Kari Stefansson Edward Jung Craig Venter Steve http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/249/

HOME ABOUT VIDEO INDEX SPONSORS ... HELP Search the MIT World Video Archive. Search Now! All Categories All Hosts HOST Technology Review SERIES: The Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT (2004) More videos in this series Invention and Innovation: Emerging Technologies that Will Change the World The Inventor View September 30, 2004 LOCATION Kresge Auditorium Video Time Index Invention and Innovation: Emerging Technologies that Will Change the World The Inventor View Play Now Email to a Friend MODERATOR: Spencer Reiss Contributing Editor, Technology Review MODERATOR: Spencer Reiss PANELISTS: Kari Stefansson: CEO, deCODE genetics, Inc. deCODE genetics site Edward Jung: Co-Founder and Managing Director, Intellectual Ventures Intellectual Ventures site Craig Venter: President, The Venter Institute Venter Institute site Sorcerer 2 Expedition site Steve Wozniak: Co-Founder, Apple Computer Woz Home ABOUT THE PANEL DISCUSSION: When Steve Wozniak was young, he found his first transistor radio inspiring. He has channeled his passion for useful, convenient machines into a new company that makes global positioning satellite (GPS) locators for everyday purposes. He imagines tagging a child or dog with a GPS device, so you can “find out if it gets to where it shouldn’t.” Another goal for his portable GPS: as an aide to emergency first responders, who often must find people trapped in buildings. Kari Stefannson has archived the genealogy of Icelanders going back 1100 years, in order to track down common inherited diseases and potentially cure them. There are “genes that predispose and genes that protect,” and Stefannson hopes to manipulate the function of disease genes so as to prevent the onset of such illnesses as myocardial infarction.

19. *michael Parekh On IT*: ON INNOVATION, INVENTION, AND PATENTS Putting the difference between invention and innovation in the context of our times, Google invented it s Pagerank system and was granted a patent for it in http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2007/12/s-19.html

*michael parekh on IT* Ruminations on the Internet, Technology, and Interesting Trends around the globe. Main Saturday, December 29, 2007 ON INNOVATION, INVENTION, AND PATENTS HISTORY REPEATING Techdirt has an interesting post on how invention and innovation relate to our patent system: "For many years, we've tried to argue how important it is to understand the difference between innovation and invention . While it may seem like a minor point of semantics, it actually plays quite heavily into the debate over the patent system. Invention is the process of coming up with something new. Innovation is taking that something new and successfully bringing it to market in a way people want..." "If you look at the true history of major breakthroughs, you'll quickly learn that invention is fairly meaningless and the important point is the innovation. In fact, if you look at all the "great inventors" championed by American history, you'll quickly realize that most weren't great inventors at all, but rather innovators , who later (often through questionable means) took credit as the inventors they never were..."

20. Invention To Innovation: Home Londoners have always embraced invention and innovation, resulting in the spirit of ingenuity that thrives in the community today. http://digitalhistory.uwo.ca/i2i/

Invention to Innovation HOME VIRTUAL MUSEUM CASE STUDIES EXTRA RESOURCES ... ABOUT US Trade photograph, advertising permanent- wave machine, ca. 1920. INVENTION TO INNOVATION: ALIVE IN LONDON Londoners have always embraced invention and innovation, resulting in the spirit of ingenuity that thrives in the community today. Automation and mechanization transformed everyday life for people in past centuries and technological development continues to change the way that we experience the world. Come in and discover the dynamic evolution of technology from the 19th century to the present. Exciting research and development continues to grow in the Forest City, responding to and anticipating the needs of people in the 21st century. Explore the role that modern inventions and innovations are playing in London workplaces. Innovation and invention really are Alive in London! Watch for more resources coming soon to the online exhibit.

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