Invent! So here is a great site. The article “Inventing Notes” is of particular interest.

Check out Garret Brown’s very own invention methodology:

The ‘Way’ of inventing is deceptively simple. It’s not just about gadgets. It is a way of thinking and problem-solving and the principles can be applied to all kinds of everyday tasks and challenges.

There are seven basic steps. Don’t be misled by the breezy quality of the list — the first item sometimes requires the greatest creative leap, and the difficult-sounding remaining steps can be surprisingly easy and cheap:

Identify some object (or method or technique) you need or want that is missing—even if its absence has long been taken for granted.

Try to imagine all the ways that it might look, feel or operate if it did exist, and make sketches, diagrams or primitive models.

‘Operate’ all the versions, at least in your mind, and select the most promising to try out or build

Deconstruct the winning version on paper, right down to its hypothetically disassembled parts.

Acquire whatever components can be purchased and hire experts to make the parts that are unavailable *

Assemble the thing and give it a try.

Improve it or start over (or celebrate!) as appropriate **

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