Sunday, November 21, 2010

NOVELTY, INVENTION & INNOVATION

For the week 2 we discuss about novelty, invention and innovation. After searching on the internet I found lots of meaning for Novelty.

NOVELTY - New.

* the quality of being novel; newness; freshness.
*something new, fresh, or unusual; change; innovation.



INVENTION & INNOVATION

INVENTION
*The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.
*Something originated by experiment, etc.; new device or contrivance

INNOVATION
*comes from the Latin innovātus which means to renew. Innovation can therefore be seen as the process that renews something that exists and not, as is commonly assumed, the introduction of something new.
*the introduction of new ideas, goods, services, and practices which are intended to be useful (though a number of unsuccessful innovations can be found throughout history). An essential element for innovation is its application in a commercially successful way.

INVENTION
EXAMPLE

Benjamin Franklin -paved the way for an understanding of electricity with his famous experiments. When performing his kite experiment, he discovered that lightning is electricity.He also inventor of Bifocal Glasses, the Cast Iron Stove and the Lightning Rod.



INNOVATION
EXAMPLE


Benjamin Franklin was an inventor. He was curious and he loved to learn about new things. He also thought it was important to make life better with the things that he invented. Electricity was one of the things he experimented with when he retired from his business. Ben discovered that lightning and electricity were the same thing. The lightning rod was an important invention that we still use today.

Friday, November 19, 2010

CREATIVE & CREATIVITY. Definition.

For week 1 assignment is all about to find the definition of the creative & creativity. Im searching on the internet there's a lot of definition for creative & creativity.
The definition of Creativity

Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby a person creates something new (a product, a solution, a work of art etc.) which has some kind of value. What counts as "new" may be in reference to the individual creator, or to the society or domain within which the novelty occurs. What counts as "valuable" is similarly defined in a variety of ways.

For me creativity is the ability to think up and design new ideas and concepts. It also mean that the creative imagination is embodied in fantasies or daydreams. We can also create a new idea based on the original sources such as text book, magazine and novels. Creativity is also has been associated with right brain activity

EXAMPLE

See this picture.


What actually we can do for this can?


Let say we put a lighter beside the can?
what do you think?

this can not only for drinking but we can make it as an ashtray :)
This is call creativity because we creates something new a product which has some kind of value.


The definition of Creative

Creative is a promoting a construction or creation ideas. It also have the ability or power to create a creative art works and with a lot of imaginations.



It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
ALBERT EINSTEIN