The invention of spectacles.

Coloured Spectacles

the invention of capitalism

The structure of invention

This paper explores the process by which radically novel technologies – ones such as radar, the turbojet, or the polymerase chain reaction – come into being. It shows that this process – “invention” – has a certain logical structure common to all cases. Invention is a process of linking some purpose or need with an effect that can be exploited to satisfy it. It may begin with a purpose or need ...

Field of the Invention

DATA DETECTION Kiyoshi Yokota, et al. in "A New Missing ATM Cell Reconstruction Scheme for ADPCM-Coded Speech', Pro ceedings of the International Conference of Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing 1989. Cointot and G. de PassoZ in "A 60-Channel PCM-ADPCM Converter Robust to Channel Errors', Proceedings of the International Conference of Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing 1982. D. Kim ...

The Psychology of Invention