Let's make America's next great invention!
You and your team will both design and sell America's next great invention!
(Mr. Demchak maintains ownership of 90% of all profits gained from inventions/innovations created henceforth)
Challenge: Your team will design and develop a prototype of your invention or innovation. After it's completion, you will shoot your very own 'Billy Mays' inspired video to sell your product!
BUT first, let's learn a little background about modern inventions and the process involved....
(Mr. Demchak maintains ownership of 90% of all profits gained from inventions/innovations created henceforth)
Challenge: Your team will design and develop a prototype of your invention or innovation. After it's completion, you will shoot your very own 'Billy Mays' inspired video to sell your product!
BUT first, let's learn a little background about modern inventions and the process involved....
Well you know how much I like bicycles... so lets start there.
How can making a cardboard bicycle change the world? What impacts can this bicycle have? How can this development of making super strong cardboard be applied to other items? While Izhar Gafni has a working bicycle, what's keeping him from selling it around the world?
So what does independent invention look like in todays world?
So you've got this great idea for an invention. And short of winning the Invention Convention how do you expect to get your idea out into the world?
Enter one of the more popular crowd-sourcing market places.... Kickstarter.
Click here to see a great example of how to turn an idea of a remote control flying plane into a christmas toy for girls and boys.
Enter one of the more popular crowd-sourcing market places.... Kickstarter.
Click here to see a great example of how to turn an idea of a remote control flying plane into a christmas toy for girls and boys.
Besides a lack of money...
Besides money, what other reasons keep people from creating inventions to benefit all of mankind?
Okay... So we talked about inventions |
|
What about the video part? Well let's do some background research into the man, the legend... Billy Mays
Files...
invention_and_innovation_challenge.docx | |
File Size: | 55 kb |
File Type: | docx |
invention_video.docx | |
File Size: | 32 kb |
File Type: | docx |
storyboard.pdf | |
File Size: | 47 kb |
File Type: |