Accidental innovation: Unintended innovation by chance

[shruthi_ks]

It is known that geniuses who have the ability to innovate are so rare that they are virtually non-existent.

So the question is: Is it possible that ordinary folks stumble upon something innovative accidentally? It could be anything – elegant short cut to do a task, interesting observations, leisure activities etc.

[phenom27]

Has it ever happened to you that you are looking for your lost watch, in your house and instead of finding the watch you find the missing ring/jewellery.

I think yes accidental Innovations do happen and the reason they are called as accidental Innovations because the person innovating it was actually working on something else and ended up with a Innovation by chance/accident .

A few famous examples :
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38870091/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/t/greatest-accidental-inventions-all-time/#.T8YwMlL-1rQ

[rationalthinker]

It is known as SERENDIPITY!

[Dead On Arrival]

short cut to do a task.

Every Friggin' Day! :D

[AmthaLal]

It is known that geniuses who have the ability to innovate are so rare that they are virtually non-existent.

So the question is: Is it possible that ordinary folks stumble upon something innovative accidentally? It could be anything – elegant short cut to do a task, interesting observations, leisure activities etc.



Only Americans do it.:D

[shruthi_ks]

It is known as SERENDIPITY!Thanks for the info. But there is slight difference in my point.

You are referring to innovation by scientists. And it takes genius even to notice it. I am talking about innovation by ordinary folks of the kind that is noticeable even to such lay people.

[kkkk]

It does really take a genius to notice. In a coutry like India, millions have to fend for themselves, every-day, every bite that goes down the throat of poor is innovation. The poor living in pipes meant for sewer pipelines, those rummaging rubbish bins to search for recyclable material, even those who sift the river bed in hope of finding gold/silver from dead people ashes with gold/silver tooth-caps - all are innovators and innovations that are so many and so common that we dont even consider them to be innovators and innovations.

[kkkk]

Here is one

http://www.nif.org.in/cycle_gear_system

a Rickshaw puller developed a variable gear system which helps pull Rickshaws easier.

[kkkk]

Some more that Nif has awarded with prize -

http://www.nif.org.in/ignite/awardprofile-all.php

No. Innovation Title Innovator Name District & State Awarded In Award Type
1 Rice grain separating/cleaning machine Sajid Ansari Ranchi & Jharkhand ignite11 7th - 10th
2 Pen for poster writing with an adjustable stroke tip Rimjhim Baruah Jorhat & Assam ignite11 7th - 10th
3 Modified walker with adjustable legs Shalini Kumari patna & Bihar ignite11 8th-12th
4 Easy Car cover SR Poobesh Gowtham Krishnagiri & Tamil Nadu ignite11 7th - 10th
5 Manual bed sheet squeezer Dhavala Udupi & Karnataka ignite11 7th - 10th
6 Device to assist low vision people Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo Bhubaneshwar & Orissa ignite11 9th - 10th
7 Foldable water bottle & Hoe cum shovel Ishfaq Ahmad Wani & Refaz Ahmad Wani Anantanag & Jammu & Kashmir ignite11 9th - 10th
8 Medicine expiry indication Shweta Sharma & Jaskiran Goraya Jallandhar & Punjab ignite11 9th - 10th
9 Medicine box with reminder facility, taps with different timer settings Mohit Singh Sidhi & Madhya Pradesh ignite11 9th - 10th
10 Shoes with device to calculate time spent in physical activity and regulate TV viewing time accordingly chhavi Jallandhar & Punjab ignite11 9th - 10th

[kkkk]

We have our own local innovator on this site - Rahul P Sharma - whose ideas about Intelligent Speed control system (and another one that I dont want to mention :o) have been hosted on some websites and await votes of interested people which will enable investment in the idea.

[shruthi_ks]

People’s IQ varies and the rate of growth of IQ also varies. But everybody’s IQ stops growing at more or less the same age i.e. at about early 20s. The duration of IQ growth is approximately same for everyone. Can’t people’s IQ grow for longer periods?

[dirty]

Some more that Nif has awarded with prize -

http://www.nif.org.in/ignite/awardprofile-all.php

No. Innovation Title Innovator Name District & State Awarded In Award Type
1 Rice grain separating/cleaning machine Sajid Ansari Ranchi & Jharkhand ignite11 7th - 10th
2 Pen for poster writing with an adjustable stroke tip Rimjhim Baruah Jorhat & Assam ignite11 7th - 10th
3 Modified walker with adjustable legs Shalini Kumari patna & Bihar ignite11 8th-12th
4 Easy Car cover SR Poobesh Gowtham Krishnagiri & Tamil Nadu ignite11 7th - 10th
5 Manual bed sheet squeezer Dhavala Udupi & Karnataka ignite11 7th - 10th
6 Device to assist low vision people Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo Bhubaneshwar & Orissa ignite11 9th - 10th
7 Foldable water bottle & Hoe cum shovel Ishfaq Ahmad Wani & Refaz Ahmad Wani Anantanag & Jammu & Kashmir ignite11 9th - 10th
8 Medicine expiry indication Shweta Sharma & Jaskiran Goraya Jallandhar & Punjab ignite11 9th - 10th
9 Medicine box with reminder facility, taps with different timer settings Mohit Singh Sidhi & Madhya Pradesh ignite11 9th - 10th
10 Shoes with device to calculate time spent in physical activity and regulate TV viewing time accordingly chhavi Jallandhar & Punjab ignite11 9th - 10th

Everything available in USA....:rolleyes:

[Mallu Rider]

5 Manual bed sheet squeezer Dhavala Udupi & Karnataka ignite11 7th - 10th


Whats a manual bed sheet squeezer? An orgasming woman?

[shruthi_ks]

It is known as SERENDIPITY!What’s the exact antonym for that?

[kkkk]

Everything available in USA....:rolleyes:

heres the thing about the nif innovations that I pasted. if something requires 100$ to produce 1 unit of, then there needs to be innovation to be able produce 100 of those in 1$ - thats the kind of aim...

sure all of it will be avialable in US of A or even in India doesnt mean there are better ways of doing those things.

[kkkk]

Whats a manual bed sheet squeezer? An orgasming woman?

i believe it is used after washing the bed sheet.