technology

definition of invention

An invention is the creation of an object, product, theory or process that always involves the alteration of certain matter or materials. As is known, the inventive capacity is almost exclusively human and except in a few cases, in nature only man has developed the possibility of taking elements from it to transform them into compounds of greater complexity and utility.

When speaking of an invention, reference is being made to two possible ways of composing a new element: from pre-existing elements or products (which are generally improved or altered) or from scratch as a result of perhaps unexpected and surprising development. . The objective of the inventions can therefore be clear, but it can also be established a posteriori if the creation in question is the consequence of processes not previously thought of. However, the invention will always imply departing from the norm and the pre-established lanes, whether we are talking about inventions intended or not.

Of course, human inventions can also vary in terms of their effects: while some have been of great importance to Humanity, others are applicable to daily use and therefore can go a little unnoticed in the whole of history.

The process by which the human being comes to generate an invention normally begins with the need to solve a problem, a difficulty or improve something that is considered deficient. This is the moment in which the inventor in question plans a new element or product and after doing so must carry it out through the construction of the corresponding structures (material or abstract). The final stage of an invention generally has to do with the proof, justification or testing of such an element in order to check if its operation is really applied to the satisfaction of such need.

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