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Necessity's rumored parent, but mostly it's boredom with a deadline.
means A new thing — a device, idea, or method — that someone creates for the first time to solve a problem or do something that couldn't be done before.
from From Latin 'invenire' meaning 'to come upon' or 'find' — built from 'in-' (upon) plus 'venire' (to come). The Romans used it for discovery as much as creation; an inventio was something you found as much as something you made, which is why early 'inventors' were often described as uncovering truths already lying in wait rather than conjuring them from nothing.
- patent origin
- Venice issued the first patent statute, 1474
- myth buster
- many inventions were accidents, not genius plans
- parallel discovery
- calculus, telephone invented by rivals simultaneously
- hidden cost
- most patented ideas never become products