• Question: Is it hard to think of new ideas for equipment?

    Asked by Sarah007 to Kevin, Ted, S. S., Laura, Ellen, Andrea on 5 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by Hazel1597.
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      Kevin OBrien answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      Yes, definitely, especially when you’re working on a specific type of product.
      Many of the new ideas come from people who have experience of different areas or products adapting those ideas for use with other types of products..

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      Ellen Simmons answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      Sometimes, but often you are improving on an old piece of equipment instead of inventing something from scratch. This is much easier!

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      Laura Farina answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      It is really hard!! So many thing has been invented so far… but I believe that the simplest idea give the greatest innovations!

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      Andrea Pacheco answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      Even though it is difficult, most of the cool ideas come from interdisciplinary teams. In health it is important to have scientists, engineers, doctors and industry working on the same project.

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      Ted Burke answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      I have new ideas every day, but I think really great inventions that will change society are much less common. Even so, you have to practice thinking of new things in order to exercise your imagination – otherwise you’ll never come up with a great idea.

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