• Question: how long does it take to make your invetion

    Asked by 284kvna44 to Lisa, David, Colin, Caoimhe on 10 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: David Taylor

      David Taylor answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      I’m not sure what you mean exactly. Some inventions can come about very quickly – for example if you have an idea for a computer programme (like an Ap on your phone) then it can be made and got working in a few hours.
      But most of the inventions I’ve worked on have taken years to bring to the market because they need a lot of development, tests and trials, etc.

    • Photo: Colin Keogh

      Colin Keogh answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      Coming up with ideas or inventions can be very fast or very slow. Some ideas hit you suddenly, which i then have to get down on party very quickly so i dont forget. This is very rare though, so doesnt happen often.

      Normally ideas come from working on similar projects for a long time, over which your ideas slowly grow to make the process/invention etc work better. This is the normal way engineers get ideas. They learn about a problem and them think up ways to make it better.

      Actually making the invention can take from a few weeks to many years depending on what it is and how complicated it is.

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