• Question: Did you ever invent something yourself?

    Asked by 466kvna44 to Caoimhe, Colin, David, Katie, Lisa on 10 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by 549kvna45.
    • Photo: Katie Mahon

      Katie Mahon answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      No, not yet anyway…. just modified designs or improved on existing ideas.

    • Photo: David Taylor

      David Taylor answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      Yes, I invented something that’s been used in a medical operation – part of a hip joint implant.
      And sometimes it’s not things that one invents but ideas, or ways to do stuff. So for example I found a way to predict whether materials are going to break: this method is now used by engineers in car companies etc all over the world. These days ideas get put into computer software so everyone can use them easily.

    • Photo: Colin Keogh

      Colin Keogh answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      I have invented a few things.

      A advanced nano-scale blood treatment chip for testing blood diseases which is being approved for use at the minute.

      An wood processing technology to improve the quality and performance of wood for energy, which im forming a company around right now.

      An solar powered clothes drying device to dry your clothes for free using the suns energy on balcony’s or in gardens of houses.

      I also have an algae growth system i am developing over the last year or so, but its a long way off being finished yet.

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