Some Inventions Stick Others Roll
Robert Rodriguez’s “Marketing New Inventions” is an essay about inventions not going the way people envisioned. The first example Rodriguez gives is the mother and daughter Fresno duo, who were the first to invent the hide-and-seek Hayley doll, a product that made itself known on many nations’ largest toy stores. However, hide-and-seek Hayley became obsolete once Care Bear came out with their version of the hide-and-seek toy. Getting idea’s stolen is common according to Rodriguez: “Inventors say they never rest easy” (549) and competitors are always trying to take another’s idea and tweak it to make it better. Moreover, in the invention field, patents never fully protect inventors from copycats, which teaches inventors hard lessons. Rodriguez relates how Mark Summers said, “bringing an idea to the marketplace can be daunting for inventors who lack the experience and knowledge” (550). With that in mind, he decided not to compete head-to-head with larger companies, but approached the number two player in the market, which helped him receive a buyer. Although, many inventions have been made, but the most useful invention is the wheel has allowed more inventions to prosper, improved transportation and agricultural. …show more content…
Without the wheel, more energy would be produced for things that are believed to be simple in our daily lives. For example, the wheel helped invent the pottery wheel, which made it easier for people to carry water and food from place; to place for example, people had to carry water to their homes to use it for cooking. Furthermore, the invention of the wheel inspired the invention of the water wheel, which generates power and electricity. The water wheel is used as an inexpensive but effective way in creating power throughout one’s home. Once the wheel was invented, people’s lives became much
Robert Rodriguez’s “Marketing New Inventions” is an essay about inventions not going the way people envisioned. The first example Rodriguez gives is the mother and daughter Fresno duo, who were the first to invent the hide-and-seek Hayley doll, a product that made itself known on many nations’ largest toy stores. However, hide-and-seek Hayley became obsolete once Care Bear came out with their version of the hide-and-seek toy. Getting idea’s stolen is common according to Rodriguez: “Inventors say they never rest easy” (549) and competitors are always trying to take another’s idea and tweak it to make it better. Moreover, in the invention field, patents never fully protect inventors from copycats, which teaches inventors hard lessons. Rodriguez relates how Mark Summers said, “bringing an idea to the marketplace can be daunting for inventors who lack the experience and knowledge” (550). With that in mind, he decided not to compete head-to-head with larger companies, but approached the number two player in the market, which helped him receive a buyer. Although, many inventions have been made, but the most useful invention is the wheel has allowed more inventions to prosper, improved transportation and agricultural. …show more content…
Without the wheel, more energy would be produced for things that are believed to be simple in our daily lives. For example, the wheel helped invent the pottery wheel, which made it easier for people to carry water and food from place; to place for example, people had to carry water to their homes to use it for cooking. Furthermore, the invention of the wheel inspired the invention of the water wheel, which generates power and electricity. The water wheel is used as an inexpensive but effective way in creating power throughout one’s home. Once the wheel was invented, people’s lives became much