Invention and Innovation

WEEK 3

 

"PC VERSUS TABLET"


Based on an article at http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/tech/article/the-pc-is-dead-long-live-the-tablet/, I find that it is amazing how technologies are advancing as time pass by. Since early 1990s, Microsoft operating system and Intel hardware have dominated much of the personal computer market, first with MS-DOS and then with the Wintel ( Window + Intel) combination[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer ]


I would say that the invention of personal computer are indeed remarkable. It is an output from a unique or novel device, method, composition or process which  leads to the realistic creation of these artistic and creative technologies that are accepted by the society. Not only it improves the way humans live but it also enhances  the quality of life since back in the 1990s as at that time computers are firstly born and achieves a radical breakthrough.  

More work can be done faster, easier and in fact, it reduces the usage of manual recording as computers could store more informations and records.We could also use it to serve the World Wide Web to browse for vast information in just a split of time. We could say that the invention of pc at that time has extend the boundaries of human knowledge, experience or capability.  

Eventhough computers are still being used till now, new innovative products have emerge into the market across the globe.Tablets have been developed and reached a higher customer value through better solutions and market needs in a new way. It tells us that innovation is accomplished through different or more effective products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that are readily available to markets, governments, and society.

This is proven in a sense  whereby tablet is a better, improved product compared to pc due to the fact that it is lighter , portable as well as having a better innovative design and function.  

In conclusion,innovation differs from invention in that innovation refers to the use of a better and, as a result, novel idea or method, whereas invention refers more directly to the creation of the idea or method itself. Innovation differs from improvement in that innovation refers to the notion of doing something different rather than doing the same thing better  :)
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation]