Robert Rodriguez’s “Marketing New Inventions” is an essay describing the problems and setbacks that arise when new inventors first begin to market their creations. He discusses the hardships that Shelly Conte and Cindy Reichman faced when their toy, “Hide-N-Seek Hayley”, was overlooked by a new “Care Bear” toy of a similar idea. He then talks about the success of the “Hula-Hoop” and its epic achievements, causing others to cash “in on the plastic hoop’s popularity” (549). Later, he delves into the concept of inventors always having to “sleep with one eye open” (549) and stressing about “the possibility of a much larger competitor taking them out” (549). He then goes on to explain that patents do not always keep impersonators from chewing off …show more content…
pieces of the inventor’s idea (549). Inventions and inventors come and go; however, the light bulb has stood the test of time, established a safer way to see in the dark, and has become a necessity. First, before the invention of the light bulb, candles were used to turn the darkness into light.
Candlelight was unsafe because of its flammability and the light bulb was the solution to that problem. Throughout time, the light bulb has proven its worth and convenience. Unlike the “Hide-N-Seek Hayley” and the “Hula Hoop”, the light bulb was revolutionary for the growth of mankind. “Hide-N-Seek Hayley’s” sales began to fall “about a year later when a major player in the industry put a new spin on its popular Care Bear by introducing a hide-and-seek version” (549). With the light bulb, there was a very slim chance that it would be knocked out of the market by a newer product because it solved a problem that many people faced at that time and it still solves that problem today. Edison said, “I find out what the world needs. Then, I go ahead and invent it.” He wanted to work out one of the world’s predicaments. The light bulb has stood the test of time because it was a less dangerous solution to the dilemma of darkness than the …show more content…
candle. Secondly, the light bulb is a much safer product that the candle, it does not expose an open flame for a light source.
The open flame on a candle could cause many house fires, burns, and injuries; the light bulb was the answer to this problem. With Edison’s invention, safety was a main concern. Light bulbs serve an important function in our modern society and they help brighten up the once dim atmosphere. With brighter surroundings, there is less strain on the eyes to focus on an object and this maintains eye health. Along with this aspect of health, open flames take up the oxygen in the room that they need to stay lit whereas light bulbs do not. The light bulb has served a magnificent purpose in the world and has become one of the greatest inventions of all time.
Finally, the light bulb has become a necessity in this society. For example, light bulbs are found in most homes and places of work. Light is needed to do many things today. Lights are used in cars to brighten dark highways or they can be used in lamps to illuminate a room. Another example of why light bulbs are necessary is that without them, work would not be able to continue passed sundown. Light bulbs serve an important purpose that is often taken for granted and they have numerous uses and functions in manufactured goods that we see
everyday. In conclusion, the light bulb is one of the most useful inventions of all time because it has stood the test of time, established a safer way to see in the dark, and it has proven that it is necessary. In Robert Rodriguez’s essay, he distinguishes the difference between a successful product and an unsuccessful one. Thomas Edison’s light bulb is a successful invention and that is proven by the many years it has been in use.
Kerosene was an innovation that sparked more light into inventors eyes. After kerosene, innovations can be perfected not just in the day but now in night. Consequently, someone always thinks of more improved ideas. The light bulb was one of the greatest innovations during the Gilded Age; the everyday man can see in the dark. Normally, when the sun goes down, the men go down. This invention allowed people to carry on their "everyday lives" in the night. AC/DC electric lighting improved the light bulb even more so. Not just lighting one light bulb but lighting thousands. Carrying over to power houses; meaning a whole city or state can be
...ulb. Due to the demand for the electric light bulb, electric supply lines came to quickly satisfy this demand. "Before it had any significant effect on industry, electricity gave the city its quickening tempo, lifting elevators, powering streetcars and subway trains, turning night into day: (Henretta, 2009).
Bertrand Russell’s essay’s points about the reception of innovated ideas by the general public are highlighted in the play Julius Caesar. Indeed, the whole play was about an innovator who paid the ultimate price, death, for expressing his innovative idea. The human race will develop into a more understanding society, once we can realize that the only way to advance the human condition is to innovate upon old innovations.
Throughout our lives, we encounter promising advertisements from desperate companies attempting to campaign the next innovative product. The Onion's satirical article on MagnaSoles utilizes several rhetorical devices to sell its latest, groundbreaking item. By applying the MagnaSoles as a model for modern day products, The Onion humorously mocks the ridiculous promises and claims that companies offer their customers to market such "marvelous and unmatched" novelties. By presenting a sarcastic, exaggerated tone throughout the essay, we are able to dwell in the true hilarity of advertisements' impetuous pleas. The Onion uses doctors and "experts" to explain the revolutionary technology that MagnaSoles offers the public, even going as
The light bulb is the way we see in the dark, the way we find our way, the way we know when to go at a stoplight. How did Thomas Edison achieve this invention? Knowledge. Knowledge of electricity and the needs of those around him. In The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan claims that she wants her daughter to be “a beautiful little fool.” In other words Daisy is saying that ignorance is bliss. Some others believe that knowledge is power. The advancement from candles to light bulbs changed the culture entirely. People could easily do the work they needed to after sunset, and it even led to more inventions. We need knowledge to advance, and for this reason powerful knowledge is more valid than blissful ignorance.
For thousands of years, before modern electrical lighting systems were developed, candles existed not for decoration but for the sole purpose of providing artificial light in millions of homes.
Thomas Edison is also an inventor. He invented a lightbulb that banished the darkness. In the video it shows that Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb which was the first lightbulb. This shows that Thomas Edison invented something that changed the world by banishing the darkness, so just like the first telephone and the even better telephones changed the world by banishing the silence because people can now talk for hours without going anywhere. Also in the video, Thomas Edison invented something that not only changed the world but benefited all. This proves that the lightbulb is a product that lets everybody see in the dark. So now inventors try to invent something that would change the world and also benefits
An inventor can ask people’s opinion to ensure success. In passage three paragraph three it talked about the potato chip, and how it became popular. In passage three paragraph three it stated,”soom. Potato chip were in demand all over the country.”
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Over the years, many companies such as scrabble, Tylenol, Channel, Louis Vuitton and even Polo Ralph Lauren (PRL) Corporation have had to fight to protect their intellectual property. By looking more specifically into Polo Ralph Lauren, a fashion company that offers a range of products from clothing to home furnishings, this paper will explore trademark laws and how these laws could be advantageous one hand and limit one group and limit business abilities on another.
Many of people came to see the showcase of the phonograph. In 1878, Thomas Edison starts expanding his inventions factory, and also builds a shopping store behind the laboratory. So he could sell his inventions to the public. Later Thomas Edison starts continuous to his other inventions. He starts to investigation how to create a light bulb that can stay longer time. Before Thomas Edison start making the light bulb, there have other inventor was working on it, but no one can let the light bulb work longer. Eventually, on October 21, 1879, Thomas Edison’s light bulbs can continuous work forty hours. Thomas Edison and his team try to use the incandescent light bulb in the laboratory and his home. In 1880, Thomas Edison believes the incandescent bulbs can able to produce and sell it to the public. Also he builds the Edison Electric Light Company to find way to use electricity to light the incandescent bulbs. In 1882, Thomas Edison uses his incandescent bulb in all the office building and houses on the Pearl Street. Many people came to the Pearl Street see the all of the building and houses is light with electricity. This became a great achievement in Thomas Edison’s life. Also Thomas Edison became a rich and famous people. Many of business and investors want to invest Thomas Edison’s
Thomas Edison was another intelligent scientist that used the findings of Ben Franklin to invent a contraption called the light bulb. At the time of Edison?s findings, there was only gas and cand...
Light bulb is one of the most influential inventions in the word. It makes us work more productive at night and helps us enjoy more activities at night. It significantly change people lives all over the world. The born of light bulb also helped us by making more inventions that related to light, such as phones, televisions, and computes. By using light bulb, we actually reduced the probability of having fire accidents because if we don’t have light bulb, we will use candles instead which can cause fire easily. There are a lot more benefits we get from light bulb, and all of these are credited to Thomas Alva Edison.