Innovation

Do you think that innovation can only occur after development of a new technology, or can innovation be achieved with an existing technology?

Innovation can definately be achieved with an existing technology.
How did Dr Martin Cooper, of Motorola, invent the very first cell phone without first the invention of the telephone?


Dr Martin Cooper making the first US analoguemobile phone call.

In fact most of the new technology around today has been based on already existing technology.
a lot of innovation occurs because inventors are trying to make existing technology etc. better and more efficient.

Some examples:

• The toilet would not have come about if it were not for developments such as the running water in the home - indoor plumbing.
• If it wasn't for the wood burning oven and the invention of electricity, the electric oven, most of us have in our homes today, would not have been invented.
• If it wasn't for the first lawnmower, which was made of cast iron and featured a large rear roller with a cutting cylinder (reel) in the front, then the petrol ones we use today would not have come about.

These were just some examples but there are many more.
So repeat Innovation can definately be achieved with an existing technology.