Final Lecture Notes

Overview of the ENDS 101 course:

The course first began with agreeing to the non-disclosure agreement, this protected ideas for a limited period of time.

The design of the class has a combination of elements they are:

Instructor Lectures

Guest Speakers

Individual Assignments

Team Assignments

Oral Presentations

Participation in a Creativity and innovation competitions

WebCT/VISTA Postings

YouTube Video Postings

Podcasts Postings

A major element of ENDS 101 was the creation of a PWC (Prior Works Collection) after innovating a new product or service. The PWC can also be used outside the context of this class, specially when attempting to become an entrepreneur.

Tools:

CombinFormation

Prior Works Collection

LIFE equation:

Its about four factors coming together.

1-It is an intergral between life and death of L1(which is to live) which is equal to (B,M,H,S)^6s

2-The summation of love, from I to others

3-The summation of learning, from I to the universe

4-The integral of leaving a legacy

life is about living, learning, loving, and leaving a legacy!

Personal Feedback on ENDS 101

As the final day of class approaches, I have realized the great opportunity I had while being part of this ENDS 101 class. Prior to enrolling in this class, I never considered creativity important. I simply regarded it as "useless", however, I have now learned that the future of our society is truly dependent upon creativity. Without creativity, we as citizens would not be able to allow our great nation to grow both technologically and intelligently.

I am truly grateful to have taken this class, I believe it allowed me to open my eyes to the new opportunities which surround us in the world of innovation. To now see the world with an optimistic point of view, and to strive to improvement will truly give me an opportunity to make advances in my field of study. From now on I will keep one quote engraved in my mind "If it is not broken, IMPROVE it!"

Speaking of field of study, prior to this class, I believed I was destined to be an architect. However, as time went on, I realized that all of my interests coincide with the civil engineering field. Next semester I will change majors, but most importantly, keep ENDS 101 in the back of my mind in order to always innovate the present solution.

ENDS 105 Creativity Inspired Projects

My freshman Environmental Design studio allowed me to use creativity on various projects.

Here are a couple of pictures of my work.

Enjoy!

Golf Club Invention

Today, as I was skyping, I  realized that nobody has invented a multiple use golf club. The club I would like to create would have a rotating club head that would adjust to the needed angle for the optimal swing. This would prevent the need to carry around a heavy bag full of clubs.

Thinking about it, maybe the reason why nobody had manufactured an item like this, is because the sport wear industries would lose money rather than keep gaining unnecessary revenues.

Portfolio Entry 10 - Individual Graded Assignment No. I-4

Process Innovations:

The learning objectives of developing Soft Innovations are: (1) to become aware of

the numerous opportunities that exist for developing product, process, service, or business model

innovations; (2) to develop skills and abilities in creative thinking and problem-solving; (3) to be able to

describe any innovation developed in a briefing, using both visual depictions of the innovations and

textual narratives, and following a clear set of guidelines; and (4) to formally document that any

innovations developed are novel and unique, through the development of a Prior Works Collection

(needs, resources, and precedents) for the innovation, and by conducting simple search engine,

trademark, and patent searches.

My four soft innovations included:

9.Hassle-Free Washing Machine
10.Closet/Outfit Rotator
11.Bed Do-Er
12.The Imperfection Vacuum

To fully explore the presentation click on the link bellow

Enjoy!

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B5VW54czbPqvOWIyNmFlOTMtY2NjYy00YTlkLTk3OWItZDQ4YWFlYTUwZTZm&hl=en