Research And Development

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estions received. Below is an example of an organization focused on Research and Development. Research Division TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT THROUGH R & D INVENTION The most basic element of technological advance is invention: the first discovery of a product or process through the use of imagination, ingenious thinking, and experimentation and the first proof that it will work. While invention is a process, the result of the process, unfortunately, is also called invention. The first prototype (basic working model) of the telephone, the automobile, the television set, the microchip - each of these is an invention. Invention is usually based on scientific knowledge and is the product of the individuals, either working on their own or as members of corporate R & D staffs. INNOVATION Innovation, a second element of technological change, draws directly on invention. While invention is “first discovery and proof of workability,” innovation is the first successful commercial introduction of a new product, the first use of a new method, or the creat...