Diffrence between Discovery and Innovation
| Aspect | Discovery | Innovation |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Identification or recognition of the unknown or new | Creation and application of new or improved ideas, products, or processes based on existing knowledge |
| Nature | Reveals existing phenomena or truths | Generates novel solutions or improvements |
| Process | Often involves observation, research, or exploration | Requires creative thinking, design, and problem-solving |
| Source | Typically stems from uncovering previously unknown facts | Derives from adapting, modifying, or combining existing concepts or technologies |
| Outcome | Expands the body of knowledge | Produces practical, usable, or marketable products or services |
| Examples | Discovery of a new species, identification of a celestial object | Invention of the smartphone, development of renewable energy technologies |
| Relationship | Provides the foundation for future innovations | Builds upon discoveries and existing knowledge |
| Role in Progress | Advances scientific understanding | Drives technological and societal advancements |
| Primarily Found in | Science, exploration, observation | Technology, business, design, problem-solving |
List of Inventions and discoveries
| Invention/Discovery | Name of the Inventor |
|---|---|
| Adhesive tape | Richard G. Drew |
| Air Conditioner | Willis Carrier |
| Airplane | Orville & Wilbur Wright |
| Anemometer | Leon Battista Alberti |
| Animation | J. Stuart Blackton |
| Atom Bomb | Julius Robert Oppenheimer |
| Aspirin | Dr. Felix Hoffman |
| Automatic Calculator | Wilhelm Schickard |
| Ball Point Pen | John Loud |
| Barbed Wire | Joseph F. Glidden |
| Barometer | Evangelista Torricelli |
| Bicycle Tyres | John Boyd Dunlop |
| Bifocal Lens | Benjamin Franklin |
| Blood Group | Karl Landsteiner |
| Centigrade Scale | Anders Celsius |
| Celluloid | Alexander Parkes |
| Chlorine | Carl Wilhelm Scheele |
| Cine Camera | Wm. Friese-Greene |
| Clock Mechanical | Hsing and Ling-Tsan |
| Dynamo | Michael Faraday |
| Electric Battery | Alessandro Volta |
| Electric Fan | Schuyler Wheeler |
| Electric Light Bulb | Thomas Edison |
| Electric Motor (DC) | Thomas Davenport |
| Electromagnet | William Sturgeon |
| Elevator | Elisha G. Otis |
| Fluorine | André-Marie Ampère |
| Fountain Pen | Petrache Poenaru |
| Gramophone | Emile Berliner |
| Helicopter | Igor Sikorsky |
| Helium | Jules Janssen |
| Hovercraft | Christopher Cockerell |
| Hot Air Balloon | Josef & Etienne Montgolfier |
| Hydrogen | Henry Cavendish |
| Insulin | Sir Frederick Banting |
| Jet Engine | Hans Von Ohain |
| Laser | Theodore Maiman |
| Light Bulb | Thomas Edison |
| Lightning Conductor | Benjamin Franklin |
| Locomotive | George Stephenson |
| Microscope | Zacharias Janssen |
| Microphone | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Motorcycle | Gottlieb Daimler |
| Motion Pictures | Thomas Edison & Lumière Brothers |
| NeON Lamp | Georges Claude |
| Oxygen | Joseph Priestley |
| Pacemaker | Rune Elmqvist |
| Parachute | Louis-Sebastien Lenormand |
| Periodic Table | Dmitri Mendeleev |
| Petrol for Motor Car | Karl Benz |
| Photographic Film | George Eastman |
| Photography | Louis Daguerre |
| Piano | Bartolomeo Cristofori |
| Printing Press | Johannes Gutenberg |
| Radio | Guglielmo Marconi |
| Radium | Marie & Pierre Curie |
| Reaper | Cyrus McCormick |
| Refrigerator | Carl von Linde |
| Rocket Engine | Robert H. Goddard |
| Safety Razor | King C. Gillette |
| Saxophone | Adolphe Sax |
| Sewing Machine | Elias Howe |
| Ship (Turbine) | Charles Parsons |
| Soft Contact Lenses | Otto Wichterle |
| Stethoscope | René Laennec |
| Steam Engine | Thomas Newcomen & James Watt |
| Steam Locomotive | George Stephenson |
| Steam Ship | Robert Fulton |
| Steamboat | Robert Fulton |
| Steam-Powered Airship | Henri Giffard |
| Submarine | Cornelis Drebbel |
| Synthesizer | Dr. Robert Arthur Moog |
| Telegraph | Samuel Morse |
| Telephone | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Theory of Evolution | Charles Darwin |
| Theory of Relativity | Albert Einstein |
| Thermometer | Galileo |
| Transistors | John Bardeen, William Shockley & Walter Brattain |
| Typewriter | Christopher Latham Sholes |
| Vacuum Cleaner | Hubert Cecil Booth |
| Vaccination | Edward Jenner |
| Valve, Radio | Sir J.A Fleming |
| Vitamin A | Frederick Gowland Hopkins |
| Vitamin B | Christiaan Eijkman |
| Vitamin C | Albert Szent-Györgyi |
| Vitamin E | Herbert McLean Evans & Katherine Scott Bishop |
| Vitamin K | Henrik Dam |
| Windshield Wipers | Mary Anderson |
| World Wide Web | Tim Berners-Lee with Robert Cailliau |
| X-ray | Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen |
| Xerox Machine | Chester Carlson |
