How do you get your ideas on what you want to make/invent?

Question: How do you get your ideas on what you want to make/invent?
- Keywords:
  ideas,
  invention
Asked by HD to Valerie, Steve, Sean, Kath, Carmel, Alex on 8 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by Charlotte.c.
- Valerie Bentivegna answered on 8 Nov 2017:
  
  Most often because I see other people (on the internet for example) who have done something really cool, and then I try to make something similar that can be used for my project. So I get inspired by other people, I guess.
- Alex Moldovan answered on 8 Nov 2017:
  
  Random events or conversations.
  I sometimes get inspired when trying to explain something to someone.
- Stephen Lang answered on 9 Nov 2017:
  
  Sometimes they just pop into your mind. Other times you see something completely unrelated, but it triggers an idea.
  If you are not too creative, brainstorming is another way to generate ideas. This is good if what you want covers different types of engineering types.
- Sean Doherty answered on 9 Nov 2017:
  
  Quite often from your own experience or conversations, or from joining onto other people’s projects and developing them further.
- Kathryn Thomas answered on 9 Nov 2017:
  
  I developed this idea with some senior ideas at mu university. I don’t know how I’ll come up with what I’ll work on next, we’ll have to see!
- Carmel Howe answered on 10 Nov 2017:
  
  Most often my ideas come from trying to think about solutions for problems i am encountering in the lab

Question: How do you get your ideas on what you want to make/invent?

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