For this assignment, you will be choosing an three inventions and answering some questions about them:

• What is the invention?

• When and where was it invented?

• Was it ever patented? If not, why not?

• Did the design get copied in any way? Explain how it was copied or why it was not copied.

• What happened to the inventor in this case? Were they able to profit from their design.

Some topics you could choose include: (but are not limited to)

Global Positioning System

The Gutenberg Press

Solar Electricity

Radio Frequency IDentification

The S-Bend Toilet

Dynamos

Air Conditioning

Elevators

Batteries

Barcodes

Shipping Containers

Diesel Engines

Synthetic Insulin

Answers should be presented as Slides with accompanying imagery (examples, patent drawing, etc...)