Bubble Bobble
This guy spent over 10 years playing with soap bubbles.
And now, he has managed to make them colored, and in the process may have discovered a whole new dye technology. (Not to mention a lot of money)
The story also shows some fundamental aspects of how to work an improvement research project once you have a goal in mind.
1. Find out as much as you can about the original item (soap bubbles in this case)
2. Try everything you can think of that might modify the item the way you want it to be (mixing up colors and stuff with soap and other stuff...)
3. Document your experiments (he did not do it initially, and lost at least one other potential invention)
5. Isolate what works, and improve. (Unwashable color - Washable color - Self dissapearing color)
4. Apply the invention for other use (He started with bubbles, and there will be others)
6. You need not be a scientist to invent things. However, do not be too proud to seek help from experts. (A chemist in this case)
9. Erase the word "impossible" from your dictionary.
I do have some ideas on my own, and this guy has shown me that if I pursue them long enough, they won't be just soap bubbles :D
Like they say in Martial Arts: Focus! Focus! Focus!
posted by Ole' Wolvie @ 8:15 PM
2 Comments:
Interesting. Wonder if you know of this guy whose career is travelling round the world performing bubbles? Think he came here some years back, either that or he was shown on tv. He is the Houdini of bubble performance.
Yes, I have heard of him. I think he performs shows all over the world too.
He worked to improve the soap bubble in a different way - to make it stronger, and I believe that he was the first person who invented a solution strong enough to stretch a bubble over a grown adult.
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