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Design a 21st century farming device with Spark!Lab, Instructables, and Tinkercad!

Design a 21st Century Farming Device

March 12, 2021 by Lemelson Center

What types of farming will your device be used for? Who will use your invention?

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Welcome to Spark!Lab digital. This is an online invention space where you get to be the inventor. There are no wrong answers, and you can create an invention using the pieces provided—or create some pieces of your own. Think like an inventor: how does your design solve a problem?

Using Tinkercad, you can delete, reshape, and duplicate elements—and you can create new parts, too.

  1. Supplies

    Free Tinkercad account 

    Inventive creativity 

    "Design a 21st Century Farming Device" parts from the Tinkercad website

  2. Invention Is a Process

    There are just two things to keep in mind as you create your 21st century farming device:

    1. The invention process is not always linear, but inventors engage in these steps in some form or another: 

    Think it: Have a great idea for an invention

    Explore it: Investigate inventions and ideas of the past

    Sketch it: Draw pictures and diagrams to figure out how your invention might work

    Create it: Build a prototype or model of your idea

    Try it: Test your invention

    Tweak it: Keep improving your idea

    Sell it: Market your invention to people who might buy it

    2. We also know everyone is inventive—and we do mean everyone! Today, you become the inventor. You will try new ideas, take risks, and learn how to keep going when things don’t go as planned.

  3. Now head over to Instructables to start inventing with Tinkercad!

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