{"id":2457,"date":"2017-04-29T19:54:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T23:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2017-04-29T19:54:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T23:54:41","slug":"repeat-inventor-strikes-again-motorcycle-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/2017\/04\/29\/repeat-inventor-strikes-again-motorcycle-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"Repeat-inventor strikes again: motorcycle entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One man did what large companies could not do.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/autos\/la-fi-hy-air-conditioned-helmet-20170401-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Steve Feher, a repeat-inventor—who also has patents \u201con similar thermo-electric principles\u2026that cool the seats in vehicles built by Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Ferrari, Infiniti, Lexus, and GM,\u201d as well as a patent on a ventilated blanket for hospital patients—has invented and patented an air-conditioned motorcycle helmet.<\/p>\n

The article reminded me of our reading by Tom Kelley, \u201cThe Art of Innovation: Innovation Begins With An Eye.\u201d<\/p>\n

There, Kelley encouraged budding entrepreneurs and innovators to \u201ckeep close to the action.\u201d He stated: \u201cWhether it\u2019s art, science, technology, or business, inspiration comes from being close to the action.\u201d (Kelley, 31).<\/p>\n

Kelley argued that \u201csensory immersion\u201d can lead to inspiration—which is exactly what happened here. Feher is an avid motorcyclist. He picked up on a problem that he and others were experiencing and created a solution.<\/p>\n

Notably, as well, the article also discusses how his invention may actually encourage riders to wear helmets even when the law does not require it. It\u2019s interesting that a single change to an already-existing product can have such a snowball effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One man did what large companies could not do. http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/autos\/la-fi-hy-air-conditioned-helmet-20170401-story.html Steve Feher, a repeat-inventor—who also has patents \u201con similar thermo-electric principles\u2026that cool the seats in vehicles built by Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Ferrari, Infiniti, Lexus, and GM,\u201d as well as a patent … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2340,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2643,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457\/revisions\/2643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}