18. Invention, Intellectual Property and Business Models¶

Assignment¶

develop a plan for dissemination of your final project
prepare drafts of your summary slide (presentation.png, 1920x1080) and video clip (presentation.mp4, 1080p HTML5, < ~minute, < ~10 MB) and put them in your root directory

My plan for dissemination¶

Who is my project for¶

This project focuses on a specific public, which are small-medium-scale farmers in charge of harvesting small and delicate products such as berries or small fruits that cannot be harvested with a machine due to the possibility of damaging the product. The trend for the future is to automate most of the processes, I consider that my project is in an early stage of something much larger and more detailed.

Make my project known to the target group¶

I believe that in order to publicize a product, exhaustive tests must first be performed in all possible scenarios, my philosophy is that facts worth more than words. In that sense, with the finished prototype, I will be able to perform tests in different scenarios that I have already considered, because we are talking about a maker-type project, the best way to make it known is through the media both from our university and local, since they encourage the research and development of smart alternatives to everyday problems. Assuming that the information reaches the right audience, it would already be generating the path to growth and scope of my project.

How is it funded¶

At this early stage it is being fully funded by me, because many tests and changes need to be made, later I plan to apply for some research incentive contest (with a more polished idea) and take this project to the next level.

License to protect intellectual properties of my project¶

Due to the academic nature of my project, I decided on Creative commons. Creative Commons licenses give everyone from individual creators to large institutions a standardized way to grant the public permission to use their creative work under copyright law. From the reuser’s perspective, the presence of a Creative Commons license on a copyrighted work answers the question, “What can I do with this work?”

I decided on CC BY-NC, because this license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. (seems fair for me) It includes the following elements:

BY – Credit must be given to the creator

NC – Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted

Is there a business plan¶

Honestly at this early stage I only focus on being able to translate my idea into an object that meets all my expectations, obviously in the future I plan to develop a business plan, that depends directly on all the objectives that I set and the viability of them. In conclusion, I would say that at the moment there is no specific business plan, but it is a possibility that I leave open for the future.

How would you fund scaling up¶

The research funds offered by my university are the option that I consider for scaling up to the next level, obviously anyone does not access these funds, that are in competition mode and are approved by an evaluating jury, I consider that this would be a good filter for evaluate the feasibility of my project.