18. Invention, Intellectual Property and Income

I´m not planning on selling my project, since the beginning it was thought of as a gift for my brother, or at least something we can play with family. Nonetheless, I think it is worth registering it as an idea. I entered the Creative Commons website to do so.

I didn´t know which type of license to choose, but the website was easy to use and gave me a recommendation after filling in some information.

Now my project is licensed as follows:

This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes. If others remix, adapt, or build upon the material, they must license the modified material under identical terms.

Future Possibilities

At this moment, I do not intend to sell this for profit, nonetheless, that might change in the future. My project is easy to replicate with a few machines needed for its fabrication. I would need a 3D printer for the mechanism, a laser cutter for the box, and a milling machine for the PCB. The parts were designed in such a way that they don´t require advanced mechanical manufacturing processes. The Die is made from a mold, so it can already be mass-produced.

I could make the mechanism much smaller so the box can be shorter and narrower. I could use a different board for the die dispenser, so the PCB gets a smaller footprint. And even add more elements to make it more colorful and eye-catching, like LEDs to the box, and maybe change the die´s size.

Final Video and Slide

I uploaded a draft of my final presentation slide and video, and I checked on my website and the Fab´s website as well: