1, material divergence
Divergence of material refers to treating an article as? Materials? Take this as the divergence point. Imagine its multiple uses. For example, knives can be used to sharpen pencils, cut fruits and cut ropes.
Exercise: Please tell the purpose of A4 paper, pencil and lamp. Try to think of more than five usages for each item.
2. Causal divergence
Causal divergence is thinking about the cause and result of something. For example, the fluorescent lamp in the classroom is broken, the filament may be broken, the power may be cut off, or it may be ......
For another example, guess the reason why the glass broke: it broke on the ground and was broken by something. ......
Exercise: Try to talk about the reason why you are underweight when shopping!
3. Morphological differences
Morphological differences refer to the differences in the shapes of things (such as shape, color, sound, taste, smell, light and shade, etc.). ) and imagine the possibility of using a certain shape.
For example, red bricks are rectangular, flat and regular, and can be used to build walls; Its color is red, so it can write and draw lines on the ground. The sound it breaks is crisp and loud, so people who practice Taekwondo like to show their skills by splitting bricks. ......
Exercise: Say it? Pepper? What can its shape, color, taste and smell do?
4. Combined divergence
Combinatorial divergence refers to taking something as the divergence point and combining it with other things as much as possible to form new things.
Like what? Plastic? Make a small bottle, fill it with medicine, stick wrapping paper on the outside, and write down the name, main ingredients, indications, production date, contraindications, etc. It becomes a medicine bottle. Made into a bag with the name of the supermarket written on the outside, it becomes a shopping bag; Combine it with a light bulb and it becomes a desk lamp. ......
Exercise: Say it? Wood? What happens when wood is combined with other things?
5. Differences in methods
Method divergence refers to the divergence of people's methods to solve problems or manufacture goods, and imagine the possibilities of using this method.
In order to prevent the water bottle from leaking, a bottle cap was made. The bottle cap and the bottle body are staggered with toothed rings, which can be fixed and closed by screws, so that the water bottle will not leak. Spread out, the pen holder and pen tip are opened and closed in this way, as well as screws, medicine bottles, shampoo bottles and so on.
Exercise: In order to moisten the flowers when watering them, we invented the sprinkler, which not only saves water, sprays evenly, locates accurately, but also reaches a long distance. This spraying method can do many things. What else can you think of?
6. Functional differences