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Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday
An important part of the design process is research. Why reinvent the wheel when you don't have to?
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There is nothing wrong with research, and most students have probably already found those videos. I guess I'm a bit of a purist on brainstorming and the value of ignorant thought. Seeing how someone else tackled a similar task, leads you down the same road, except without the information learned from blind alleys along the way.
How many bio-mimicking throwers will be aborted in the brainstorming stage, because the inventor watched those videos, and decided to put their ideas down?