• For each of the 6 categories, can you think of an example from your own life?

1.) My great grandmother had hearing aids

2.) I haven't seen anything related to tongue receptors, but one of the faculty members is in a wheel chair

3.) Someone at Beaver created an exoskeleton sleeve to help weightlifting activities 

4.) I saw a picture today of a pillow that was shaped like a person hugging someone

5.) Sewing advancements, to me, seem like they have been very rare in the world 

6.) This is similar to the hearing aids in a sense of these helpful inventions being fashionable.

• What were 4 things that surprised you from this article?

1.) The categories were of things I don't normally see inventions for

2.) Fashion has become a large factor in solutions to some inventions 

3.) The tongue receptors was most surprising to me

4.) I've never seen things that hug you that aren't human

• What was 1 thing you disagreed with 

I can't disagree with any of it because I didn't know too much about the topics to begin with

• What was your favorite device?

I really liked the self hugging chair. Like I said, I've never seen that before; it seems so simple yet so necessary and beneficial for people.