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What could you invent from what you already know?

Your CV is a map of systems, tools, and problems you have encountered. Turn that experience into directions worth exploring.

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Three quick questions
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1 Your experience2 Tools you know3 Repeat problems

What work or study have you done?

A sentence or two is enough. Plain words are fine.

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Career experience flowing into several invention opportunity territories
Signals Nova examines: Tacit know-how, Repeated workaround, Unmet need
1Three quick questionsAbout your idea, in your own words.
2Nova answers your questionWhat looks promising, what may stand in the way, what to clarify.
3Expand it through five lensesWhat it can do, the resources, the problem, who it helps and nearby fields.
4Keep it with a free accountGoogle or email. Free for as long as you use it.
HOW IT WORKS

From a rough idea to a clear next step in a few minutes.

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Three quick questions

Your experience, Tools you know and Repeat problems. Plain words are fine, and only the first is required.

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Nova answers your question

For this page: what looks promising, what may stand in the way, and what would make the idea stronger.

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Expand it through five lenses

When you are ready, Nova looks at what it can do, the resources, the problem, who it helps and nearby fields.

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SEE IT AS A PRODUCT

Your idea, drawn and described.

view_quiltProduct sheetSTUDIO
A bird feeder shown on a plain background
Formal view
The same bird feeder in a garden
In use
infoIllustration from the IPGuru sample library, not a scenario of yours.
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A description you can check

Studio writes the physical description from what you kept, and marks what it had to assume.

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Pictures of the real thing

A formal view and an in-use view, made from that description. Free with an account.

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Something to show people

A clear picture gets better feedback from customers, partners and teachers than a paragraph does.

THE RIGHT MINDS

Three experts, seated for your idea.

With an account, Nova matches your idea against more than 1,100 expert profiles and seats three who see it differently. Each keeps a view of what is strong, what is weak and what to try next.

design_servicesConsumer Product DesignerExpert · form and product development
Strong
Flat storage and a continuous shell are both possible.
Try next
Sketch the hinge and lock before the shell.
directions_bikeGrand Tour CyclistVirtuoso · real-world use
Weak
The fold only matters if it is quick with gloves on.
Try next
Time it one-handed at a bike rack.
verifiedProduct Safety ManagerExpert · testing and compliance
Weak
Every locked cell must pass the same impact test.
Try next
Name the standard you would test against.
infoIllustration. Your team is matched to your own idea.
A FOCUSED CONVERSATION

The clue may be the workaround you stopped noticing.

Share recurring tools, constraints, and problems without confidential or identifying detail. Nova helps connect lived experience to a focused opportunity and the evidence worth collecting next.

RELATED QUESTIONS

Other questions Nova can take on.

A layered defensibility system protecting a central product core
For foundersDoes this idea have a defensible moat?
 A rough field of technical sketches resolving into a precise illuminated interlocking mechanism
Patentability checkIs my idea patentable?
QUESTIONS

Before you start.

Do I need an account to start?

No. Start now in a temporary, anonymous space. Create a free account when you want to keep what you have made.

Is the free account a trial?

No. It has no card and no end date, and it stays free for as long as you use it. A membership is optional and adds more.

How do I sign up?

With Google or with email and a password. We recommend Google: one click, no new password, and Google protects the sign-in.

Is this legal advice?

No. Nova gives an early orientation and helps you decide what to look at next. It does not replace a patent attorney or a full search.

Bring the rough idea. Leave with a better question.

Three quick questions, then Nova answers yours. Keep it with a free account when it is worth keeping.