He modified an idea of Aristotle's, which explained it in terms of vaporous exhalations.
Sometimes the key to making a good startup is modifying an existing idea with slight improvements.
And we're not above borrowing and modifying a good idea someone else invented.
Richard Owen, England's leading anatomist at the time, argued that over time God created new species by modifying a basic anatomical idea, an "archetype". Darwin, finally, recognized that fossils recorded the evolution and extinction of life, as natural selection and other natural factors changed species through time.
Behavioural and cognitive-behavioural treatments, which are included in these programs, are based on the idea that modifying an individual's responses to his or her condition will reduce disability and suffering from chronic pain.
In a hierarchy the power to kill or modify a new idea is often vested in a single person, whose parochial interests may skew decisions.
Decades in the making, gene therapy the idea of modifying a person's DNA to treat disease represents a major shift in medicine.
The Berkeley researchers first tested their idea by modifying a drone made by the manufacturer 3D Robotics with extra electronics and high-brightness LEDs (see image).
Commenting on the findings, Prof Sharon Lewin from Monash University in Australia, told BBC News: "The idea of modifying a T-cell to make it resistant and showing it is feasible and they survive - that's exciting in itself.
Good source of ideas for modifying a home include the National Association of Home Builders (which can refer you to Certified Aging in Place Specialists) and AARP.
The religion-is-an-instinct theory is a modified version of an idea developed by Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist at the London School of Economics, who was not involved in the new study.
