do you base your new ideas on something that has already been created or do you come up with completely new innovations?

Question: do you base your new ideas on something that has already been created or do you come up with completely new innovations?
- Keywords:
  ideas,
  innovations,
  theories,
  theory
Asked by 08bgreen to James on 15 Jun 2011.
- James Hargreaves answered on 15 Jun 2011:
  
  hey 08bgreen,
  Are you alright? – Hope your enjoying “i’m a scientist”.
  
  My idea’s for foods can be either based on something that already has been made or something totally new!
  
  I get asked by a lot of food producers to improve their product or to replace certain ingredients with others that are either healthier or cheaper to make.
  
  New innovations can be created by myself or from idea’s i have seen before.
  
  Lets say you asked me to create something new – what would you want to see made into a food? (think of the wackiest thing ever – and i bet i could make something that you’d like)
  Leave a comment and let me know 🙂

Question: do you base your new ideas on something that has already been created or do you come up with completely new innovations?