Band-Aid Innovation

Usually band-aids are not associated with innovation but there are surprises sometimes.

Finally we have band-aids which need not be peeled-off... they are made of edible starch that dissolve on the skin once the wound heals.

what a relief... Ask a person who is having an injured finger  and getting the dressing peeled off every other day 

What It Takes To Innovate: Wrong-Thinking, Tinkering & Intuiting

Polaroid inventor Edwin Land explains in this article on the99percent.com what it takes to innovate:

Point number 3 is worth mentioning here:

3. Embrace failure.
True innovators are practically impervious to the notion of failure. Whereas the everyman might feel shame or embarrassment in making a mistake, the inventor sees an opportunity for learning.