Make your commute easier thanks to this new hat idea—no more laptop bags or briefcases! The only downside is that birds might attack you.

Background:

Carrying objects on one’s head is a time-honored method of moving heavy objects (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-carrying).

However, this is—surprisingly—not a common technique in the Western world.

Commuters use all sorts of briefcases, laptop bags, backpacks, and messenger bags, but there’s no such thing as a “laptop hat.”

Proposal:

This proposal is fairly self-explanatory: a “laptop hat” (Figure 1).

***Fig. 1:*** *A person might think that a laptop is too heavy to carry on their head, but it turns out to be practical to carry 50+ lbs. this way. The minuscule weight of the laptop should be no problem at all.*

One issue with this laptop hat is that it can easily slip off the user’s head. However, it’s common for head-carrying individuals to use one hand to steady the load. Although this does occupy one arm, that makes the laptop hat’s efficiency equal to that of a briefcase (which also requires the use of one arm).

It might be possible to free the user’s hands completely by mounting the laptop attachment on top of a sturdier type of headwear, such as a motorcycle helmet.

PROS: May make commutes easier for laptop-carrying professionals. Could free up a hand that would otherwise be used to carry a briefcase or laptop bag.

CONS: The reflective metal of the laptop could attract magpies and other birds to attack the wearer.