Beasts
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TITLE: Vastly improve your whale watching tourism business with this new “guaranteed whale appearance” whale jail, A.K.A. the “cetacean cube.” Never disappoint a demanding and entitled tourist again! Background: Tourists in certain countries are willing to pay money to embark on a short boat trip in search of some sort of evidence of whales existing…
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Background: Two things that city-dwellers often require are: Motivation to exercise. An expensive dog-walker to walk their dog. The issue: Unfortunately, it’s easy to become lazy and not exercise, and dog-walkers are quite pricey! (Figure 1.) Fortunately, these two modern conundrums can now be solved with a SINGLE amazing plan! Proposal: The solution is simple:…
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Background: “Lost cat” and “lost dog” signs are often placed up on telephone poles (Fig. 1), but it’s unlikely that a specific person who sees a lost pet will also have seen the sign (or even know that the pet is actually lost in the first place). Proposal: In order to add more people…
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The issues: Let us consider two economic / environmental problems that should, in an ideal world, be addressed somehow: Sea level rise (see Figure 1) Overfishing Obviously no one has any plans to actually address these; the “tragedy of the commons” will sort them out naturally. But what if we did want to make a difference,…
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Walk a dog in style with this new amazing invention.
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Background: As you are no doubt aware, the humble housecat is one of the world’s most popular pets. Fig 1: A standard issue cat. This is the base model. The issue: Sometimes, a cat needs to be taken somewhere, and this typically requires a cat carrier. But most cats are hesitant to enter a cat…
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Background: Modern buildings with large windows generally do not provide any way of opening the windows. This means that window washers are required and, additionally, that the window washers must work from the exterior of the building. Fig 1: Window washing is a hazardous dangerous occupation that can be streamlined by making use of an…
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Background: The necktie is, in modern society, a useless relic of a bygone era. But it could still be redeemed! Proposal: While the necktie serves no purpose currently, it occupies valuable clothing real-estate that might be put to better use. Specifically, a snake could be trained to coil itself around the user in such a…
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Background: Procrastination consumes billions of hours of otherwise-productive work every year. If there was a way to even reclaim a tiny portion of this lost time and direct it toward useful pursuits, society would be immeasurably improved. The specific issue: In particular, now that Internet access is required for many types of legitimate work, it…

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