Beasts
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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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Proposal: a system for virtually bringing pets into the office Pet owners with 9-to-5 jobs may find that they miss their noble animal companion during work hours. Some workplaces will allow well-behaved animals to hang out at work, but that is usually limited to dogs and draft animals. In any case, this addresses only a…
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Background: Although there are many counter-examples, cats are often unpredictable and frequently skittish. Here, we theorize that this neurotic pet behavior is due to the cat’s lack of feeling safe in the domestic environment, and propose a possible solution, which we refer to as CATMOUFLAGE. The theory: Cats are skittish and unpredictable because they are…
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The issue: There are a few diseases that are making a comeback, despite the fact that vaccines exist for them. Polio is an especially dire example. There are many reasons for this, some of which are: 1) In disease-free areas, these diseases are unknown and thus have no power to terrify. 2) In some remote…
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