Design
-
Podiatrists hate it! Throw away your obsolete footwear and prostrate yourself before the new ultimate invention, the “shruler.” You’ll never believe what happens in the last paragraph!
amazing idea, backup cell phone shoe, basically the shoe from Get Smart, bear repellant, emergency beacon, emergency beacon but like in a shoe man, footwear, functional footwear, inflatable shoe life vest, one weird tip to exploding battery footwear, podiatrists hate it, ruler, ruler shoe, ruloafer, shoe, shoe ruler, shruler, swiss army shoe
The issue: If you’re reading this, it is overwhelmingly likely that you own at least one pair of shoes. But your shoes are probably single-purpose products that have thus far been left out of the multi-purpose-product revolution. Your phone is also a camera, map, flashlight, web browser, and more—why are your shoes just shoes and…
-
Background: Haircuts can be time-consuming and expensive. Somehow, even though modern robotics have resulted in quad-copters, robotic surgery, and an alarm clock with a hand that slaps you in the face, the dream of automated haircuts remains elusive. Proposal: Behold, our salvation from laborious non-automated haircuts: the mechanical “haircut helmet.” Fig 1: Functional AND fashionable, the…
-
Background: Doorstops are pretty convenient for holding doors open. Fig. 1: A doorstop. Or a wedge of cheese. OR PERHAPS BOTH?? The issue: But sometimes, propping open a door is FORBIDDEN due to fire regulations—the door might need to be closed in order to slow the spread of fire (Fig. 2). Although there exist magnetic…
-
Background: Although people usually prefer it to be sunny rather than rainy, there are locations in the world where it hardly ever rains. Plus, there are some people who prefer an occasional rainy day even when the weather is sunny and cheerful. Besides, sometimes a sunny day doesn’t match the tone of the actual events…
-
Background: Have you ever had to deal with a shared refrigerator? If so, you may be familiar with the issue of old food items piling up in nooks and crannies of the fridge and never being removed. Periodically cleaning the fridge will fix this, but it’s a hassle to figure out which food is old…
-
Minimize the tiny remaining inconvenience of your indefensibly opulent Caligula-esque lifestyle with this one weird “how to make a bed” sheet-tucking-in tip!
better way to make a bed, c-clamp sheets and blankets, don’t put deadly snakes in your bed probably, footboard, Goat.io, Goat.ly, GoatStarter, GoatStrtr, GtStrtr, lift a mattress, make a bed, sheets and blankets, tuck in a sheet, tuck in your sheets, use a c-clamp to make a bed, what is it it’s a footboard of course, what is the opposite of a headboard
Background: Putting new sheets onto a bed can be a hassle if your bed has a footboard (Figure 1 and 2). Fig. 1: Putting clean sheets onto a bed is really easy if there’s no footboard. But if there’s a footboard, it’s a hassle to lift up the mattress and cram the sheets and blanket…
-
Background: Modern cities face a number of issues due to old buildings. For example: Housing that isn’t up to code Abandoned buildings Absentee owners who don’t maintain their property Urban decay Proposal: Fortunately, with an amazing new idea, we can revitalize urban development and create guaranteed construction jobs. Specifically, the proposal is as follows: Build…
-
The issue: When you call for transportation in a crowded area (Fig. 1), it’s often unclear both: 1) For you, the pedestrian, which of the numerous indistinguishable late model imported silver cars is picking you up 2) For the driver, which of the many pedestrians is actually the one who summoned that specific car. Fig…
-
The issue: Sometimes you want to leave a very short note, but you don’t have a pen handy. Normally, you’d be out of luck, but with this amazing trick, you can leave a note with a page from any magazine or piece of paper you happen to have lying around! Proposal: First, learn morse code…
-
Background: Everyone has at some point had their personal space intruded upon by a discourteous and/or humongous individual on a bus, train, plane, or movie theater. If only there were some way to reclaim your personal space! Proposal: But there is! The answer is an inflatable pufferfish-inspired jacket (Figure 1). Fig 1: In normal situations,…
You must be logged in to post a comment.