Your Inventions

Peyton Manning

Remembered a geography class I had when I was in 6th year. Our teacher decided not to teach us, but instead tell us about some inventions he would like to make (cool guy, really).

His best one was to put lights under the wheel arches of cars, so if u had to change a wheel at night, it would be easy to see.

The best I can come up with is for Kellogs to release a cereal with different types of cereal in it. For instance, Im quite fond of have a bowl of cereal - one third corn flakes, one third rice krispies and one third coco pops. Try it, its great.

What do you want to see invented?

Terry

No way. I'm not sharing my unpatented inventions with anyone/.

Owen

Always thought a single person's fry would be a good idea, instead of having to buy 6 rashers, 8 sausages, and a whole pudding, you'd buy one shrinkwrapped back with 2 rashers, 3 sausges, and 2 of each pudding.

EDIT : I do have 2 ideas I'm working on, one is a machine that'll put any logo on top of a cappucino or latte, and the other is damper for a guitar if you're finger-tapping. Course, I'm not going into details on either ;-)

Diarmsquid

I put a little basket ball net over my bin...
So if you're throwing a ball of paper into the bin it's more fun.
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Terry

ned78 wrote:

Always thought a single person's fry would be a good idea, instead of having to buy 6 rashers, 8 sausages, and a whole pudding, you'd buy one shrinkwrapped back with 2 rashers, 3 sausges, and 2 of each pudding.

EDIT : I do have 2 ideas I'm working on, one is a machine that'll put any logo on top of a cappucino or latte, and the other is damper for a guitar if you're finger-tapping. Course, I'm not going into details on either ;-)

I've seen the single person fry thing.
It didn't stay on the shelves for too long.
It was fairly expensive.

Call Me Jimmy

underwater hairdryer etc...

Collie D

Terry wrote:

No way. I'm not sharing my unpatented inventions with anyone/.

Good thinking. I posted my idea of a mobile phone with an in-built breathalyser so you couldn't make drunken phone calls at 3am which you'll regret on here a few months ago. About a week later some Korean company (think it was Samsung) announced they were gonna sell one to the Korean market and see how it went from there.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Solar powered torch

Overheal

my favorite was the mugs of coffe you can buy in the supermarkets in Real countries you twist the cap and they start to brew in the cup.

johnp

sean_keevey wrote:

Solar powered torch

Already been done

http://www.unlimited-power.co.uk/Solar_Powered_Torch.html

humanji

Archimedes wrote:

The best I can come up with is for Kellogs to release a cereal with different types of cereal in it. For instance, Im quite fond of have a bowl of cereal - one third corn flakes, one third rice krispies and one third coco pops. Try it, its great.

You do realise that that's just one third cornflakes, two thirds rice crispies and chocolate milk?


As for the breathalyzer phone, everyone has had that idea. I even came up with it at one point. And like so many inventions, everyone thinks it's a good idea and does nothing about it. But when they realise that someone else has made it, they get bitter and twisted.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

johnp wrote:

Already been done

http://www.unlimited-power.co.uk/Solar_Powered_Torch.html

Ah darn, i'll just have to move on to mycontingency plan, the airhole in a submarine

Binomate

Heated toilet seats, for those cold bathrooms in the middle of winter when you've got a jobby hanging out of your arse and you can't wait around to introduce your cheeks to slowly adjust to the temperature of the cold seat.

Extreme horse riding, on half pipes. A new sport I've invented.

Haven't a Clue

Inflatable dartboards, magnetic braces and waterproof sinks.

The magnetic braces would have the most comedy value mefeels.

Karl Hungus

ned78 wrote:

EDIT : I do have 2 ideas I'm working on, one is a machine that'll put any logo on top of a cappucino or latte, and the other is damper for a guitar if you're finger-tapping. Course, I'm not going into details on either ;-)

Sorry to break it to you, but Michael Angelo has already invented a string dampener for the guitar that attatchs to the headstock. See here.

Binomate wrote:

Heated toilet seats, for those cold bathrooms in the middle of winter when you've got a jobby hanging out of your arse and you can't wait around to introduce your cheeks to slowly adjust to the temperature of the cold seat.

They already have those in Japan, aswell as many, many more functions for the toilet that are beyond your wildest dreams.

Owen

Karl Hungus wrote:

Sorry to break it to you, but Michael Angelo has already invented a string dampener for the guitar that attatchs to the headstock. See here.

I knew of his one, but I didn't know he was marketing it!

mathias

Inventions and the patent process , one of the most abused and costly law systems in the world today ,

First off , there is no point in applying for a patent unless its a US patent , this is the most enforceable and gives the most return. A patent anywhere else will be clobbered by a similar US patent should they come head to head.

Second , its expensive , you talking about 1-2000 dollars to file a simple patent rising to 20K for a level of complexity. See here.

http://www.ipwatchdog.com/patent_cost.html#f1

Any patent is invalidated with "prior art" , that means that if anyone has published or patented anything remotely similar to your idea then no patent is issued.

So what does all this mean , well getting patents is by no means easy , and the legal fees and otherwise mean that its out of the reach of most individuals.

Even if you do manage to successfully file , its years before you actually have the patent issued.

And even discussing the idea in brief on a public forum like this , is akin to publishing , so if you have a good idea , dont even mention it until its filed , so the earlier poster who " wasnt giving details" , you just blew the patent anyway. Sorry for the bad news !!

I thought of the "text your route number to us and we'll send you the timetable" idea about a year before dublin bus started dloing it.

I also have an idea on better and cleaner public transport. But i'' hold off after reading the last post re:patents

tuxy

Haven't a Clue wrote:

Inflatable dartboards

http://www.epasture.com/inflatabledartboard.html

slipss

A reliable and cheap cocaine purity field testing kit. I reckon that would be a winner.

An alarm clock where if you hit the snooze button more than once a fat japanese person runs into the room and kicks you in the balls. Could have stopped me getting sacked a few times.