Just for a bit of fun, some times you get irritated by the little things in life and think why can’t someone invent something that solves this problem. Maybe any budding inventors could refer to this thread for ideas.

Anything at all…

I’ll get the ball rolling: why can’t someone invent a means of packing ground coffee that can be opened without spilling half of it all over the kitchen bench?

(I’ll check back in after I’ve cleaned up)

party_pants said:

Just for a bit of fun, some times you get irritated by the little things in life and think why can’t someone invent something that solves this problem. Maybe any budding inventors could refer to this thread for ideas.

Anything at all…

I’ll get the ball rolling: why can’t someone invent a means of packing ground coffee that can be opened without spilling half of it all over the kitchen bench?

(I’ll check back in after I’ve cleaned up)

It’s already been invented. Scissors. Works every time with no spillage.

A digital radio with a pause/buffer feature so you can synch the radio commentary with the TV picture

party_pants said:

A digital radio with a pause/buffer feature so you can synch the radio commentary with the TV picture

Oh please no. When I’m watching sport at my brother’s place he insists on having Roy & HG’s radio commentary on.
The only thing thing dissuades him is the time lag.

Cold fusion.

A way to fold fitted sheets neatly.

Tamb said:

A way to fold fitted sheets neatly.

I think that one deserves it’s own thread.

Peak Warming Man said:

Tamb said:

A way to fold fitted sheets neatly.

I think that one deserves it’s own thread.

Fitted sheets are easy… You just take them off the line by holding the corners and then you hand it to someone else to do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5k9nWcuFc

how to fold a fitted sheet.

fitted sheets – take them off the line and stick them straight back on the bed no folding or storage required. Store the spare fitted sheets in the linen cupboard still in the packet.

Arts said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Tamb said:

A way to fold fitted sheets neatly.

I think that one deserves it’s own thread.

Fitted sheets are easy… You just take them off the line by holding the corners and then you hand it to someone else to do.

Sadly I’m the taker-offer & the folder so it’s all up to me. :(

ChrispenEvan said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5k9nWcuFc

how to fold a fitted sheet.

Wow. Not only has someone figured it out, they’ve made a video of it.

life blocker…

like you can block people on facebook… :)

Arts said:

life blocker…

like you can block people on facebook… :)

AVO

pfft like they work

party_pants said:

ChrispenEvan said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5k9nWcuFc

how to fold a fitted sheet.

Wow. Not only has someone figured it out, they’ve made a video of it.

Wow. Now I am going to have to wash my sheet just to try that out.

Tamb said:

party_pants said:

Just for a bit of fun, some times you get irritated by the little things in life and think why can’t someone invent something that solves this problem. Maybe any budding inventors could refer to this thread for ideas.

Anything at all…

I’ll get the ball rolling: why can’t someone invent a means of packing ground coffee that can be opened without spilling half of it all over the kitchen bench?

(I’ll check back in after I’ve cleaned up)

It’s already been invented. Scissors. Works every time with no spillage.

If you don’t believe it, there is an instructional video on that too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOPb2cHmohs

Tamb said:

A way to fold fitted sheets neatly.

There is a way.

Damn….someone did the fitted sheets one one already :P

We were just at the stoopidmarket (I miss Geoff D) and ahead of us we had two old people in motorised wheelchairs in the exit queue. I had a brain fart and saw them as Daleks. We need Dalek-style motorised wheelchairs!

kii said:

Damn….someone did the fitted sheets one one already :P

We were just at the stoopidmarket (I miss Geoff D) and ahead of us we had two old people in motorised wheelchairs in the exit queue. I had a brain fart and saw them as Daleks. We need Dalek-style motorised wheelchairs!

Faaaaaaaaark :O

morrie said:

Tamb said:

party_pants said:

Just for a bit of fun, some times you get irritated by the little things in life and think why can’t someone invent something that solves this problem. Maybe any budding inventors could refer to this thread for ideas.

Anything at all…

I’ll get the ball rolling: why can’t someone invent a means of packing ground coffee that can be opened without spilling half of it all over the kitchen bench?

(I’ll check back in after I’ve cleaned up)

It’s already been invented. Scissors. Works every time with no spillage.

If you don’t believe it, there is an instructional video on that too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOPb2cHmohs

But … the scissors are in the stationery drawer, not the kitchen!

party_pants said:

But … the scissors are in the stationery drawer, not the kitchen!

you need at least 3 pairs of scissors in every room!

I’d have to wash them before they got anywhere near food. I know where they’ve been.

kii said:

Damn….someone did the fitted sheets one one already :P

We were just at the stoopidmarket (I miss Geoff D) and ahead of us we had two old people in motorised wheelchairs in the exit queue. I had a brain fart and saw them as Daleks. We need Dalek-style motorised wheelchairs!

Daleks are not as scarey when you imagine them as old people in electric wheelchairs, with a glorified garbage bin over them.

> Somebody should invent a …

Oh boy, I have dozens of these in mind.

An inflatable transparent glow-in-the-dark fuel-miser Car with low drag coefficient, joystick control and a full-harness seat belt that is attached to the only rigid part – the seat-back.

A robot that could complete the entire Ninja Warrior course, within time limits of course.

A 20-person-carrying quadcopter that makes no more noise than an owl in flight.

Nobody’s ever has a successful rocket with more than 6 stages – try for 20 or more stages.

A monocoque house, made by inflating a bubble of resin in a mold.

A workable political system.

A high speed converyor-belt inner-city pedestrian transport.

Disposable cities.

>A high speed converyor-belt inner-city pedestrian transport.

The roads must roll.

mollwollfumble said:

> Somebody should invent a …

A 20-person-carrying quadcopter that makes no more noise than an owl in flight.

We are getting closer…

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/11/quadcopters-please-weve-got-octodecacopters-now/

sibeen said:

>A high speed converyor-belt inner-city pedestrian transport.

The roads must roll.

Exactly. Turn it from science fiction into reality.

mollwollfumble said:

sibeen said:

>A high speed converyor-belt inner-city pedestrian transport.

The roads must roll.

Exactly. Turn it from science fiction into reality.

It would have the added benefit of keeping small children and old people out of the city centre.

flat cats
drone netting
magnets that attract plastic
something that takes carbon out of the air to make sheet paper
a new colour

kii said:

party_pants said:

But … the scissors are in the stationery drawer, not the kitchen!

you need at least 3 pairs of scissors in every room!

i was given two new pairs of flash hairdressing scissors this week that i plan to kill using them on paper. i think it makes 8 pairs of scissors in this room and three in the box of things i am getting rid of..

Disposable cities.
—-
i have a wacky scientist type friend who thinks we should have larger areas of protected landscapes. and we should abandon our cities occasionally into these areas and let the old cities regenerate.sort of like a balfour people method.

Socks with a reinforced big toe area. Socks that are perfectly good except for a big toe hole are always being thrown out.

Bubblecar said:

Socks with a reinforced big toe area. Socks that are perfectly good except for a big toe hole are always being thrown out.

They’re called Explorers. They are also reinforced in the heels. It also helps to have proper fitting boots.

Arts said:

kii said:

Damn….someone did the fitted sheets one one already :P

We were just at the stoopidmarket (I miss Geoff D) and ahead of us we had two old people in motorised wheelchairs in the exit queue. I had a brain fart and saw them as Daleks. We need Dalek-style motorised wheelchairs!

Why are Daleks supposed to be so scary when thier main weapons seem to be a suction cup and an egg beater?

A Babel fish that can translate Wookien into something that makes sense.

gaghalfrunt said:

Arts said:

kii said:

Damn….someone did the fitted sheets one one already :P

We were just at the stoopidmarket (I miss Geoff D) and ahead of us we had two old people in motorised wheelchairs in the exit queue. I had a brain fart and saw them as Daleks. We need Dalek-style motorised wheelchairs!

Why are Daleks supposed to be so scary when thier main weapons seem to be a suction cup and an egg beater?

They are VERY SCARY because “The suction cup” and an “egg beater?” are actually anal probes which draw about 500 amps, be very very afraid.

make a damn good gofer for old age.

This is my last invention;

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XWnbJCOpals&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXWnbJCOpals

It’s a simple crimp to replace tying off when restringing a tennis racquet, it has a quarter filed off so it sits flat.

The prototypes worked well but further development is needed.

The benefits are aesthetics, no noticeable tension loss, and an uninterrupted string bed with no strings tied off onto each other.

It is a multimillion dollar invention if it is properly developed but I can’t give it away.

mollwollfumble said:

> Somebody should invent a …

Oh boy, I have dozens of these in mind.

An inflatable transparent glow-in-the-dark fuel-miser Car with low drag coefficient, joystick control and a full-harness seat belt that is attached to the only rigid part – the seat-back.

A robot that could complete the entire Ninja Warrior course, within time limits of course.

A 20-person-carrying quadcopter that makes no more noise than an owl in flight.

Nobody’s ever has a successful rocket with more than 6 stages – try for 20 or more stages.

A monocoque house, made by inflating a bubble of resin in a mold.

A workable political system.

A high speed converyor-belt inner-city pedestrian transport.

Disposable cities.

>>A monocoque house, made by inflating a bubble of resin in a mold.

This has been done with sprayed concrete on inflated moulds

>>Disposable cities.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

bob(from black rock) said:

>>A monocoque house, made by inflating a bubble of resin in a mold.

This has been done with sprayed concrete on inflated moulds

I saw a program about the construction of the Virgin groups Spaceport a while back. The terminal building is built with this method. It’s quite funky.