What Will You Invent ?

[Canary42]

Isaac Newton invented calculus while self-isolating from a pandemic.

What will you invent ?

[Theland]

Oh so much.
Almost finished my design for a respirator made out of a bicycle pump and a hamster wheel, but can't find a hamster.

[AuntPollyGrey]

reusable toilet tissue

[Spicerack]

I'd like to invent something that ties steel mats together without being bent double all day. Alas, it's beyond me.
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[Mamyalynne]

Reusable toilet wipes - aka Family Cloth is already invented and divides the world in opinion.

[gness]

A duvet that inserts itself into the cover.....a boon for short folk like me who have a super king sized bed and usually end up inside the cover with the duvet.... :-(

[Tilly2]

A machine that you can put all your washed and dried clothes in and they come out at the other end, pressed and folded nicely.

[JimF]

Newton didn't "invent" calculus. He developed it from ideas and concepts which had existed since ancient times, e.g. Archimedes' method of exhaustion to calculate the area of a circle, etc.

As above re Leibniz.

[gness]

Brilliant, Tilly! I suppose a well trained man could do that...but a machine would be much more reliable.... ;-)

[douglas9401]

Newton gets the credit, Archimedes screwed again.

[albaqwerty]

I was thinking of a sock detector but then realised that's why I used to safety-pin socks together before they were introduced to the eater-of-socks

[Spicerack]

I see what you did there, Douglas.
You're wasted on this site.

[royfromaus]

Spicerack
I'd like to invent something that ties steel mats together without being bent double all day. Alas, it's beyond me.


Beer crate.

[royfromaus]

And I assume you have one of these?

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[Tilly2]

A well trained man could also put it all away in the appropriate place, Gness. Good idea there. x

[gness]

First find a well trained man though, Tilly..... ;-)

I would love to invent a very fine sharp pointed sewing needle with an eye that grew huge as the thread approached it and then shrank back again..... if only..... :-(

[jno]

any of these any use, Gness?

http://spiraleyeneedles.com/

[Spicerack]

No. I don't want to tie potato sacks, rory.
Did use them in a pre-fab yard once. Couldn't get me hands in the cages.

[gness]

Wow! I didn't know those existed, Jno. Thank you. I have bought self threading needles but some of the work I do causes the thread to pull out of the top. That wouldn't happen with these. Thank you again...x

[royfromaus]

Don't tell me you're using pliers?

[royfromaus]

Airbags for the back of vans to keep the load stable. I'm surprised they don't already exist.