Given all the creative and talented Steemians there seems to be around, it got me to thinking.... what crazy creations may have been or be being invented.
I have my own history of invention, sadly a terribly unsuccessful one.
First there was the plastic grip into which you could put your plastic shopping bag handles to stop them cutting your fingers off. Already done and nobody uses them anyway.
Second was the hamster hammock, an adjustable frame with leg holes, into which you could place your hamster to secure them whilst you administered to them...well whatever needed administering. Obviously you could scale the hamster hammock up or down for other animals. That one never got out of the preliminary design phase and it was certainly never going to be prototyped based on the reaction of everyone I told about it. The standard response was incredulity, then laughter.
Third was the 'surface-tension-breaker-shoes.' These were rubber shoes with long rubber protrusions.....think upside-down hedgehog with extra long spikes....that one could wear when sky diving or if you were unfortunate enough to have fallen out of a plane. They were not the most practical footwear when trying to walk about, but the idea was that the rubber extensions would break the surface tension of the water, allowing the rest of you to enter unharmed. I know, ridiculous. Someone could just throw coins or something at the water just before they hit to the same effect. I'm an idiot.
Anyway, there were various other attempts, board games, mobile communications devices that were much worse than phones...a little ball that you kept in your pocket that would go warm when it's pair in the pocket of your loved one was rubbed. Jeepers. Really hopeless. But you know, despite the failures and occasional humiliation, I think there was some value in the attempt. For a start, my inventions made my friends and family laugh. We should embrace and encourage each other's efforts to be creative and for ourselves, never be afraid to try or afraid of failure because one day you just might get it right and who knows what you might learn of value along the way.
Thankfully, on Steemit, Steemians see very receptive and supportive to new ideas and attempts to think outside the box.
Please comment about your own inventions and the comment (of an invention) that gets the most votes by approximately the payout will get the SBD rewards for this post :)
Happy Steeming