How many inventors on KiwiBiker?

**degrom** · 29th April 2007, 11:00

Hi.

I am just wondering how many inventors there are on KB.

If there are a few I would love to hear what you have done...

(Any special tool makers?)

**Street Gerbil** · 29th April 2007, 11:15

I pride myself on invention of the wearable computer mouse - the one built into a ring and controlled by a thumb (allowing simultaneous control of the mouse and typing). I never told anyone (and had no resources to patent it) but it was reinvented by Belkin and showed up in CompUSA for $19.95 6 years later. Can't say it was a big hit though...

**degrom** · 29th April 2007, 12:28

Originally Posted by Street Gerbil

I pride myself on inventing of the wearable computer mouse - the one built into a ring and controlled by a thumb (allowing simultaneous control of the mouse and typing). I never told anyone (and had no resources to patent it) but it was reinvented by Belkin and showed up in CompUSA for $19.95 6 years later. Can't say it was a big hit though...

Great stuff!!!

**Curious_AJ** · 29th April 2007, 12:39

well, i have my crazy schemes on inventing things (like flavoured toilet seats and the DISCOMBOBULATOR 2000 for automobiles... but sadly, no one has ever taken interest in my intellect... I wonder why...

**Waylander** · 29th April 2007, 12:59

Flavoured toilet seats? I don't even want to consider what would lead you to think of that.

**Delphinus** · 29th April 2007, 14:30

Did some things back in the days, computer controlled waste heat recovery system which won an award at the national science fair and a PIC controlled silt detection/diversion device with which I took out the national brightsparks competition.
Never actually got past the working prototype stage though...

**degrom** · 29th April 2007, 15:41

Originally Posted by Waylander

Flavoured toilet seats? I don't even want to consider what would lead you to think of that.

Oh,no!! As I understand it Flavour is associated with taste and I don't even want to think of eatable toilet seats!!!

Has anyone invented or build something specially for bikes?

**SwanTiger** · 29th April 2007, 15:43

Originally Posted by degrom

Hi.

I am just wondering how many inventors there are on KB.

If there are a few I would love to hear what you have done...

(Any special tool makers?)

Quite a few electronic related stuff in the past.

I'm working on a couple of things at the moment; A portable solid waste compactor (for residential and light commercial/industrial) and a machine process for effeciently sorting different grades of plastics.

Hopefully have the compactor proto-typed in the next month or so, then going to setup a new company to develop it further and eventually market them. Got quite a lot of interest in NZ, but want to focus on Asia.

**degrom** · 29th April 2007, 15:50

Originally Posted by SwanTiger

Quite a few electronic related stuff in the past.

I'm working on a couple of things at the moment; A portable solid waste compactor (for residential and light commercial/industrial) and a machine process for effeciently sorting different grades of plastics.

Hopefully have the compactor proto-typed in the next month or so, then going to setup a new company to develop it further and eventually market them. Got quite a lot of interest in NZ, but want to focus on Asia.

Sounds really interesting... How would you get the sorter to do the sorting?(Or is it a trade secret..

)

I think its actually a very active sector to be working in.. Lots of investors are seeing that recycling and going green is important and will only get more important in the future!!!

**Hitcher** · 29th April 2007, 16:05

My invention is called the "Shower-e-oke". It's a waterproof MP3 player with built-in speakers that one sticks to the wall in one's shower so that one can sing along to the show tunes and Abba's Greatest Hits that are downloaded, complete with the lyrics.

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**jrandom** · 29th April 2007, 17:08

'Invention' is a ridiculous term.

There is science, and then there is engineering.

I've never met anyone who designed anything truly useful and then referred to it as an 'invention'.

**Hitcher** · 29th April 2007, 17:20

Originally Posted by Fish

I've never met anyone who designed anything truly useful and then referred to it as an 'invention'.

And that, Dear Heart, is why the "Shower-e-oke" remains an invention...

**Grub** · 29th April 2007, 17:25

I nominate STEAM. His re-invention of the interesting bike is to be seen to be believed. Truely a unique look and quality execution.

**degrom** · 29th April 2007, 18:00

Originally Posted by Fish

I've never met anyone who designed anything truly useful and then referred to it as an 'invention'.

LOL.. Might be because while you are working on it,it's an invention and as soon as it's done you sell it on Trade-Me with it's own name. (Else how would you tell the difference if they were all called inventions..

and you can charge more if it has a really catchy name+description of what it's suppose to do!!!)