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7UP? No— Light Up!
This is a perfect example of extreme inventing we were made aware of by Colin Dyas of Made in Liverpool Ltd. First we have a problem—darkness when lightness was needed—and then an extreme inventor...
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Kids Hate Crust
Lot’s of kids dislike eating the crusts of bread, and they leave lovingly prepared sandwiches in tatters as they try get to the delicious fillings. I remember our kids were great, they even liked the...
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Thorny Issue
When I was very much younger, I used to called barbed wire ‘bad’ wire, and so did all my friends. It made sense—it was bad. This is not, strictly speaking, an extreme invention, only sort of. I found...
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Practical Solutions. An Archive.
If you are looking for an archive of very very practical solutions, there’s no need to go to your nearest public library to look up a patents database, or the internet. In fact, you are probably...
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Christmassy Cheer
Pretty obvious extreme invention this, no need to go into detail. The problem? Sticky tape is a great invention many of us will use this Christmas, but we know the process of present wrapping is slowed...
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In Extremis II
My first example of extreme inventing featured a ‘log wheel‘. This may not seem so extreme but its deviser does deserve the accolade ‘extreme inventor’. What functionality has been captured by using...
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Nail-hammer combo
DIYers will appreciate this one, even it its application is limited to flatter surfaces. However, it could be adapted, and then it would be an extreme innovation-maybe? I’m putting it forward as an...
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inspiration?
Neat eh? But where did the inspiration come from? Many of the examples of extreme inventing feature the capture of some property of a natural object. The sharpness or heaviness of a stone, for example....
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Takes two to tangle
Using a spider’s web to catch a fish. A truly fascinating case of extreme inventing. Like many, I came across this technique while watching a BBC series about the islands of the South Pacific. Fish are...
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Table: Weight
I was in the Design Museum this week in Shad Thames, London. What a disappointment it was too. There was, however, something of a feature made of the now familiar anglepoise lamp ( a design classic...
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