Inventions, anyone here ever come up with one?

[rijruna]

Gday again ppl, this is something Ive been curious about for a while. Has
anyone here ever invented something that has gone into production?
Me?
Yes. the first one I came up with got me to the Worksafe awards but,
except for limited sales generally, I only had 1 major customer but that
was a major league player called Boeing Aircraft. Not large enough
sales-wise for me to retire on tho.
BUT.
My latest is a game-changer for the industry it`s aimed at. ATM I cant
give too much detail, suffice it to say this.
If someone gets paid $100+/hr to do his job & you come up with
something that gets used by that person that does it at 1/10th the time
& is stronger than existing products for them to use, do you think I
have a winner this time? Methinks yes, & so do a coupla ppl with $$
to back me for mass production. My first was entirely self funded, I
could have bought a house for what i spent. This time, others are going
to spend their $$ to get it up & going. The moneymen went to a
conference in the U.S. for the industry concerned & found absolutely
nothing that compares. It seems I`m on a winner, not bad for a solo
operator with a shed & some toys, oops sorry, tools to play with
dont you think? Next wednesday I go & sit down with them to work out
timelines & sundry bits needed. To say they are more than excited
about the prospects is an understatement. Me? I`m bouncing off the walls
in anticipation & not sleeping well because of it. They are not an
unknown quantity trust-worthy-wise, the trust is there from 15+ yrs of
friendship. They setup a company 2&1/2 yrs ago with 2 of em, &
now employ 24. So they arent dumbnutz & can recognise a good thing
when they see it.
It will take a coupla months to make tooling etc but its a go, just have
to work out details.
I cant yet tell what it is or what it does but that will come.
Has anyone else had success doing similar? I`d be very interested in
finding out & also what your thoughts are.
Enough teasing for now
Cheers
Rij

[JAJH]

Well, that was a bit of nothing post. You asked is anyone has come up with something and proceed to self promote yourself and gave nothing away as to what it is. I understand you have to protect your interests but to be honest, the post wasn't worth reading.

[Madaya]

I experimented with making plastic mirrors for telescopes using polystyrene as a base plastic, cast onto a precision glass mould, in a self built vacuum oven at about 140 degrees C. Close, but the cast was not precise enough.

[SYZ]

I invented the peanut butter and Vegemite sandwich 55 years ago. It hasn't made me rich.

[superyob]

I invented the world's laziest breakfast when I was an apprentice in Mt Isa in the 80s. My top secret ingredients, of which I will never tell a living soul, were toast overlaid with cheese, with hot baked beans poured over it and topped off by a poached egg. This was the most delicious brekky I could make in the shortest time possible. But I will take my secret to the grave...

[cs123]

I invented post-it notes

[Phildo]

I invented masturbation back when I was 12 (44 now).

I've been working on perfecting it ever since.

[olfella]

Originally Posted by Phildo

I invented masturbation back when I was 12 (44 now).

I've been working on perfecting it ever since.

I have had a go at that but when things start going well, I get let down. Story of my life I suppose.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Phildo

I invented masturbation back when I was 12 (44 now).

I've been working on perfecting it ever since.

I'm his apprentice

[Maka]

Yep I have, then it was pinched some years later (after a nda was signed etc) by the number 1 company in its (sporting) field. Still chasing them up, maybe this year they will cough up, who knows. Pretty disappointed with the way this all went down, the full sad story will come out soon when I'm ready. Its been a real bad Odyssey sorry to say....

cheer's, Maka

[JAJH]

Originally Posted by Phildo

I invented masturbation back when I was 12 (44 now).

I've been working on perfecting it ever since.

I think you know what we are all thinking, Phildo.....you're a W.a.n.k.e.r

[Road Games]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand we're done.

[1TUFFUTE]

Not exactly an invention but I built what I later found out is called "wicker beds" or self watering vege garden beds. Got the idea after looking at how those self watering pots work.
So I built four large 1.2x2.4m vegetable beds that have a pipe sticking up thru the soil that fills the water resouvair up underneath. Self waters the soil and veggies for along time with just the occasional top up with tank water! I've since found a billion similiar designs online, in anything from pot plants to pools
They are amazing tho....

Still interested in the OPs inventions........

[STINKY NINJA]

Back in high school I was late for class so I stuck my sausage roll into my vegemite roll to save time eating and pow,the next big food craze at my school,should have patented it...
id be a hundred air by now!

[nstg8a]

As I was reading the op I kept waiting for the bit 'for just $50 you too can get in this action'...


Still think that bits coming to be honest.

[wodahs]

Originally Posted by Phildo

I invented masturbation back when I was 12 (44 now).

I've been working on perfecting it ever since.

that's how I mistakenly invented the vacuum cleaner

[Falcman0o7]

I invented human beings along time ago to wreak havoc. 100% working perfect.

[.:4:.]

I still get the odd commission cheque from when I invented velcro...

[CoupeKing]

Mines more of a discovery than an invention.

Family pizza : request it not to be sliced then roll it up and eat it like a kebab.

Penicillin, pace-maker and Insulin...pftttttt...noobs.

[Boosted8]

I invented Google and Facebook.

[Phildo]

I invented the internet.

But I let Al Gore take the credit.

[SYZ]

Originally Posted by Boosted8

I invented Google and Facebook.

Sorry, but I think it was more likely that you invented the art of... uh... shall we put it politely, misrepresentation.

[Giant Cranium]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

I'm his apprentice

Do you get much hands on experience with the boss?

[Blue Shadow]

Originally Posted by SYZ

I invented the peanut butter and Vegemite sandwich 55 years ago. It hasn't made me rich.

Did it make you fat at least

[xurbanx]

Being a hungry kid at school I invented the sausage roll in a Vietnamese bread roll with mustard.

Or if I was short on money - it'd be dim sims in a roll with soy sauce.

Sausage roll in a roll still works! Still eat it to this day and it brings back memories of being a pimply 14 year old.

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by xurbanx

Being a hungry kid at school I invented the sausage roll in a Vietnamese bread roll with mustard.

Or if I was short on money - it'd be dim sims in a roll with soy sauce.

Sausage roll in a roll still works! Still eat it to this day and it brings back memories of being a pimply 14 year old.

Thats the sausage roll roll! I've seen many takeaways rip off your invention

[wodahs]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

Thats the sausage roll roll! I've seen many takeaways rip off your invention

never a sausage roll roll , I did drop a sausage roll once but it never rolled , but ive seen a meat pie baked in a bun does that count

[sr71]

Plenty of Rip Off stories.
Here's one I heard.
I was on a Construction job: 70,000m2 roof was lifted 6 metres ( in stages ), using Hydraulic Lifting Jacks.
The Operator was telling me of his idea - Lift the Scaffolding Around a Commercial Building, as each floor is added. He told an old Workmate....

.......who turned up to see our job. And told the Hydraulic's Operator " I've developed & Patented this new lift system , and it's in operation in Malaysia....."

You've gotta be careful who you tell.

[mcflux]

OP's clearly invented a
half-screen-width word wrap app.
But I've seemed to have easily
hacked it.

[mcflux]

Worst haiku ever