(June 19, 2011 at 5:05 am)martin02 Wrote:

(June 19, 2011 at 1:56 am)Stue Denim Wrote: An australian patented the wheel in 2001...

As I recall, this was a demonstration by a patent lawyer that a new fast track form of patents were poorly policed rather than a genuine attempt to claim such ownership.

Here we are: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn96...ralia.html

Shh don't tell them that, here they were thinking australians were brilliant, if we don't have the wheel we've got the cochlear implant, antibacterials for stomach ulcers and the hills hoyst. WE NEED THIS!

(June 19, 2011 at 5:11 am)Stue Denim Wrote: Shh don't tell them that, here they were thinking australians were brilliant, if we don't have the wheel we've got the cochlear implant, antibacterials for stomach ulcers and the hills hoyst. WE NEED THIS!

Australia punches well above its weight in terms of innovation, and you can describe this as another inspired idea. As I recall, he drew a picture of a cart, circled a wheel and described it in the application as "circular transportation facilitation device".

I knew a patent lawyer and asked him for his opinion, which was unrepeatable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcDhF3xpx6o

For those perhaps unfamiliar with the wonderful world of Heath-Robertson

(January 24, 2011 at 5:57 pm)Rayaan Wrote: Post some of the coolest, weirdest, or the dumbest inventions that you've seen.

How about the holy bible?

Hey, two out of three ain't bad!

(January 25, 2011 at 4:11 pm)Welsh cake Wrote:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4

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Ever? Well, now, there's even a new and advanced version of that.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?fv=Djc8FPHs45o

The Biolite wood burning backpacking stove with USB charger.

This may be the dumbest excuse for an invention I've ever seen:

(December 25, 2012 at 2:57 am)popeyespappy Wrote: The Biolite wood burning backpacking stove with USB charger.

How to make an iphone emit green house gas.