Every Invention Has A Purpose

Go to a mall and you’ll see what it means. Tons and tons of products of all sizes and shapes littered across shops and kiosks wanting to be owned and perhaps loved? Is there a product in your life that changed your life and how you live? A “miracle” product that you can’t live without (yeah, besides your phone)?

As ridiculous as it may seem, these products have a purpose. A purpose that even a single buyer would need and something they would cherish and share with others (or, be selfish because it’s so good).

In reality, over my lifetime, I’ve accumulated so much junk. Usually, anything about gadgets for computers (since I’m techie). However, I don’t just use it once and throw it away that’s unhealthy! I just keep it aside and after years of neglect, and rummaging for something to use in my cabinet, I always do rediscover something I can use now. It’s like a “eureka” moment. “Hey, I didn’t know I have one!” Then, put it aside for another decade.

Products are a result of a dream. A dream that someday people will buy it, earn a living, be popular and live a life of happiness. But, happiness eludes us not because of the product, but the people you cared for whom you share it with lost that dream.

So, keep on dreaming (and praying). 🙂

Vitamin Tablets As Food

Sometimes it’s hard to reach people who are affected by floods or natural calamities. Roads are blocked and impassable for aid to come through, and it’s expensive to hire airplanes. So, how can we send aid to those people?

I saw a video on Gates Notes showing a drone dropping supplies to Africans who needed vaccines to combat deadly diseases, which are difficult to reach since they are located in a remote area, a village. Vaccines need to be kept at the correct temperature and travel should be quick enough to avoid getting spoiled, and so they used a small drone.

I think we can use this technology to help organizations to send not only vaccines but vitamin tablets that can replace real food for sustenance in order to survive. I mean, astronauts don’t eat barbecues in the space station, right? In order for them to survive, they need sustenance and they get this from drinking tablets, which makes them nourished for months without eating real food.

I guess, they needed to formulate the right nutrients packed in tablet form for emergency use, thus helping organizations like the Red Cross to rescue and give aid to people in much need of assistance.

Make Crops Grow Bigger With CO2

The other day, I was reading an invention that captures CO2 from air directly and collecting it. Then, they would sell it to Coca-Cola to make soft-drinks. It is simple but not yet economical as they pointed out, and this is their challenge.

Today, I saw another article about scientists looking to “enhance” plants to capture more carbon by making its roots deeper in the soil and keeping the CO2 in the soil for hundreds of years.

By joining these two ideas, it will give you a new solution, which is putting CO2 in the soil to make plants grow bigger. We all know that CO2 is the food of plants that makes them grow. Therefore, putting CO2 in the soil is good. Of course, you cannot directly put CO2 to the soil without mixing it with something. Water is a good candidate. By mixing CO2 to water produces carbonated water, just like soft-drinks (It’s not advisable to use consumer soft-drinks of course).

According to the University of Colorado Boulder, that plants given carbonated water make it grow taller by 170%.

 

References:

Digital Trends

Wired

Lifehacker

Why One Logins Are Unsafe

Remember the mantra, “Don’t use the same passwords on different websites.” Now, here we are using the same logins (ahem) for apps, games, and websites. Somehow, we are foolish enough to fall prey to convenience rather than a security standpoint. We are now seeing news of rogue developers taking advantage of this exploit and putting it on public servers for everyone to see. It’s just ugly.

One log-ins are easy to exploit for third-party developers. When you log-in to an app, game or website, they record your keystrokes and save it elsewhere. Then, they use this information to log-in to your social networking websites. They got your email, and they got your password!

Of course, I will not leave you without giving good advice. You should buy a good password manager for your devices that do not save in the cloud, and only for offline use. Password managers are necessities and critical for a safe digital life for everyone in the information age.

Wireless Charging Magnetic Battery

Have you seen a beluga whale? It’s the battery case for iPhones nowadays. I’m kind of sorry to see a great looking phone covered with rubber that is shaped like a pregnant beluga whale!

Now that wireless charging is a thing, maybe we could improve on that and make a battery that has magnets that stick at the back of the phone and charge it. By doing this, it creates a more convenient way of recharging the phone, and easier to remove when it’s done. You can even put a logo with a leather design which makes it more pleasing and elegant.

Now, beluga whales 🐳 are happy to see!

Programmable Physical Keyboard Shortcuts With Selfie Camera

If only you could make a smartphone case with a physical keyboard that can be programmed as shortcuts. For example, when launching YouTube and Messenger, press on a single button and it will launch those apps at the same time. Or, program it to say a greeting on social media apps automatically. And maybe you could buy an item on Amazon at the press of a button!

I know there are existing apps that can do this, but physical buttons are much more tactile and provide you with easier access. Moreover, virtual keyboards just gobble up the screen.

For fun, why not include a selfie camera so you can remove those annoying notches, punch holes, and teardrops! And since it’s a case, it provides protection from drops, scratches, with water-proofing and wireless charging!

The Challenge: Zero-Waste Invention

I would like to share this video with you. It teaches us how to create something which doesn’t go to waste, but recycled indefinitely as nature does. This is something we should strive for as an inventor.

To eliminate waste, we need to rediscover thrift | Andrew Dent

Data Collection For Kids

I saw a Youtube video about a company who makes electronic tags that captures everything an employee does and collect data for analysis. Using the tag, they can track if an employee is working, chatting, sitting, standing, idling every day, and they use this in their offices.

That idea struck me.

What if we could use the same tracking tags to know where what your kids are doing. Then, at night we could just log in to a website where we can see our children’s activities for the day and if they are healthy, studying or just playing games. The data can be represented by pie charts and graphs where we can improve the child’s well-being and know if they are sick, stressed out, bullied, etc.

Therefore, in conclusion, data collection is not evil per se because we can be responsible parents to our small children in order for them to grow healthy mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Invent Something Awesome For 2019

Happy New Year! Ain’t that awesome? Here we are surviving at least to be MORE awesome in 2019!

I challenge you to invent something that will change the world. A machine, a song or even a poem to make people’s lives different (in a good way). Be Steve Jobs, be Nikola Tesla, be a hero! Saving the world is no easy task, but at least we’ve enjoyed the journey towards progress.

Invent to prosper!

Water Pipe Electric Generator

This is not a special water pipe, I’m talking about the ordinary water pipes that are used by a city to distribute tap water. And, this is not the small pipes around the house, I’m talking about the huge pipes that engineers made for water distribution in the city.

Why water pipes? Water is pumped through these pipes so we could use it. It uses pressure to push through water and uses electricity. So, how can it produce electricity?

Just like windmill generators, it uses the same concept on generating electricity by using a motor that generates current when the armature inside the turbine rotates between two polar field magnets. Now, by using the same turbine, you can put this to apply it to water pipes to generate electricity. And, you are talking about 24-hour, round-the-clock electricity for the whole city.