Best Invention in the World

[Eve]

If you could invent anything, what would it be?

[Buenchico]

I don't care what it is that I invent, as long as I can spot its commercial potential.

When I was 14 years old, I removed the clockwork motor from an old toy and connected it to an electric motor from another toy, so that it worked 'in reverse' (i.e. as a generator). I fed the AC electrical current into into a rectifier circuit, to convert it to DC. I then used this DC power to run a small amplifier which took its signal from a radio oscillator circuit. The output was fed to a small speaker. The result was a clockwork radio. While I was pleased with my invention, I couldn't see any real use for it.

Many years later, Trevor Baylis (re-)invented the clockwork radio, saw its potential for use in the Third World, and made a large fortune out of it!

Chris

[Eve]

Wow Chris, I may have to change to you for my Aber phone a friend :)

[Buenchico]

Thanks, Jenna. You'll see that you're already included in my list ;-)

Chris

[Panic Button]

A stapler that works every time and doesn't jam.

[joko]

ooh...good one nobby... would have been better if it had been written by an adult

[Eve]

Awww Chris, I'd missed that, thank you and a rather belated Happy Christmas and fab New Year to you as well :) xxx

[Bellringer]

You're right zigzag, that & the beer afterwards.

[curlyfilm]

an alcoholic drink that everyone likes, does not give hangovers, or make people angry, or miserable, is good for you, and cheap