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It can be fun to think of "new" ideas, and then search the Internet for them. This week, I wanted a handheld device to push buttons and open doors without touc
by p1mrx 6y ago
It can be fun to think of "new" ideas, and then search the Internet for them.
This week, I wanted a handheld device to push buttons and open doors without touching them; found several for sale (though the models without covers seem useless.)
Later I wanted a 3D support structure to fit under a mask and increase its usable surface area; found several for sale.
- greenyoda 6y ago> 3D support structure to fit under a mask Wow, I also thought about this idea. For those who are interested in something like this, you can search for "frame for face mask" on Amazon...
- Kosirich 6y agoI don't know if you have seen this one: https://bellus3d.com/solutions/facemask.html https://bellus3d.com/solutions/facemask.html *I have no affiliation to the site or map, just remembered a colleague showed me
- StavrosK 6y agoIsn't this a bit useless? Surgical masks aren't meant to fit well, they're meant to keep your spittle from leaving your face. N95 masks are meant to filter incoming air, and those are made to fit well.
- Kosirich 6y agoI kind of agree with you. Actually I think it looks more discomforting than just wearing a surgical mask with straps.
- iso947 6y agoI use the end of my key to push buttons. A shoulder shove works for pushing doors. If I have to pull occasionally I use my T-shirt to get a grip. If it were a major problem I’d use a glove.
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoI think I'm fairly creative, but I've only had one or two ideas that weren't reinventions of something someone else had already done. Doesn't matter what it is: software, electrical circuit, some clever mechanical thing, it's almost always already been done. Even if you look at patent grants, almost none of them are truly novel.
- selestify 6y agoSo what did you do with those ideas?
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoOne of them costs too much for me to pursue. The other I'm working on as a hobby, but don't expect it to bear any fruit for a couple of years. My main takeaway though is that an idea doesn't have to be novel for it to be a good idea. Lots of things that were tried and failed could succeed with a new approach. And lots of things that're currently successfully could be redone in a better way.