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Please show me an example of something which is entirely, undebatably original and has no relation to any previous design or technology. I'm very curious.
by tammer 13y ago
Please show me an example of something which is entirely, undebatably original and has no relation to any previous design or technology. I'm very curious.
- saosebastiao 13y agoA whoopie cushion.
- tammer 13y agoThe Roman Emperor Elagabalus was known to employ a prototype of whoopee cushions at dinner parties, although the modern version was re-invented in the 1920s by the JEM Rubber Co. of Toronto, Canada, by employees who were experimenting with scrap sheets of rubber.[1] Perhaps Elagabalus came up with a new idea, but I'd like to see a historian's opinion. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopee_cushion
- palringo 13y agoI think people's problem is that, beyond the copying, its the articles like this calling Apple and innovative geniuses and worshipping them for the redesign and implying only Apple can do such great innovations. Please show me examples of articles calling inspired copies as great innovations.