The Best of Halfbakery – November Ideas
It’s a new month, so its time for a new list of awesome inventions/would-be ideas from Halfbakery.com. In case you’re not familiar with our Halfbakery series, there’s a good little summary of what it’s all about here. This month’s list features ideas that might actually be somewhat feasible, but are still as entertaining to read and think about as always!
“Thanksgiving has a little bit missing for vegans. Tofu Turkeys have *captain obvious strikes again* no bone structure. Thus create a non-animal based wishbone to insert into the turkey shaped tofu dish. It would have to be able to take the heat needed to cook the dish. And to keep it from sinking it would need something to hold it in place.”
In honor of Thanksgiving, as well as all the non-meat eaters in the world, we decided to include this pretty “bakeable” idea. This invention would allow vegans to still take part in the tradition of breaking the wishbone – and no animals would be harmed in the process!
“Gyroscopic devices located in the lower (shoes), mid (belt) and upper (tie tack, glasses) portions of the body are used to detect an impending fall. These devices notify your wallet which, using the combined processing power of the smartcards therein, causes strategically located retrorockets (in cufflinks, belt, etc) to fire – returning the subject to an upright position”
This is probably the most “out-there” idea to make our list this month, but for clumsy people such as myself, this seems like a pretty ingenious contraption. While it’d definitely be useful to wear to prevent injury after tripping over your shoe laces, it’d also be just as hilarious to observe a retrorocket-wearer start to fall and then be popped right back up.
“Every day I spend at least the first 7 minutes of my lunch break trying to figure out what I would like to eat. Sometimes it’s easier just to go without. What would be handy is a hand-held device based on 20q technology that asks you a series of questions about foods and tastes and textures which you answer yes, no or sometimes etc. After 20 questions the machine informs you of that perfect meal that you didn’t know you wanted.”
This gadget would be great for those days when you know you’re hungry, just not what you’re hungry for. You could even take it out to restaurants with you to help you decide what to order off of an extensive menu! It would be awesome if it could be modified to include suggestions for healthier alternatives to whatever junk food you might be craving, too.
“It should be possible to pave or cover walkways with a slightly springy or spongy material (maybe similar to high-tech running track material) that flexes just enough when walked on so that ice cracks and can be easily shoveled away.”
While this idea definitely seems useful and doable, it must be the cost of some kind of material like the one described above that stands in the way of it being “baked”. Also, it wouldn’t prevent the formation of ice, so you’d still need your “personal retrorocket” to protect you from falling. Still, it sounds like it would save a ton of time and energy when it comes to ice removal.
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