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Archive through April 14, 2006

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Max
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08-12-2000

Friday, March 31, 2006 - 10:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
The paper bedsheets could be made from recycled paper and then recycled themselves after use. That's the environmental angle. I can see using them in a hospital or nursing home environment, depending on their cost and durability. Hard to imagine not waking up to some shreds. :-) The gal who "invented" them was sure a kick. SHe definitely had a commanding presence!

I liked the gizmo with the belt around the waist and the tension pulley things. I can see that being a great add-on for walkers. Need to add some way to adjust the level of tension as people get more fit, though.

The bra thing. . . I'm not sure I got it, either. As a full-figured gal, though, I do like the idea of having something that has support with no underwires. I don't know that I believe it would work for naturally large breasts, though, since gravity is more of a factor in that case. :-)

Doug is the biggest irritant of this show for me. I loved how they did the segment about how he has 'experience' with EVERYTHING, though. That was pretty funny. I guess he's supposed to be the equivalent of Simon Cowell, but he's not endearing at all. If it's possible to come across as more pompous than Simon, Doug has figured it out!

I'm really curious how the rounds are going to go and how many people are making it through this first stage. Seems like there are an awful lot of them and certainly a lot that we don't see.

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
I missed the part about the plate cup being sectioned, so I take back what I said.

I don't think the school marm said they were biodegradable. She said that they could be recycled, but come on, can you really recycle paper stained with various bodily fluids?

Anyway, geez, when I'm dying in a nursing home, please let me have nice cloth sheets.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 12:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Wow! I can't believe there aren't any posts about last night's show.

Did anybody else watch?
I really liked the new baby carseat idea and laughed my butt off at the human centerpiece lady.

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cablejockey a private message Print Post    
I wish they had a little waiting room to lead some off to where kindly doctors could offer counseling and maybe even drugs. The guy who gave away a kidney so that maybe some good karma would come his way, should go there immediately. Some can't even see reality anymore--just their invention.
The next step in the show should be interesting.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 4:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Yay, Cablejockey, it's me and you kid! lol!
Yeah, that guy who gave up a kidney, I think we are missing some of the story with him. Either way, you are right they need to have a counseling room for some of these people.
It seems like some of these ideas were thought up a day before the show.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 4:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
cable, i almost fainted when the guy said he lost his house his wife and his kidney...sheesh! and he was doing it to 'show his child'. what? that body parts can be sold willy-nilly? how scary is that?

i loved, loved, loved the baby carseat and it seems even a gentle bump in the road would slightly rock the baby. i bet babies would love it! and the man is a mechanical engineer who lost his own daughter in an accident. i know this thing could work. they could call it the "egg cartin' " since they would be carting a kid around in it and it looked like a little egg yolk. the bright color makes it highly visible, too, so maybe emergency personnel would be able to see it easily at an accident scene. my only concern was if the baby is more than a few months old and the head sticks out past the edges of the carseat and round egg. if the inside carseat spins around, aren't they going to maybe hit the top of their head? putting it in the center seatbelt in a backseat would prevent injuries from the side of the car but what about the seat back if the head sticks out above the edge of the egg? it does need some work, but it's an incredible start to a great invention. IMO

and for whichever judges had to really think about the sandbagging shovel from the first episode, they should have been here a few days ago when levees broke and they were sandbagging like mad and not getting it done too quickly. i'm sure they would love to have had those shovels; they could do twice the work.

Angelicfairies2
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07-19-2004

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Angelicfairies2 a private message Print Post    
Umm when does this show come on???

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
I can't help wondering if a baby wouldn't get seasick in that car seat, since it would be constantly rolling around.

Agree, too, that the head was too high. Still, with more stabilisation and modification, I could see it working.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 3:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I love that car seat :-)

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 5:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
The car seat is a cool idea. I agree it needs some modifications, like making sure the baby's head doesn't extend beyond the rim of the seat. Also, maybe it should be secured somehow so the child doesn't swing and sway around with every stop/start/turn of the car. Perhaps having stabilizers on it to keep the seat still during normal operation of the car, but would "break away" in a high impact moment and allow the interior of the seat to swing as designed?

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 5:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
I was thinking about the car seat, and the best idea would be to have different sizes, or to have the car seat adjust to different heights. then it would be good for children of different ages and heights.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 5:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Can someone explain the carseat to me? I missed the show.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 6:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
IMO it is the best invention on the show so far. It is based on the theory that going from a high speed to a sudden stop (which is what happens in an accident) is traumatic, even if the baby is held in place in straps in a car seat.

So his invention is a car seat contained within a half shell of something that looks a bit like an eggshell. The car seat moves on gimbals of some sort. When the impact occurs, the car seat shifts and rotates inside the shell and this helps dissipate the force.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
The baby, in the inner seat, becomes a ball floating in water and spinning so there would be no impact. I thought that was stellar. Let's see if it will really work as it appears.

If this works and is put into practical use the children who use these seats are either going to love or hate amusement park rides. Just turning a corner would create movement or braking, suddenly, with no impact.

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
Tonight's show is AWFUL. Just one sob story after another, and we've heard it all once already.

No improvements or changes to the inventions. Boring, boring, boring. Halfway through, and I'm turning it off.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 7:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Does anybody else think up inventions while watching this show? I enjoyed tonight's show.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 7:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I have to say that I thought the show was horrible, too. Nothing but crying and whining, and we heard that all on the previous shows. Yuck...

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 7:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
KL, I invented one (uh, in my head only--nothing more) in the 6th grade that was later used (and is still used) by the space industry. Not to say that it wasn't already in use, but I didn't know anything about it. (Had to do with using the force of opposing magnetic pulls (north and south) and a pneumatic device to help build a transportation model. I still marvel at myself for coming up with that one! I think it says more about an 'anything can be done' young mind than I think it says about my mind, if you know what I mean.)

I have a couple other much less dramatic inventions up by sleeve, as well--ones that are essentially novelty items but could make money--I think.

So, KL, care to share one of your ideas--in a sketchy way? (Does it have to do with laundry or ketchup by any chance?)

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Working as a therapist probably helps my creative juices flow for those "world changing" ideas. I never find my ideas in catalogs or on the internet and have tons of supportive people pushing me all the time to run with these ideas.

Sadly, I'm not willing to sell my house, my soul, or my kidney to make these things a reality. Guess I'll just go 6 feet under with a bunch of wonderful ideas...

cue melancholy music and pan to weepy judges...

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 8:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
I need to play a copy of this show every time I have an urge to eat. The sappy music and stuff is enough to make me sick to my stomach. I'd lose weight in no time!

Please someone tell me the edible snowglobe lady went home!

I'm sorry, but I still fail to see the logic of the portable gym. If it has lightweight belts you can use to increase resistance or something, ok. But I do remember the guy's original presentation where he pulled some weights out of the bag to attach to the device. Those weights are gonna make that bag heavy! Just how portable can that make it?

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 8:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Yes, the edible snowglobe lady went home. She did a terrible second interview with the judges...froze after emphatically stating that she was going to dazzle them (words along that effect).

Do you watch While You Were Out? She was on once, and her husband "surprised" her with a tantric love bedroom....I think she is chasing fame or something, and it was a stupid idea, IMO.

I didn't see the logic in the portable gym either. Once you carry 60 pounds (or whatever it was) around for a while, you won't have the energy to work out.

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
I didn't realize it was two hours tonight. Glad I missed the first hour because the second hour was pitiful.

I won't watch American Inventor 2.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Friday, April 14, 2006 - 4:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
This show smacks of Queen for a Day back in the 50's. Terrible. What does the hard luck story of the inventor have to do with a patent worthy product?

Jan
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08-01-2000

Friday, April 14, 2006 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
I wondered who the final 12 were since I missed the show so I visited the ABC site. HERE they are for anyone else who is wondering.

Here' a summary:

Robert Amore
Tonerbelt

Sharon Clemens
Restroom Door Clip

Darla Davenport-Powell
Here Comes Niya

Ed Hall
Word Ace

Janusz Liberkowski
Spherical Safety Seat

Mark Martinez
Sackmaster 2000

Sheryl McDonald
The Un-brella

Francisco Patino
Double Traction Bike

Jodi Pliszka
The Headliner

Joseph and Jennifer Safuto
Flushpure

Erik Thompson
Receiver's Training Pole

Jerry Wesley
EZ-X Portable Gym

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Friday, April 14, 2006 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
Is the winner chosen from 12 or is their another elimination cutting the number to 6?

If they reduce it to 6 these won't make the cut:

Portable Gym- not practical.
Receivers Training Pole- too narrow an audience.
Here comes Niya- another talking doll.
Double Traction Bike- narrow audience.
Car Seat- they will have discovered the engineering will not work.

I think the Toner Belt, Flush pure or the Door Clip is likely to win.

I find it strange that so many think the door clip is a good idea. Just lean forward and hold the door. Worse case senario, another woman glimpses part of you on the toilet before you say, "I'll be right out" or "someone is in here".

I am rooting for the toner belt. I would use that, absolutely.