Have you ever invented/designed anything?

[mancroft]

Have you ever invented anything or designed anything original?

[garak]

Depends on what you mean by original, and how substantial. And what if it didn't get finished?

[mancroft]

Depends on what you mean by original, and how substantial. And what if it didn't get finished?

Duzzn't matter, really. Just have you come up with something original... I'll let you define 'original'... finished or not.

[airjaw]

i come up with original ideas in my head everyday, all the time.

i only write down / complete / pursue about 2% of them.

[garak]

These are the only ones I've developed alone and that are respectably usable/functional/whatever: 1 (http://incise.org/index.cgi/py-libmpdclient2) 2 (http://incise.org/index.cgi/TinyWM) 3 (http://incise.org/index.cgi/Whimsy) (all programming projects)

The first two are actually distributed and used by people, and the last one is in a alpha-beta-ish stage.

[Deckard]

Yes, i designed a new type of transmission (for cars or whatever) but i'm still trying to muster up the motivation to implement the thing as a proof of concept. And then i would have to dick around with patents and all that. Blech.


Hitler was intj, i recogn
:gm:

[garak]

Yes, i designed a new type of transmission (for cars or whatever) but i'm still trying to muster up the motivation to implement the thing as a proof of concept. And then i would have to dick around with patents and all that. Blech.

How's it work?

[Deckard]

How's it work?
It's a secret.* :ph34r:

Content yourself in knowing that it's really, really awesome.



edit: *cuz of patent laws...they're a bitch.

[HyosHi]

Ever heard of the seatalator? :grin:

[charred_heart]

http://ghdigital.com/~havoc/blurfx/darkplaces_fx_project.html

... and one javascript browser 3d engine but my personal site is down so can't link.

[charred_heart]

Ever heard of the seatalator? :grin:wow, small google world (http://forums.keeptouch.net/showpost.php?p=554010&postcount=21)

[HyosHi]

wow, small google world (http://forums.keeptouch.net/showpost.php?p=554010&postcount=21)
:eek: you googled me! :eek:

*Goes to find a smaller hole to hide in*

[aries]

Numerous web programs.

Nothing tangible, but it doesn't really matter if things are tangible now does it

[Oculus Sinister]

I did a projective drawing once and it ended up looking like a jagged winged angel of death. I don't think its original but it was pretty fucking creepy after not sleeping for a couple of days and being in a drug-induced stupor.

[matryoshka]

I made a nightstand (with drawers) and a magazine bin out of cardboard boxes about 5 years ago and I still use both. They're painted with a cosmic motif in acrylic. That was before I lost my inspiration :mellow:.

[Birdsnest]

Yes.

[kmill31415]

I designed and programmed a wiki system in PHP last summer that I cleverly called KyleWiki.

[EL84]

Recently - brackets and hubs to put bigger brakes on my car (the original brakes were very small and very scary):
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c379/q168/brakes_fitted_wheel.jpg

Prototype of interface to car's ECU for datalogging/tuning (car is very old and pre-OBD, has no diagnostics or data port whatsoever, had to directly interface address and data bus):
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c379/q168/Interface_Board_Complete_First_Run.jpg

Neither were really original per se, but were unique to the specific application. I've done a little bit of stuff like this over the years, but don't think I've come up with anything revolutionary, or at least when I thought I had, always found someone else had already done it.

[eviloatmeal]

I made a PHP script that would list images from various folders on my ftp... but it didn't work properly, so I did something else, like the good INTP I am...

Also I 'invented' a smoothie recipe that works nicely for my taste. It is a start I suppose.

Oh! I have this great idea for a program that turn your iTunes library into an html formatted list of artists and albums. I just need to... learn C or something to make the program!

[squirrel]

Yes. Besides the boring stuff I design at my day job (ASIC designer) I write (http://users.wpi.edu/~squirrel/math/) lots of (http://users.wpi.edu/~squirrel/programs/) computer programs (http://users.wpi.edu/~squirrel/ocamlrt/), and occasionally design little board-level electronic thingies. Designing and inventing is the spice of my life; along with music (which I have been known to compose on occasion) it's my primary creative outlet. And despite not being artsy I'd describe myself primarily as a creative rather than scientific person. I wonder if this distinction is an INTP vs. INTJ sort of thing?

[squirrel]

2 (http://incise.org/index.cgi/TinyWM).

#2 looks interesting! I may use it as a reference when (if) I get around to implementing my own WM ideas. (Although the WM (http://www.suckless.org/wiki/wmii) I currently use is slowly getting closer to my ideal so I may never feel the need to do so.)

[fripping]

i invented breathing. and standing up.

[Nighthawk]

I was the primary inventor on two patents pending (not sure if they ever went through) at a company I worked for about 10 years ago. One was a country table that was used in software globalization ... really nothing more than a glorified hashtable. The other was a semi-intelligent marketing object that would display marketing information based upon user demographics and collected information profiles.

Also wrote a parser and comparison engine for DNA sequences as part of a pay-per-view genomic data site.

Other than that, I've written an maintained about a dozen different financial and finance related softare applications.

[garak]

#2 looks interesting! I may use it as a reference when (if) I get around to implementing my own WM ideas. (Although the WM (http://www.suckless.org/wiki/wmii) I currently use is slowly getting closer to my ideal so I may never feel the need to do so.)

Yeah wmi is interesting (I was watching it back when it really was wmi, not wmii). I think C & C++ are too painstaking and inflexible though. I am writing my "real" wm in python: http://incise.org/index.cgi/Whimsy

[Ceilinh]

I designed a couple of murals, some paintings and a communion table cloth for the church that I went to when I was growing up.
My church posted a picture of the table cloth online (but you can't google it unless you know my actual name, which you don't) and this other church in the States (I don't remember which state) saw it and contacted my church because they wanted one like it.
So, then my church got into contact with me and asked me to email the american church and I just never did because I didn't really know what they wanted me to do and I didn't want to make another table cloth because I already made the first one and it's done and I don't want to do it again because that would be horrifically boring.
Anyhow.
This post is very rambling and annoying. I apologize for that.

[squirrel]

Yeah wmi is interesting (I was watching it back when it really was wmi, not wmii). I think C & C++ are too painstaking and inflexible though. I am writing my "real" wm in python: http://incise.org/index.cgi/Whimsy

Interesting... do you plan to including tiling par chance? :grin:

Agreed about C/C++... but they do make wmii REALLY FAST. (Important to me b/c I tend to use obsolete hardware :p)

[squirrel]

Prototype of interface to car's ECU for datalogging/tuning (car is very old and pre-OBD, has no diagnostics or data port whatsoever, had to directly interface address and data bus):
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c379/q168/Interface_Board_Complete_First_Run.jpg

Curious, what type of microcontroller is that?

[squirrel]

So, then my church got into contact with me and asked me to email the american church and I just never did because I didn't really know what they wanted me to do and I didn't want to make another table cloth because I already made the first one and it's done and I don't want to do it again because that would be horrifically boring.
Anyhow.
This post is very rambling and annoying. I apologize for that.

Nonsense. That was the best run-on sentence ever.

[garak]

Interesting... do you plan to including tiling par chance? :grin:

If I am successful, then it'll be reasonably easy to make it do just about anything, including tiling. But it's not a direct priority of mine. I don't really like tiling.

[charred_heart]

I designed this (http://www.simplify-group.com/wrdc)

It's just a proposal, it's going to be a dynamic site if the project goes ahead.

The design is not very original or clever, but I'm in a "getting things done" phase right now.

[charred_heart]

I was the primary inventor on two patents pending (not sure if they ever went through) at a company I worked for about 10 years ago. One was a country table that was used in software globalization ... really nothing more than a glorified hashtable. The other was a semi-intelligent marketing object that would display marketing information based upon user demographics and collected information profiles.

Also wrote a parser and comparison engine for DNA sequences as part of a pay-per-view genomic data site.

Other than that, I've written an maintained about a dozen different financial and finance related softare applications.cool

[Ceilinh]

Nonsense. That was the best run-on sentence ever.

Thank you. :D

[squirrel]

I designed a couple of murals, some paintings and a communion table cloth for the church that I went to when I was growing up.

I have become curious... how did you design the table cloth? Did you crochet or knit it, or was it something you put together with pieces of fabric?

[Ceilinh]

I have become curious... how did you design the table cloth? Did you crochet or knit it, or was it something you put together with pieces of fabric?

Oh. I painted a triptych on it. I don't know how to crochet or knit. I'm not very good at the sewing aspect either. Other people did the complicated things. I just did the design and painting stuff.

Here is a picture of it:

[Samurai Drifter]

In middle school, I was so bored that during class I did nothing but design all sorts of weird things. I think they included a rocket designed to carry a crew of astronauts to Mars and a wide variety of assasin guns.

[awe]

Here is a picture of it:

Nice

[EL84]

Curious, what type of microcontroller is that?

ATMega16 - it's on this board:
http://www.futurlec.com.au/ATMegaTraining.jsp
Sold as a ATMega163 though, which tripped me up for a bit, some slight differences in control registers, really frustrating until I pulled the sticker off the uC and found it was an imposter. I think the price has gone up, but it was a good little trainer, easy access to all the ports, made life very simple.

After making something work, the plan was to make it again, but smaller, possibly putting all the glue logic on this board:
http://www.futurlec.com.au/ATMegaDevBoard.jsp

But hasn't happened yet, moved on to other stuff. Still, there's hope.

[Mr Pink]

I had an idea of a small gadget that goes "dum dum tssh" when you press a button.

[squirrel]

Oh. I painted a triptych on it.

I used to know what that word meant in high school. :blush: According to my dictionary it's a three-paneled art form. Crazy! Anyway, it's pretty!



After making something work, the plan was to make it again, but smaller, possibly putting all the glue logic on this board:
http://www.futurlec.com.au/ATMegaDevBoard.jsp

Have you considered designing the board yourself? BatchPCB (http://www.batchpcb.com/) does a really good job, for real cheap. I got a double-sided board there (with solder mask and silkscreen, no less!) for ~$15 including shipping.



I had an idea of a small gadget that goes "dum dum tssh" when you press a button.

It should also have a second button that plays the Final Fantasy "battle won" tune.

[digesthisickness]

i've invented countless things that later some jackass stole and marketed.

[squirrel]

i've invented countless things that later some jackass stole and marketed.

You mean like this (http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_027.htm)?

[digesthisickness]

You mean like this (http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_027.htm)?

yeah! my fury is justified.

[LongSilence]

I saw that cartoon before and after a few moments thought- "Wait, wouldn't the deaf people also require the bassy beats coming from amplifiers that make their bodies tremble?"

Also, I've designed my own personal universe.

[Ferrus]

A machine that cure cancer. But... I threw it away. I'm a bastard like that.

[EL84]

Have you considered designing the board yourself? BatchPCB (http://www.batchpcb.com/) does a really good job, for real cheap. I got a double-sided board there (with solder mask and silkscreen, no less!) for ~$15 including shipping.

Looks alright. I've got another thing I want to make, I should try them out. Now, to figure out the Gerbers.





It should also have a second button that plays the Final Fantasy "battle won" tune.

DAH dah DAH dadah dadah DAH DAH, DAH dah DAH dah dadah doodleoodleoodleoodle

[Nighthawk]

I designed this (http://www.simplify-group.com/wrdc)

It's just a proposal, it's going to be a dynamic site if the project goes ahead.

The design is not very original or clever, but I'm in a "getting things done" phase right now.

Nice looking site ... it's certainly better than I can do.

[eyebyte_atWork]

Nice looking site ... it's certainly better than I can do.

Agreed - well designed site.

I hope to see it evolve.

[Larkin]

yea, i am in business for myself and my product is individual and artist in nature. when i run into a problem, i must solve it and there may not be answers available so i must solve the problem myself.
that is invention and inovation

[Bradtv]

I was pretty crafty with Legos and K'nex.

I designed a little anti-gravity device out of K'nex and magnets back in early high school. Same type of repulsion used by certain bullet trains.

If utilized in a motor, I'm sure it could get some good longevity. Since true magnets maintain their integrity, I saw the potential for a near-perpetual motion machine. I came across a certain magnet motor inventor whom, along with his small group, went missing as they were moving across the country to expand their company. Back then it wasn't likely the government was willing to give up revenue from fossil fuel sources (among other things).

Lost interest... and never really cared to learn motors intimately.

[nagrom]

Oh! I have this great idea for a program that turn your iTunes library into an html formatted list of artists and albums. I just need to... learn C or something to make the program!

There are 3 or 4 programs that do this already.

[aklight]

I've built a few inventions and actually used them with people. Nothing special at all. They were useful or fun, but not life changing. I'm pretty good at seeing a need and then starting immediately to build something for it. I like to just use whatever is around. If I need more, I hope the store is open, because if I have to wait until tomorrow I might very well lose all interest in the project. Unless I can convince somebody to pay me for it. :) Do little businesses count? I've probably run/quit/failed like 4 or 5 of them. I used to be fascinated with building devices used for smoke marijuana. ;)

[charred_heart]

Nice looking site ... it's certainly better than I can do.thanks!


Agreed - well designed site.

I hope to see it evolve.yeah, me too *crosses fingers for proposal acceptance*

[djm]

I have two patents, and 8 patent applications on six inventions. All crop science related. I posted details on a different thread so won't double up on it.

I am also quite interested in functional foods (will probably pursue some ip on this in my next venture) and genetic engineering (I have a lab in my stable for this, it's a hobby but I am doing some interesting stuff that I might patent in the future). I am messing around with tree crossbreeding as well, I have an interest in cold climate adapted fruit crops. Plus methods for removing heavy metals from soil, and phyto mining are interesting I have some ideas on these.

[mancroft]

I have two patents, and 8 patent applications on six inventions. All crop science related. I posted details on a different thread so won't double up on it.

I am also quite interested in functional foods (will probably pursue some ip on this in my next venture) and genetic engineering (I have a lab in my stable for this, it's a hobby but I am doing some interesting stuff that I might patent in the future). I am messing around with tree crossbreeding as well, I have an interest in cold climate adapted fruit crops. Plus methods for removing heavy metals from soil, and phyto mining are interesting I have some ideas on these.

You know that owl noise people make by cupping their hands together and blowing?

I can do that.

[djm]

You know that owl noise people make by cupping their hands together and blowing?

I can do that.

Careful where you do it, you don't want to be accosted by a horny barn owl in the dark.

[apple]

I have two patents, and 8 patent applications on six inventions. All crop science related. I posted details on a different thread so won't double up on it.

I am also quite interested in functional foods (will probably pursue some ip on this in my next venture) and genetic engineering (I have a lab in my stable for this, it's a hobby but I am doing some interesting stuff that I might patent in the future). I am messing around with tree crossbreeding as well, I have an interest in cold climate adapted fruit crops. Plus methods for removing heavy metals from soil, and phyto mining are interesting I have some ideas on these.

Do you crossbreed animals as well? How about men who can bear children? That would be quite useful.

[djm]

Do you crossbreed animals as well? How about men who can bear children? That would be quite useful.

:rofl: No, just trees I'm afraid. Plant genetic engineering is pretty easy, you can set up in your garage for a few thousand. Animals are a different ball game altogether.

I think men have the best of it anyway, half the genes none of the pain.

[peasanty]

I designed some cool software... more evolutionary than revolutionary, usually to support use cases that couldn't readily be satisfied with existing free software or COTS; however, my greatest invention came forth from me this morning. It was inspiring to see, but was lost to the world when I flushed.

[PsiKik]

An invention ...

HeadPack (tm) - instead of a 'back pack' a platform to fit on your head to
carry stuff. Based on how they do it in Africa. Except my idea makes balancing easier as there are handles to help balance the load.

Following picture taken by a friend who climbed mt Kilimanjaro in Africa and was amazed by the amount of stuff the porters carried on their heads.

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/headpacks.jpg

[Kathara]

I have theoretically created a car whose engine is based on magnets swiching polarity - that was during my pre teen crazy years. Nowadays, I only design complex, and utterly useless in real life literary theories.

[caybo]

When I was quite young, and I was just learning the basics of electric motors, I thought to myself, Hmm Car wheels spin, you know, you could probably charge the car battery like that...

[Kathara]

When I was quite young, and I was just learning the basics of electric motors, I thought to myself, Hmm Car wheels spin, you know, you could probably charge the car battery like that...

I had envisioned propellers to create electricity that would affect the magnetic polarity.

[Ptah]

Have you ever invented anything or designed anything original?

Who hasn't?

If we're confining ourselves to signficant, marketed/made-public designs, then I regrettably say "no". I can say only that I have invented things which I thought were "original" and novel, only to later find someone else receive credit for them in some other public forum/market (a source of grinding, angst-fomenting vexation (http://forums.intpcentral.com/showthread.php?t=25984)). I presently hold things which I feel are "original" and novel that I have not yet found in any public forum/market, but I see no productive manner in which to release them such that any of the following are assured a) credit b) profit c) non-triage of my life as it is.

edit: woe-is-me, sorry.

[jet]

I have theoretically created a car whose engine is based on magnets swiching polarity - that was during my pre teen crazy years. Nowadays, I only design complex, and utterly useless in real life literary theories.

as a kid i as well theoretically created a car, that moved on top of a cloud of steam, generated with compressed water and heat.




but really, i just wanted to let you all know that, last week, i created a peanut butter and chocolate syrup sandwich. its fucking amazing. TRY IT

[Allister]

A few years ago, I invented/used a machine that suspends dead frogs above people's heads when they sleep.

[charred_heart]

A few years ago, I invented/used a machine that suspends dead frogs above people's heads when they sleep.ISTP

[bonsai]

When I was like 14 I invented the hole-less bagel so your cream cheese doesn't fall into the middle, but they never caught on.

[sinnamon]

I design things fairly often to customize them for our use. I designed the chicken coop to fit in a particular size space. I needed nest boxes of different sizes for different types of birds. I designed a nest condo thing with doors & removable floors & walls for cleaning. It's cool (for that kind of thing). I'm pretty good at sitting down & turning a need into a functional object.

[Xenolith]

When I was younger I designed a theory nexus that can hack reality (no shit). To this day I'm still running tests to figure out just how reliable it is.

[Ohdear]

okay well i tried to build a device that could open the door at your bed. (yes laziness caused this). so if someone was knocking i could just pull something and it would open. i took some string, tied it around some random stuff, around the doorknob and it worked.