waqarkhan.com— People are always trying to create inventions to make tasks easier, but these are go too far. Some of them are just plain stupid.
Oct 8, 2006View in Crawl 4
They are not useless. But many of them just wont sell.8. Tissue Roll hat. This would only be useful if you are really sick and in bed. In that case the hat is in the way and your hands are normally close to tissues anyways. In public it is like hey look at me I am sick, Plus the paper will block your line of site. People just wouldn't buy it because it is to much hassle then the benefit.7. Butter Stick. This could sell except for sanitation concerns. butter your raw meat say pork, then butter your toast afterwards could get you sick. If they made that like a hundred years ago. Culture would be smart enough to only use it on dry bread products. 6. Plunger Hat: To big, to cary around and way to many questions at the office. Also most people goal is not to fall asleep on they subway they just do, so if you just fell asleep you wouldn't be able to put it on.5. Chopstick fan. Way to clumsy, makes the chopsticks to heavy, and it is easier if you just put the fan on the table blowing at your food,4. The eye drop funnel seems pretty useful to me. Except it should be designed a little differently first to make it look more medical, and less nerdy, less like glasses and more like goggles. But this method just creates storage problems for when you don't need them. 3. The umbrella with a rain jacket. I wouldn't want to see what happens when wind picks up. And getting it on and off in a hurry getting in and out of a car etc. Seems like to much hassle and a good bigger umbrella usually does the job.2. The chin rest: It looks painful or like you are getting hanged. Also like #6 your goal isn't to sleep on the subway.1. The Web Slide Show. All in all it increases the viewing time with little benefit. For people with slow connections they view the picture and wait a minute for the next to load vs. putting one image below the other where while the person is looking at the picture then next one is loading. For people in high speeds it prevents them from just doing a quick browse and determine if anything is interesting or not. I would say #1 is the most useless invention unfortunately it si the one used the most.
Yes, yes. You're digging into the very heart of Chindogu, which are in same genus as Rube Goldberg devices in that they present a 'ridiculous' solution to a problem, to highlight certain absurdities of life, and the foibles of the human condition, and perhaps moreover, to simply entertain through whimsy. As a commenter mentioned above, there are 10 tenents of Chindogu, which explain these, and other matters Chindogu.<a class="user" href="http://www.chindogu.com/chindogu/tenents.html">http://www.chindogu.com/chindogu/tenents.html</a>In particular:"If you invent something which turns out to be so handy that you use it all the time, then you have failed to make a Chindogu.""If you accept money for one you surrender your purity."All of my inventions have always ended up as Chindogu, or near-relatives, as I have very few views I care to push on others with what I create, and seem to have a very bad sense of what the world actually finds to be good ideas, and by that I mean "things they'd pay for."
I actually like the umbrella idea. Sometimes when the rain is too strong, an umbrella would only prevent your hair to get wet, but your pants and shirts would still be wet
ha. i love chindogu!my friends and I actually created some chindogu videos that we are proud of so we put them up on YouTube. Check them out at:www.youtube/user/shavingcreamman
perfectfireOct 8, 2006
The ramen cooler is not useless for those of us with neko s**ta (cat's tongue, means you can't eat hot food).
jellomizerOct 8, 2006
They are not useless. But many of them just wont sell.8. Tissue Roll hat. This would only be useful if you are really sick and in bed. In that case the hat is in the way and your hands are normally close to tissues anyways. In public it is like hey look at me I am sick, Plus the paper will block your line of site. People just wouldn't buy it because it is to much hassle then the benefit.7. Butter Stick. This could sell except for sanitation concerns. butter your raw meat say pork, then butter your toast afterwards could get you sick. If they made that like a hundred years ago. Culture would be smart enough to only use it on dry bread products. 6. Plunger Hat: To big, to cary around and way to many questions at the office. Also most people goal is not to fall asleep on they subway they just do, so if you just fell asleep you wouldn't be able to put it on.5. Chopstick fan. Way to clumsy, makes the chopsticks to heavy, and it is easier if you just put the fan on the table blowing at your food,4. The eye drop funnel seems pretty useful to me. Except it should be designed a little differently first to make it look more medical, and less nerdy, less like glasses and more like goggles. But this method just creates storage problems for when you don't need them. 3. The umbrella with a rain jacket. I wouldn't want to see what happens when wind picks up. And getting it on and off in a hurry getting in and out of a car etc. Seems like to much hassle and a good bigger umbrella usually does the job.2. The chin rest: It looks painful or like you are getting hanged. Also like #6 your goal isn't to sleep on the subway.1. The Web Slide Show. All in all it increases the viewing time with little benefit. For people with slow connections they view the picture and wait a minute for the next to load vs. putting one image below the other where while the person is looking at the picture then next one is loading. For people in high speeds it prevents them from just doing a quick browse and determine if anything is interesting or not. I would say #1 is the most useless invention unfortunately it si the one used the most.
thekeithdOct 8, 2006
You know, as I was reading that, I began thinking "Gee, way to take the fun out of this" but when I hit #1, I was amused. Good work.
catchpenOct 9, 2006
Put an iPod docking station on all of them and they'll be "inovative technology" and sell them for $900
gfixlerOct 9, 2006
Yes, yes. You're digging into the very heart of Chindogu, which are in same genus as Rube Goldberg devices in that they present a 'ridiculous' solution to a problem, to highlight certain absurdities of life, and the foibles of the human condition, and perhaps moreover, to simply entertain through whimsy. As a commenter mentioned above, there are 10 tenents of Chindogu, which explain these, and other matters Chindogu.<a class="user" href="http://www.chindogu.com/chindogu/tenents.html">http://www.chindogu.com/chindogu/tenents.html</a>In particular:"If you invent something which turns out to be so handy that you use it all the time, then you have failed to make a Chindogu.""If you accept money for one you surrender your purity."All of my inventions have always ended up as Chindogu, or near-relatives, as I have very few views I care to push on others with what I create, and seem to have a very bad sense of what the world actually finds to be good ideas, and by that I mean "things they'd pay for."
wpcolonelOct 9, 2006
I actually like the umbrella idea. Sometimes when the rain is too strong, an umbrella would only prevent your hair to get wet, but your pants and shirts would still be wet
bkinzelFeb 11, 2008
ha. i love chindogu!my friends and I actually created some chindogu videos that we are proud of so we put them up on YouTube. Check them out at:www.youtube/user/shavingcreamman