More Good Ideas

From the folder of GoodIdeas" we have some accumulation.

I saw this at one of the relatives's house, I've been looking for one myself but no luck so far. (Salty toothpaste is one of the popular flavors in Taiwan. I think this is the old idea that if it taste bad then it must be good for you.)

This clever device extracts a bowl from a pan of boiling water. In the age before the microwave the typical way to heat a bowl was to place it in a pan of boiling water. The boiling water conducts the heat at a low temperature so what's in the bowl never burns. But then the bowl is hot too, so a tool to remove it from the pan is needed. (Actually a mircowave works on the same principle, the microwaves are at the frequency absorded by water(H20) molecules.)

Again recycling, this drip system is perfect for plants with small water requirements, like orchids.  The water is put in the top bottle and drips into the plant in the lower bottle.

In this picture, what looks like flourescent tube lights is actually a very straight array of white LEDs. A case of old technology being mimiced by the new. The energy of the LEDs is less than that of the old flourescent tubes.

With so many motorcycles, there is a theft problem. So many users add this big
bicycle lock to keep the bike from being rolled away. Big hassle.

Some bikes now have this feature built into the front wheel. We all know that locks don't work if they aren't used.

Finally something from the "Bad Ideas" folder. This elevator on a construction site is a metal cage connected by a cable to an electric motor on the roof. I particularly like the shock absorber at the bottom of the elevator.