The Small Things Count.
It is true what they say. It is the small things that matter. No matter which way you look at it.Just take a look at the great inventors.
The main contributors leading to the invention of these two items…
died without seeing a reward for their work!
While the inventors of these two gadgets…
became millionaires overnight!
Why is it so? Simply because bigger inventions depend too much on the invention of other (smaller) things to make it work; and too many things to go wrong. A paper clip or a pin depended much less on other inventions with almost nothing to go wrong.
So who were the clever guys?
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The invention of the sewing machine
The invention of the telephone
When next time you want to invent something, think small! Except for when you
.Enjoy your day!
Comments (75)
Here it is the world famous Norwegian cheese slicer:
So they come from Norway! I use a potato peeler to slice my cheese. Works on the same principle.
My cheese cutter on't work so well.
My favourite sandwich? Cheese, onion and tomato!
It's a kind of matter for our sense of hearing
And a very good morning to you from a sunny, windless Cape Town.
Ear buds? I never knew that ears could bud! Or that fish had fingers.
Thank you...
You funny woman!!
He was a Norwegian, though there were a few cruder designs in place at the time; some of them patented.
Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor with a degree in electronics, science and mathematics, invented the paperclip in 1899. He received a patent for his design from Germany in 1899, since Norway had no patent laws at that time.
Norway had no patent laws at the time.
I'm so glad my memory did not slip this time...LOL Thank you so much for finding this out for me. It is interesting to know this.. I stack it in my brain-computer as things that can be good to know. Just in case anybody ask. Thank you Sir. Now enjoy your beautiful day, and I will go get summer "shoes" on my car very soon.
Smaller is better sometimes. To me one of the best smallest invention is the button...so many styles and required on different of articles of clothing.
Yes, the less complicated, the less chance of failure. Small things that make our lifes easier.
Yes, one would have expected the zero to travel the shortest distance.
Each number you dailed sent that number of pulses down the line. The zero was actually the 10. It sent 10 pulses.
oooooooo there are so many things i wish i had of invented !
but you are right ,, it's the small things / everyday things that are invented , that people just say " now why didn't i think of that "
There's a programme here in Ireland and in Britain called "Dragon's Den " --it shows inventors ./ entrepeners with marvellous ideas --it's a great programme
Yes, frustating always to repeat the same words!
Now, why did I not think of that?
Now, why did I not think of this first?
It is a bread bag clip!
I've got very bad connectivity at the mpment.
ours would be of a different design ,, that's why i didn't recognise the item in your photo
We are all cursed with connectivity problems for sure from time to time --i was having problems connecting last night --it's frustrating
hope it resolves for you soon Cat
you should read some of the comments on Non's blog at the minute--a few of us were really frustrated last night with our computers and poor Non has a virus now too !
we can all sympathise with each other re connectivity problems
but anyway,, to get back to your blog ,,,and everyday , simple items that have been invented ,,,
then again ,, there are items we possibly wish had never been invented
Cellphones are one of them!
Lawnmowers another
I've been on Nons blog a few minutes ago.
although i have to be honest , i really don't know what i would do without my cellphone
especially re my job --i need to be contactable for emergencies by the hospital
but Lawnmowers ! and especially stimmers !! why does the cord always break so frequently on those strimmers ??
You don't even have lawn. I'll make you mow my lawn before you get coffee next time!
I'm thinking about relacing half my lawn with a cement slab.
cement or nice paving stones
would cut down on your workload of having to actually mow the lawn and fix the dam thing when it breaks down
win win situation
Leave me more time for my beer. Then Who (a neighbour) tells my I'm lazy! He will get it when he comes here again.
i'm quite sure you have mowed that lawn for many many years
Cemant over it , and be done with it !
sit back , chill and enjoy those beers !! you've earned it
how are you today?
Don't you think the importance of blinds is very overlooked as one of the most Important Inventions ever ?
I mean if it wasn't for them it would be Curtains for the lot of us.
Have a nice Day
So many thing we take for granted.
Thank Bill Gates. Without windows there would have been no blinds!
It was very entertaining.
Bill Gates best invention was the marketing process in which he sold us products that we tested for him. You cant Beta that
Another old Chinese proverb says
Man who walks through door sideways is going to Bangkok
but I'm not going to Bangkok.
But nothing does not climb to my head...
Fot, I do not understand this part. Can you rephrase please.