15+ Great Ideas That Gave People Exactly What They Needed

By replacing all the letters with color pads and all the keys with their corresponding labels, Callahan ended up inventing the chromatic typewriter.

With that, he was able to paint by typing.

Although it's clear that they were made to resemble boxing trunks, this really goes a long way to show who deserves the credit for our extra comfort.

One might expect it to be reflecting this time from another source, but it's also hard to see how it could be doing that.

Another theory is that it's a one-way mirror, which seems both unlikely and unpleasant.

If this "blue bucket" practice catches on, it could save a lot of people from some awkward conversations at people's doors.

That's exactly what happened when this woman realized she no longer had a hose attachment on her vacuum cleaner.

Fortunately, she was able to make a decent substitute with just a toilet paper roll and some rolled up milk cartons.

Apparently, this chair was made using only packing tape and the spent rolls that tape was originally attached to.

I'm not sure how sturdy it is, but it's neat!

After cutting a couple of strategic holes in this bucket, this man found an easy way to haul the kid anywhere.

Of course, the only problem is that you'll need a little something to fill the empty space where the rest of the battery would otherwise sit.

A wad of aluminum foil would probably work better, but it's also fascinating to see that this cable end does the trick, too.

Fortunately, this person came up with a pretty easy fix to tide us over until a real replacement arrives.

Just poke a few holes in the bottom and you've got it.

As you can see, the tape was applied loosely enough to give it some wiggle room, but tightly enough to keep it from drooping down.

That's not too much trial and error.

Unfortunately, that lamp can only do so much because that laptop doesn't look like it's long for this world anyway.

It's hard to tell how effectively the swings do this, but maybe the idea will help us save energy one of these days.

So to keep themselves from having to pump 50 cents worth of gas at a time, this person simply added this clamp and presto! They were free to fill 'er up.

I'd say this is about the closest that modern folks can get to turning swords into plowshares.

However, I'd say does take at least a little genius to figure out how much easier it makes things to cut a pool noodle in half and lay it across the window glass.

However, if one were to take that second glance, they'd notice that the sign sometimes flashes the word "die" vertically.

That's right. The name on this sign was chosen very carefully.

Apparently, it can only be seen when you break down the box, so it's thanking you while you're actually in the process of preparing it for recycling.

Well, either that or it's thanking you before you break dance on it, I guess.

So those who are tired of hearing that the ice cream machine is busted can take comfort in knowing that it's much less likely to go without repairs when it's the only way to make money here.

For instance, this clever factory worker managed to come up with a cowboy hat that also works as a hard hat.

Doug Dimmadome would be proud.

I didn't say it was an easy one, but braiding their cable seemed to achieve the length they wanted without breaking anything.