New invention: semi transparant solar energy/light reducing panels.

[infinitesolid2]

For hot countries to produce food within a building.

Use the electricity to cool outgoing air to collect moisture to return to the soil.

 

Could/might work...

[insane_alien]

they already exist

 

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F4059527%2F4059868%2F04059937.pdf&authDecision=-203

 

and to be classed as an inventor you actually have to build something new. not just think of something that already exists.

[infinitesolid2]

they already exist

 

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F4059527%2F4059868%2F04059937.pdf&authDecision=-203

 

and to be classed as an inventor you actually have to build something new. not just think of something that already exists.

 

Sound!

[Sisyphus]

Sound!

 

Sound already exists.

[insane_alien]

rofl

[swansont]

Both rolling on the floor and laughing are part of the prior art, and the combination of the two is an obvious and trivial act.

 

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Note that an invention usually is an actual device, or a detailed schematic for building it. Having an idea for an invention is a little different.

Edited August 17, 2009 by swansont