Unnecessary Inventions and Whimsical Devices-Problem Definition and Research

Researches

My favorite unnecessary invention(s) from Matty Benedetto are the selfie sticks that serves as solutions to specific scenarios. Like the “Mirror Selfie System” that “allows you to get the ideal mirror selfie aesthetic anywhere” as illustrated

And the “The Chris Coffee Carrrier” that helps to shoot the videos and selfies of carrying a cup of coffee everywhere.

Matty Benedetto detected the problem of people’s needs for taking specific types of selfies, and designed those interesting devices–mainly use a frame to carry the phone on one side and some other things on the other– to solve these problems.

Problem Definition

Three non problems I detect in daily life.

1.The cables of earphones always get tangled, like the meme illustrated.

This one might be more necessary than the other two I detected. The tangled earphone cable did caused some troubles, although not severe. If there can be an interesting way to solve the problem, it will be great.

2.People may not be able to find something to hold on the subway during the morning rush.

During the morning rush, the subway is crowded with people, for someone who just get into the cabin, they may find nowhere for them to hold, then it’s hard to stand still when the train starts to move or stops. Then maybe carrying a device that can stick to the ceiling of the cabin or something that can act as the extension of the arm to hold the poles, then people can freely focus on their phones or even take a nap.

3.In Chinese middle schools, students are willing to take a nap during the ten-minute break between classes, but can’t find a rather comfortable place.

In a lot of Chinese middle schools, students can’t get enough sleep, so they have to or unconsciously fell into sleep during breaks or even classes. However, they can only remain seated and just their arms or the desk as the pillow. When they wake up, their face can be horrible and their hands will get numb, not to mention the saliva, if there can be something that act as a pillow that can be easily carried anywhere, then things might be better.