Līve Ambitions

Yesterday, I watched my 1st episode of Pitchmen on Discovery.  After watching the show, I began to wonder whether an average joe like me could come up with a new invention that could possibly end up on the shelves of Walmart one day.  I’ve never took inventions too seriously, but the show yesterday inspired me.  There was a story of a man (friend of Billy Mays) who was crippled in a plane crash, but later invented the Awesome Auger.

In our free land of capitalism, the possibilities are endless.  The hard part is actually taking an idea and bringing it to life.  I’m not saying that anyone can become a successful inventor, but if someone has the “right” idea and actually puts work into it, I think it’s a very possible scenario.

When you think about all the crazy ideas that turned into successful inventions, it’s pretty mind-boggling.  For instance, the paperclip and paper-weight.  I know competition is much stiffer now than it was back in history, but even in today’s market, there is still room for new inventions.  In fact, it doesn’t even have to be a new invention – it could simply be an improved version of an existing product.  Though we have the disadvantage of greater competition, we have the advantage of a bigger audience.

I had 2 ideas in my head yesterday – both of which I found out already have patents.  The 1st idea was for an airplane parachute.  This idea came to me because I’m terrified of flying and there’s been more reported cases of plane crashes lately.  The 2nd idea was for a toe/finger nail clipping collector case.  This idea came to me because I had many situations where I didn’t want to clip my nails in public, or times when I would clip my nails indoors and the clippings would fly all over the place.

I’ve never seen or even heard of these products before.  Maybe I’ve been living in a cave.  Anyways…back to the drawing board.