Name some things that are genius in their simplicity.

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: ATLien247

Originally posted by: Linflas
That new little gadget to open up blister packs without severing a finger.

Where would one find this gadget?

As seen on TV. I've only seen the ads a couple times but it is a little plastic gizmo that just zips around the outside of the package. I assume it has a small razor blade tucked inside.

 

[SagaLore]

Binary math. Without that basic concept, we wouldn't have all this software and the Internet. Take another basic thing - the transistor - and we've got a winning combination.

 

[Rogeee]

Toilet paper
Condoms
Indoor plumbing
Concrete
Light bulb
Pen and pencils
Paper
Bycycles

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Linflas
That new little gadget to open up blister packs without severing a finger.

link?

oh, like one of those little letter openers...

like this?

 

[ahurtt]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: jadinolf
Paper clips
Thumb tacks
Staples

Velcro.

These are the only ones so far I've seen that I'd really consider simplistic yet ingenious. They are simple enough that it seems anybody could have thought of them yet we ask ourselves, "Why didn't I think of that?"

I'll add to the list - twist ties.

 

[slpaulson]

The wheel

 

[KarenMarie]

safety pin

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
safety pin

The bra.

 

[nakedfrog]

Kleenex box.

 

[LordSnailz]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
Binary math. Without that basic concept, we wouldn't have all this software and the Internet. Take another basic thing - the transistor - and we've got a winning combination.

by no means is the transistor simple ...

 

[ReddWyng]

The double-decker taco.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: LordSnailz

Originally posted by: SagaLore
Binary math. Without that basic concept, we wouldn't have all this software and the Internet. Take another basic thing - the transistor - and we've got a winning combination.

by no means is the transistor simple ...

The transister is extremely simple. Its putting millions of them together that gets a little complicated...

 

[Trey22]

Pwnage.

Edit: Clarification - Self-Pwnage. Just sit back and wait.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
safety pin

The bra.

Bullshit. Breasts are simple, those triple-clasp demons are not. Those are hard to do with your teeth.

- M4H

 

[Wonderful Pork]

shoehorn.

 

[LordSnailz]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: LordSnailz

Originally posted by: SagaLore
Binary math. Without that basic concept, we wouldn't have all this software and the Internet. Take another basic thing - the transistor - and we've got a winning combination.

by no means is the transistor simple ...

The transister is extremely simple. Its putting millions of them together that gets a little complicated...

how can you say it's simple? Even with a single transistor, there are many issues you have to deal with ... doping concentrations, the oxide interface, gate tunneling, etc ... there are equations that tries to model it's behavior but I don't see how you can call it simple.

 

[SaltBoy]

The Cheese Slicer

 

[darkxshade]

keys

 

[DaShen]

wheel
gears
glasses
paper
pencil
cotton gin
bike
yahoo/google
relational databases
newton's laws of motion
.
.
.
Most great inventions of incredibly simple and versatile.

**EDIT**
Transistor
Velcro
Printing Press & later the Typewriter
Steam Engine (using compressed heat and physically turning it into usable force)
The Lever
Water Mill (turning the natural force of water into usable force)
The Straw

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: LordSnailz

Originally posted by: SagaLore
Binary math. Without that basic concept, we wouldn't have all this software and the Internet. Take another basic thing - the transistor - and we've got a winning combination.

by no means is the transistor simple ...

The transister is extremely simple. Its putting millions of them together that gets a little complicated...

Very true...

Transistor
Velcro added to my list

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn
the ban

:laugh: :thumbsup:

 

[shinzwei]

You! And the Computer And you typing this=)

 

[TheChort]

Name some things that are genius in their simplicity.

Originally posted by: Patt
Women

ban!!


socks

 

[imported_Snagle]

the standard toe-nail clipper; freakin ingenius

 

[Furyline]

the zipper!

oh, also, the screw! Amazing!