Easy Ideas

Want easy ideas for inventions? Dreaming up new inventions is fun, and it doesn't have to be difficult. Try the following two techniques. Soon you'll have all the new ideas you need.

Easy Ideas - Start with What's There

A great way to create new ideas for inventions is to look at what already exists and find a way to make it better. Start with things in your own home. These types of inventions may even be the most marketable ideas - consider how many new kitchen gadgets are sold every year.

Consider the toaster, for example. How could you improve it, replace it, or eliminate the need for it? You could designed a stove with a toaster built into it, or replace it with something like a waffle iron. You could make it faster, perhaps with a combination toasting element and microwave heater.

Look around the house and choose any item you see. Imagine if it was bigger, smaller, faster, slower, or different in some way. As I write this, I am looking at the calculator on my desk. I'd like to talk to it, to just say, "Mortgage payment, $140,000 loan, fifteen-year amortization, six point five percent interest rate." It would answer, "$1219.56 per month." With existing voice-recognition technology, this is possible.

Here's an easy way to create a lot of new invention ideas fast. Make a list of everything in your home and yard. Work your way down the list, thinking of a way to improve or reinvent each item. If no ideas come to mind, move on to the next item on the list after a minute or two.

Easy Ideas - Use What Irritates

What bothers you? Do you hate how the ice builds up on the edge of your roof, or get annoyed with the way the dog slops his water and food all over the kitchen floor? Annoying and irritating things are not just problems, but opportunities for easy ideas for new products and inventions.

Tired of burning your tongue on hot coffee? How could you eliminate this irritation? Maybe a cup with a built-in thermometer that shows green once the coffee has cooled enough? Perhaps a cooling device, like a small fan that blows across the coffee when the cup is set on the device?

Tired of brushing your teeth so often? Invent a Teflon-like coating that could be applied to teeth, so food wouldn't stick. If it was anti-bacterial, you might avoid plaque even after days without brushing.

Look at what is around you and imagine small or large improvements - it is easy. It also isn't difficult to train yourself to look at problems as opportunities. You can use dozens of other techniques that will give you easy invention ideas, but these two simple ones will get you started, and give you a hundred new ideas today. For more techniques, visit the home page (the link is at the bottom of this page) to get your free e-book, How To Have New Ideas.