Category Archives: Whacko

Krilling It

Posted on August 26, 2021 by gemmell

Land based krill aqua­cul­ture as a food base for a civ­i­liza­tion that is destroy­ing itself via over con­sump­tion. The log­ic is: Grow some sim­ple, fast life cycle organ­isms that eat algae but con­tain enough nutri­ents to feed the biggest mam­mal … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Mumometer

Posted on July 14, 2021 by gemmell

This is like a stepome­ter but for chil­dren, and lis­tens to how many times they say “Mum” in a day. “Muum, muu­um, where’s mum?”. They get a quote of 100 mum’s and it buzzes when they hit 50, 75, 80, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Sucky Spoon

Posted on May 4, 2021 by gemmell

My 6 year old daugh­ter’s first inven­tion. It’s a spoon that’s also a straw. So you can eat your cere­al and drink the milk with one uten­sil. So proud right now. 

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Lithiated Water

Posted on February 17, 2021 by gemmell

So I’ve just learned about the won­der­ful effects of low dose lithi­um and read that they used to make lithi­at­ed water, and in fact 7up was lithi­at­ed. I think giv­en the sup­ple­ments indus­try that lithi­at­ed water needs to make a … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Elongate

Posted on February 4, 2021 by gemmell

This is a con­sul­tan­cy for longevi­ty. You come and see us, and we use all the cut­ting edge research, blood work, phys­i­cal exer­cise, men­tal exer­cise, eat­ing plans for you. It’s a full blown inten­sive 12 week program. 

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Simon’s Spit

Posted on January 27, 2021 by gemmell

Based on this thing I read about peo­ple being able to bet­ter digest car­bo­hy­drates because they have spe­cial enzymes in their spit that pre-digest it, I intro­duce Simons Spit. I believe I have such an enzyme because I’ve nev­er had … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Bounce!

Posted on October 19, 2020 by gemmell

This is a cross between a pogo-stick and elec­tric scoot­ers and is large­ly based on how kan­ga­roo’s are an amaz­ing crea­ture. Each bounce can take them 9 meters. So Bounce! is a com­pa­ny that makes a ride on elec­tric pogo … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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CarBed — Killer of Cities

Posted on July 15, 2020 by gemmell

Imag­ine you go to bed at night with your wife as per nor­mal, but dur­ing the night your robot­ic bed wakes up, fer­ry’s you to the car and loads you in (think like a cof­fin into a hearse). The car … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Investrepreneur

Posted on June 9, 2020 by gemmell

So this is sort of like a cross between an angel investor & patre­on, and mod­elled close­ly on the “bene­fac­tor” mod­el of yes­ter­year. Essen­tial­ly you pitch your­self on this site, and peo­ple “invest” in you. The investor then owns a … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Clothes Chair

Posted on March 20, 2020 by gemmell

You know how every­one has a chair in their room that has the not-quite-dirty clothes, or clothes for tomor­row laid out on it? Well the clothes chair for­malis­es that and adds some nifty fea­tures to boot! Yes, it’s a chair … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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