Invention Obsession

Westerners, like any group of peoples have a unique set of values. They love to invent things, put patents on them, improve their quality, mass produce, and sell them. This sort of activity, this enterprise, coupled with financiers and investors, have driven the very engine of capitalism, that has built their country into something the world will envy.

They have an eye for beauty, value novelty and creativity. They are free thinkers, and willingly engage their ideas and see them to fruition.

The local mart yields so many new products, gadgets, sometimes trivial, but mostly practical. Most of these out-of-the-oridinary products are not seen in our own shelves.

For instance, I have never seen a magazine purely dedicated to new inventions and making things.

Make Magazine has step by step instructions on how to make novel and usually practical projects. The ideas pack a punch and definitely showcases ingenuity and creativity, and their passion for inventions.

"The first magazine devoted entirely to DIY technology projects, MAKE Magazine unites, inspires and informs a growing community of resourceful people who undertakes amazing projects in their backyards, basements and garages. Coined Martha Stewart for Geeks by Newsweek's Stephen Levy, MAKE is one of the most highly regarded and well-published success stories in the consumer magazine space over the past year." -says the official website.

You can view the online version of the magazine at www.make-digital.com

As well as older volumes through this link: http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol36/m3/Archive.action?lm=1381380944000

I love their heavy but lean industrial designs..

For more information, projects and novel ideas, visit makezine.com.

For example, check out these "Brush Bots"

http://youtu.be/9JnjOb4Qu0k

A quick search for a "pager motor" reveals these results.. Interesting!!

One of the interesting things I've seen is this water clock..

Which actually works like a potato battery..