Brilliant but simple inventions

[East Level 2]

Velcro.

It's a rip-off.

 

[East Level 2]

Nice and simple.

The Large Hadron Collider

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Is the large hadron collider a large collider for any hadrons or a collider for large hadrons?

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

The corkscrew

Tullio Campagnolo invented the self centring lever action corkscrew that has been copied a million different ways since.

Also invited the quick release and derailleur - one for the bike nerds.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Is the large hadron collider a large collider for any hadrons or a collider for large hadrons?

The former, at a wild guess....

 

[idahoblues]

Plumb bob

Painful on the knees to sustain a good plumb bob these days

 

[Barcon]

Painful on the knees to sustain a good plumb bob these days

Get Neil and Bob to do it.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Children.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Cats eyes (the ones in the road). Utter genius.

& if the cat had been facing the other way when he saw it in his car headlights that night he could have invented the pencil sharpener..................

 

[Marklr]

Purple.
It's good for those that can't choose between blue or red.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Packaging is the money maker, you come up with a simple idea & you’re made for life

Like Tetra pac you mean.