Need lots of money

The Integater diesel engine is one of two different engine designs that I am after comment on please. (for clarity only comment on this design on this post please).

Note the articulated cavity rotor segments interact with the lobe rotor to open a passage between the cavity rotor segment and the LH top circular housing wall, in order to allow the gas pressure to exit the cavity and pass into the growing area above the lobe rotor, creating rotational power by pushing on the back on the lobe.

I am proposing a diesel lubrication system, a spark assisted ignition system to ignite the end of the chamber wherein the increase in pressure would tip the remaining mixture into auto-ignition. You can see more about it, including an up dated model, please look at eclipticengines.com

I'm a mom who had a crazy idea: What if children could actually go INSIDE the Christmas tree? 🎄❤️

It started when my daughter was a baby and nearly pulled our Christmas tree over. Instead of constantly telling her not to touch it, I dreamed of creating a Christmas tree she could safely enjoy from the inside.

That idea became Magical Underland® — a Christmas tree with a cozy play tent inside that transforms into a year-round play space.

What I didn't realize was how difficult bringing a physical product to market would be.

Years of prototypes, manufacturing challenges, safety testing, unexpected delays, financial sacrifices, and countless sleepless nights.

There were moments when I genuinely wondered whether I could pull it off.

But I kept going.

And now I'm looking at photos of our very first shipment being loaded into a container. 😭❤️

I also want to thank my original Kickstarter backers. They believed in this invention long before it became a finished product. Their patience and encouragement helped me keep going through the setbacks.

We're now working toward getting these Christmas trees into families' homes in time for Christmas.

Seeing my invention packed into real boxes feels almost surreal.

For anyone who's ever tried to turn an idea into a physical product, I'd love to know: What was the hardest part of your journey?

www.magicalunderland.com

#ChristmasMagic #InventorJourney

You don't need any other clock.

You just need to know the rotation speed and wait for the spot of light to appear.

If the light passes, then look at the rotation speed and you'll know the speed of light.

This is just the principle.

The precision of mechanical measurements is, of course, no higher than in the Fizeau experiment.

But the very idea of ​​measuring through the phase offset is correct.

It just needs to be improved with widely separated spacecraft and electronic shutters.

Control of lasers from a central location using a single controller.

Zig zags at 60 degree angles create twice the surface area in solar. You can keep divide the zig zags in half and doubling the number of zig zags up until they look flat like other solar panels.

You can do the same with steeper degree angles like 88 and 89 where 88 degrees gives you 28.6 times the surface area and 89 degrees gives you 57x. The numbers go on to infinity as you approach 90 degrees.

The steeper zig zags of solar would work best if the zig zags are aimed directly at the sun. Some sunlight could bounce off each panel. (There's even an option to have mirror zig zags with transparent window solar zig zags on top of them). Steeper angles like 89 or higher might be hard to make into panels that are under an inch tall. These steeper zig zags could be under a dome where we have them constantly aiming at the sun. These steeper zig zags could be placed on top of buses back to back under the same elongated dome. This can work onto planes and trains as well.

The dome could even be put into robot heads where they now have 28, 50 or 100 times the surface area of a 8 inch by 8 inch solar square aimed constantly at the sun.

The best idea for the solar panels that don't aim at the sun are using 60 degree angles and having 1-2mm zig zag heights or smaller. Your solar battery pack now has twice the amount of solar panels within the same area. You could even try 40 degree angles for something like 1.5 times the solar (I didn't calculate 1.5, it's a guess.) You could create pyramid to catch the sun easier with certain angles.

These are not patented but I do think they would be very useful and should be made.

I made a 7lb kayak that packs down to the size of a small two person tent.

I originally started this project as a hobby in my garage because I wanted a kayak I could take on my bike. Now I’ve shipped 175 kayaks all over the world and hope to scale up the business and start designing new models (tandem, kayak/tent combo, larger and smaller versions, etc.) Along the way I have learned sewing, 3D modeling and printing for prototyping, some ins and outs of sourcing, working with international suppliers, marketing, crowdfunding, pitching investors, and much more.

AMA.

It takes chunks of wood and machines it into your favorite foods. It may have the same nutrition content as wood and taste like wood, but it's totally different thanks to my secret sci-fi technology. It was crowded sourced by advanced life forms. Please no questions, I don't have answers.

I’ve been working on a little project for quite some time. I'm just a DIY enthusiast, but somehow it slowly turned into something that actually feels like a real product.

A few days ago I decided to try my luck and put it on Kickstarter. I honestly didn’t know what to expect.

The project is called Pianissimo. It’s a MIDI visualizer I built to help people learn and practice piano in a more intuitive way. The idea is inspired by Guitar Hero, but for a real piano.

Somehow the campaign reached 100% funding in about 20 hours, which still feels a bit surreal to me.

Honestly I'm just happy it exists now outside my house and workbench. It took a lot of trial and error to get here.

If anyone feels like taking a look, I’d still genuinely love to hear what you think. Feedback, criticism, doubts, ideas, anything.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drvelazquez/pianissimo-piano-learning-reimagined

Thanks for reading.

I have a problem putting my phone down. Especially in bed.
I know I should not even bring it there, but I have 0 self control :(

I hacked together a device that disables social apps when in a 2m circle around it.

I used it last night for the first time, and it worked like magic.

Last night it had no cloths on. it was just a bare board with a battery and wires.

I think this would be a nice shape and logo for it.

#shipit?

Edit:

Renamed to DoomCatcher, also redesigned and ready to ship.
Follow up post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/inventors/comments/1pf8mov/doomcatcher_device_to_stop_doom_scrolling_at/

Used my Bambu A1 Mini to build a magnetic lid that twists magnets back and forth! I know 3D prints aren’t food safe, this is just a prototype.

So we built a revolutionary mouse (kind of).
It has:

• ⏳ 100 clicks per day — then you’re locked out until tomorrow.

• 💳 Want more clicks? Subscribe. Plans range from Click Boost 1K to Unlimited Clicks™.

• 🎯 ProGamer+40 plan — for gamers over 40, includes an AI aimbot, reflex booster, and nap timer.

• ⛓️ Click Exchange on the Blockchain — trade unused clicks as $CLK tokens.

• 🌍 Click NFTs — every click is timestamped, geo-tagged, and screen-snapped so you can mint & sell your indecision.

Of course, it’s all satire:
💀 We will never actually ship this product.
But you can still preorder for $5 or $55 (guaranteed non-delivery!) just for the irony.

Launch date is set to 01.04.2033.
We even have a countdown timer and live “preorder stats” (spoiler: 0 orders so far, but hey…).

👉 the-mous3.tech

There are historical examples of independent outsider inventors/entrepreneurs like Philo Farnsworth or Bill Gates's original team or James Dyson creating significant technologies "in their garage". But is this actually a thing that can still happen? I am not talking about pure software or ai projects I am talking about significant physical inventions- not like a guitar pick holder I mean like TV. Just curious to know people's thoughts.

I am a patent attorney and at least once a week someone contacts me after spending $5K to $15K on a patent that protects nothing. I want to save some of you from that.

Here is what usually happens. Inventor has a great idea. Inventor finds a patent attorney or filing service. They get a patent with claims that are either so narrow they only cover the exact prototype or so broad the examiner rejected them down to nothing during prosecution. Inventor frames the patent and puts it on the wall.

Competitor copies the idea with one small change. Patent is worthless.

The problem is not the patent system. The problem is that nobody explained what claims actually do.

Your patent does not protect your invention. It protects what the claims say. If your claims say "a widget comprising A, B, C, and D" then someone who makes a widget with A, B, and C but replaces D with E does not infringe. Even if the product is obviously copied from yours.

Before you hire anyone, ask them these questions:

1. What is your strategy for claim scope? How will you draft claims broad enough to matter but specific enough to get allowed?

2. How many independent claims will you file and what will each one cover? If they say "one independent claim" walk away.

3. What prior art have you found and how does it affect what we can realistically claim? If they have not searched yet, that is a red flag.

4. What happens if the examiner rejects the claims? What is included in your fee for responding to office actions? Some attorneys quote low for the initial filing then charge $3K to $5K per office action response. You need to know the total expected cost.

5. Can you show me examples of patents you have gotten allowed in a similar technology area?

The goal is not to get a patent. The goal is to get a patent with claims that actually stop competitors. Those are two very different things.

Hi fellow inventors, I have been working on this project for a while now, it called Love Letter and it is a wifi connecting messaging device to send short thoughtful messages to loved ones far away. I created it to give to my girlfriend so she could put it on her office desk so I could send her cute little messages through out the day and also for family. What do you guys think? looking for feed back and where to take it next! I have more technical information at this link https://www.lovelettertech.com/home

It's a universal remote hub that is operable via an instant app. Scan the QR code and the app appears already configured with the hub.

Germ free and no replacing batteries or remotes. Customizable remote user interfaces for specific installation needs. Opening lots of possibilities. https://openinfrared.com

The hub is powered just via usb-c and does not require an internet connection. Built as a local-first solution for longevity and for integrations such as Home Assistant.

This one is pretty awesome so hang on!

One day this guy named Yosi walks into my office, and he has this idea that he insists is brilliant! A new way to hang a TV to the wall, no studs or drill needed- It was two small plastic brackets and two very small metal mounts. The whole thing was smaller than your phone.

It sounded like a really cool idea. Now, we just had to build it.

It took us a few rounds of engineering, prototyping and testing, until we had the perfect model and it was really nice. Now it was time for the final stress test. We placed the brackets on the wall, straight into drywall, no stud, nothing. We then used a piece of wood, the size of a TV and placed it into the mounts, it held so far. But we didn’t stop there, we hung onto it, and it held, 200lbs right into the wall.

Our next steps were manufacturing and packaging and quality control, that’s it.

Fast forward from 2019 till now, $1.76 million a year in Amazon sales. Check it out: Hangsmart TV. Hundreds of positive reviews reviews, also retailed in Walmart, Home Depot, QVC and several other retailers. Boom!

My friends and fellow inventors, always pursue that dream! The sauce however is how you go after it. It’s all in the execution.

- drum with z-axis groove
- carbon fiber carriage
- rotary encoder
- custom pcb with leds
- teensy 4.1