Inventions

Inventions: Sleep Running

GOOD — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:09:47 PDT

Exercise and sleep. We need them both, but it's hard to find the time. What if we could just go for a jog and get a nap at the same time? A GOOD Inventions video.

Inventions: “For Themselves” Love Drug

GOOD — Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:05:53 PDT

Some truly terrible people end up getting treated really well just because they are, quote-unquote, attractive. It's unfair, and linguist John McWhorter's new love drug would fix that situation. A GOOD Inventions video.

Inventions: The KtD 3000

GOOD — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:26:39 PDT

For our Inventions series, Nick Kroll wants to create the KtD 3000, a modified Toyota Tercel that can turn cats into dogs. Why? Put it this way: When was the last time you saw a cat help a blind person? He'd even do it for free.

Inventions: The Love Virus

GOOD — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:45:19 PDT

Do you ever get the feeling that some world leaders and captains of industry are simply suffering from an empathy deficit? Majora Carter, the environmental justice advocate and founder of Sustainable South Bronx, wants to invent a virus that infects people with love-an infectious, "low-grade ecstasy." Sounds like an affliction we could use.

Inventions: Spray It Ain't So

GOOD — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:08:23 PDT

On tour with her band Morningwood, Chantal Claret often has to find dinner on the road... at 3 a.m. That makes it hard to eat well. But imagine if all fast food restaurants could be health food restaurants. That's just what her invention, "Spray It Ain't So," would do.

Inventions: Brain Sharing

GOOD — Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:21:29 PDT

As a cutting-edge video artist, Lincoln Schatz is familiar with the different ways in which we perceive the world. It is no surprise, then, that for our Inventions series, Schatz should invent a device that allows us to see the world through someone else's mind. Behold, Brainsharing...

Animation by Chris Weller

Directed by Max Joseph

Produced by Eve Marson

Music by The Deadly Syndrome and Why?

Inventions: Anti-Noise

GOOD — Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:50:19 PDT

Tomlinson Holman knows a thing or two about sound. He created the THX standard for sound systems (THX actually stands for Tomlinson Holman's eXperiment). For our Inventions series he has a new idea: Speakers that makes the world a little quieter.

Inventions: The Backflip Shoe

GOOD — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:24:00 PDT

You may not think about it all the time, but somewhere, in the back of your mind, you wish you could do a backflip. With Nick Thune’s invention, you can. And so can anyone else. Finally, we’re all on the same team.

Inventions: Re-Frames

GOOD — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:48:48 PDT

Our lives are becoming increasingly customizable. From Tivo to ring tones to virtual dashboards and RSS feeds, we can re-arrange and manipulate incoming data to our liking. So why not the skies as well? From the inventors of an architecture-themed ice cream sandwich truck comes a pair of spectacles that will give x-ray goggles a run for their money. Freya Estreller and Natasha Case imagine glasses that allow you to photoshop your reality.

Inventions: Déjà Sole

GOOD — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:35:02 PDT

In the digital age we can send texts and pics to anyone, anywhere, instantly. But how might we share feelings? Through our feet, obviously. For our Inventions video series, Robert Fabricant, the Creative Director at frog design, imagines a new kind of shoe that can take you anywhere.