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SMART STUFF # 4, 2009 | VOLUME 5 | APRIL 2009..


Spray bottle that sprays upward

Spray bottle that sprays upward.
Why is it that the simplest things are the hardest to invent? Or why does it seem so, anyway? Look at this spray bottle, for instance. How long have you wished you had one of these? We have wished we had one for several years, I can tell you. Especially when getting down to the job illustrated, which we suspect is spraying with soap water to get rid of plant-lice. Oh, well, it's available in the US for USD 7:95. [Via]

20 April 2009





map over which plug works in which country

Will the plug fit the socket?
This plug and sockets thing can be pretty confusing sometimes. That's why we were very happy to find this clear and easy-to-understand map on the always interesting blog Book of Joe. As we live in Sweden, we belong to the light green part of the world, and it seems we can travel most of it without having to buy an adapter. (Here's a larger map.) Another thing one might mull over is how this map reflects the great power's influence over the world in terms of who uses what socket and plug system. Half of Latin America, Saudi, the Philippines, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia (in part) and Liberia use the US system. Great Britain has exported her system to China, a number of countries in Africa, plus Burma (Myanmar) and Malaysia. Then there's of course anomalies. Australia should, according to this theory, use the British system, but have instead invented their own, and exported it to Argentine, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. And how it came to be that South Africa, Namibia, Benin and Togo uses the same sockets as India, Pakistan and Afghanistan is anybody's guess.

7 April 2009





A fan to distribute warm air around the house

A fan to distribute warm air around the house.
Many years ago we had the pleasure of getting to know a remarkably multitalented man. His name was Waldemar Ludvigson (RIP) an besides being a much beloved husband, father, and grandfather he was also a journalist, photographer, ornithologist, writer, heritage researcher, and a bit of an inventor. He designed and built many a clever device for the home, the garden and the summer cabin. One such invention was a device designed to distribute warm air to different rooms. The house had a fireplace, but like many such fireplaces it just warmed the room it was in. After studying the flow of air between the different rooms, (and with the help of a few bathroom ventilation fans) he soon managed to build a prototype system that distributed the warmth from the fireplace around the house. It worked very well, but like a lot of inventive people he was content to have solved a problem in the house, and as far as we know he never attempted to patent or commercialize his invention. The fan in the picture, that stirred our memory, comes from American Improvements and it's USD 30:- and we found it here.

1 April 2009 (this is not an April fools thing)


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