The Unnecessary Inventions archive
Solving problems that don’t exist.
Real inventions. Entirely unnecessary. An ongoing collection of overly engineered ideas by Matty Benedetto.
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A sleeve that extends a 16-ounce pint glass to hold 24 ounces.
A cereal hopper that drops small portions into milk at the push of a button.
The original 2020 holiday shop announcement, featuring a limited selection of inventions.
A wrist-button remote that plays a recorded Alexa wake word through a speaker above an Echo.
A phone slider that covered the Shop and Reels tabs in Instagram’s 2020 interface.
A custom 100,000-subscriber YouTube award filled with tiny figures.
A satirical smartphone cradle that slides onto the thigh to hold a phone.
Headphones that pair noise-reduction earmuffs with outward-facing speakers for everyone else.
A mechanical keyboard with keys elevated eight inches above the desk.
A motorized scraper that spins inside a jar to collect the spread left on its sides.
A workstation that flips over to reveal a daybed when its latches are released.
An hourglass-shaped vessel that slowly drips a cocktail into an ice-filled lower chamber.
An L-shaped smartphone concept that combines two phones at a right angle.
A portable tabletop privacy booth created for the 2020 vote-from-home experience.
A satirical pair of crutches with spring-loaded pogo-stick bases.
A hot dog holder with a small privacy screen that blocks the view while you eat.