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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An oversized plastic carrying case for a reusable metal straw.
A cord-and-suction-cup setup that suspends a phone above your face.
A miniature trash can sized for one empty drinks can.
Sandals with reversed soles that leave backward-facing footprints.
An oversized pillow secured behind your head with elastic straps.
An eight-blade pizza cutter for dividing a pie into even slices.
Miniature hard hats sized for your big toes.
A rotating toilet-paper holder for switching between over and under.
A helmet with a fan that rotates around the wearer’s head.
A taco-inspired novelty spray that parodies food and fragrance products.
Shoulder-mounted turn signals for announcing which way you plan to walk.
A miniature treadmill for an exaggerated two-finger workout.
A small nose-mounted curtain that covers your mouth while eating.
A headphone-port cover that also works as a bottle opener.
Suction-cup platforms that strap beneath ordinary shoes.
A 100-foot iPhone Lightning charging cable.