31 Cool and Clever Inventions That Aim to Make Life Better

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John Summers • Contributor
Oct 9, 2024 9:00 PM EDT

We love it when smart people invent smart things to make everyone's lives better. If you think about it, it only takes one person to invent something that can change the lives of countless people throughout history. Think of the person who invented the refrigerator; one brilliant idea to use compressed gas to cool air inside a container, and now we can all store food for longer periods of time.

Well, Yup That Exists on Twitter is full of clever and quirky inventions just like that, shared daily. From genius gadgets to designs that seem like something straight out of a sci-fi novel, this page highlights all the weird, practical, and sometimes hilarious things that prove human creativity knows no bounds. We've picked 31 of the coolest inventions they've featured, and honestly, some of these might make you wonder, "How did no one think of this sooner?"

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    YUP Yup That Exists @yup.that.exists Experimental earbuds can detect ear infections and other medical conditions with quick chirp which reverberates through the ear canal.
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yup.that.exists These traffic lights in India have the LED light go all the way down the pole to make it more visable. www.RUSHANE.com
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yup.that.exists How cool is this? When you're done with these pencils you can plant them in the ground to grow plants (and food). Shrava 2 Sprou a pencil with a seed 8 eyed by dem ncan amer DASA Camal
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yup.that.exists Shanghai mall installs "husband storage" pods, which include a chair, monitor, gamepad and current and 1990 retro video games. அனரட்
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    Yup That Exists YUP @yupthtexists The German town of Ulm has insulated sleep pods spread around the city, so homeless people have a heated place to sleep in the winter. The pods don't require paperwork or registration to check-in, and there are no cameras, to keep anonymity.
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yupthtexists Company creates hydrating gummy snacks for dementia patients. They're 90% water and eating just 7 of them is equivalent to drinking one bottle of water. Dementia patients are constantly forgetting to drink water, but they love snacking.
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    This Orlando animal shelter sorts it's dogs into Hogwarts houses. Happy dogs go to Hufflepuff, brave dogs go to Gryffindor, smarter dogs go to Ravenclaw, and ambitious and determined dogs are put in Slytherin. Sorting them this way helps people adopt the kind of dog they're looking for. They call the program Pawgwarts. Hufflepuff source: image: Pet Alliance of Orlando xists
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    Yup That Exists YUP @yup.that.exists Company creates the Subway baby blanket swaddle, so you can turn your kid into a delicious footlong sub. CB KUBWAY eat fresh: SUBWAY eat fresh: SUBWA eat SUBWAY sh: SUBWAY IRWAY eat fresh: WAY fresh: SUBWAY AVM resh:
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    Yup That Exists YUP @yup.that.exists This company is selling thumb tacks that look like human thumbs.
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    Yup That Exists YUP @yup.that.exists This company makes custom dinner decision dice that will help you pick what and where to eat dinner. Chinese Mexican Pizzeria Food Truck Fast Food
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    Yup That Exists YUP @yup.that.exists Company creates the two person bathtub that's sectioned off giving each person their own water.
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yup.that.exists This is the first "living coffin" made from mushrooms. It's designed to decompose your body within 3 years so you can become one with nature.
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    KRÁSA JE SPOLEČNĚ ŠETŘIT PŘÍRODU 146 Persil Pur Stan 201 ziva Some pharmacies in the Czech Republic are starting to add shampoo and shower gel filling machines. Customers can bring their old bottles and refill them to save money and cut down on their plastic use.
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yup.that.exists Scientist discovers you can turn pretty much anything holographic, and creates holographic chocolate bars.
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    Yup That Exists YUP @yup.that.exists Engineering students create edible adhesive tape so that your burrito stays wrapped tightly while you eat it.
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yup.that.exists Australia is testing out new glow-in-the-dark roads that make it look they're straight out of the classic sci-fi movie TRON.
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yupthtexists Company creates survival lamp that can run for 8 hours on 1 glass of saltwater. The SALt (sustainable alternate lighting) lamp was designed to provide clean, safe, and low-cost illumination to residents of the Philippines and provide light during natural disasters.
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yup.that.exists This company makes custom Guess Who? pieces from the Office, Friends, Grey's Anatomy or pictures that you send in. NGELA MARTIN MICHAEL SCOTT MEREDITH PALMER JM HALPERT KAREN FILIPPELLI PETE LEWIS MARTIN PAM BEESLY RYAN HOWARD ANDY BERNARD DARRYL PHILBIN CHAEL SCOTT KELLY KAPOOR DWIGHT SCHRUTE STANLEY HUDSON PHYLLIS
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yupthtexists You can now buy yourself a flame-throwing robot dog for just under $10,000.
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yupthtexists Coffee company sets new record for world's strongest coffee, with 928mg of caffeine per serving (over double the recommended daily dose). BIOHAZARD 928mg BIOHAZARD COFFEE WARNING! COFFEE 2TBS OF COFFEE 6OL OF WATER 100% PRODUCENITY LAB TESTED ENERGY GROUND COFFEE NET WT 16x (454)
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yup.that.exists Japanese designer Yasuhiro Suziki creates giant zipper boat to make it look like he's opening the water.
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yupthtexists Someone made a pin-up girl calendar that features x-rays of the models because it's what's on the "inside" that counts.
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yup.that.exists New biodegradable packing peanuts made from wheat and corn, can be disposed of by simply washing them down the sink. Woah.
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    YUP This hotel in Poland was made specifically for asthma patients. It's located deep inside a salt mine which has a unique micro-climate, believed to have beneficial effects on the respiratory, immune, and nervous system.
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yupthtexists Company invents the dumbbell alarm clock that forces you to do 30 bicep curls in order to turn it off or hit the snooze button. 1204
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    Yup That Exists YUP @yup.that.exists Company creates clear coffee in order to prevent stains and damage to your teeth. LR EFF contains DOS CLEAR COFFEE LR FF caffeine FR COFFEE FF CLEAR COFFEE
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yup.that.exists The Author Clock takes quotes from famous pieces of literature to tell you the current time. 9:00pm 11:00am At nine o'clock, one morning late in July, Gatsby's gorgeous car lurched up the rocky drive to my door and gave out a burst of melody from its three-noted horn. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald AUTHOR Big Ben was striking as she stepped out into the street. It was eleven o'clock and the unused hour was fresh as if issued to children on a beach. Virg
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    Malaga artist group creates massive crochet canopy in order to provide color and shade to local shopping district. YUP Yup That Exists @yup.that.exists 10 000
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yupthtexists Japan opens first Capybara cafe, where for $8 guests can sip coffee and hang with two local capybara residents.
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    FATIGUE ZONE KEEP PLAYING TRIVIA IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE FATIGUE ZONE QUESTION FLORAL EMBLEM OF QUEENSLAND? - FATIGUE ZONE ANSWER THE COOKTOWN- ORCHID @yup.that.exists Australia's roads are so long and boring that they added trivia signs throughout them to help keep drivers awake and alert. They're called the "Fatigue Zones", and the question/answers are spread out about 1 KM apart.
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    YUP Yup That Exists @yupthtexists If a Japanese train is late, they hand out certificates of lateness so you can prove your tardiness to your boss. 遅延時分 「遲延時分 35分 電車遅延証明書 5分 | 40分| 当駅到着の電車は周囲入きょう |10分 | 45分 のとおり遅延したことを証明します (15分 | 50分 |20分 | 55分 相模鉄道株式会社 HUM | 25分 60分 横浜駅長 | 30分 日付 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30
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