{"id":692,"date":"2007-10-25T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/25\/flavors-of-innovation\/"},"modified":"2007-10-25T09:00:38","modified_gmt":"2007-10-25T16:00:38","slug":"flavors-of-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/25\/flavors-of-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Flavors of Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps you&#8217;ve seen or heard of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentlysilly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Patently Silly<\/a>, a place where actual patents are reviewed relative to their silliness and (im)practicality. Some things though never rise to the level of being patented. Here are some examples (that range from clever to silly to stupid to painful&#8230;)<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center>Eco-Sensitive paper towel dispenser &#8211; see your impact on the world&#8217;s resources<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/pix\/paperdispenser.jpg\" alt=\"Environmentally conscious paper dispenser\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center>Square Watermelons &#8211; better stacking and storage for melons<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/pix\/squaremelons.jpg\" alt=\"Specially designed square watermelons for easier storage\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center>DIY Ass Kicking Machine &#8211; better left on the drawing board&#8230;<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/pix\/asskickingmachine.jpg\" alt=\"Someone's idea of a good time, a home made ass kicking machine - pedal powered.\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center>Slide-grater for kids &#8211; thankfully, only exists in Photoshop<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/pix\/slide-grater.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop job of a cheese grater mated to a children's slide - doesn't really exist.\" \/><\/center><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps you&#8217;ve seen or heard of Patently Silly, a place where actual patents are reviewed relative to their silliness and (im)practicality. Some things though never rise to the level of being patented. Here are some examples (that range from clever to silly to stupid to painful&#8230;) Eco-Sensitive paper towel dispenser &#8211; see your impact on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}