I know this is an old thread, but ... One thing confuses me: How would watching a TV version of a book be faster than actually reading it? Is there something in this concept that I've missed? Try simply reading a page to yourself and then read it aloud; reading aloud takes much longer, and that's no...

That's a great idea! I don't think there's an all-in-one device like the one you describe, but if you google "assistive listening devices" you'll find many gadgets that fulfill the functions separately. It might be worthwhile for you to contact one of the companies that specializes in such...

More movie theaters are starting to provide open captioning -- especially the multiplexes that can run captions in one of their many theaters. The theater near me runs one movie per week, one showing per day for four days. It is not publicized in the newspaper or on their web site, but they do have ...

So ... you would spend 0.005 cents rather than 0.189 cents per bag for a bag that would not hold as much because the top would have to be bunched for a twist tie? Would the twist ties be included in the box? For free? Granted you would save a lot proportionately, but ... how many onions do you plan ...

You're right, a child's toy probably would not be sturdy enough. The inflatable donut would have to be able to move on the seat belt to accomodate the placement of the wound. Maybe velcro could be used to keep the donut positioned properly.

I realize it's been a number of years since this idea was posted ... I hope you didn't try to use honey locust trees for your purpose; they're among the messiest trees around. They drop tons of leaves that are narrow enough to slip between the tines of a rake and that get into every crevice possible...

Try googling decorative rain barrels. Also, hand-decorated (painted) barrels are sold at many farmers' markets etc.

<t>I wish I had a device that would make it easy for one person to open and close the kind of expandable dining room table that has leaves (boards) that can be added to the center. I'm picturing some kind of gear mechanism that would help two pairs of padded wooden blocks to push the closed table ha...

How's about rubber or plastic blow-up doughnuts of various sizes? The hole in the doughnut could be placed where the wound is, and the seat belt could be fastened across the inflated part. A kid's inflatable plastic lifebelt would probably do the job.

Sorry -- the URL in the previous comment is defective. Just google TDD or TTY and you'll get all the information you need.

There is now a solution for at least part of the problem -- the part where the plastic spoon melts against the hot edge of the pot. It's called the Trudeau pot clip holder -- it clips onto the edge of a pot and holds the spoon, keeping it out of the pot, away from the edge, and off the counter.

<t>I would like to see cell phones that have a panic button that could be activated if someone was being attacked. The button would be textured so that it could be identified by feel even if it couldn't be seen. It would have a depress-and-slide mechanism so it couldn't be set off accidentally (and ...

This device already exists. It's called TDD (telecommunications device for the deaf).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommun ... r_the_deaf