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New Inventions Featured at the BIS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the build-a-better...-oh,-okay dept.

kjh1 writes "BBC News is running an article covering the British Invention Show (BIS) and some of the (quite useful) inventions that will be on display there this year."

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  1. Re:A fun entry? by erick99 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It was designed for farms and businesses that have a big problem with mice. I'd rather catch them in a bucket and drive them out and put them in the woods then break limbs in a more traditional trap. For many of these farms and businesses, leaving the mice running free is not an option. This seems like a very humane trap.

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  2. Re:A fun entry? by Open_The_Box · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's be honest, it's not exactly cruel compared to old style mousetraps that snap the little blighters backs now is it?

    Hmmn... if you want to make it cruel AND make it fun... exchange the bucket for the feeding mechanism of a tennis ball launcher! Now that's cruel. AND fun!

    *squeek* *squeek* nibble nibb.. slide scrabble pause... Thwump! Wheee!

    Might not be fun for the mouse but install enough of them on your farm and the fields will be alive with the sight of airbourne rodents this summer!!! ...I'm a bad bad person. ^_^

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  3. Re:I've got it by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have discovered a truly remarkable invention which this comment is too small to contain.

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  4. A more novel invention by RedFireGuy · · Score: 5, Funny
    Magazines printed on toilet paper so that:
    1. you don't have to carry anything in
    2. more hygenic
    3. can print "Remember you're running out of TP" reminder slips deep inside the roll.
    4. if an article is really full of shit, you can express yourself directly.
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  5. Re:Too bad many of them aren't new or novel... by Syre · · Score: 5, Funny

    > This one works from outside.

    And it goes to 11.