1. Tired of random greedy diners stealing innocent people's deliciously sinful French fries, when McDonald's invented Fry Defender, the first of its kind French fry security system
2. To help ease the frustration of typing on multiple devices, when they invented K480, the first of its kind desk keyboard designed for use with up to three devices, regardless of computing platform
3. To help those city dwellers who way too often find themselves at the intersection of too-close-to-drive and too-far-to-walk, when they invented RocketSkates, which resemble Lego on wheels, or retro-geek mobility suitable for Maximus Prime and his ilk
4. When the boring smartphone case industry decided to get exciting and move away from bling-encrusted cheap tat cases and into the realms of truly 'useful accessory' by inventing FLIR ONE, which lets you experience how the Predator sees the world
5. Taking a next step into their decision, when the smartphone case industry decided to equip our smartphones with Polaroid camera-like power to instantly print our photos using Prynt
6. In what could be considered a perfect cross between a barrette and a Swiss Army Knife, when an Israeli designer created Leatherdos, a multi-functioning utilitarian metal hair-clip that moonlights as a screwdriver, a ruler, a wrench, a cutter and more
Leatherdos, a multi-function utilitarian metal clip created by an Israeli designer
The last one on this list is a personal favourite of mine. I saved it for the end so that it has the maximum impact on you.
7. When this Chinese farmer, after ten years of hard work, invented this electric scooter out of a suitcase, probably the coolest invention of 2014. It's capable of carrying two people and runs up to 20 km/h for 60 km on a single charge. It even has a GPS.
