Rube Goldberg
Inventions
Torch
- Identify the problem this invention was designed to solve? When it is dark and you need a light.
- What was used prior to this product to solve this problem? Fires and lanterns and candles.
Electric Blanket
- .Identify the problem this invention was designed to solve? The problem was that in bed you were cold.
- What was used prior to this product to solve this problem? Heaters, warm clothes and fires close to the bed.
iPod
- Identify the problem this invention was designed to solve? When people wanted to listen to music when they were out.
- What was used prior to this product to solve this problem? Boom-boxes and the radio.
Phone
- Identify the problem this invention was designed to solve? It was so you could communicate when you were out.
- What was used prior to this product to solve this problem? The landline, letters and telegraphs were used.
GPS
- Identify the problem this invention was designed to solve? The problem is that when you are somewhere you haven't been before and you get lost, you don't know where to go.
- What was used prior to this product to solve this problem? Maps were used prior to the GPS.