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Mundane Creativity

Who would have expected to fold his plug?

As businesses set out to look for the next big thing, there are plenty of stuff we already have that needs to be improved and would have a huge market out there.

For a full decade, laptop computers have been improved continuously, getting slimmer, with more processing power packed into them and lighter batteries invented to match the shrinking size of these machines - but alas, there was little improvements made to the power adapters. Beyond Apple's 'Magsafe' power adapter innovation and their attempts to shrink the size of the clunky component, the computing and engineering world appeared to have little interest in improving the peripherals of computing that were still unfriendly to users.

Which is why I'd applaud Min-Kyu Choi's three-pin plug design. Folding neatly from a standard 3-pin layout to a little slice no thicker than a MacBook Air was already quite a design feat. Even more amazing was the improved multi-plug system that makes great use of the wonderful folded design. It compacts the typical bulky design into the size of a single typical plug that we use today. This guy is a total genius.

And so is the 'A Liter of Light' project in the Philippines. The video demonstrates how a simple and elegant solution can make a huge difference to the lives of people.

Baring the occasional breakthrough that perhaps take years to be widely adopted and to start revolutionizing the economy, incremental innovations and even seemingly petty ones like latest version of Yosion's Apple Peel that turns your typical iPod Touch into a iPhone 4 are the staples that helps to keep the economy humming.