Comments on: World’s Best Minor Inventions

By: PookieMD

PookieMD — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:34:05 +0000

I’m going to take the coffee machine one step further–my home cappucino machine that has saved me thousands of dollars by keeping me out of expensive coffee houses!

By: George

George — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:58:50 +0000

It looks a great points. Thanks!

By: Sally smart

Sally smart — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:22:56 +0000

glucose meters yes but two of my favorites are duct tape and zip ties. With these two tools I can do almost anything where hubby needs a hammer and nails hahahahahahahah, BTW I have been called the duct tape queen. One more that I use so often is speed sew, a great product for those who cant thread a needle to save their lives.

By: June S.

June S. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:53:13 +0000

I’m with dargirl re: the Blood Glucose Meter. I, too, was diagnosed 37 years ago. I still recall the first ten years of Type I diabetes (1972-1982) before I got my first meter. Life was HELL! I used to go for a once-monthly venous blood drawing to determine whether my insulin doses (non-human Regular and NPH) were properly set. The lab wasn’t open in the evening, so we alternated fasting BG’s with afternoon (around 4:00 p.m.) Life with diabetes will never be perfect, and I still wish I didn’t have it, but thank God for my blood glucose meter!

By: AmyT

AmyT — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:32:59 +0000

Ladies: right, tampons!

I understand that a woman in my husband’s family was responsible for inventing them, so I consider myself lucky that they’re not called “Tenderichs”

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:37:05 +0000

Contact lens which will soon be available with eyedrops for allergies and glaucoma incorporated in them. My opthamologist has told me for two years contact lens will be available that will check the blood sugar in my life time. The glucose in tears correlates with the glucose in the bloodstream. Appparently the technology is available!

By: mcityrk

mcityrk — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:32:46 +0000

My greatest time saver of the last decade – caller ID – now if the twits would stop calling 8-10 times without leaing a message before finally giving up!!

By: Elizabeth Joy

Elizabeth Joy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:25:52 +0000

Tampons.

By: strawberry

strawberry — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:20:10 +0000

tampons
and Patagonia synchilla fabric (which I believe spawned the whole world of “fleece”) – brilliant stuff

By: dargirl

dargirl — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:24:21 +0000

THE GLUCOSE MONITOR!….My first monitor was the size of War and Peace bound book. The meter reading thingy was like the thing on your gas tank Full? Empty? The needle sway from left to right. And the strips were about 2+” long. Oh ya, then you waited….then waited…. then waited for the reading that was probably a 50+ variance comparted to todays meters. For me that was a HUGE!!!! REVOLUTIONARY!!! LIFE SAVING!!!….INVENTION…Whoever invented it should receive the Nobel Medical Prize. Imagine how many lifes have been saved. Imagine what our lives would be without it. Would I have been able to survive 37 year as a PWD. Thank you Mr/Ms inventor for saving my life all other PWD’s.