Aspiring Inventor Gifts

"My pension plan has always been to invent something and get rich fast, but now it's winning the lottery."

'Sounds great, honey. Excuse me wile I go call a bankruptcy attorney.'

"I think I might be on to something, but every time I get close; this happens."

It's taken two years work and ALL our savings, are you sure we will make millions from a Squash Ball Heater?

"Young Frankenstein"

"There's smart phones and smart cars, so why can't there be smart rooms that clean themselves?"

"Google car."

'Mom, Dad! Look what I created in lab today!'

Billy, can you deliver your show 'n tell this time without the fog machine?

Deep in the heart of the RAND think tank, the world's greatest scientists would gather to brainstorm Batman's fight sounds.

"I thought you were making a coffee table?"

Ideas Ahead of their Time

Small child building a large contraption from junk

'The wheel was easy, the owner's manual is hard!'

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

'Mom, this is my new best friend -- I built him in computer class.'

"I'm trying to create a hologram of myself. If I'm successful, I'll never have to attend school, go to the dentist or go anywhere else that's boring again."

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

'Because of the mess, 'Mr. Potato Salad-Head' never took off.'

"I got an 'A' for my anti-gravity science project!"

'Don't push your luck Simkins with that alleged glove stretcher!'

Imagination

"Knapsack? It's a solar-powered, bluetooth, Wi-Fi, self-charging, two shoulder GenPak with smartphone charger and GPS."

"He's my school project for science class."

FRY's FAMILY - Young Tom was always fiddling around with bits of machinery.

"I'm making pink lemonade!"

The Idea of America.

Mook's regret after inventing fire.

Baby reaching food using building blocks.

'You keep turning them out and I'll dig a parking garage.'

Computerized Dollhouse.

'Of course she can talk - She INVENTED talking.'

"Young man! You turn the gravity back on this instant!!"

'I was just rubbing sticks together for fun -- I didn't realize I was doing basic research.'

The Aerial Steam Carriage