Imaginative Inventor Pillows

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

The Aerial Steam Carriage

Computerized Dollhouse.

"The applications are limitless."

I think I have too many apps.

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

'Mom forgot to do the laundry last night, so I made clothes out of Legos.'

Prehistoric son going "Baroooom...Barooom!" on dad's stone wheel

"Young Frankenstein"

'I've decided to centralize my operations. Everything will be in my ipad.'

"Brian's fine. He`s got his own coping mechanism."

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

Sport Utility Boot.

'Is this the new input device?'

'And the best thing about this electric thermal underwear is, no batteries, it's solar!'

"OK team, we need innovative solutions and we need 'em fast!"

Jenkins took special pride in his new invention, the rubberband-powered runabout.

Mook's regret after inventing fire.

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

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

"Tea parties are passé. I'm opening a craft brewery."

World's cheapest car

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

Trainset

The first 'outside the box' thinker.

"I'm going on Dragons Den with this, the one-brush-toothbrush."

'I know, but he's a genius.'

'It keeps me sane!'

'This stealth technology just keeps getting better!'

'Gotta hang up now. My mom wants to recycle the phone.'

Early Scientific Fraud: Young Thomas Edison Tried to Pass off a Container Filled with Fireflies as an Incandescent Bulb.

How to Rise with the Sun

Most of his innovative product ideas first saw life in his home studio.

'When you grounded me to my room, you said no TV or computer. You never said I couldn't build my own bike.'

"He said he's upgraded to selfie sticks."