Inventions Gifts

The night they invented champagne.

8000BC invention of the printing process.

Early tech support

'Tell the salesman to come back later, I'm busy.'

Caveman is unable to attract venture capital for his square wheel invention.

'This 'wheel' thing of yours - does it have to be round or will any shape do?'

Insurance was invented about an hour after the wheel.

The man who invented the wheel/The man who patented the wheel.

'I told you your idea of wheels on a cart was unworkable.'

'We'd better patent this, so the homo sapiens can't steal it from us, like they did with the fire.'

'It's not easy being ahead of your time.'

'Oh course!'

Cave man invents wheel, but uses it as a paper-weight.

'I guess there'll always be a gap between science and technology.'

'Whatever it is you're making, Dad, may I use it tonight?'

The Brief collaboration Alfred Nobel And Thomas Edison

'Quit if you want, Bowman, but the intellectual property stays here.'

'How do you want to be known, as the discoverer of fire or as the first man to pollute the atmosphere?'

'Yeah, Org invented the wheel, but I invented the patent.'

'It's okay, they're with me.'

Medieval Patent Office

'Great invention, Rex! What are you going to call it?'

"And the best part is, it's open source!"

-"For instance, this gin and tonic does not have a single molecule of gin in it!" -"It's from the staff canteen, right!"

Before and After Thomas Edison

Caveman showing off wheel to unimpressed caveman with fire.

'It may not be a perfect wheel, but it's a state of the art wheel.'

'I'm sorry, we already have a time machine pending but, if you'd like to come back last year, you'll get your application in first.'

'I've invented copyright.'

"Kids."

'Dear sir, thank you for your idea of a helicopter ejection-seat, but...'

"With your idea and my nothing, we could be rich."

"What have you brought?"

'So Roger, how's your invention going?'

'Oh, oh! This could be a major legal problem. It looks like the wheel was patented.'