Since we all spend a fair amount of time at work, why not design industrial parks with facilities for workers? Things that may not be affordable for a single company might be much more cost effective if shared by all the companies in the park. I am thinking of things like a gym, day care center, small park or first class cafeteria. One advantage to company owners would be to provide a place where workers could spend their lunch hour without worrying about taking too much time. Another...

This is a fairly simple idea for children at an age when they appreciate rattles. The toy would have two parts: a cyllindrically spiral track about a foot long and an inch or two wide; and a moving piece that is also cyllindrically spiral that would fit over the track and be able to slide along it, rotating as it does so. The moving piece would slide down the track through gravity. The track could then be inverted to get the piece to move again. Various color patterns and noise making...