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Innovation and simplicity

As I near the half way point of summer, I've come to realize something.

For all the innovation that exists in the world, no one has yet invented a decent pool/beach toy inflatable pump.

They don't exist.

Ever model I have ever tried (and there have been several this summer) is a dismal failure.

We can get people to the moon and back, and store all of the world's data in the pinprick of a needle head, and solve some pretty perplexing medical challenges -- but we can't seem to invent a simple, straightforward, constantly reliable inflatable pump.

Why?

Permanent link to this item ...posted at 06:04 PM...July 31, 2005

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	Innovation: Innovation and simplicity Innovation and simplicity As I near the half way point of summer, I've come to realize something. For all the innovation that exists in the world, no one has yet invented a decent pool/beach toy inflatable pump. They don't exist. Ever model I have ever tried (and there have been several this summer) is a dismal failure. We can get people to the moon and back, and store all of the world's data in the pinprick of a needle head, and solve some pretty perplexing medical challenges -- but we can't seem to invent a simple, straightforward, constantly reliable inflatable pump. Why? Permanent link to this item ...posted at 06:04 PM...July 31, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .