75 Genius Solutions To Everyday Problems

1) For the Whole Family

This picnic table looks strange. But it is amazing! It has your standard seating, a high chair for babies, and low seating for little kids. These need to be at every park in the world!

2) It Pays to Recycle

These subway fare machines let you pay with plastic bottles. It’s an amazing recycling solution that benefits everyone. People in Beijing and Syndey are saving their plastic for it!

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3) Test Your Boots

This ramp lets you test your boots on different types of terrain. In case you’re wondering ig your new boots will slip on tile or make it up a rocky hill! They should implement even more!

4) Everyone Does It

It’s a shame that people can’t put their stuff back where they found it. But as long as it’s not cold, then there’s not much harm done. But if there were more shelves like this, people might use them.

5) Who Needs Brake Lights?

This biker jacket looks to safety first by having signal and brake lights built into it. Now whoever cameup with this deserves a Nobel Peace Prize because it could change the world.

6) Never Wear Off

This school put in colored bricks instead of simply painting the handicap signs on the parking spots. That way, it will stay forever and it’s easy for drivers to see.

7) Do You Speak Dutch?

It’s okay if you don’t, this one is easy to figure out. You see, this is in a supermarket bathroom. They let you test out all of their best toilet papers for free! Now that sells!

8) QR Everything

These days, everything has a QR code. In this case, it’s homework! This teacher sends her students to YouTube videos of her explaining the lesson with her QRs!

9) Glasses or Screens

Having a small piece of microfiber with you can be a lifesaver. You can clean your glasses, your phone, or your mirror with it. In this case, you can use your tie!

10) The Cash You Want

A lot of ATMs are doing this but there are still some that aren’t. This kind lets you pick the bills that you want so you aren’t stuck with $50s when you want $20s and $10s.

11) Protect Your Wheels

This school has a skateboard parking system. There might not be many skateboarders, but the ones that do exist at this school appreciate not having to cram their skateboard in their locker.

12) Fresh Veggies Daily

This local farmer has a vending machine at the mall so shoppers can get fresh fruits and veggies whenever they want. There are single servings or full bags of potatoes!

13) No Refunds, But…

This vending machine automatically gives your money back if you don’t get your snack. Try again or choose something else next time and you’ll still get your money back if it fails.

14) Flush With Your Feet

This is something everyone wants. While automatic flushers are great, no one is going to complain about flushing with their feet because they do it anyway.

15) To-Go Paper

There aren’t a lot of reasons to use to-go toilet paper, so you won’t buy it alone. But you will buy regular toilet paper that has to-go paper in the tube! Two for one deal!

16) Is This Origami?

Someone made a tablet holder out of newspaper on this airplane. Whoever took this picture should have asked for him to make her one too!

17) How Hot?

This shower lets you know the temperature of the water! This is so helpful! You can set it without feeling it with your hand and you’ll get a firm grasp on your preference.

18) Medical Emergency

Fire alarms are great but what about medical alarms? This place has a seperate lever to alert someone if you have a medical emergency. What a great way to get help!

19) Every Chair Needs One

There’s nothing like trying to find somewhere to put your purse at the mall food court or a restaurant. This is the perfect solution that’s both safe and sturdy.

20) Walk-Through!

While drive-throughs and walk-ins are needed, so are walk-throughs. This McDonald’s has one for those who work nearby or those who like to walk everywhere they go!

21) Already Threaded

Threading the needle isn’t all that difficult if you know how, but why mess with it when you can have the needles come pre-threaded. No one is going to complain about this.

22) For the Homeless

These trash cans have bottle racks so people don’t have to dig through the trash in order to find bottles. This makes it easier, and legal, for homeless to collect them.

23) For the Frogs

Whether you have frogs or squirrels in your pool, there is a solution. It’s an exit ramp that allows animals to escape your pool if they fall in. Keeps them safe and your pool clean.

24) That’s Smart Marketing

Everyone steals pens from business, some intentional, some not. This auto shop lets you return the pen for $5 off of your next oil change. Who wouldn’t do it?

25) Hi There, Door!

Automatic doors are great until you don’t want them to open. Besides, they aren’t ideal in a bathroom like a wave to open door is. Yep, this is the ideal bathroom door.

26) Open to Nope

While Nope doesn’t necessarily mean “closed” all of the time, it does in this case. Because all you have to do is move the N to the end to make it say Open and that’s just funny.

27) Ring for Service

If you have a bathroom problem, all you have to do is press the button and someone will be right with you. It might be embarassing but somebody has to step up.

28) I Can Do Myself

This is super smart for those who are tired of people asking them if they need help. Grab an orange basket if you want that and a green one if you want left alone.

29) Pet Vending Machine

I think we all now Fido deserves bacon bits just as much as you deserve that bag of Cheetos. So go ahead and get him what he wants and you won’t regret it.

30) Cooling Area

Most alcohol is best if you drink it rather fast. However, for those who like to take their time, this bar offers a cooling area in the center to keep your drink cool while you visit.

31) See What You’re Doing

Highlighters are great until you accidentally highligh the empty section above the text. With this highlighter, that won’t happen because you can see what you are highlighting.

32) Finally, It’s Here

You’re not really supposed to use the white hotel towels to clean your makeup. So what are you supposed to do? This hotel offers black makeup towels for that exact purpose.

33) Lots of Buttons!

This Japanese bathroom has a whole set of options for those in the restroom. You can even turn on music to give yourself some privacy to do your business.

34) Walkway for the Blind

Has it occured to you that to blind people, the sidewalk feels the same the entire way? Well, it doesn’t have to be that way. These Japanese sidewalks were made for the blind!

35) The More You Know

This guide doesn’t tell you when to get the avocado. It tells you when they are ripe, both firm and soft. So you can decide when you want to get it! Making guac or just want slices?

36) Not For Kids

This store has carts for special needs adults. They are called Caroline Carts and they are for adults who can’t walk themselves and need pushed. Leave the wheelchair in the car!

37) Slam Dunk!

Kids are messy! But it doesn’t take much to encourage them to do good. A simple basketball hoop could be built into most trash cans and 99% of the trash kids leave on the ground would disappear.

38) Check the Lighting

Dressing room lighting is weird. Thankfully, this dressing room allows you to choose the type of lighting you want to view yourself in. That way, you know how you’ll look on the outside.

39) Drink Up, Pup

This water fountain has a catch for dogs who need a drink. This way, you two can get a drink together just like best buds. He’ll thank you for it and also ask for a treat.

40 Not a Potato

This mango looks like a potato whcih means it is not done. Wait for that “color for best taste” before you buy and you’ll get to enjoy the mango in all of its glory.

41) Totally Legal

This is a great system for selling brownies. Everyone likes a different pieces. This way, they can choose their own without you having to sift through the entire plate for them.

42) Keep Them Busy

Going to the dentist isn’t just painful, it’s also boring. But when this dentist hung a Where’s Waldo picture from the ceiling, he solved most of his problems. Still hurts, though.

43) Such an Amateur

This flash drive has a capacity meter so you know how full it is. How it does this, not many people will ever know. But it sure is cool and all flash drives should do it.

44) Have a Snack

Kids love using vending machines and quarter machines. With the fruit deposit, they can use their pocket quarters and pick out a fruit of their own choosing!

45) Haha! No Music For You

This car won’t let you listen to music unless you’re buckled up. The next thing you’ll know, cars won’t let you drive without being buckled up! Now that will be something!

46) Perfect Placement

The days of sticking your pen in your binder ring is over. Now notebooks are putting holes in the paper that are perfect for your pen! It won’t fall out and won’t get ink on anything.

47) Puddle Time

This preschool collects rainwater for the kids to play in that’s safely away from their tables and work area. What a fun day it is when it rains! Kids love puddles!

48) Is It Weather Proof?

This clothing store has a cold weather simulator so you can test out your winter gear before you buy it. Will it keep you warm? Let’s find out! Hot? Cool off with a winter breeze!

49) Ratios For the Win

This coffee shop shows the ratios in each type of coffee. Now you know exactly what you are getting in one swift glance. It’s also very educational outside of the shop!

51) Pick and Spoon

This spoon comes with a toothpick in it. Because a lot of people need to use a toothpick after they eat but who has the time to find one? Now that is no longer a problem.

51) Hyundai Dream

These gas pumps hang from the roof, giving you a lot more freedom and parking space. Seems safer too since there’s nothing to blow up on the ground.

52) Only In Japan

Is it just me or does Japan consistently have the best ideas? In this case, it’s pringles that come with a tab to lift the chips up so you can get to the bottom of them.

53) Why Not?

Maybe it’s a little pricey, but sometimes the kitchen deserves a break. It gets hot in there so a cold one is just what they need to keep on going on a Saturday evening.

54) Pedal to the Metal

This first grade class has stationary bikes in their desks so they can stay active while in class. They even have times where they are required to bike for a few minutes!

55) Bedtime Story, Anyone?

This hotel has a special number you can dial for a bedtime story. In case you get scared or need someone to talk to before you hit the hay. Do you think they take requests?

56) Coney Fries

This restuarant sells their fries in paper cones and evven has holes in their tables for you to set them in. Perfect for sharing and perfect for not losing one fry to spills.

57) Here’s Your Instructions

This box of limes shows you all the ways you can slice your lime and why to use each one. If all boxes tried this hard, then the world would be a better place. Thanks, lime box.

58) For Accidents?

These benches rotate their panels in case there are accidents or perhaps if it rains. Just rotate it until it dries and do it again and again until the end of time.

59) For Your Date

This restaurant bathroom has moutwash and cups for you to use after you eat. I hope it’s a romantic restaurant because that’s a great move to impress your date.

60) Get Your Strings

This college has a vending machine for all your instrument needs. They have all sorts of strings, rosin, and cleaning tools for your instrument. Now that’s handy!

61) No Foggy Mirrors

This hotel had heated panels behind the mirror so it wouldn’t fog up when you shower. That way, you can fix your hair, shave, or do whatever you need to do afterwards.

62) Pet Relief System

Dogs have to use the restroom just like we do. So this airport installed a dog bathroom so you can take your pets to go before boarding the long flight. This one is for the pups.

63) Fresh Milk

This coconut has a pull top lid so you can easily open it up and still have a fresh coconut of milk. When it’s empty, you can use it as a water bottle for a while!

64) Rent a Charge

This bar has an area where you can rent a locker to charge your phone in safely. You can also just leave it there locked up so no one steals it while you’re hammered.

65) Cup O’ Joe?

This is primarily for bikers in need of a hot cup before they continue on down the road. It’s always nice to know where to get a cup and how much you’ll be paying.

66) Neither, Maybe

These cigarette butt ballots do two jobs at once. They let people settle arguments and they encourage smokers to stop throwing their cigarette butts on the street.

67) Almost Gone

These tissue boxes are very common in hospitals. While most of the tissues are white, when you get to the bottom, you’ll notice they start to change colors. That means it’s almost empty.

68) Who Carries Cash?

Most people don’t carry cash these days and thus don’t leave tips in the tip jar. That’s why this debit/credit tip jar is genius and allows you to leave a dollar with nothing but a dip.

69) Keep Upright

No one trusts the delivery guys. With boxes like these, you don’t have to. You can check for yourself and see if the box has been kept upright or not. You have proof either way.

70) Rent a Butterlfy

This library lets you rent cake pans of different shapes. May not seem sanitary, but let’s just hope the library washes them when you return them. Other than that, it’s pretty neat.

71) Best Rental Car

This rental car in Ireland has s stick on the dashboard that reflects onto the windshield. It’s just a friendly reminder to drive on the right side, or rather, the “left” side of the road.

72) That’s a Lot of Pages

This pen lets you know about how many pages it has left to write before it runs out of ink. If this has ink you can replace, then this pen will last you forever. You’ll always know!

73) Throw it Out in Style

This Japanese gum comes with little pieces of paper for putting your gum in when you’re done. Then you can put it in your pocket until you find a recycling bin.

74) Don’t Water It Down

This cofeeshop uses frozen coffee cubes for their iced coffee. That’s going to last so much longer and taste so much better. Imagine how rich the coffee will be for hours!

75) Hands Full?

If your hands are full in this elevator, then don’t worry! You can use your feet to press the elevator buttons. This would be so helpful in most elevators!