17 Smart Inventions and Gadgets That Make Life Better

#1 No More Doing Nothing While You Are With Your Child on the Playground

#2 A Tap From Which Both You and Your Pet Can Drink

#3 Thinking About Our Pets at the Airport

#4 Pull-Out Condiment Shelf by the Fridge

#5 A Tie Whose Bottom Was Made Specifically for Cleaning a Cell Phone Screen

#6 Eco-Packaging Made From Bananas Instead of Plastic

#7 A Sticker Will Tell You if a Fruit Is Ripe

8 You Take a Basket and the Staff Knows if They Should Bother You or Not

#9 A Bench With the Disabled in Mind

#10 Solar Umbrella That Provides Shade and Also Allows You to Charge Your Cell Phone

#11 At This Subway Station in Beijing You Can Pay For Your Ticket With Empty Plastic Bottles

#12 A Parking Lot Where a Green Light Turns on When There Are Empty Spaces

#13 A Bench That Will Always Be Dry, Even Right After a Rain

#14 Duck Ramp

#15 Which Justin Will Collect More Butts ;)?

#16 A Room That Simulates Winter So You Can Test the Things You Buy

#17 The Border of This Door Changes Color Depending on Whether You Can Enter or There's Someone Inside