For me its the wheelbarrow.
But moving on to modern times, what simplistic ‘inventions’ make you marvel at there simplicity, & make you think ‘why did no one else think of that!’*

*Those things on the end of shoe laces spring to mind.

Over to you.

velcro

pencils

it takes skillz to find wood with lead in it growing wild

Discs on cars.

How anyone thought of the drum brake before the disc is beyond me.

the cam lifting door hinge

euclidian geometry

the zip

Can opener. Sheer (shear!?) destructive magic.

tie wrap

Milkmans wallet

watches

The HT11 bottom bracket.

Crosse-and-Blackwell-Your-Heart Nutritious Soup Bra

the wheels on my bike

Bottle opener……….

Those soft-close drawers you get in kitchens. My parents threatened me with death if I dared to take one apart to find out how it worked last time I visited.

Wonderbras

the most basic things,
how did people know how to make bread,
i was thinking this when i was making mayonnaise, adding lots of oil slowly to egg, how did they know to add it slowly otherwise it would split,

i scratch my head

not exactly technology 😀

Jedi, have you read about how Velcro was invented, fascinating!
Flaperon, I’m with you, I would love to know how they work (rushes off to google), now that is the sort of modern invention I was envisaging.

Cheers.

A USB stick.

Something that small, and can hold upto 32gb of stuff.

Taps, as in water taps.

Tabs on beer cans.

2unfit – they’re called “aglets” apparently.

Filament light bulbs.

I just asked 118 118 how soft closure draws work (for fun), got a text back saying that…

‘kitchen cabinets are the built-in furniture used for storage of food,cooking equipment, and often silverware and dishes for table service.thx!’

Phoned them back complaining that it didn’t answer the question, & after a few minute got given a customer complaint number, hmmm, thats my morning sorted tomorrow then 😉

I could send you a Blum motion soft close runner to play with if you like?

gloy. fish fingers, apricot, curly wurly.

biros.

MrNutt, yes please 🙂

email me your address and I’ll see what I can do, I may even be able to throw in a sagatsune one too!

😆