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People Are Sharing Their Proudest Low-Tech Solutions, And These 47 Are Awesome

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Human development has allowed us to build skyscrapers and land rovers on Mars. But for everyday problems—like needing an adapter for your speakers, fixing a broken lawnmower wheel, or stopping a door from slamming shut—we don’t need the help of billion-dollar industries. Oftentimes, a little creativity is enough.

People who come up with these clever fixes proudly share them on the subreddit r/LowTechBrilliance, alongside with others’ ingenious solutions they’ve spotted out in the wild. So, as a reminder that we regular folks are often far more resourceful than we give ourselves credit for, we compiled some of the best examples below.

#1 Lost Finger Can‘T Stop A Gamer

#2 The Real Hydrohomies

#3 No Funnel, No Problem

#4 A Stack Of Cups That You Can Turn To Indicate When Coffee Was Brewed

#5 Old Dude In The Seat Next To Me On My Flight Used A Partially Inflated Baggy As A Phone Stand... Brilliant

#6 This Low Maintenance Reversible Bench

#7 For Remote Teaching Without A Document Camera

#8 Successfully Used String To Direct AC Unit Condensation Down Into A Pitcher

#9 Cool Mechanical Hand Sanitizer Dispenser W Foot Pedal, No Batteries Or Hand Sensor Needed

#10 Need A Level?

#11 No Stop Sign? No Problem

#12 Just Found This Sub, This Was A Functioning Lawnmower I Saw While In Bulgaria, Great Use Of Limited Resources

#13 Six People Can Have Their Own Lock And Each One Can Open The Gate!

#14 Attractive And Humane Mousetrap Vase Made By Aakash Dewan In India

#15 Can’t Have Lower Tech Than A Sundial (Slightly Cheating To Be Made With 3D Printer Tho)

#16 Painting The Ceiling Brilliance

#17 It Is A Rain Boot

#18 My Brother Got Tired Of Holding His iPad Up

#19 "My Dad ""Fixed"" My Lawnmower"

#20 Made Floaties For My Avocado Seeds So I Don’t Have To Remember To Add Water To Them

#21 How To Link Up Multiple Barrels For Rainwater Collection

#22 Vertical Gardening Using Plastic Bottles And A Drip Irrigation System (Bottle On Top Is Upside Down With A Small Hole In The Bottle Cap Allowing A Slow Water Drip), Project For And With Refugees And People Living In Poverty

#23 300 Year Old Device That Lets You Open 7 Books At Once

#24 Low Tech Cooling

#25 Foot Operated Hand Wash Station I Built For My Wife. Clean Water In Bottom; Waste Water Collected Above

#26 Combination Beer Cooler BBQ Grill

#27 My Puzzle Came With A Stand For The Box

#28 Ingenious Doorstop

#29 Face Shield - Cut Plastic, Punch Wholes, Attach To Glasses (Image Via The Inventor - Tokujin Yoshioka, Japanese Olympic Torch Designer)

#30 Years Ago I Needed To Prop A Camera Pi Up On A Tripod. The 1/4-20-Thread-To-USB-A-Male Adapter Was Born

#31 We Needed To Disassemble A Shelf In An Office And We Didn’t Have A Mallet. Rubber Bands + Hammer = Mallet

#32 Switch Remote Control

#33 Finally Something To Do With An Old Cd Rack: A Ramen Holder

#34 No Adapter Needed

#35 Just A Branch And A Marker Will Do

#36 How To Stop The Remote From Going Missing

#37 Turned An Old Trampoline Into A Greenhouse!!

Not totally done yet but I’m already brainstorming what to grow in here. I’m in CT USA. any advice on what vegis I can grow overwinter in it? I’m thinking cold crops might have a chance of survival through most of the winter but I’ve never had a greenhouse before. The plastic isn’t as clear as I thought it would be but I’m reading that might be beneficial heat-wise anyway so I’m Leaving it as is for now.