About Inventor

I am 73 years old, retired and not in the least bit interested in running a business--but then I had an idea. And so here I am and here is how it all got started:

It was Sunday morning, June 8, 2007. I had attended the Live Earth Global Concert party the night before. We watched the concert performances continent by continent on a wall sized screen, images and music filling the room. There were messages too; messages dealing with the precarious existence we earthlings have forged for ourselves on this fragile planet.

Now basking in the refreshing warmth of my shower one of the often repeated messages of that night returned to me. It dealt with a phenomena I’d never thought about--standby energy drain. Most of it as I learned;, lost, wasted, nonproductive energy. I got it! The need to unplug turned-off devices from their power source. The need for a low cost, convenient method of disconnecting energy and storing the A.C. power adapters. And so, the idea....

I invented a device; it does nothing

I invented a device, an accessory, that can be used by MP3 players, camcorders, digital cameras, laptops, all manor of small appliances, and literally 1,000’s of other electronic devices. And when in use this device does absolutely nothing, zilch, nada. When I first conceived this invention I was embarrassed. I thought how boring, how dull, it does nothing... and then I thought--George and Seinfield and the excitement everyone shared over a show about ...nothing!

If a show about nothing could excite, why not an invention? So it doesn't have moving parts, just little slots, outlets for electrical prongs... no, not outlets, inlets. Inlets that give rest and safe harbor to the energy draining AC adapters that flow power to electronic devices.

So what is the future for a device that does nothing? Will America use it? You bet! Especially those enlightened souls who, in knowing silence, have watched as energy vampires slowly drain the vital juice away. They will embrace this absurdly simple low tech solution to a complex and knotty high tech problem. They will conclude that this “nothing” is one more small; but important step in saving our planet.