The famous inventor, Thomas Edison, lived in a beautiful home. But something was unusual about the gate that led into his house...

Suppose you're told that three out of four car accidents happen within 25 miles of your home. Are you safer driving away from home? Based on this statistic alone, most people would assume they are safer. But the picture changes when you consider an important part of this scenario called the base rate.

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet." - Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) Look at this word, then see what mental picture you get...

Scott Amron is an inventor with a knack for using the Task Unification pattern, one of five in Systematic Inventive Thinking. His most recent is a sticker that turns into a soap under running water. It is called Fruitwash.