Hello and welcome to the English Like A Native Podcast.
This is a listening resource for intermediate to advanced level English learners.
My name is Anna and today we are talking about crazy inventions.
Have you ever had a great idea?
An idea for something that doesn't yet exist but if it did exist would make people's lives easier,
more interesting.
I've had a few ideas through the years of things that I wish existed but I've never really thought about taking it further.
I've never thought about actually making one of these ideas,
creating something that I could then take to market to sell to other people.
If I thought about an invention that I'd want to build and take to market,
then I would protect my idea by getting a patent.
A patent is an official way of protecting your intellectual property.
So let's say that I'm talking to you right now about... a really cool invention.
I'm going to tell you about something that picks your outfit and dresses you in the morning.
So all you have to do is get out of bed, stand inside this machine, this wardrobe invention,
and it would pick the outfit for you after you say what you're doing for the day.
So today I'm having a meeting.
It would pick that outfit for you and dress you.
So you just stand there with your arms lifted and you are dressed.
That's my invention.