When I wasabout 8 or 9 I thought up those headlights that can pivot and you turn the steering wheel. I had diagrams and everything but that lazy little shit couldn't be bothered to file patents or develop a working prototype. Somehow Mercedes Benz got into my journal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_48#Innovative_design_featuresThe most recognizable feature of the Tucker '48, a directional third headlight (known as the "Cyclops Eye"), would activate at steering angles of greater than 10 degrees to light the car's path around corners.
And the reason I never post about that invention is because I know someone would pounce on the chance to prove me wrong.
Buck up, li'l camper. I designed a rotary sleeve valve for internal combustion engines when I was 15. Got as far as milling prototypes for a spare briggs'n'stratton tiller motor we had sitting around. Discovered that not only had a crazy Frenchman beaten me by two years, he'd turned a large fortune into a small one discovering the very same problems I would have. And he still didn't interest a buyer.
Well at least we can celebrate the failures of others together! Haha