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Staples would be good I think.
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Springs may be a fun one to do.
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If you are doing a pencil, how about the eraser?
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a button
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How about tin cans or a wrench.
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How about a needle. Needles are used in many applications from medicine and sewing to tattoo and music.
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the cigarette butane lighter and a small can of alcohol based spray, can be made into a powerful offense and defense weapon. it is normally a two hand operation. where is the one hand gun that could be made?
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my first thought was screw threads. like on milk lids, bolts, peanut butter jars and the like.
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Hmm. Maybe weaving? We never really think about how we get the cloth for our clothes, the basic technology is pretty simple, but it's a huge part of our lives and how we get by.
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How about the underestimated paper clip?
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magic marker, highlighter, calculator (what would we have to do if we had to use our brains), flashlight, (just throwing out ideas though they are probably stupid)
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Wanna thank everybody... now im having a tough time choosing haha
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Plastic.
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Air Conditioning. Toilets.
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I suspect "overlooked" is a synonym for "popular", or how integrated it is. Dont forget technology can also be abstract, such as algorithms or conceptualization processes that allow communication or other real process. some brain-storming:Money, math, graphs, some languages.
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Pockets.
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5-14-2017 The atlatl is an extremely complex physical analysis, but any cave man could put one together in a few minutes and be a superb marksman in less than an hour. Flint tips would pierce the steel armor worn by Spanish conquistadors, making the conquest of South America very costly in Spanish lives. (Because the armor had to be slid off, and the spear prevented sliding. The dying soldier was pinned inside his suit of steel.)
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I find it interesting that the idea for velcro came from a cocklebur.
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