Innovation Sighting: Task Unification with Fruit Labels
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. Once dissolved, the Fruitwash removes wax, pesticides, and dirt from fruit and vegetables. The sticker has been “assigned an additional task” as it performs its primary task. Classic Task Unification.
Scott claims it has these features:
- No stickers to peel off and throw away
- No expensive produce wash (fruit wash) to buy
- Displays Price Look-Up codes for fast & accurate check-out
- Label can also be removed normally by peeling off
- Water resistant
- Washing / rubbing with water triggers the turn
- Helps remove water-resistant wax, pesticides and fungicides
This isn’t the first time Scott has used Task Unification to create new products. Check out his Brush & Rinse toothbrush. It is a new way to get water into our mouths for rinsing out toothpaste. The brush is pierced on top in a way that allows you to direct a nice, neat fountain of water directly into your mouth so you don’t have to reach under the faucet.