The other day, I was at the house of a friend who lived near the beach. He lived on a small elevation and had a beautiful view, at least I remember the view was beautiful last year when I went to a barbecue. Unfortunately, her neighbors had allowed the hedges and shrubs to grow a little too high this year, although her neighbor said that if she wanted to hire someone she could trim them down a bit. I thought it was okay, but I also know that my friend is a bit lazy and probably won’t. The view is still there, it’s just that the hedges are in the way.

While we were at this year’s BBQ, someone took a broom handle, taped their iPhone to the top, picked it up, and used another broom handle to tap on the “take a photo icon” and they tried it multiple times. to no avail, but they finally got a good snapshot of everything, and showed it to everyone, and then emailed it to anyone who wanted it. Well, it seems to me that someone should develop a lightweight carbon periscope for the iPhone to use with the digital camera and video. If it was very small, sturdy, and lightweight and had 5ft, 10ft, or 15ft telescopic expansion options, then everyone would buy one.

How many times have you been in a large crowd or stuck in traffic without being able to see what is ahead of you? In this case it would solve the problem. You can take a great photo even if you are in a large crowd simply by placing the periscope at five feet with a button at the bottom that would either click a digital image or start video. How much could something like this sell for? I would easily say between $ 30 and $ 100 each, depending on the size and style. They wouldn’t be very difficult to design, create, nor would they be difficult to sell online or in the retail Apple Store. And why stop there?

What about all Android phones? Almost everyone needs one of these from time to time.

If the unit were foldable and very small, it wouldn’t take up more space in a bag than a small flashlight. Think of all the uses? You can find a clog in your rain gutter, take a picture of birds in a nest, or even use it while walking when the bushes around you are too tall for you to see. In fact, I hope you will consider all this and create this invention so that you can buy one.