The good news is that the makers of mobile phones have agreed to settle on a common standard, one model of transformer recharging device. No longer will there be a different charger - with different sized plugs to suit each model of mobile phones - and in some instances, different chargers for each of that maker's range of models.
That's good old common sense, but it still has a long way to go. A common standard could be applied to an enormous range of products used in the electrical, hardware, motor vehicle and appliance industries.
It would take the hassle out of finding replacement and repair items, and it should reduce prices by eliminating a big holding of different stock for merchants.
Another product that urgently needs rationalization is the pharmaceutical industry.
A research firm develops a new drug and it enters the market under that name. The patent eventually runs out and generic copies flood the market - and a whole number of new names are applied to that common drug.
Pity help the aged and infirm. Chemists supplying generic scripts often make rapid changes of suppliers - depending on the discounts offered - and as a result the user often gets a completely new named drug each time a script is filled.
Each generic drug does contain the chemical name of the contents, but most patients don't look further than the primary name on the packet. This opens the opportunity for mishap - and with the powerful drugs on the market today - the chance of a serious accident or even death.
Let us hope that the wisdom of the mobile phone manufacturers will not just end with their product. Now would be a good time for the government to step in and devise standards to eliminate the confusion duplication brings.
The opportunities for progress are amazingly broad !
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