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i keep on thinking of stuff that should exist. like, the latest one, a HD mp3 player with wifi ability to be able to use it as a jukebox with your hi-fi system and stream music off it onto your pc, as well as share the music with others on a wlan and still be able to pick it up and take it outside to use as a normal portable mp3 player (with the wifi turned off, obviously, to save battery)
i mean its not that complicated an idea... yet it doesn't exist (i think)

and thats just one example: the last one such idea i had this morning in the bath. its not a great example because its hardly a new invention, but i was wondering what y'all came up with: other things you think could be improved with a few simple additions, or whole new inventions like machines to do all the housework and make omlettes at the same time.

so go on, what inventions would you like to see brought to the world, or what common products would you like to improve in some magical way? i can't be the only one constantly looking at a piece of technology and saying 'if only that could do this as well...'

Bernard's Watch. but only for me :D That'd kick so much arse. You'd never have to worry about an exam again for a start.

Do you mean realistic inventions (I.E. possible within 10 years) or do any inventions count?

Do you mean realistic inventions (I.E. possible within 10 years) or do any inventions count?
meh, whatever... i don't mind. i suppose it should be something you wish you could buy in the shops (so no watch for you, Mooseica! not unless you'd share it with everyone else at least...;)) but i really don't mind. just go nuts.

i mean if we're going with 'non-realistic' inventions, i wish i could go buy a holodeck for my house in the same way one might buy a conservatory exention :P

i mean if we're going with 'non-realistic' inventions, i wish i could go buy a holodeck for my house in the same way one might buy a conservatory exention :P

Well since you took the holodeck idea - which was my first thought - I'll have to say warp drive/hyperspace/slipstream/FTL of the week. That way we could start colonizing planets.

meh, whatever... i don't mind. i suppose it should be something you wish you could buy in the shops (so no watch for you, Mooseica!
Oh :( Shame. Ah well - it'd kick arrse anyway.

But if we're allowed to go nuts then the lightsabre.

A pump for your little man that actually works..

We need electric toothbrushes with pen-light tips, mounted cameras, and a hand-held viewscreen to let you look inside your mouth as you brush your teeth. Ditto electric razors.

Oh, and they both ought to be able to play .mp3s, and have onboard GPS. 'Cause sometimes you just never know where you'll wake up.

We need electric toothbrushes with pen-light tips, mounted cameras, and a hand-held viewscreen to let you look inside your mouth as you brush your teeth. Ditto electric razors.

Toothbrushes with mounted electric razors? How often does anyone really need to shave their tongue?

Oh :( Shame. Ah well - it'd kick arrse anyway.

But if we're allowed to go nuts then the lightsabre.

How Lightsabers Work (http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/lightsaber.htm)

Well, that's how they would work.
Lightsabers are only a figment of George Lucas' imagination, of course. This is an entirely fictional article, based on information in Star Wars movies and books.

Toothbrushes with mounted electric razors? How often does anyone really need to shave their tongue?

I think he means having a toothbrush with all that crap & having a razor with all that crap. I don't think he means one unit.

Better and improved blankets ("comforters" for the Americans, I think).

When I'm sleeping, my neck always has to be covered; and I also get cold easily, which makes me pull up the blanket even more around my neck.

Problems:
1) The more you pull it up, the less blanket remains for your feet. And I'm not even that tall.

2) The more you pull it up to cover your neck and ears, the more the fabric bunches under your chin, because you obviously don't want to cover up your whole face and suffocate.

Now, Problem 1 could be solved by simply buying an over-sized (i.e. extra long) blanket.

But for Problem 2, I'm thinking of an additional "cut-out" for the head, like so. (http://www.youdraw.com/cgi-bin/solopic.pl?picnum=385813)

I'd totally buy that. :p


ETA: Holy crap, somebody actually commented on my pathetic drawing! ROFL! But he totally got the point - oh, I'll totally be rich in no time. :cool:

Toothbrushes with mounted electric razors? How often does anyone really need to shave their tongue?
toothbrushes as well as razors. Two separate consumer devices, outfitted similarly.

A software program that would write a paper for you. To set it up, you'd upload several samples of your own writing so it would write in your style and tone. Then you give it the topic, create an outline for it to follow, upload any research you did (it would have to be online), give it length and formatting parameters and there it would be.

Can you tell what I am supposed to be doing right now? Yeah.

Better and improved blankets ("comforters" for the Americans, I think).

When I'm sleeping, my neck always has to be covered; and I also get cold easily, which makes me pull up the blanket even more around my neck.

Problems:
1) The more you pull it up, the less blanket remains for your feet. And I'm not even that tall.

2) The more you pull it up to cover your neck and ears, the more the fabric bunches under your chin, because you obviously don't want to cover up your whole face and suffocate.

Now, Problem 1 could be solved by simply buying an over-sized (i.e. extra long) blanket.

But for Problem 2, I'm thinking of an additional "cut-out" for the head, like so. (http://www.youdraw.com/cgi-bin/solopic.pl?picnum=385813)

I'd totally buy that. :p


ETA: Holy crap, somebody actually commented on my pathetic drawing! ROFL! But he totally got the point - oh, I'll totally be rich in no time. :cool:


I love it.

Holodecks, for one. They're cool, if you ask me.:fluffle:

Holodecks, for one. They're cool, if you ask me.:fluffle:
Yes.. A self-cleaning holodeck!

Birth control for men that's as easy to administer as a glass of water and gets the sperm stoned so that all that upstream swimming just doesn't seem worth it.

Wouldn't it be nice if contraception were that easy and available for men? Trust me, if men got prenant instead of women, we'd have had it a long time ago.

I want:

Instant self-heating food
Food/booze replicators
Lightsabers
Teleporters
Clinical immortality
HoloPorn
A bed in which my feet do not hang uncomfortably over the edge
Psychic booster thingys that enable telepathy

I could probably go on, but i'd be pretty happy with even one or two of those.

Yes.. A self-cleaning holodeck!

Good point. I've often wondered about that issue...

Food/booze replicators
HoloPorn

If both those things existed life on earth would come to a standstill as people moved into their holoporn thingies.

I want:

Instant self-heating food
Teleporters
HoloPorn
Psychic booster thingys that enable telepathy
Those sound really good, but I'm not even sure what these two mean:

Food/booze replicators - ? What, so the pizza would replace itself immediately after you eat it? Or just some machine that could conjure up a bottle of JD on the bush of a button?

Clinical immortality - ?

ETA: Holy crap, somebody actually commented on my pathetic drawing! ROFL! But he totally got the point - oh, I'll totally be rich in no time. :cool:
lol! :p

though ever heard of one of these (http://www.prolitegear.com/prolitegear/images/large/integral_renaissance_lg.jpg)? ;)

If both those things existed life on earth would come to a standstill as people moved into their holoporn thingies.

So? It'd be awesome fun. :D

Those sound really good, but I'm not even sure what these two mean:

Food/booze replicators - ? What, so the pizza would replace itself immediately after you eat it? Or just some machine that could conjure up a bottle of JD on the bush of a button?

Aye, the latter. I could say "I want lobster. With a bottle of vintage scotch." and it would materialise in front of me. That would be so nifty for midnight snacks and stuff.

Clinical immortality - ?

Hmm, well...an end to all disease, and a self-repairing body.

lol! :p

though ever heard of one of these (http://www.prolitegear.com/prolitegear/images/large/integral_renaissance_lg.jpg)? ;)
No no no no no, sleeping in sleeping bags is to be done solely when it cannot be avoided. For one, whatever kind of strings and straps and stuff is used to pull that hood together around your head will always, always be scratchy and annoying and irritate the hell out of your face.
And even more important, I hate how you can't really move your legs around enough in a sleeping bag, which I tend to do a lot.

So, PM, you're silly idea totally fails even the most basic test. :p

I do, however, use my sleeping bag as a second blanket in the moment, spread out on top of the real blanket. Which doesn't really help with the neck problem, either.

Aye, the latter. I could say "I want lobster. With a bottle of vintage scotch." and it would materialise in front of me. That would be so nifty for midnight snacks and stuff.

Hmm, well...an end to all disease, and a self-repairing body.
Aha, get it now.
And yeah, that *would* be terribly nifty. *starts dreaming about fancy, unobtainable food; then curses Kanabia*

Aha, get it now.
And yeah, that *would* be terribly nifty. *starts dreaming about fancy, unobtainable food; then curses Kanabia*

I just had to share the frustration. :p

I just had to share the frustration. :p
*flushes down another bite of lobster with some more vintage scotch* You were saying?

Actually, I'm eating a roll with Brie on/in it, which is more something for PM. :p



Also, I'm going crazy because I can't think of that other invention I always thought the world needed. It was the blanket and then the... Dammit. It was really useful and important, though, I just know it.

Actually, I'm eating a roll with Brie on/in it, which is more something for PM. :p

Brie? Eww. I always feel sick after eating it.

(though I haven't had the real stuff, 'cause it has to be pasteurised here, sadly.)

Robot Girl.
Preferably like Ping-chan from Megatokyo.....minus the homicidal rage.

A freeze pistol.

So, PM, you're silly idea totally fails even the most basic test. :p

*shakes fist*
(ok how about one of these (http://www.propstore.com/images/products/735/mm&irene-jimcostume2.jpg))


Actually, I'm eating a roll with Brie on/in it, which is more something for PM. :p
*and again*
*frowns* :mad:



i'd like to add a self-driving car to the pool of half-baked inventions.

*shakes fist*
(ok how about one of these (http://www.propstore.com/images/products/735/mm&irene-jimcostume2.jpg))
Yeah, they really look like they'd keep your neck nice and warm. No, say, holes where, say, a draft could sneak in or something.

Brilliance again from Pure Metal!:p

Yeah, they really look like they'd keep your neck nice and warm. No, say, holes where, say, a draft could sneak in or something.

Brilliance again from Pure Metal!:p

It also looks rather itchy.

It also looks rather itchy.
Bah, what's a bit of itchy compared to a nicely ventilated carotid?

Bah, what's a bit of itchy compared to a nicely ventilated carotid?

Better than a pain in the neck, I suppose.

Better than a pain in the neck, I suppose.
Heh, that actually made me laugh out loud. :)

Zeplins that dont explode would be pretty fun.

A freeze pistol.

An unfreeze pistol.

...desperatly need teleporting device thingy...

come on, how difficult can it really be to invent (ok, sort of, i don't mind any other invention that'll get me really really quickly from one place to another place a whole lot further away)

...desperatly need teleporting device thingy...

common, how difficult can it really be to invent (ok, sort of, i don't mind any other invention that'll get me really really quickly from one place to another place a whole lot further away)
Well teleporters would make it a bitch to find convicts, plus war would probably be a lot different.

An unfreeze pistol.
That would be a flamethrower:p

That would be a flamethrower:p
Interesting......
*googles*

Well teleporters would make it a bitch to find convicts, plus war would probably be a lot different.

you've got a point..:D but, i still want/need something to get me from one place to another really quickly (and that's relativly cheap)

an EASY button...

A hangover cure that actually works...

A money tree duh!