Inventions You Would Like To See - In Your Lifetime 5

[Ashereng]

Some of my colleagues can cite chapter and subsection from the ASME code. I am lucky if I spell ASME correctly all the time.

I would like to see, in my life time (so I can use it) an external memory drive. And I mean that literally. I want to be able to put it near me, and have it beam me (like Star Trek I guess) all the data and info it has stored in it...like the ASME code. This way, if I can't remember, it will remember for me.

As I understand it, Prof. Dumbledore (Harry Potter) has a similar device where he stores his extraneous thoughts for retrieval at a later time. So, I guess it should be coming soon ...

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[ivymike]

I'd like something a little simpler - a mechanized goat - a lawnmower which roves the yard slowly, clipping the lawn as it goes, and producing its own fuel (cellulose-ethanol?) from the clippings and available solar power.

 

[rnip]

Haha, I like this topic.

Ashereng, I agree totally, I would love that as well.

ivymike, There are automated lawn-mowers out there now...just not self-fueling.

And for me, I would love for someone to invent a teleportation machine. This would be so awesome, no much terrible long flights. Just step in, and BAM, I'm in Tokyo.

 

[CajunCenturion]

I wuld lik a device that transform what I tink to a post that dus not hav any speling erors.

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[satchmo]

Caijunn,

Dat wood be grate! Grammer to maybe chek.

 

[SomeYahoo]

Where is my flying car?

 

[DaveVikingPE]

copiers that do not jam, not even once. Telephone answering machines that do not have an annoying beep and are too easy to use. Wire hangers that do not get tangled.

 

[ivymike]

someyahoo:

http://www.moller.com

 

[KENAT]

Rocket Pack

(one that doesn't inadvertently burn your trousers/pants)

A device for trimming large sheets of paper accurately and quickly ;-)(I just spent about and hour this morning with a colleague and some interns trimming drawings with scissors!)

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

A truly environmentally friendly, renewable, cheap/free energy source.

A device which would allow us to see moments in history.

A device which makes politicians tell the truth.

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[UcfSE]

I wouldn't mind some X-ray glasses.

 

[Jabberwocky]

Flying car that actually works! (boo moller)

Also, I'm pretty sure they do make automated lawnmowers that are solar - Disney had a bunch at Epcot for a few years. And it couldn't be that hard to make your own if you wanted to.

I'd really just settle for CBL's aforementioned energy source.

 

[MadMango]

I'll go with a replicator like a 3D printer that I can use so I don't have to go out shoping for clothes.

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[whyun]

1. wireless current
2. high capacity data storage cube (as opposed to disc)

 

[Ashereng]

copiers that do not jam, not even once. Telephone answering machines that do not have an annoying beep and are too easy to use. Wire hangers that do not get tangled.

I said in your life time.

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[ewh]

A clean fusion reactor that can be fine tuned to produce whatever element you want along with energy.

 

[DaveVikingPE]

Oh. My bad. Shoot, then I'd be happy with shoelaces that don't get snagged under the wheels of an office chair.

 

[aardvarkdw]

Dave,

They make those, they are the curly ones that you don't have to tie!

Or velcro...

 

[KENAT]

Don't start on Velcro. That took on a life of its own over on the grammar section.

Peddle powered computer. If you stop pedaling it goes into standby. That way I wouldn't get so fat and unfit sat in front of the screen 50+% of the time.

 

[DaveVikingPE]

Anti-cat hair clothing anyone?