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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[GregLocock]

MadMango, and Viking, go sky-clad.

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[HVACctrl]

I have thought about an intercity/interstate transport system like the tubes at the bank drive-thru. They will allow immediate "shipping" of limited sized items in a hurry.

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

A device which returns all Spam, Viruses, Trojans, etc directly back to the originators computer ... and then fries it.

If it could also send out an elctro-magnetic pulse to fry the moron originator, that would be a plus.

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[MadMango]

Greg, I searched, sky-clad means to go around in your birthday suit? I'd rather just have a replicator that could build me a daily wardrobe. At the end of the day I could just recycle and not have to worry about doing laundry.

I'd also like to see a Mr. Fusion device like on Back to the Future.

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[bvanhiel]

Underground vacuum filled (or is that emptied) tubes in which super-fast maglev trains can shoot us cross country. NY to LA in an hour, and regenerative breaking at the other end, so it could be theoretically lossless.

-b

 

[arunmrao]

A device to banish politicians from this earth!!

 

[Ussuri]

The elusive skyhook...

 

[PSE]

Controlled, sustained, fusion reactions.

 

[PSE]

Self cleaning materials also come to mind.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

A wine/beer/liquor bottle that never gets empty.

... and a device which eliminates hangovers.

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[SomptingGuy]

A wine/beer/liquor bottle that never gets empty.

... and a device which eliminates hangovers.

Same thing surely. As the tee-shirt says: "Avoid hangovers, stay drunk."

 

[moltenmetal]

Please- the clothing replicator instead of Greg's idea: the trouble with public nudity is all the other people you WISH would keep their clothes one! (Count me in that group!)

Hmm: cheap, limitless and truly non-polluting energy, in a small and portable form. But it would take a lot of the fun out of engineering!

How about "unobtainium"- the metal that you can spec for any corrosion service and at any temperature without worry! That'd come in real handy!

And in case you wonder, I'd rather be able to fly than be invisible. If you can fly, you don't need to be invisible! Unless everybody else can fly, then it would probably still be handy!

 

[SnTMan]

I'm with CorBlimey, I'd also like for it to unplug their fridge, set off the smoke alarms, wreck their car, break their windows (and Windows), turn loose their pets, reset all their digital devices, kick their kids out of school and flood their house.

And I want a replicator like on Star Trek that makes ANYTHING. I don't mind buying stuff, I just hate going where they got it.

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Mike

 

[COEngineeer]

affordable vacation in outer space

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

A cure for cancer, MS, MD, ......

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[ewh]

Great choice, CBL!

 

[COEngineeer]

you forgot AIDS. How about veggie burger that really tastes like realy meat? America needs it!

 

[ewh]

I think AIDS is probably covered by the "...."

 

[aardvarkdw]

Counter-gravity equipment for lifting and transportation.

 

[Comcokid]

An invention I would like to see in my lifetime?

1) A version of Microsoft Windows that is bulletproof!

2) Easy to use CAD tools without bugs!

3) Cold Fusion!

But, given reality, only #3 is possible.