Inventions You Would Like To See - In Your Lifetime
Inventions You Would Like To See - In Your Lifetime
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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 ...
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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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.
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Dat wood be grate! Grammer to maybe chek.
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(one that doesn't inadvertently burn your trousers/pants)
A device for trimming large sheets of paper accurately and quickly
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A device which would allow us to see moments in history.
A device which makes politicians tell the truth.
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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.
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2. high capacity data storage cube (as opposed to disc)
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I said in your life time.
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They make those, they are the curly ones that you don't have to tie!
Or velcro...
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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.
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Ed
www.engineerboards.com
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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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I'd also like to see a Mr. Fusion device like on Back to the Future.
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... and a device which eliminates hangovers.
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Same thing surely. As the tee-shirt says: "Avoid hangovers, stay drunk."
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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!
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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.
Regards,
Mike
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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.
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I agree, live without illness & die healthy, preferably while sleeping after celebrating with friends & relatives at my own wake.
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corus
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Everyone wishes secretly to oneself to have this peaceful form of end,but very few really are lucky. Most have a very painful and traumatic end.
If there can be a cure for Cancer and AIDs,2 major killers,I think we are close to the statement.
Wish have a vaccination for these 2 diseases.
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The transporter (e.g. Star Trek) would be among the most awesome inventions. I recently heard someone made another step forward in developing something along those lines. But I can envision how the transporter could become the most terrible weapon we have ever seen.
A device that makes politicians tell the truth? Dude, what if your wife got a hold of it?!!!
Personally, I would just appreciate it if someone (doesn't have to be Microsoft, but no objections if they did) would create a reliable operating system that provided substantial protection against virii <sp?>. I don't live anything like a luxurious life, but if I could just get a stable home computer. My son is always loading some game on the computer and making it nuts. And then I get the usual periodic virus infection. It just makes me crazy.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, cure disease, all that stuff: not going to happen. Too bad. Looking forward to heaven, though.
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affordable vacation in outer space
Look at that,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBlifr6EQNU
It cost only 200 000 $ and start at 2009.
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My propositions according to topic:
- Animation software and robots using FEA algorithms.
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I understand (and this wasn't a Ist April news report) they can already do this in the microwave range (radar proofing ships), but invisibility in the visible spectrum is a bit more difficult.
Other uses?
JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
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Like a Babel Fish?
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As with any device, I like to have control of the "off" switch.
Besides, the cats would never leave me alone if I had a fish stuck in my ear.
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http://media.putfile.com/EasyParking
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I guess that should be a forum of what you never want to see again.
FOETS
"social drinker with a golfing problem"
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HAZOP at www.curryhydrocarbons.ca
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For that reason I mostly loathe driving on public roads, and would happily hand over to a very nervous robot with better senses than mine for 80-90% of my driving.
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0707,
Yeah but what if you are in the middle car? How do you get out?
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Regards,
Mike
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A coworker and I were thinking about this the other day.
When you walk into a meeting everybody gets issued an electronic dog collar.
Then when somebody says something stupid, if three people hit their button within two seconds of the end of their statement they get shocked.
This would definitely help speed up meetings.
Ussuri,
The sky hook has been invented.
Just put on your drawings the following.
"Support by field contractor."
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