I want a smoke detector that you can put in the kitchen.
In fact, I want it built into the stove so it can shut it off when unwatched pots boil over.
Not necessarily an invention but a combination of devices to accomplish the desired result.
Smoke detetector to trigger a power amplifier/relay to controll a two phase contactor and disconnect stove. Any good electrician should be able to install such a device.
What we realy need is a detector that’s connected to the plumbing, so when you take a hot, steamy shower, you don’t set the thing off.
Likewise, one that can understand recipes and ignore the smoke when I’m searing a piece of meat on the stovetop in a blazing hot cast iron pan.
I’d like an alarm clock that won’t ring forever when your neighbor wakes up early and leaves for work without shutting it off.
I’d like a chiming grandfather clock that is silent after 11 pm.
FWIW, you can purchase a range hood with built in extinguishment systems for the home. Part of the problem with basing a shutoff system on simple smoke is akin to the problem with steamy showers-photoelectric detectors react to the light scattering effect of particles suspended in air, not smoke per se. The best solution to cooking and showering situations is to adequately vent so as to preclude reaching a detector’s activation threshold.
I wish someone would invent a thermostat system that would take wind chill into account.
The thermostat is always in a cental area, like a hall. That’s fine when there’s no wind and the house temperature is uniform. But when the wind whips up at night, the hall may be warm but the bedrooms on the sides of the house are cold.
I’d like to see a car with a periscope TV camera to look over the RV in front of you.
You can purchase chiming clocks with a nighttime shut-off option . My grandparents own one.
I’d like a bathroom light on a combination dimmer/timer, so that the light goes from completely dark to completely lit over the course of five or ten minutes, so I can slowly adjust to the light in the morning. Much better than just having to turn on the light and keep my eyes shut for a while, which is what I now do.
I spent Thanksgiving at a house that had this in the kitchen. It was incredibly annoying, because it took at least 15 minutes to go from too-dim-to see to decent lighting. So, such things do exist. I could see how it would be useful in the bathroom in the morning, but I’d hate it any other time of the day but morning.
I’d like a temperature sensitive fireplace flue that automatically opens when you start a fire. I only forgot to open it once, but my I’ve heard my neighbor’s smoke detector go off more then once because a fire was going and the flue was closed.
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I want a light built into my sock drawer that turns on and off automatically, like in a refrigerator. When I get up before my wife, I don’t want to turn the main bedroom light on, but I do want to know what color socks I’m grabbing.
I want to combine a loin cloth with a tie for the ultra-casual days when you can wear office/jungle attire. Shirt and pants are just too damn hot.
I want an SUV that is specifically designed for the dog owner. Especially helpful in my Nissan X-Terra would be:
A ramp that pulls out by the bumper for my old guy to walk up and down (with the ramp retracting nicely back in.)
a water well in the back that’s deep enough the doggies can drink from while we’re jetting down the road. It will also have a screw-on top for water containment on rough roads. Another well that contains dog food.
Cushioned backs-of-the-back-seat, so when the seats are put down they have dog beds.
A built-in box for tennis balls, frisbees, curry combs, etc.
This could be a big seller, I’d buy a couple. Should be easy for lighting engineers to design.
I do something like that now the hard way, I’ve got a motion sensor on a 20w bulb in the bathroom. It turns on when I start down the hall toward it, when I can barely see it. So I have a few steps to adjust to nearing the light.
That looks great. And it beats my suggestion of a set quiet time with some sort of sensor, presumably a light sensor for when the house is dark. That also solves the problem of not chiming too early in the morning.
I want a carry-on wheelie suitcase that has a slight curve at the top to account for 99.9% of overhead bins that have curved doors.
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Nice! But doesn’t look like as if it accommodates 90# goofy labradors. I wonder how much more the rigged-up Honda is.
Awwww. That’s sweat Jennshark.
My Wife and I both have SUV’s. Mostly because we have to have the 4x4 and ground clearance for the snow. But they are also for our two 60lb. Border Collie mixes. Works well. We can get our luggage and the two dogs and us comfy in the vehicle. We just keep a doggie bed in the car pretty much permanently.
We also find that these work very well. Easy to fit in the vehicle, folds up well and does not just ‘bunch up’ and slide around.