Sooner or later they will come up with a nanomachine or some tailored gene that breaks down fat molecules and sends them hurrrying out of your body. They will be a godsend for most people. Some anorexics will find a way to kill themselves with them. But someone will find a way to kill themselves with most every invention listed here. However, I wanna give SPECIAL kudoes to the images projected on the windshield idea. More things to distract you while driving. Yah, that’ll kill a LOT of people.
I don’t drive, so I can’t say for sure, but I don’t think the HUD idea on a windscreen is any more distracting than glancing down at the dashboard or conversing with a passenger is already. And the idea is to make it more convenient and useful, so your eyes can remain on the road for longer periods.
And, by the way, it’s kudos. It’s not a plural; it’s Greek. Pronounced: “Q - doss”
We retrofitted our 89 Corvette with a HUD (factory came out with them in 90, but all the bits and pieces where already there in 89), and it’s rare I look down at the instrument panel anymore. It really DOES reduce distraction, in a way thats obvious with a little use.
More like a “service” than a “product”…I’d love some way to get a replica of *my own skull *made, like from CAT scans using a rapid prototyper, without having to make lots of special arrangements and spend hideous amounts of money (less than a grand would be great).
Gah, brainfart. Our -98- vette was retrofitted with a -99- HUD. This gettin old sucks!
Please let me know when this service becomes available. I too need a copy of your skull.
I need a copy of your skull, too. No particular reason. Really.
And a lock of hair, please.
No rush, you can send it along with the skull.
Hey, no problem baby, plenty of skulls to go around. 
I read somewhere that since the introduction of speed cameras in Australia, the average motorist now spends almost as much time (or at least a significant proportion thereof) looking at their speedo as they do at the road.
This is not a good thing, in case you were unsure.
An on-windscreen HUD would definitely be a step in the right direction towards avoiding that problem, IMHO.
Also cruise control is a good idea.
aww Hell. Sign me up too, perhaps you’ll get a quantity discount!
BTW, when I said “copy” of your skull, I meant a biologically exact copy. Which probably involves cloning you, and eventually de-skulling the clone. Is that a problem?
Bah! Madness—that’d take far too long! Besides, the method I was musing about specifically used a rapid prototyper. Modifying it for you’re asking for would require at the least some kind of bone-culturing setup, some kind of enamel-milling rig, gallons of artificial blood…or real blood…
Hmmm…
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Hmmmmm…*
::strokes beard thoughtfully, evilly::
I’m going to be in the workshop for a little while…'got a couple of ideas.
Gonna need an old dishwasher, some chicken wire, and some people who won’t be missed…
Tis the Season!
Two words, my friend… stem cells.
So we can somehow involve Fetusses too?
Absolutely! But I don’t want a fetus skull! Too squishy.
I want a full-on adult skull that can hold a man-sized draught of ale.