# The NEXT revolutionary invention **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 31, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-revolutionary-invention/337866 "2005-12-31T17:35:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-revolutionary-invention/337866/21 "2006-01-01T21:38:59Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Voice recognition(VR) specifically. Well it seem every thing else has gotten much better, VR hasn’t gotten any more useful for most people since a decade ago. I figure long before I die, keyboards mouses, and remote controls will be gone. I think you’re talking about not having to type into a computer any more, and that would an enormous leap for sure. But I think most people have noticed that they don’t have to push buttons many times when they call their ISP help line or their health insurance company. “English. Member. Benefits. ABC1234567.” ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-revolutionary-invention/337866/22 "2006-01-01T23:13:49Z")
I can’t say what the next revolutionary invention would be…if I could, I’d be rich. I think we’ll start seeing mind-bending stuff when large scale nanotech becomes more commercial. (DLP TV’s would be a good example of the fledgling field. A chip with several hundre thousand mirrors, all on pivots, move to turn light pixels on and off…several hundred thousand. In a chip that’s about an inch and a half diagonal…and they all **move** …but more than that, they move **60** times a second and will do so several million times in their life. Another interesting thing to watch is personal fabrication. Want a new cellphone? Download the instructions, change the cartridges in your inkjet printer and _print it out_. ---
**Author:** ![Fat\_Chance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-revolutionary-invention/337866/23 "2006-01-02T04:59:41Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > I’ll tell you who will be the guy that will become so rich he will make Bill Gates look like a peon. The guy that invents the reverse microwave. > Put a warm item in the unit ( a room temp beer for example) push the button and 1 minute later remove a frosty cold one. 😃 I had an Indian (the country) physics teacher in college, who would talk of such of thing in her charming accent calling it the frezzawava! It was funny. And also a complete dream, being that I am addicted to the coldest beverages possible… ---
**Author:** ![Fat\_Chance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-revolutionary-invention/337866/24 "2006-01-02T05:01:29Z")
I see the end of actual paper/coin money, and relying on only electronic/card version. A $20 bill will be so quaint… ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-revolutionary-invention/337866/25 "2006-01-02T14:51:53Z")
> [@Fat Chance](#): > > I see the end of actual paper/coin money, and relying on only electronic/card version. A $20 bill will be so quaint… And not worth the price of a cuppa coffee. (well, a half caff-decaff-soy-latte-pooka-cheeno-nano-health-spritz) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-revolutionary-invention/337866.md?page=1)