N.Sane
October 7, 2008, 7:58pm
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Sounds good to me–I can frequently remember my dreams, but without the full colour sensaround experience.
I also want chocolate that tastes just like the good stuff only the more you eat, the more weight you lose. And it wouldn’t backfire and make your boobs get smaller. You’d lose from your fattest places first and then gradually shrink until everything was in proportion.
I don’t want much, do I?
aruvqan:
no thanks, i refuse to have a texting plan, so it costs.
Not everybody has texting…
Really? I doubt there is a single person on this island who doesn’t have it. Either way it’s already been invented.
audient:
If someone I’m talking to on my cell needs a phone number from me, I look it up on my cell’s contact list.
at that point, i want to press a button that sends that phone number from my contact list to theirs.
instead, I have to look at the phone screen, then hold it to my face, recite a few numbers, look back at the phone, recite a few more numbers, etc…
the person I’m talking to writes down those numbers somewhere. And then has to enter them manually back into his/her phone, and also enter the name, etc.
i would take all the time this would save and still spend it pressing buttons on a cellphone…
The mike actually works when you are not listening to your phone, the other side can just punch the numbers, most phones will remember them.
Did we mention texting, bluetooth, email, IR, phonebook?
Sigmagirl:
Here ya go.
That’s awesome. And it actually says On/Off on it. That’s so funny.
danielmybrother:
I want a device that heats and cooks food quickly like a microwave but doesn’t leave it tasting (and looking) like it was microwaved. Something that will brown meats and breads, that won’t leave food soggy or hard and chewy. And no, I don’t want anything by Ronco, either.
I think this is what flashbake ovens were designed to do. .
If you’re near Nashville you can try out a used one
Risha
October 8, 2008, 12:26am
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I’ve long thought that teleportation would solve many problems in my life. No commute time, easy day trips to exotic locations, visiting all of my relatives on Thanksgiving and Christmas instead of the yearly dance of minimized jealousy…
Wow. I’ve never heard of these before. The small one I’m looking at has 7 two-kilowatt lamps, and draws a maximum of 56 amps at 240 volts, for a maximum power draw of 11.9 kilowatts. :eek:
Shamozzle:
Unless you have two remotes, I guess.
I used to play a video game where you’d include a medic in your squad to repair wounded soldiers. But what if the medic got wounded? No problem, include two medics and you were golden.
What happens if both your medics get hit by the same grenade? No, your best bet is 5-6 medics, then you can put them in a circle and have them all heal each other.
yes… but if you are in the restaurant/bar business sometimes the time saved is worth the cost … time is money and all that…
corkboard:
The Brain Tivo. So as I go through my daily life and feel the need to replay something I just experienced, I can just backtrack a bit and re-view or re-hear it. I’d also like a huge “hard drive” where I can indefinately store certain conversations, life experiences, etc. to relive them.
An easy way to determine which electrical switches/outlets/fixtures are controlled by a particular circuit breaker. I spent the better part of two hours yesterday running from my attic to my basement with circuit tester in hand, trying to narrow down the right breaker that controlled the circuit I was working on. As it turns out, one circuit in the attic, one outlet in the master bedroom, the dining room ceiling fixture, and an exterior receptacle were all on one breaker. The hell? Multiply by 24 breakers, and it’ll take me years to figure it all out. This was only really necessary because the knucklehead I bought my house from this summer didn’t have anything labeled in the panel, yet he had lived there for 20 years. How do you live like that?
I second the brain TiVo, funny how having a PVR changes your life! I tried to rewind the radio yesterday! LOL
There have been circuit tracers for years! You just clip on or plug in and follow the circuit to the electrical panel or wherever.http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?catalogId=10051&storeId=10051&langId=-15&cm_ven=hdca_goog&cm_cat=Search&cm_pla=D-brand&cm_ite=bid20293175-Home_Depot&=undefined&s_kwcid=home%20depot|733784117&gclid=CKr12ceTmpYCFQIWFQodfkuT6g&N=0&Ntk=level1&Ntt=tracer&Nty=1&D=tracer&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&s=true
Apparently there are simpler versions for around $30 too.
It´s already been partially “invented” but I want that CNN Touch Screen Map John King uses for **all **the word.
Cheesesteak:
Is this easy enough for you?
Me, I want a Personal Digital Assistant. No not those dumb PDAs they sell today, a real, honest to goodness assistant. A device that has voice recognition, can schedule and remind you of appointments. It can do research, download information on movies, restaurants, stores and give it back to you instantly. It can look up traffic, give you directions, store hours, recommend restaurants and such based on your observed preferences. It can tell you when there’s an email from your mother, but knows not to bother you if it’s from your uncle, who only sends jokes. All without you needing to handhold the device, you make a conversational type of request (PDA, are there any good restaurants around here?), and it returns a conversational type of answer (Do you want Japanese, Mexican or Steakhouse? The Japanese place is highly rated, but kind of pricey.)
Sign me up for one of these as well.
I’m guessing it will only be a matter of time.
I heard about it on the radio just last week!
wonky
October 9, 2008, 9:39pm
94
Today I mentally invented people batteries. They attach to people so that if you overeat, your battery gets charged. When charged, it runs your lights/car/dishwasher. Win-win!
Cheesesteak:
Me, I want a Personal Digital Assistant. No not those dumb PDAs they sell today, a real, honest to goodness assistant. A device that has voice recognition, can schedule and remind you of appointments. It can do research, download information on movies, restaurants, stores and give it back to you instantly. It can look up traffic, give you directions, store hours, recommend restaurants and such based on your observed preferences. It can tell you when there’s an email from your mother, but knows not to bother you if it’s from your uncle, who only sends jokes. All without you needing to handhold the device, you make a conversational type of request (PDA, are there any good restaurants around here?), and it returns a conversational type of answer (Do you want Japanese, Mexican or Steakhouse? The Japanese place is highly rated, but kind of pricey.)
Its not quite what you’re looking for, but its definately in the ballpark as far as some of it goes. There’s apparently a web service which allows you to personalize what your interests are, then it uses a Digg like rating system to select those things on a regular basis. I don’t know what its called by Leo Laporte talked about it in this podcast of his. (I’d listen to it and tell you what it is, but I don’t have time at the moment.)
FatBaldGuy:
One problem with this approach is that many people don’t actually use the remote that came with the TV to control the TV. If they have cable or satellite, they probably either program the remote for the receiver box to control the TV, or buy a universal remote to control multiple devices.
But that should be handled when you program the new remote - entering the code for your TV or other device should also make that remote respond to the “where are you?” signal from the device.
Lobsang:
A device that somehow educates slack-jawed yokels in the same way that the internet-savy are. (How the fuck do people like GWB get elected… TWICE?!
Someone should invent a billion pounds into my bank account.
It does not surprise me in the least that the same person who typed the top comment also typed the second.
Pesse (It is extremely telling.) Mist
OMG, I could end the entire energy crisis!
chowder
October 16, 2008, 4:24pm
99
An aerosol or summink similar.**
You put the teeniest dab or squirt on and you’re immediately attractive to women, hawt women.
** and I have the only can in existence
Metered perfume and cologne dispensers so that nobody can apply an offensive amount to his or her person.
