Nice, not quite as pretty as the noteslate concept drawings, but a whole lot more tangible. What do you think of it?
Try laying your knife atop the toaster for a minute or so. But don’t spit on the blade and strum the glowing orange wires.
We’ve got a Boogie Board, and while it’s better than nothing for family messaging, the contrast is too low to easily notice new notes.
This actually just came up today while talking with a coworker in our break room as he was microwaving his turkey pot pie.
I realized that what I really want is a pot pie consisting of just crust and the soupy filling, and he immediately agreed that he wanted that, too. No peas, carrots, or meat cubes. Just the crust. It’s what I want. It’s what everybody wants.
Wi-fi electricity. Plug it into an outlet and it “transmits” to your laptop, keeping the battery charged.
You know those weed-killer attachments for garden hoses? Have the same thing for showers, containing sunscreen. So, for a day at the beach, you just attach it and cover yourself with sunscreen. No slimy lotions while trying to reach all around.
I want an item locator. Ideally, it would be a panel you install into the house. All household things can be entered into it, and it will keep track of where it is. Can’t find the remote? Ask the item locator. Missing keys? Locator will find it! Anything from half a pair of socks, to a diary, to that last bit of spice left in the shaker that you hope somebody didn’t throw away can be found with the item locator.
I want a pill that contains all the nutrients you need for a day. Just swallow a few with water, and you don’t have to eat.
It would end obesity!
A gravy pie? Am I understanding you correctly?
That is the best idea EVER!
I would so buy this.
While we’re at it, how 'bout dimmer switches for the side mirrors? You know, like the thing on the rear-view mirror that you can flip when the behemothmobile is behind you blinding you with his headlights? The flipper doesn’t help much when I’m still getting high-beams from the sides. :mad:
I’d buy the SDMB if it were real. Shame it’s not.
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I want augustus-flavored chocolate-coated gloop!
I so very much wish this movie were real. I remember seeing the commercial for the first time, I was SO PUMPED to see it! I love cheesy movies and explosions, and the name of the movie is BLOWED UP! It’s like Snakes on a Plane, years before that movie even happened.
And then, no. It’s a freaking e-trade commercial.
Try Etsy. This one looks modern, even hip. Or thisor thisone.
Me, I’m still waiting for that pet hair repellent spray for fabric. Something to keep pet hair off my bedding and off my clothes without having to dress in shiny satin 24/7.
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I want smooth creamy peach ice cream without any peach bits or the sherbet kind.
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I want a simple minimalist gyroscopic laptop/ipad holder that float and keep steady in any position so I can use them upside down/lying down or any damned position I want… or why don’t they build these things with the gyroscopic thingy inside.
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I want heat sensor auto windshield so I can see outlines/heat signal of any car or whatever is out there while I’m driving at night. (I want to know if I am being followed by a LEO or whomever at pitch black nights)
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I want thermostat remote controls. I always wanted to give one to my mother as she’d drive me batty telling me, “Why so hot in here?!” then “Oh god, this place is freezing!” endlessly… I think I might possibly need one soon too… uh-oh.
You mean like an induction battery charger?
Me? I want a Babel fish! a La Douglas Adams!
It doesn’t aspire to noteslate’s capabilities, but I guess I got my money’s worth for the $35 I dropped on it. I got last year’s model, before they introduced any storage capability (and the new one with storage is significantly more expensive).
The resolution is just “okay”… not terrible, but nothing like the noteslate concept drawings suggest (but of course those are just concept drawings, it may be identical in reality). The thing that bothers me most is that it only allows white-on-black (or light grey on dark grey, to be honest) drawings, which may explain the contrast issue mentioned upthread. The noteslate renderings imply that it can do black-on-white as well and I don’t know why the Boogie Board doesn’t do the same. It’s sort of like e-ink in that the image persists until you erase it (there’s no power switch) so I would assume that the power draw is the same whether a pixel is held in a white or black state.
It’s a cool novelty for the price though. I bought it for jotting down ideas when my whiteboard is just out of arm’s reach, but it turned out to be a favorite toy of my nieces. It’s like a high-tech Magnadoodle.
Hell, why stop there? How about a floodlight mounted above your rear window, so with a flip of the switch you can blind the lousy bums who are shining their brights in your rearview mirrors? Or a screen built into the front and back ends of your cars where you can tell the people in front or behind you what you think of them at the push of a button with a modest selection of messages typed into your car’s computer ahead of time. Like “you drive like a geezer, isn’t it time you turned in your license?” or “If I can’t see your headlights, you’re tailgating too close.”
Here’s one that ought to have existed for years, but AFAICT doesn’t: I’d like to be able to buy a DVD of any NFL regular-season or postseason game since, say, the first Super Bowl. You’d think there would be a serious market for them, and that the NFL would be leaving serious money on the table by not having an easy place to order them on their website.
I want a Tribble, please, but I’d really like a sterile one!