…while you freeze in cold water in the interin? Eww. 
My car has that feature (a 1995 Chevrolet Corsica). If the turn signal is on for two minutes (I think that’s the time), it begins to beep.
Sharper Image makes this. A bit pricey, IMO, but if you’re always losing the remote, it would come in handy. It even has a clip for several TV remotes, your cell phone and your keys, too.
My dad always forgets to turn off his turn signal after changing lanes. Due to hearing loss, he cannot hear it click. They need to make an aftermarket clicking module that makes the turn signal’s clicks really loud, so people with hearing loss won’t forget about it.
I need a good underwire bra that doesn’t start stabbing my boobs after a few months.
Why is this so hard?
Re: turn signals.
In the 1980s I had a Yamaha motorcycle with the best self-cancelling turn signals. You slid a spring-loaded switch left or right to turn them on, and they turned themselves off after both 15 seconds AND 300 feet of travel. Sit at a light for 10 minutes, then turn the corner? They go off just after you finish the turn. Change lanes on the freeway at speed? They go off a few seconds after you finish the maneuver.
No beeping, no remembering. They just worked. The electronics cost today would be in the nano-pennies per vehicle range.
So why aren’t they universally used today? Beats heck out of me. Even a patent on the idea would have expired by now.
Am I being whooshed? Why would you get in if it’s not up to temp? I always turn on shower, do my morning “business”, check temp (by then all cold water out of pipe) and adjust as needed.
Oh, and the reason a lot of the ideas are not done is cost. You want them, but you might not want to pay for them, or at least feel justified paying extra for them. You might think it could cost only pennies, but it actually costs a company a LOT to redesign something as simple as thier turn signal mechanism, which has been unchanged since 1994 and all the designers/engineers take it for granted that they don’t have to worry about it.
And a signal indicating the brake lights work? Well, you need to completly redesign the dashboard to accomodate the new light. It might seem easy for you to just plop it right…there, but beleive me, they spend countless hours, manpower, and money designeing hundreds of dash designs, making mockups, all for the sake of a tiny light that will be very unlikely to actually sell an additional car, because it’s not really something you advertise.
Speaking of stereos, I think they should make car stereos with input jacks. What if someone wants to listen to their Ipod in the car and they don’t have a radio adaptor? How about just building in an auxillary jack (line in) like they have on normal stereos?
Talking RX makes a product that has a small voice recorder chip in it, and attaches to perscription bottles. Get your prescription, record the instructions, and you’re off!
While I have no stake in this company, I did once do some IT work for the guy that owns it, great product, especially for the elderly (that take tons of pills), and the blind (which the owner is as well.)
-Butler
My mother is, even now, having a fit at the amount of water you must be wasting.
I’m wondering when someone will work out a formula for transparasteel-something as hard as steel and not brittle), yet clear.
Also, wireless communication (cellphones, etc.) networks not bound by earthbound towers- maybe a satellite network that gets perfect signal wherever you are.
I believe Motorola was involved in a satellite based cell phone network (Iridium?) that tanked. The only benefit to satellite is coverage in remote areas / other countries. However, the vast, vast majority of people get perfectly good service with cell towers, so there is no reason to switch to a more expensive satellite phone. That, and the phones need to be really big to send a signal that far.
Another negative is that ALL your traffic needs to go through one point, the satellite, where the tower based phones have hundreds, thousands of access points to service an area.
What happens when you lose the remote locator?
J.C. Whitney used to sell a direct replacement for the turn signal relay that was extra loud. I bought one. As has usually been my experience with their products, I was underwhelmed but not disappointed. It made a kind of popping click, like those little toy cricket noisemakers, but it wasn’t as loud as I was expecting.
Been around for a while:
BEHOLD
Look in the lower right-hand corner - there’s a standard stereo-plug input labeled “AUX”
good looking out. Of course, I have to wonder, is the addition so much more expensive that it can’t come standard? You’d think this would have been worked out a while ago instead of the hamfisted ‘cd to tape’ converter that came out with walkmen.
Sweet day in the mornin’. What a time to be alive… 
If there was a lotion that would crawl over my entire body, I don’t know if I would be creeped out or never leave my house again. It could lead to some fun parties but it would end forever women rubbing lotion on themselves or each other or better yet, having me rub the lotion on their backs.
I want a smart oven that will watch my food. Then a voice, (Morgan Fairchild?) would call out, ‘Hey, the pizza is about to burn!’
Back in the day when cars used nearly-universal and interchangeable flashers, there were extra-lound flashers available that had a piezo sounder built in so the thing would let out a fairly piercing *peep! * with each flash.
My '93 Taurus also had the “Hey dummy, the turn signal’s been on for two minutes” reminder chime. Some intersections with really long signal timing would set it off. The downside to this is that there’s no longer that little universal flasher and the functions are governed by the car’s computer.
I know it doesn’t really count, but I’ve got a remote control for the house alarm system. From the driveway, I can press a button and if it’s really quiet outside, hear the alarm panel chirp. Not so sure it’s a good idea though, as it’s possible for someone to steal the radio code and use it to disarm the system. But, it just came with the system and currently lives in the kitchen junk drawer.
Now, there’s a practical application for the “remote control page” button.
You and me both! I’m sick of having underwires attack me but I need the support and lift. And it doesn’t seem to matter how much money I spend or how careful I am with laundering, the darn thing craps out in a couple of months. I guess nothing can contain my Giganta-boobs.