Things you'd like inventing that haven't been invented yet

[Oldhippy]

I used to have Billy Connolly voice on mine, it was funny to start with but got irritating after a while.

 

[MichaelW2]

Having fallen over getting out of the shower this week and knocking myself out for a bit I suddenly realised that now I live alone if I was to really hurt myself no one would know and in lockdown potentially for weeks.

I’m an IT person and not that old surely I could set up something that triggers an alert message to a friend if not checked in for say 24hrs as a middle aged very fit single man it’s not something that crossed my mind but it’s so easily done, I never thought I could or would slip and fall over and definitely not smack my head on the sink in the process that could have ended very badly.

A worry for anyone living solo. When I do diy involving ladders I put one of my landline phones at the base so if I fall, I dont have to crawl far for 999.
Smart watches have heatrate monitors and movement detectors. Most have fall detectors that detect suddent loss in altitude followed by no movement. They can be set to alert the wearer then call a designated number or 999.

 

[palinurus]

Broadband where you get a better deal after being with the provider for a few years and you don't have to change supplier every 18 months.

 

[Fnaar]

That's probably closer than you think, no pun intended. Facebook have probably got a patent on it already.

Edit: Bloody hell, I was only joking.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...ain-machine-interface-neuralink-a9028801.html

I've been banging on about thought-mail for years now, I reckon it'll come sooner than we think ... though I think an editing facility prior to sending will be necessary

 

[Yellow Fang]

Ooh I know, a device for jamming smart phones and music players on the train. Imagine there's someone in your carriage nattering on endlessly into their phone, or someone's playing music through leaky ear-pieces, or even playing it out loud, because it's so good everyone should enjoy it. Imagine also this is in the futilely assigned 'quiet' carriage. You press the button and instantly they start hearing The Frog Chorus by Paul McCartney on repeat.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Didn't you used to be able to get your sat nav to talk to you in the voice of Stephen Fry or Joanna Lumley or whoever? Maybe you still can.

I've never owned a sat nav,so i wouldn't know.🤷‍♂️

 

[ClichéGuevara]

I've never owned a sat nav,so i wouldn't know.🤷‍♂️

There are a lot of people that rely on them now. They'd be lost without one.

 

[Accy cyclist]

There are a lot of people that rely on them now. They'd be lost without one.

Yes i know. Makes you wonder how they got on before they were invented.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

How about a device that 'speaks' in the CC posters/members accents. I sometimes read members posts in their how i imagine them to be accents (if they give their location,or other clues etc). Also...my phone has a thing that reads text messages back to you if you want. Why can't phones read your messages back to you in a certain dialect if you want them to?🤔

(Wonders whether my accent is the slightest bit like you imagined):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekTzIbWr0Eo

 

[Accy cyclist]

(Wonders whether my accent is the slightest bit like you imagined):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekTzIbWr0Eo

To be honest Phil,you aren't one of those i imagine how their accent sounds. But seeing as you've supplied an example i'll now read your posts in that accent.

 

[Hover Fly]

Hardly an invention, but a clip fitted to dog leads to hold the full muck bag to avoid that “nice” warm feeling as you look for a bin.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Hardly an invention, but a clip fitted to dog leads to hold the full muck bag to avoid that “nice” warm feeling as you look for a bin.

In this weather isn't that warmth a bonus?

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'd like somebody to invent a device that stops dogs from jumping up at me! I'm just sick of dogs jumping up,putting their dirty paws on me,while their owners just say "Oh don't do that,good boy". One woman let her mud covered dog come at me this afternoon. I told her that i don't like dogs jumping up,but she let the fecking thing do it all the same. I managed to beat it back with my walking stick,much to her obvious annoyance. She said it was 'on a lead',so it couldn't reach me,but these leads are 30 foot long,so pointless!🧐

 

[captain nemo1701]

I'd like to see a BS indicator attached to each post.

That would be great for the news for interviewing politicians. Imagine the BS-O-meter going from green (left screen) up to red (right screen). Unfortunately, even a screen in cinerama wouldn't be wide enough to accommodate the BS from Farage et all. You'd need some kind of logarithmic scale...?

 

[Blue Hills]

I'd like to see a BS indicator attached to each post.

it'd bust the server in some bits.
You'll have to rely on your personal one - I do.