You want practical, how about a device that punches holes into your paper and then files automatically into three ring binder with push of a button (upgrade of hole punch and 3 ring binders) A device that you slip the business card into and then it automatically files it into your rolodex neatly. Then you recall it to the front without having to shuffle through all your cards. (Upgrade of rolodex) How about a device that you can walk away from, and it will clean your office windows. (upgrade on Window cleaners) A device that will automatically patch holes in your wall. A device that freaking peels all fruits, and removes the seeds. (upgrade of Apple peelers and juicers) A bulletin board that automatically sorts your document by importance and puts the open space on the board closest to you for easy posting. (upgrade of Bulletin Boards) A device that will trim your hedges to your specficiations (upgrade of hedge Clippers) A Device that detects spills on carpets and cleans them immediately. ( upgrade of steam cleaner) A digital device that puts boxes together for you. (upgrade on boxes) A digital device that keeps inventory in your office of any product as it put away and used. A device that will turn the lights off when you walk out of a room (upgrade on light switch) A device that puts your grocerys onto the converyor belt for you. (upgrade on manual labor) A device that scans your groceries in as you take them off the shelf (Upgrade on Scanning and lines) A device that tells you what the current wait is at each restauraunt in your area.
How about a device that goes into a judges ass and releases cayenne pepper every time I pay 20% to child support.
-A device that tells me what I need to do today and what is due sometime soon. We already have those? Well, I need one with an automatic voice that comes on every so often whether I want to hear it or not. It should also go through all my emails and the papers on my desk and look for important dates and put that in its memory. -A device that wakes me up in a better way than an alarm clock does. -A refrigerated compartment that holds a container of iced coffee. You plug the whole thing in by your bed, and it even has a straw sticking out of the coffee thing. All you have to do is take a drink from it when your alarm goes off and then you will wake up sometime soon. It should also be able to brew the coffee to your specifications, including adding milk and flavorings. -A little light that comes on every time you're about to do something stupid.
How about a welding shield that instantly darkens to a safe level right before your strike an arc? That way you would be able to see where you want to run the bead and still be safe once the arc is struck. Just brainstorming here but it could somehow be electrically connected to the welder and allow you to see normally right up until the point where the weld is started. I know they have regular glasses that the lens darkens when you go out in the sun but this would have to be an almost instantaneous darkening and it would have to darken to a safe level immediately. Don't know if this is possible but sometimes welding in hard to reach places it is almost impossible to start the bead in the proper location while being practically blind to start.
Figure out a better cell phone screen so that you can have your full-function PDA and cell phone in one device and still keep the cool, small cell phone form factor.
then the whole being able to write down notes goes away... unless your keypad turns into a writing area, im sure nokia has a phone that already does this... and the new motorolla mxp3489038034298503850wi309i or whatever is a pretty small nice pda/phone hybrid, they already have tons of stuff, just dont release em here in america...
Well, my deadline to submit ideas is tomorrow, although I will rpobably end up changing it next week anyway. All i am thinking about (that is conceivable to make) is some sort of ebergy saving device, something to do with paper, or an improvement on a cup or mug. The cup or mug thing might be the best since it can be thought out, I just don't know what. or... I just thought about some inprovement on the lightbulb. The other one I jsut came up with while burning my eyes was a new lampshade that allows clearer light out while at the same time allowing heat to escape in a better way.
I'm sure I'm showing my ignorance, but do they have PDA's that you can use for dictation? You speak into a pick-up and it transcribes it into Word or on a notepad, that you can download to your HD, edit and whatever else you want to do. That would be cool for two-fingered guys like me, who might take that stab at the Great American Novel if all that pesky intermediary stuff could be eliminated.
