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As I crawl through town on the sky bus to the airport it struck me that growing up in the 80s we must have been sold the idea that by 2016 these things would actually be a bus in the sky. What else should we have by now
World peace.
The 3 day working week
Self cleaning bikes
Hover boards.
Free limitless energy from the power of the atom.
Talking animals.
A simple device that can make a small child go back to sleep at the touch of a button..
cloudnine - Member
A simple device that can make a small child go back to sleep at the touch of a button..
Tazzer?
Teleport
Nuclear fusion, a fossil fuel-free car that has the range of a traditional car and doesn't rely on electricity produced by non renewable sources, environmentally friendly batteries, efficient electricity storage.
Everyday hydrogen fuel cells and domestic hydrogen production from pv.
wireless power, and more wireless options for images etc, so the back of my TV cabinet doesn't look like an public information broadcast about dangerous wiring.
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A private message function.
Synthetic blood .
The New STW forum?
A private message function.
A privates massage function.
Its the only reason I bought a laptop
A "like" button.
A setting for the car where all the buttons are disabled, but make different noises for when your too early for nursery on a cold morning and there's a toddler playing in the car
Robots to do the housework....
Jet Packs?
I'm pretty sure I was promised jet packs
sky bus to the airport
If only there was a better way.....
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Absolutely flashy, though it would still have take you an hour to do the 30min journey. Next time I'm taking the chopper
Forgot! You're in [s]the last century [/s] Tazzie, aren't you!
[quote=Drac ]Hover boards.
this.
Melbourne at the moment, there is no traffic to the airport in tazzie, flight delayed now too...
To be fair it's not much fun (or fast )on the M4 to Heathrow
Hoover boards ,rail round the house while cleaning.
^^ this
Stoner - Member
Everyday hydrogen fuel cells and domestic hydrogen production from pv.
This... or some small nuclear device that did the same thingy.
During the 70's growing up in the States, we had all sorts of made science TV programmes, things that not only entertained, but informed.
Seems quite odd that today we're only just starting to embrace it all.
Self cleaning bikes
That [i]could[/i] probably be done using something like Ultra Every Dry:
In fact watch this (slightly insane) Japanese coverage from 6:25 and you'll see it repelling water off a bike.
Now I am off the iPad I can actually post the picture.
The solar powered Mango / Avocado ripener. With one of these you just won't want a hoverboard
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a way to cheaply and easily provide food and water to every human on the planet.
you can keep your hoverboards, flying cars, robots, child-tasers and whatnot, we could actually feed everyone if we put our minds to it...
Absolutely flashy, though it would still have take you an hour to do the 30min journey. Next time I'm taking the chopper
I'm not sure the chopper would get you their any quicker either
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turbolasers
Hydrospanners
A way to teach WCA how to post images on an iPad.
I way to repair badly broken bones without screwing bits of metal into them, and/or make new ones, not spindly little metal things.
I need a new elbow goddamit!
A battery that lasts weeks on a single charge, that would allow advances in so many areas.
The SunShip.
If I can pause live tv, watch box sets and catch-up tv, why can't I have the same functionality on my car radio for audio? And where's my holographic pop up display on my iphone? Dammit.
If I can pause live tv, watch box sets and catch-up tv, why can't I have the same functionality on my car radio for audio?
I'm surprised thats not already a common feature - within a week of having pause/rewind on my tv at home my hand was instinctively reaching out to somehow rewind the radio in the car.
Common bike standards.
If I can pause live tv, watch box sets and catch-up tv, why can't I have the same functionality on my car radio for audio?
I guess there is nothing stopping that from happening other than customer demand. My DAB radio at home will pause/rewind up to an hour but I very rarely ever use the feature – listening to radio is more passive than watching the TV.
Common bike standards.
you mean [i]new[/i] common bike standards.
Common bike standards.you mean new common bike standards.
I'll take anything.
SSO or One time login for STW, y'know that keeps you logged in.
Of all the options and requests so far in this thread I think I win.
"though it would still have take you an hour to do the 30min journey"
Yep time travels up there on the list.....
A neat algorithm for STW that assesses each thread and automatically determines a winner based on accepted standards of relevance, whit, wisdom, grammar and punctuation (rather than any of the arbitrary nonsense currently used).
Not to mention spelling.
If I can pause live tv, watch box sets and catch-up tv, why can't I have the same functionality on my car radio for audio?
Some DAB radios do this. I got one for my Father-in-law so he could set it to record the Archers or pause them when someone called.
And you can catch-up on BBC radio on the iPlayer Radio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio
Microwave bed - 8 hours sleep in 3 minutes
That's no good, I can't sleep with the light on.
Ding
Grease ports for joints (I'm 61)
Something that fires pedestrians who use a pelican crossing to stop an already stationary queue of traffic into the sun
Cheaper dslr lenses.
Rubber car to make parking easier and less expensive if you clip another car.
That's no good, I can't sleep with the light on.
Light or hard?
stop an already stationary queue
something that slaps people that make comments like that. 😉
Something that fires [s]pedestrians[/s] cyclists who use a pelican crossing to stop traffic [b]and other cyclists[/b], because they can't learn how to pull out in traffic, into the sun.
😛
A cure for regret.
Rubber car to make parking easier and less expensive if you clip another car.
Isn't the new Renault a step in that direction with its awful side panels?
we had those - when cars had black bumpers that didnt crack when you looked at them funny.
Adjustable mountain bike wheels (say, 24 to 30 inches) so that one can be in-line with the current standard without the outlay, or even start your own standard on a whim!
food pills
holly from red dwarf
anti aging cream that works
new teeth
new face
vulcan death grip
mind reader
Holographic games and video
flying boots
so that one can be in-line with the current standard without the outlay
I think that you have seriously misunderstood the reason for new wheel sizes. 😉
Yeah, I'd back a New Teeth invention.
I know theres science out there that does allow the growth of new teeth, but it would be mighty fine if you could embed that in yer jaw, hey presto another tooth..
Package holidays to the Moon - though not sure what you'd do once your there - I guess it could be great for fat bikes.
holly from red dwarf
Which one?
Members of Parliament who aren't complete lying/hypocritical/dishonest/immoral $hitwipes.
Kinda boring, but I thought that the boffins with 3D printers would be churning out the little plastic clips that you find on record players that hold the tonearm still when not in use. Sometimes they break and 'Sugru' just doesn't work in this instance 😳
Package holidays to the Moon - though not sure what you'd do once your there
You wouldn't want to holiday there, there's no atmosphere.
Allow me to get your coat 🙂
Package holidays to the Moon - though not sure what you'd do once your there
Come on, do you have no imagination?
Play giant slow-motion basketball
Ride the incredible pump track
Lunar parkours
Tennis ball hitting competition
That thing where you roll down a hill in an inflatable ball
In the 50s and 60s we were all being told that the technological revolution would mean something like a 3 day work week and 6 hour days.
Time the right technology was invented, or unions grew balls.
And where's my atomic car?
In the 50s and 60s we were all being told that the technological revolution would mean something like a 3 day work week and 6 hour days.
Or, look at it another way...
You work harder to pay for all those lovely labour saving devices!
There's lots of things that should have been invented by now:
A better system of government
Fusion power
Manned colonies on the moon/Mars
A way of ensuring that politicians responsible for making poor decisions in the past are denied their pensions
An anti-Murdoch
Something that stops cereal turning to dust at the bottom of the box!
In the 50s and 60s we were all being told that the technological revolution would mean something like a 3 day work week and 6 hour days.
So Zero Hours Contracts don't count then? 🙂