What invention do you need in your life?

[MachinicianMagician]

What product do you wish existed that could make your life easier?

For me it would be an automatic hair styler - select an image of the hairstyle you want and it automatically styles it for you! My hair consistently looks like a wet mop....I can barely even do a ponytail...

Can be as ridiculous or pragmatic as you like!

Sounds good. Id like an automated dresser that always chose the best outfits for me and hung them up ready to go.

A bit of tech which converts Mumsnet posts into audio - thereby allowing me to mumsnet and get all the boring jobs around the house done

Ooh UnderHerEye I've been wanting that too! But obviously each poster would need a different voice and the mumsnet audio would have to somehow make the OPs posts obvious. Love it!

I also need an automatic dresser - I'm no good at colour matching...

Dentastix for kids. My 8 year old still screams like he's being tortured when I clean his teeth. We tried letting him do it himself, but after six months it was clear he was doing a very poor job.
Actually, a sort of mouth guard shaped thing I could bite and it would clean my teeth without the horrible sensations of an electric toothbrush and interdental brushes.

Some sort of automatic laundry sorting, washing and drying system.

CigarsofthePharoahs or at least an alarm system on your washer/dryer for when DH puts your woolly jumpers on at 60 degrees

A speed shower, please. Something that will wash my hair, condition it, and wash the rest of me, in about 90 seconds.

Oh and a speed-make-up-remover for the end of the day. Something that will do the hot cloth cleanse on me while I’m brushing my teeth, for preference.

Oh, and something that will mimic my voice and respond to all the whining from my DC. Then I can save myself for the actually interesting conversations.

The ability to clone myself as and when needed so I can be in two places at once. Then I might actually stand a chance of getting everything done that needs to be done.

Teleportation or rapid travel device. Then I could visit my parents without having to worry about the 2 hour round trip before any actual time is spent there. My nephews could also freely visit.

That would literally transform my life! so would moving back to the sticks but in a terribly depressing way, teleportation would offer a perfect solution

A time machine. I don't have enough time.

I've been what I need but I don't think they are in production ... a clothes folder. That automatically folds your clothes, presses them and even freshens them. I have 4 children for context ... who seem to believe that the answer to tidy their room is to empty the contents of their wardrobe in the laundry room is the answer.

Can I have 2?

I'd like an alarm clock that is some way only audible to specified people. My DH always sets his for 1 hour before we need to get up so that he can 'wake up gradually'. When it goes off he 'snoozes' it repeatedly. I would like to have my own alarm set for the time I actually need to get up and an hour's more sleep. If there is not a special alarm invented soon I may need to get a new DH instead.

I would also like a special telephone answering system for when MIL/DM call. This will play a recorded greeting in my voice and then recognise specific types of conversation and play appropriate responses- which will usually just be variations of 'Oh', 'mmm' 'really' in an appropriately pleased/displeased tone. It would have a feature that would alert my mobile if an actual discussion was needed. If successful I may also want a version for work calls.

A booth similar to the automatic spray tanning machines, but for sun cream! It’s my most loathed job on holiday.

I’ve been dreaming of a machine like this for years. Memories of an Orlando holiday with 4 kids and 3 adults to be smothered in factor duffle coat on a hourly basis has never been forgotten.

A robot that does all the housework because when you are a childminder and have 2 boys and 1 man living in the house it just seems that it never ever ends. Infact just a dishwasher and a robovac thing would probably make my life quite a bit easier.

@ StoatofDisarray

I want shoes with homing devices built in do as soon as they are removed they walk themselves upstairs to the relevant owner's bedroom

Though to be fair, I am probably the worst shoe-kicker-offer in the household

Clone of me so I could send it into work while I stayed in bed. I might actually split shifts so it's fair on the clone though.

Instant transport device so I can pop home if I've forgotten something.

A machine that allows me to wear my old figure for special occasions and evenings out so I can wear my lovely size 8 dresses again. Just the press of a button and my current, baggy figure will exchange with my former, pre-children 20-something one. It also comes with just the one chin, a decent pelvic floor, and the ability to dance in high heels without getting cramp. At the end of the night, I promise to exchange it back again till the next time I need it.

Rewind time machine do I can go back and unsay some things and say a damn sight more in other situations.

A replicator like in Star Trek. Shout at a wall and voila! Tea, Earl Grey, hot just delivered immediately.

Dreamt of possessing one of these since, I first saw them in action!

Can I have a full on 24/7 human-sized robot to do everything I don’t want to do, from waking me up with a nice cup of tea, tidy the house, make dinner, empty the bins. If it can style my hair and take off my make-up then all the better. Oh, and it should be able to drive me home when I am tired or have had a drink.

Sleep pills, that will magically make me feel as if I’ve slept an extra 3 hours.

Exercise pills, that will magically... you get the idea

You need a wife Titanic

Could I have calorie-free chocolate and biscuits please?

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