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If you could invent something..........

104 replies

Rainbow1901 · 10/01/2023 17:29

................... what would it be?

That any driver who has been banned from driving is made to wear a tag (that if they got in the drivers seat to break the law again) would not allow the car engine to start.

When the grass needs cutting that it would automatically mow itself.

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Stressybetty · 10/01/2023 21:16

OnSecondThoughts · 10/01/2023 20:23

A machine that translates the dog's bark (and cat's meow) into English so you can actually understand them. Oh, and vice-versa too.

Would love this

XenoBitch · 10/01/2023 21:22

A memory erasing devise.

Pedallleur · 10/01/2023 21:34

2 things. A medical tricorder as seen in Star Trek. Scans you, instant diagnos. Other would be some form of electricity generator. Self powered from it's own battery it comes on and powers everything in the home or powers a car. Once installed that's it. Free power.

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 10/01/2023 21:35

Veryfishy · 10/01/2023 21:00

Because the owners wouldn’t mind the electric shock , but wouldn’t want the dogs to be hurt

Wouldn’t want to bet on that would you?!
The owners don’t really give a shit about their dogs and are most likely to be the same idiots who let their dogs bark all day and we’ll into them night too.
maybe a device which if the dog owner fails to scoop the poop, somehow manages to ensure that the poop gets stuck to the owners shoes/clothes/property and no one else’s. Might make them bag it and bin it./festoon the hedgerows with it.

MustBeThursday · 10/01/2023 21:46

A clamp of some description to hold children's heads still while you try and get their hair tied up neatly. And toy boxes like Hermione's expanded bag.

KangarooKenny · 10/01/2023 21:51

A cure for cancer.
Such a terrible disease that takes people too early, and it’s a cruel way to go.

Toomanysleepycats · 10/01/2023 22:29

I’d like a brain implant that stops people behaving like a turd.

larry520 · 11/01/2023 06:44

A bag to put salad in, in the freezer so it comes out just as it would if it had been in the fridge, but obviously you can keep it there a lot longer.

Kanaloa · 12/01/2023 11:36

I feel a bit bad now that other people are inventing the cure for cancer and I’ve thought of a heated ice cream scoop 😂

DanseAvecLesLoups · 12/01/2023 11:38

A dildo or vibrator that can remove spiders.

I would be a millionaire overnight.

Theoldwoman · 12/01/2023 13:56

A pillow that stays cold on hot summer nights.

Kanaloa · 12/01/2023 14:49

DanseAvecLesLoups · 12/01/2023 11:38

A dildo or vibrator that can remove spiders.

I would be a millionaire overnight.

Okay, never mind, my ice cream scoop idea was okay after all.

Why what where when how?

SueD1 · 12/01/2023 14:50

Dog nappies so my kids don’t constantly step in dog poo 😭

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 12/01/2023 15:08

Theoldwoman · 12/01/2023 13:56

A pillow that stays cold on hot summer nights.

A chillow might.

Daftasabroom · 12/01/2023 15:10

jlpartnerrs · 10/01/2023 19:50

A scrubber that took methane and CO2 out of the atmosphere

Look up Climeworks, they have a demonstration project in Iceland.

Surely2023IsTheYearForMyRainbowBaby · 12/01/2023 15:15

OnSecondThoughts · 10/01/2023 20:23

A machine that translates the dog's bark (and cat's meow) into English so you can actually understand them. Oh, and vice-versa too.

Mine would constantly be on repeat saying 'feed me I'm hungry I don't care if I ate like 10 seconds ago'

Fedupofdiets · 12/01/2023 15:17

LizBuin · 10/01/2023 17:42

A food pill, so I didn't have to think about meals or do any kind of food shopping, prep, and cooking. Just take the pill, would also mean never gaining unwanted weight.

Now I would pay very good money for this. Food shopping etc is the Bain of my life!

C1N1C · 12/01/2023 15:19

A mute button for people.

AllOfThemWitches · 12/01/2023 15:22

A teleportation device.

Linlaw · 12/01/2023 15:25

Oh @OnSecondThoughts , that would be amazing.

MargaretThursday · 12/01/2023 16:04

Something that removes the excess energy from small toddlers in the evening and gives it to their parents.

MudLady · 13/01/2023 00:11

@MargaretThursday I’m pretty sure that’s where all kids get their energy from. They steal it from their parents.

@NewYearNewName2023 I think that’s already been invented. But it’s voluntary, maybe for reducing your insurance premiums, IDK.

I'd invent a self heating patch or hat for migraines. Like the soft gel ones - except they’re cooling. I need warmth on my head. And it has to be soft, so those patches you can buy for your back are no good. If a hat, must be washable, obviously.

Justtootired55 · 13/01/2023 17:01

Something that makes smear tests painless like a tiny little wire that gets up there, collects the cells and can do the HPV analysis there and then. Would help those of us with tilted/awkward to find cervix and post menopausal dryness. Just had awful smear experience!

lieselotte · 13/01/2023 17:07

That any driver who has been banned from driving is made to wear a tag (that if they got in the drivers seat to break the law again) would not allow the car engine to start

you could also do something where someone says they shouldn't lose their licence because they absolutely have to be able to get their child to school or elderly parent to hospital that it would only let them do that journey and no others until the time a driving ban would have ended.

A magical cure for migraines would be good.

Also something where you could remotely turn down someone else's music when they are having loud parties in their gardens until the early hours.

TheVanguardSix · 13/01/2023 17:08

Kanaloa · 10/01/2023 19:52

I’ve invented loads of stuff but it’s all already in existence.

One I thought of recently was an ice cream scoop that heats up slightly, so you and easily scoop the ice cream if it’s a bit too hard/frozen.

I set my scoop in a bowl or cup of boiled water to heat it up before scooping out the ice cream. Can I patent this? 😁