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What needs to be invented that hasn’t been yet?

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O6bftdff · 12/11/2024 21:07

We need car radio that we can pause. There was a quiz on the radio earlier and I waited ages for the answer but eventually had to go to a meeting. I wish I could pause it and start where I’d turned the engine off. Same as a rewind for when you start the car at the end of a song you love.

What else needs to be invented?

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Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:39

EVHead · 12/11/2024 21:35

Front doors that open with a retina scan, so I’m not faffing with keys, handbag, work bag, shopping, etc.

More doors that open with codes rather than keys, should be invented.

Lammveg · 12/11/2024 21:39

StrictlyNumber1Fan · 12/11/2024 21:32

A silent hoover so I can hoover when baby napping without waking g her

I read somewhere (I'm lying...I saw it on tiktok) that hoovers can be much quieter but they're made to sound louder because people think they're not working very well if they're not loud.

potatocakesinprogress · 12/11/2024 21:40

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:35

No I haven't been!

Oh my God that's my dream, sounds amazing.

That's what I want in Europe!

It's not that great, I got mini electric shocks from them constantly.

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:40

Better home medical devices, to give yourself a medical check up

potatocakesinprogress · 12/11/2024 21:41

Paint brush with a flat end you can use to open the paint tin with.

Cinema tickets as scannable stickers so you don't need to faff with them while holding refreshments.

MugPlate · 12/11/2024 21:41

Robot vacuum that climbs stairs.

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:41

potatocakesinprogress · 12/11/2024 21:40

It's not that great, I got mini electric shocks from them constantly.

I'd prefer going over the road on an escalator, then stand at one more red traffic light in Spain.

hadenoughofplayinggames · 12/11/2024 21:42

Evaka · 12/11/2024 21:33

A machine I walk into after showering and come out of 5 mins later with a perfect blow dry, dressed in a great outfit and perfectly made up. I have been fantasising about it since my 20s. A much more sophisticated and comprehensive version of the make up gun that Homer shoots in Marge's face in the Simpsons.

I always wanted a closet with a try-on simulation like Cher from Clueless!

Pomegranatecarnage · 12/11/2024 21:43

Wellfuckmesideways · 12/11/2024 21:11

Something that makes changing the duvet cover easier.

You can get washable coverless duvets!

IAm16StoneHalloween2024 · 12/11/2024 21:43

Pinkruler · 12/11/2024 21:37

Agree with pp re the teleporter idea.

My though is that teleportation will be quite difficult to invent but that it would be good if , when you're on the phone with someone, they could somehow experience the surroundings that you're in.

Other ideas - small portable microwave.

Considering the internal size, microwaves are massive. One day they’ll just be the size they need to be, like TVs are just the size of the screen.

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:43

Yes i agree with the poster who said better showers.
Id love a shower tap that poured hot soapy bubbly water.

IAm16StoneHalloween2024 · 12/11/2024 21:44

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:43

Yes i agree with the poster who said better showers.
Id love a shower tap that poured hot soapy bubbly water.

That was me! Can you invent it please? I’m rubbish with that sort of thing.

sel2223 · 12/11/2024 21:44

Right now as an exhausted pregnant mum, I'd most like to request a human charging port please so I can just plug myself in for a bit anytime I need some extra energy.

Or a cheap, family friendly robot housekeeper who could wash, dry, iron and put away all my washing! If they could happily do other chores as well then that would be a bonus but i'd settle for just the laundry.

Perhaps an instant styling machine too where you just stick your head in each morning and your hair and make up comes out perfectly every time 🙏

Fizzadora · 12/11/2024 21:45

A device for attaching to all politicians that gives them an ever increasing electric shock whenever they
a) don't answer the question they were asked
b) lie
c) blame someone else

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:45

A mobile phone that doesn't need charging every single day

Precipice · 12/11/2024 21:46

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:37

Yes! I always think it's stupid to need a key to open doors. They are so easily lost, and if you lose your keys, you're fucked. You have no other way to get in.

You should be able to set up an app on your phone with a password that you can then swipe on the front door.

I know in the USA, some of the houses open with codes, not keys

"Keys are too easy to lose. We should instead use a different type of easily lost device, and make this one battery operated too. Oh, and let's have people who steal your phone and get into the app be able to lock you out of your house!" Really?

Enchente · 12/11/2024 21:47

O6bftdff · 12/11/2024 21:07

We need car radio that we can pause. There was a quiz on the radio earlier and I waited ages for the answer but eventually had to go to a meeting. I wish I could pause it and start where I’d turned the engine off. Same as a rewind for when you start the car at the end of a song you love.

What else needs to be invented?

Apologies if already said but I listen to everything through the BBC sounds app. Pause, rewind, live etc.

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:48

Precipice · 12/11/2024 21:46

"Keys are too easy to lose. We should instead use a different type of easily lost device, and make this one battery operated too. Oh, and let's have people who steal your phone and get into the app be able to lock you out of your house!" Really?

Are you aware how phones work.

They wouldn't be able to get into the app because it would be password protected....OBVIOUSLY!

I have my bank card in my Google wallet on my phone.

If I lose my phone, no one can access my bank card on the phone.....as it is password protected.

Anicecumberlandsausage · 12/11/2024 21:49

I recently bought a new bike and a new gold standard lock for it. It fooking heavy, awkward to use and it takes several attempts to get the U-bit in the I-bit. So I want a impenetrable yet lightweight bike lock that my insurance company will approve of, and that's easy to use, please. 😡

I also want someone at Dominos Pizza to invent sauce packets that don't result in swear words and sauce down my top.

Further, I want a magic carpet so that I don't have to take the bus to work.

Finally a real time-turner so I can reverse some of the stupid life decisions that I made. Thank you.

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:50

Better Home delivery safety boxes for houses, so delivery drivers don't dump your parcels everywhere

GiantHornets · 12/11/2024 21:52

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:29

Oh I'm in Spain this week. I'm walking round it.
In the city I'm in there are a million traffic lights.

You you get to walk for two minutes, then you have to wait for five minutes as cars go past, then walk, then wait again at the next lights. It takes ages to walk anywhere.

I thought "why don't they invent smaller pedestrian footbridges that go up and over thes roads That way, no one at all would have to stand waiting at traffic lights for ages"

Wouldn’t it be better to ban cars from city centres?

noblegiraffe · 12/11/2024 21:52

Jigsaws with the edge pieces pre-sorted into a separate bag, like they do with Lego.

AEP123 · 12/11/2024 21:53

An alternative to men.
Maybe AI robots one day. Ones that learn emotions without the rage.

PickleSarnie · 12/11/2024 21:54

Marmite and butter mixed together to save getting butter in the marmite jar and halving the number of containers.

Could call it "marter" or "butmite"

WonderingWanda · 12/11/2024 21:54

stargazerlil · 12/11/2024 21:32

Lycopene in tomatoes stops you burning in the sun. I am a red head with pale skin, I eat tomato paste for two weeks before going on vacation. I never burn

How much do you have to eat each day?