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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 22:25

Better ways to charge mobile phones

BeardofHagrid · 12/11/2024 22:27

Battenberg ice cream, I think I did a thread on here about it ages ago 😂

PickleSarnie · 12/11/2024 22:27

noblegiraffe · 12/11/2024 21:55

No one is going to eat Butmite.

A portmanteau too far? Perhaps I should give up my Mad Man-esque dreams of working in marketing then 😭

whatcanthematterbe81 · 12/11/2024 22:27

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.

Won't be long before this is a thing. We can do it with phones so only a matter of time

RichardMarxisinnocent · 12/11/2024 22:28

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:45

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

All the mobile phones I had before the invention of smartphones went days between charges.

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 22:28

whatcanthematterbe81 · 12/11/2024 22:27

Won't be long before this is a thing. We can do it with phones so only a matter of time

Can you open a phone with a retina scan now?

GrandHighPoohbah · 12/11/2024 22:28

A self cleaning cat litter tray that magically dissolves the poo somehow.

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 22:29

RichardMarxisinnocent · 12/11/2024 22:28

All the mobile phones I had before the invention of smartphones went days between charges.

Yeah I remember those good old days!

My Nokia 3210 used to last for a week after a single charge.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 12/11/2024 22:29

I love this thread!

Decent bacon packaging that actually opens without a fight. Shouldn't be 'out there' but it is.

Yes to calorie free, hangover free wine. Not alcohol free though, need the buzz.

whatcanthematterbe81 · 12/11/2024 22:29

@Lisanoonan that's pretty much what Face ID is. Give or take.

WhatNext24 · 12/11/2024 22:29

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:29

One language for all of Europe to learn, so everyone can communicate.

While also keeping their own languages.

Edited

I hate to say this as an English person, but this already exists and it's English.

poetrylover · 12/11/2024 22:30

Barney16 · 12/11/2024 21:28

A properly realistic robot dog. I want a dog so much but I can't guarantee someone will be home every day.

Oh I want this! I want it to look like my old dog...😢💗

poetrylover · 12/11/2024 22:31

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 21:29

One language for all of Europe to learn, so everyone can communicate.

While also keeping their own languages.

Edited

Don't we just need a babelfish?

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 22:31

WhatNext24 · 12/11/2024 22:29

I hate to say this as an English person, but this already exists and it's English.

What are you on about.

Do some English people think that all European people speak English. That's unbelievable!

They most certainly don't.

I'm here in Spain right now, and the locals here don't speak a word of English.

I visited Poland last year and the locals there also didn't speak any English.

WhatNext24 · 12/11/2024 22:32

Lots of these are totally viable.

The completely unrealistic thing I have always wanted is a machine which, when I snap my fingers, gets me instantly home from wherever I am and lands me in bed, in pyjamas, fully washed, teeth clean, make up off. It's the dream.

Whitegrenache · 12/11/2024 22:32

C4tintherug · 12/11/2024 21:12

A pill to take instead of having to put on sun cream

I always thought I could
Make millions inventing a booth which you walked into on holiday which applied sun tan lotion to your body with no mess 😂

TooTiredToType77 · 12/11/2024 22:32

A washing machine that never gets mouldy (I empty the drawer of water after every wash and leave the door open and still have to regularly use mould cleaner!)

A high impact bra that works for big boobs and that I can take off without dislocating my shoulder!

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 12/11/2024 22:33

WhatNext24 · 12/11/2024 22:32

Lots of these are totally viable.

The completely unrealistic thing I have always wanted is a machine which, when I snap my fingers, gets me instantly home from wherever I am and lands me in bed, in pyjamas, fully washed, teeth clean, make up off. It's the dream.

I feel that way about washing and drying my hair. If I could have a 'click' that does anything, that would be it.

Dobest · 12/11/2024 22:33

CocoDC · 12/11/2024 21:16

Underwear that 100% neutralises the smell of farts

I want 200%.

WhatNext24 · 12/11/2024 22:33

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 22:31

What are you on about.

Do some English people think that all European people speak English. That's unbelievable!

They most certainly don't.

I'm here in Spain right now, and the locals here don't speak a word of English.

I visited Poland last year and the locals there also didn't speak any English.

Edited

Yeah I was being tongue in cheek. The English expect everyone else to understand English and its predominantly spoken across a lot of Europe as a result.

beasmithwentworth · 12/11/2024 22:33

A pill that gives you the same feeling as 2 large glasses of white wine so you don't have to drink ethanol and fuck your body up

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 22:34

More optinal female only spaces . I stayed in a female only hotel recently (all staff were female too) and I loved it

WhatNext24 · 12/11/2024 22:34

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 12/11/2024 22:33

I feel that way about washing and drying my hair. If I could have a 'click' that does anything, that would be it.

Ohh, I'd like that too. Also the suncream application one.

MrsAvocet · 12/11/2024 22:34

Roof panels that convert the kinetic energy of raindrops hitting them into electricity. They'd be much more useful than solar panels where I live.

RobertaFirmino · 12/11/2024 22:35

Fat transplants. I can't gain, my friend finds losing difficult. It's such a shame she can't donate some to me. We've spent a lot of time discussing this, we could both be in theatre together having her bum drained and pumped directly into my face.

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