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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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Pancakeflipper · 12/11/2024 22:59

A washing machine that sounds an alarm if you stick anything into the drum that has a tissue in the pocket

noblegiraffe · 12/11/2024 23:00

Something that picks a film for you and your partner to watch on a Friday night that both of you will enjoy.

DelphiniumBlue · 12/11/2024 23:01

FarmGirl78 · 12/11/2024 22:51

They were tictacs and your Grandma was fibbing!

Not at all, I remember the packet, and they were way bigger than Tictacs!
I think ideally you had to start taking them 2-3 days before your holiday, and then keep taking them during it.They didn’t stop burning completely, but I think increased melanin production.

Justleaveitblankthen · 12/11/2024 23:03

Know what you mean about pausing the car radio OP.
If it's a BBC channel, I switch my car media settings to Bluetooth and listen to the show on BBC Sounds.
You can pause or rewind live to the start of any show that's currently on.

I can't for the life of me reach my own hair roots to colour them, so I would love an invention that just colours your roots. Some sort of pod that you sit under 👱

ScottBakula · 12/11/2024 23:03

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.

We have them where I work , we can use fingerprint or retina along side a pass card .
When they work they are great but when they glitch they are a pain in the arse ( or eye )

HopeSpringsInfernal · 12/11/2024 23:04

A Christmas present wrapping machine that can cope with any shape of present. I hate wrapping presents.

A magic window cleaning machine - doesn't matter which method I try, they always end up streaky

mumda · 12/11/2024 23:04

Wound putty to get splinters etc out

Mademetoxic · 12/11/2024 23:05

Something that you can watch and remember every single one of your memories on, if you choose to do so.

AgileGreenSeal · 12/11/2024 23:05

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

Esperanto was an attempt at this.
English seems to be the de facto lingua franca though!

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 23:08

Mademetoxic · 12/11/2024 22:59

Panic alarms. They exist.

Hey I looked online. No they're not what I meant.

I see women's safety panic alarms, where if you press a button on them, they make a loud noise.

I meant a womans panic button on a bracelet, where if you press it, it immediately calls 999 for you.

My elderly mum has a panic button, where if she falls , she presses the button on her bracelet, and it instantly gets an ambulance to come out to her house, without her even having to speak to them.

I don't think a panic button exists for women's safety where if you press the button on yout bracelet it calls 999 for you and gives them your location, without you having to even talk to them.

But maybe it does and I haven't seen it. If anyone's seen it sure you can let me know

parietal · 12/11/2024 23:08

hoverboards. Back-to-the-future said they'd be here by now but they aren't.

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 23:10

Better designed female bodies.

I don't like that I have to carry around my very large heavy breasts, that have no use. And I also don't see the need to have a period every single month.

Fizbosshoes · 12/11/2024 23:11

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.

I'd like a height exchange/donation! I'm less than 5'. I'd be happy with an extra 2-3" I feel like it would make a lot of difference to me...I'm.sure someone tall could spare a couple of inches! 🤣

Appalonia · 12/11/2024 23:13

I'd just like food that's in packets e.g. ham or cheese etc that after you've opened it, will easily reseal. Instead of having to cover it in clingfilm or put it in a plastic bag or tinfoil to stop it going off in the fridge. Surely it can't be that hard?

AgileGreenSeal · 12/11/2024 23:14

GrandHighPoohbah · 12/11/2024 22:28

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

Get a dog.

Lisanoonan · 12/11/2024 23:15

Mental health healing centres with lots of nice music and sound therapy and light therapy. And nice relaxation techniques. And

Rather than just throwing antidepressants, therapy and psychiatric wards at people.

Zoomo · 12/11/2024 23:17

When DC was a baby I always wanted a drive through grocery store. So I could drive to pick up milk, bread, daily essentials without having to get out of the car. They do it for food so why not for groceries.

AgileGreenSeal · 12/11/2024 23:18

Sandytoesandcrabs · 12/11/2024 22:42

But they mite

8 year old boys would eat nothing else.

IHateClothesShopping · 12/11/2024 23:20

Self Cleaning house

AgileGreenSeal · 12/11/2024 23:21

Pancakeflipper · 12/11/2024 22:59

A washing machine that sounds an alarm if you stick anything into the drum that has a tissue in the pocket

This!!

Cloverforever · 12/11/2024 23:24

mumda · 12/11/2024 23:04

Wound putty to get splinters etc out

You can get magnesium sulphate from a pharmacist that does this. I have used it successfully on splinters.

wandawaves · 12/11/2024 23:24

I'm past that stage now but for my kids entire childhoods I desperately wished for some screens to go in-between each of my kids seats in the car so they would STOP BLOODY FIGHTING!! 😡

Twofurrycats · 12/11/2024 23:28

I'd buy both of these.
Wireless electricity. No more wires trailing about. No more wondering why I paid to have loads of sockets and still don't have one where I want to have a lamp.
Self cleaning car. I don't mind washing the exterior but the interior is another matter.

Appalonia · 12/11/2024 23:29

Mademetoxic · 12/11/2024 23:05

Something that you can watch and remember every single one of your memories on, if you choose to do so.

There was a Black Mirror episode about this. It did not end well...

decembersnows · 12/11/2024 23:29

More methods of contraception for the man than just condoms or a vasectomy.

Or a man that can be relied upon to take the contraception method regularly