Topic: Tell us your invention

[soxfan]

Rules:
1. Describe something new that would entertain or be useful.
2. It doesn't exist yet. If we Google it, we won't see a photo or story of one. (Allowed: someone else as incompetent as you    has theorized one on their blog, but hasn't built one yet either)
3. I'm stealing everyone's ideas. One of them will hopefully make me rich. I will give you a 3% cut as a thank you. 

[Enemy]

I had an idea not long ago to prevent cyber crime somewhat. If google/facebook/emails linked your account with your IP in some way then you could choose to turn on the option to only be able to log on from your home IP/MAC address. Thought that might be a handy tool against hacking perhaps.

[Canada Loves Anfield]

Ski's you could screw together like a pool cue so you didn’t have to carry around one long ski

[CorKopite]

Don't have any invention myself, apart from shit you think you've invented only to have a quick google and realise hundreds have got their first.
Quite like Michael McIntyre's idea really though. Walk on to Dragon's Den, with a shotgun and an empty bag, just stand there and point the gun at them and after a bit of a pause they'll go "So...eh....whats your idea exactly?" and you respond

"It's quite simple really, put that cash in this bag"

[Eileen]

Right. This is an awesome fucking idea right and it'll happen but I'm not smart enough to make it happen.

You get laptops and where you have the webcam, you put this sensor that tracks your eye movement. That way you can scroll without actually using your hands to scroll. You can click links by keeping your eyes fixed on it. Shit's awesome. Because sometimes I want to eat and lol at the same time and it's annoying if I have to scroll and click an shit.

This is happening.

[callanlfc5times]

Phone with a breathalyzer lock.

[Enemy]

Right. This is an awesome fucking idea right and it'll happen but I'm not smart enough to make it happen.

You get laptops and where you have the webcam, you put this sensor that tracks your eye movement. That way you can scroll without actually using your hands to scroll. You can click links by keeping your eyes fixed on it. Shit's awesome. Because sometimes I want to eat and lol at the same time and it's annoying if I have to scroll and click an shit.

This is happening.

I guess with technology like the wii tracking your arm movements with a sensor this isn't far off and probably already being done. In fact I think I might have seen something about a laptop that responds to your hand and eye movements.

Here you go: http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/death-of-the-mouse-how-eye-tracking-technology-could-save-the-pc/

[CorKopite]

Right. This is an awesome fucking idea right and it'll happen but I'm not smart enough to make it happen.

You get laptops and where you have the webcam, you put this sensor that tracks your eye movement. That way you can scroll without actually using your hands to scroll. You can click links by keeping your eyes fixed on it. Shit's awesome. Because sometimes I want to eat and lol at the same time and it's annoying if I have to scroll and click an shit.

This is happening.

Thats not a bad idea actually, particularly for porn sites.

[SP]

I had an idea not long ago to prevent cyber crime somewhat. If google/facebook/emails linked your account with your IP in some way then you could choose to turn on the option to only be able to log on from your home IP/MAC address. Thought that might be a handy tool against hacking perhaps.

Only if you have a static IP. Unless you pay for the privilege, your IP address can be changed by your ISP.

[Eileen]

I guess with technology like the wii tracking your arm movements with a sensor this isn't far off and probably already being done. In fact I think I might have seen something about a laptop that responds to your hand and eye movements.

I know. That's why I said this is happening. But it hasn't happened yet, sadly. I want it.  I want it so much.

Hold on. Just saw how close we are. People are actually working on this. Godspeed.

[Mumm-Ra]

A website - that is super secure of course - that combines all your bank and credit card and mortgage accts etc onto one page. I have about 6 credit cards for whatever reason, now I'll only use one at any given time, but I feel a need to check all the others out frequently to make sure nothing fishy is happening. Also have 3 different bank websites I need to check for checking, savings and joint accts. That's a lot of log-ins to remember.

Now that I've written that down, it's occurred to me that maybe I should just simplify my finances.

[Enemy]

Only if you have a static IP. Unless you pay for the privilege, your IP address can be changed by your ISP.

What about MAC address on the network then?

[Enemy]

I know. That's why I said this is happening. But it hasn't happened yet, sadly. I want it.  I want it so much.

Would definitely help with RSI and such.

[SP]

Right. This is an awesome fucking idea right and it'll happen but I'm not smart enough to make it happen.

You get laptops and where you have the webcam, you put this sensor that tracks your eye movement. That way you can scroll without actually using your hands to scroll. You can click links by keeping your eyes fixed on it. Shit's awesome. Because sometimes I want to eat and lol at the same time and it's annoying if I have to scroll and click an shit.

This is happening.

There is already tech like this. It is used for allowing paralysed people to communicate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_tracking

[soxfan]

The Gecko Mini Duster Vacuum.

A grapefruit-sized robot that can crawl up and down walls, furniture and across floors and countertops. The bottom of it would have sticky treads and a miniature vacuum cleaner, and it would have little arms that would have twirling feather dusters on it. You'd set it free in a room and it would run rampant all over everything in the room. Up on the walls to dust off your pictures. Across your desk top to vacuum up crumbs and lint. Onto your bookshelf to dust your books off. Across your floor scooping up all the dust balls (like a Roomba does now).

It would eliminate 90% of your housecleaning chores. It will be invented someday -- it's just a matter of time before the technology is available.

[SP]

A website - that is super secure of course - that combines all your bank and credit card and mortgage accts etc onto one page. I have about 6 credit cards for whatever reason, now I'll only use one at any given time, but I feel a need to check all the others out frequently to make sure nothing fishy is happening. Also have 3 different bank websites I need to check for checking, savings and joint accts. That's a lot of log-ins to remember.

Now that I've written that down, it's occurred to me that maybe I should just simplify my finances.

Tie them all together so a fraudster can get access to all of them at once?

[SP]

What about MAC address on the network then?

Easily spoofed.

[Eileen]

There is already tech like this. It is used for allowing paralysed people to communicate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_tracking

Awesome, now wait for someone to put it in every laptop and sell it. And I want it to go fast as well. I have links to click, things to see.

[CarraIsBoss]

Most likely impossible but...wireless plugs.

Basically you stick a tiny device in the back of the tele/skybox/hi-fi etc and then put the plug in the socket as normal but instead of wires its powered wirelessly...

[Mumm-Ra]

Tie them all together so a fraudster can get access to all of them at once?

Remember, the site is "super-secure" - I've thought of everything!

[Enemy]

Easily spoofed.

Not all that easily. You'd have to know who was who and it's not like many people know how to spoof an address. You'd have to know whose MAC it was in order to know the correct log in information.

[SP]

Most likely impossible but...wireless plugs.

Basically you stick a tiny device in the back of the tele/skybox/hi-fi etc and then put the plug in the socket as normal but instead of wires its powered wirelessly...

There are experimental rigs that do this. Horribly inefficient though.

More about the theory here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/everyday-tech/wireless-power.htm

[Mumm-Ra]

Most likely impossible but...wireless plugs.

Basically you stick a tiny device in the back of the tele/skybox/hi-fi etc and then put the plug in the socket as normal but instead of wires its powered wirelessly...

Was just about to put something similar. It's ridiculous when you think about it, that with all the advances in electronics, we're still plugging things into the same wall sockets that we were in the 1940s

[SP]

Remember, the site is "super-secure" - I've thought of everything!

A site is only super secure if users have no access to it...

[CarraIsBoss]

There are experimental rigs that do this. Horribly inefficient though.

More about the theory here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/everyday-tech/wireless-power.htm

O, wow. That's me out of ideas then.

[BRdispatch05]

I have one that I mentioned somewhere else and someone actually gave it a go, not sure how it's progressing or they gave up on it or what.

An advanced ear plug alarm clock. Think about it. I'm not married but I bet one of the biggest complaints of sleeping with someone else every night is some type of noise they make, so just use ear plugs, right? Well, then you can't hear your alarm. Also, I'm sure many partners are woken up by the others alarm when they don't need to wake up til hours later.

My idea was somewhat of a bluetooth ear plug alarm clock. You can connect up to two pairs of earplugs to a device where you set the alarm time and other settings. Basically the alarm is a slight ringing noise (wouldn't have to be loud/disturbing as it's in your ear) that plays through the earplugs, it can ascend in loudness so it wouldn't startle you or anything. Also, another worry might be if a fire alarm went off, or a window broke and a burglars entering. You can set the sensitivity of the alarm for certain noises to play through the same speakers that the alarm goes through, but that's a whole other dilemma I haven't completely figured out yet.

[soxfan]

An advanced ear plug alarm clock.

Awesome idea. 

[soxfan]

This won't happen for 500 years but... you take a pill that eliminates your need to ever go to the bathroom. Food enters your system, and this pill breaks it down so that it simply evaporates through your pores odorlessly.

I got the idea from big saltwater aquariums I've had. If they're operating right, the fish waste is naturally broken down by trillions of bacteria in the tank. You still need to change water out once in a while, but a non-aquarist would be very surprised at how all that waste seems to just disappear. My invention would be a few steps beyond that technology.

[John C]

Makes a pot of tea and waits for Royhendo.

[Immoral King Brian Blessed]

A skateboard that doesn't have wheels, but rather "hovers" above the ground.

[callanlfc5times]

This won't happen for 500 years but... you take a pill that eliminates your need to ever go to the bathroom. Food enters your system, and this pill breaks it down so that it simply evaporates through your pores odorlessly.

I got the idea from big saltwater aquariums I've had. If they're operating right, the fish waste is naturally broken down by trillions of bacteria in the tank. You still need to change water out once in a while, but a non-aquarist would be very surprised at how all that waste seems to just disappear. My invention would be a few steps beyond that technology.

What's the point? Would rather just go for a dump than have to take a needless pill every day. I actually quite enjoy doing a dump on my toilet.

[Immoral King Brian Blessed]

And think of all the scat fans who'd be denied their pleasure.

[SP]

I have one that I mentioned somewhere else and someone actually gave it a go, not sure how it's progressing or they gave up on it or what.

An advanced ear plug alarm clock. Think about it. I'm not married but I bet one of the biggest complaints of sleeping with someone else every night is some type of noise they make, so just use ear plugs, right? Well, then you can't hear your alarm. Also, I'm sure many partners are woken up by the others alarm when they don't need to wake up til hours later.

My idea was somewhat of a bluetooth ear plug alarm clock. You can connect up to two pairs of earplugs to a device where you set the alarm time and other settings. Basically the alarm is a slight ringing noise (wouldn't have to be loud/disturbing as it's in your ear) that plays through the earplugs, it can ascend in loudness so it wouldn't startle you or anything. Also, another worry might be if a fire alarm went off, or a window broke and a burglars entering. You can set the sensitivity of the alarm for certain noises to play through the same speakers that the alarm goes through, but that's a whole other dilemma I haven't completely figured out yet.

Ben-wa alarm clock. You could use the same tech, and charge ten times the price.

[soxfan]

What's the point? Would rather just go for a dump than have to take a needless pill every day. I actually quite enjoy doing a dump on my toilet.

If you are in your car or on a train or plane, going to the bathroom is a hassle. Or you are out at a bar or match and don't want to deal with the crowds waiting in line.  Or you are out on business appointments...

[SP]

If you are in your car or on a train or plane, going to the bathroom is a hassle. Or you are out at a bar or match and don't want to deal with the crowds waiting in line.  Or you are out on business appointments...

Mr Ferguson, your cover is blown.

[CHOPPER]

The ever-lasting pint. A bit like the gobstopper but way way better. Everyone would buy one and I'd be a billionaire.

In fact, I'd start a range.  The ever-lasting Jack Daniels, the ever-lasting Lasagne, the ever lasting Rollmop, the ever-lasting orgasm.  The possibilities are endless really.

[Azi]

a silent hoover with a part which can be adapted to other noisy products like food blenders drills etc actually looked at doing something through my uni  best way to give a example is like a gun silencer in films

[blah]

A clothing company that sells plain white or black socks/underwear/t-shirts by the pound.

[Big Red Richie]

A clothing company that sells plain white or black socks/underwear/t-shirts by the pound.

Erm. Isn't that called Primark?

[Big Red Richie]

Self cleaning clothes, that clean the bacteria off your skin whilst you wear them, so never having to shower or bath again.  ( or only occasionally, to self indulge and pamper yourself, obviously)