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I really would love to see a pill invented that will take 50 kilograms off – I weighed myself the other day and I swear that the scales were lying to me. Evil lying bugger those scales.
I would also be in for that electric blanket and hair doo dads. I would also love to see an antidepressant implant that monitors the level of seratonin in my brain invented so that I do not have to take tablets on a daily basis. I really hate having to take these tablets but I need them to keep me stable and control my depression. It’s been bad for the last couple of weeks in that my concentration has been shot and I have been exhausted.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:34 am.
Okay, I’m adding the antidepressant one to my list. I take LOTS of supplements because of my gastric bypass surgery, and it would be wonderful if I could just put all the stuff into a patch and attach it to my butt! Or maybe not my butt, since that’s big enough.
Which leads me to another thing, my scale has been lying to me, too. Hate my scale.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:32 am.
scales are evil…evil things!..:)
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:49 am.
My scales are such liars they are bordering on the pathological so I just ignore them now, they can sit by the shower and lie to someone else.
I want someone to invent hover shoes so I don’t have to walk up and down my front or back steps. With my arthritis and the changing weather it hurts to step up so I want to just walk to the edge of the porch and be down no muss no fuss.
I also want to have a car that replenishes the fuel without going to the pumps. I had to mortgage the g-sons to pay for the last fill-up. I should have them paid off by spring of 2015, unless I have to take out a 2nd on them.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 12:32 pm.
LOL! I didn’t know you could mortgage people. Will have to try that.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:33 pm.
The bad thing is it wasn’t even MY scales but rather the ones at the doctor’s office. I also wouldn’t mind a cream that removes keloid scars. I have some lovely ones on my back that I want to be rid of and will most likely end up with another two on the 24th of next month when I have two more moles removed. *sigh*
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:59 am.
I have those, too. I didn’t know that’s what they were called, though.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:02 am.
I really hate the itch that comes with it – especially when sweat hits the scars and since the scars are on my back it makes the itch seem a million times worse.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:57 am.
I’m with you on the keloid scars. I have a vicious one I’d like to disappear.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:18 am.
I also like the idea of a supplement patch since vitamins have a tendency to upset my tummy….
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:19 am.
I like all your inventions. I’d love to see a self washing floor. Every time a puppy paw or footprint shows up voila, gone.
My favorite recent invention is shellac nail polish. I always ruined my manicures. This stuff is like steel.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:45 am.
Ooh, ooh, yes to the self-washing floor! I think someone should get right on that.
I too LOVE shellac nail polish. It doesn’t last as long for me as for some people because the minute I can see nail below it, I start peeling it (hey, at least I’m not biting my fingernails anymore!), but it’s still SO much better than regular nail polish. LOVE IT!!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:35 am.
Actually, if you check out agriculture universities.. they are working on a grass that only grows to a certain height.. Probabaly for a golf course..
I personally want a body lotion that penetrates and dissolves fat/cellulite..
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:46 am.
I could go with that body lotion. It would need to be one that shrinks the skin as it dissolves the fat though. It would be fabulous to think no more jelly belly, flabby arms, lumpy butt and thunder thighs!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:02 am.
That sounds good to me! Actually, ANYTHING that dissolves fat sounds good to me.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:35 am.
Hover craft cars but only for a select few.
Something that eliminates this growing stress knot in my shoulder.
A magical something that helps authors write a great book every two months.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:47 am.
Fresh, I want all of those. Especially the last two since:
1) I’m in the finally throes of writing Pierce’s book
2) Because of the above, I’ve had a stress knot in my shoulder and neck for the past two weeks!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:37 am.
ok I had this idea years ago when I worked for a cleaning company…ready??? A riding vacuum! That’s right people..just like a riding lawn mower…who would hate vacuuming if you could sit while you do it. I know…what about going downstairs? well for that you’ll have to stick with the old fashioned hand held vacuums…I can’t think of everything…roflmbo
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:46 am.
I love it! Great idea! Especially in those giant places with all the rooms to vacuum. I’m surprised no one’s jumped on that!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:49 am.
I know right? I wonder if I should get a patent for the idea so when someone finally does, the money will just roll in?
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:50 am.
How about modifying a lawnmower/leafsweeper…
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:38 pm.
I need a magic machine that could say take a urine sample and tell me exactly what causes some of the issues I’m having instead of being stabbed by 5000+ needles! I also need a self driving car. I waste almost an hour every morning driving to work. I could be using that valuable time reading. And my last request is disposable pats and pans. They make disposable cups, plate, silverware and even some disposable pans. Why not pots? Can you tell I hate washing dishes? I’m sure I can think of more latter.
Really like the idea of the “supplement patch”. My daughter had gastric bypass as well and has lost over 250 pounds. But it is a daily battle with her and the supplements.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:56 am.
oops! That was supposed to be POTS and PANS
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:58 am.
Wow, your daughter had a great success! Yes, the supplements are hard to keep up with, since there’s so many.
I’m with you on the disposable pans.
And yes, I really hope they’re working on better diagnostic tests.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:00 am.
I have a stress knot in my shoulder, too. I should go to yoga today.
I’d like wormhole space travel to be invented. I want to see another planet.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:56 am.
Me, too!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:00 am.
Hello Sabrina! I have two friends that are hygienists and my brother in law is a dentist. I have long wondered why my husband has NO cavities, NO gingivitis…Nothing wrong with his teeth. One night over a few adult beverages the answer came out, from the hygienist no less! A beer is the answer to all. Kills the bacteria. And is a very tasty beverage.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:00 am.
Sadly, I hate beer! So that doesn’t help me.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:01 am.
heck — just swish it around like mouthwash.. spit out..
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:39 pm.
Some kind of ionizer to keep rooms from getting dusty. That seems possible, in my non-scientific brain. Somebody needs to get on that!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:08 am.
I WANT THAT! Hubby uses talcum powder every day, so our bedroom is just a big dusty mess again within a day of being dusted.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:29 am.
I’m with you on the time machine, that’s for sure. Part of the reason is to show some people (my children, for example) that their lives are NOT that difficult with cell phones, cable, video games at home, internet, etc. First I would take them back to when I was their age to show them the difference in just that short span of time (about 20 years), then I would take them to when MY parents were their age. Now, my parents were much older, more like the age of a grandparent for me (they were 46 when I was born). So when they were 18-20, WWII was breaking out, and they had lived through the Great Depression starting in 29 and through the 30′s. Then, of course even further back to show no running water, bathrooms, toothbrushes, toilet paper, feminine products, etc. THEN maybe they would understand that they have it easy comparitively speaking.
Of course, selfishly, I would just like to be around my parents again and my dad died when I was 10 and my mother shortly after I turned 30.
Also, living in Texas it gets really hot here in the summer, and I would like someone to invent an air conditioning system that never needs replacement or maintenance. That would be awesome. I’m praying we can get through the summer without having to replace ours, but I highly doubt it. 10 years is a LONG time for one unit.
And, scales are the devil… yuck.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:10 am.
I’d love to be able to go back and see my grandparents in their youth, before they got crazy. *G*
I saw once that someone had invented an air-conditioned jacket. I’m waiting for THAT to be widely available!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:31 am.
Julie can I buy two tickets on your time machine for our g-sons?? They think they are so hard done by because they haven’t gotten their iPhone 4 yet, a little thing called paying the bills got in the way.
A couple of years ago our now 15 year old threatened to call in a child abuse charge on us, they were talking about removing cable from their rooms at the time. He was genuinely shocked to discover we were not required to provide cable in his room.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 1:44 pm.
I was a huge fan of the cartoon “The Jetsons”. My favorite was the helmet looking machine that would come down and instantly style your hair. I spend so much time and energy struggling with my hair, it would be so nice to have that machine. It could in a flash wash, dry, color, and style your hair. And if you didn’t like it, snap, try something different.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:11 am.
I forgot about that–that would be great!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:23 am.
The transporter is high on my list of inventions. My parents are 600 miles NW and DD1 is 600 miles due East. I would love to be able to eliminate 10 hours in the car. Especially with gas hovering around $4.00/gallon!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:26 am.
I’m with you on that! My sister lives on the West Coast. I’d love for her to pop over whenever she wanted.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:23 am.
The world needs a really easy way to pick up piles of leaves. My blower will suck them up, but it takes forever. I have a lot of leaves.
A week killer that is totally benign, but can be squirted on and does the job. I have a lot of weeds too.
Can you tell that prepping the garden and yard is on my mind? Sping is here!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:58 am.
This is precisely why I don’t garden.
Hey, THAT’S what a need invented. An instant garden!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:24 am.
I want a pill I can take that will keep my hair the the way it is (I like my natural color) so it won’t turn gray. If they can do that, I’m sure they can come out with pills for different hair color.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:12 am.
Ooh, good idea! I hate getting my hair done.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:24 am.
I love your idea of having something tell you the nutrional content of something before you eat it, lets add to that and have it calculate how many miles you have to walk to get the calories worked off, after you eat it. LOL At least THEN you’d know beforehand if you want to expend THAT much energy for one little cookie. Hahahahha
This may be about 15 years late, but I have to say that I’m thankful for the CD and CD player. I am a ‘last holdout’ when it comes to technology (example, I still don’t have an e-reader). Many years ago I swore that my LP’s and cassettes were just as good and clear as those new fangled CD’s…and then I rec’d one as a gift and then got a CD player (which were so cheap by then cuz I had waited so long) and I liked the CD (but kept my LP’s).
Recently I tried playing one of my 72 LP’s and it was so scratchy and noisy that I could NOT abide it. Have gotten rid of all my albums and 45′s now. Guess the CD WAS better all the time, but I was so used to the way an album sounded that I didn’t know any better.
I guess ten years from now I’ll be saying ‘I love my E-Reader’. Hahahahha
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:17 am.
Robin, that’s an excellent idea. I have an app that supposed does something like that, but it doesn’t work that well.
LOL about the CDs! My husband refuses to listen to MP3′s and only buys CDs, because he says the sound quality is horrible. Sadly, his ears are so refined that it probably really does to him.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:26 am.
How about real chocolate that has no calories and no fat content? Sounds good to me. Not any of that carob stuff either.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:22 am.
I’d go for that! I’ve tried the sugar free chocolate, but it makes me sick.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:27 am.
It’s the additives they put in the sugar-free stuff that makes you sick, it does me. I can’t eat or drink any diet items because of them, I get a metallic taste in my mouth and my lips become instantly numb.Decaf coffee? what’s the point? I drink it for the caffeine.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 1:51 pm.
Robotic arms that take your laundry out of the dryer and fold it.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:40 am.
I’m all for that, Julia. I finished my laundry at midnight last night and could have used those robotic arms.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:47 am.
Yes!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:27 am.
You guys fold your laundry? Is that required? Who knew?
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:35 am.
I have big closets, so I hang most of it up. I fold towels. Underwear doesn’t have to be folded…
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 6:48 pm.
I don’t fold anything. I have a house husband.
HE folds.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:35 pm.
My favorite recent invention? iPad, hands down. Love it!
I’d like them to invent a robot duster like the robot vacuum cleaners. I know it would be a challenge getting it to work in three dimensions without knocking over any valuables, but since we’re dreaming, that’s what I want!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:07 am.
Yes, I’d like that, too. My house seems to need constant dusting!
Sadly, I didn’t really like my iPad that much. BUT it’s been great for my son, so we repurposed it. *G*
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:29 am.
Ok, so my mouse hand always gets cold and I want to invent a little glove-thingy that can be attached to the mouse. That way I can just slip my hand into it when it gets cold. A regular glove doesn’t work well because it’s too slippery and bulky, plus the material on the fingers impedes the right/left click functionality… (or a mouse that comes equipped with one so you can swap out mouses if your hand gets cold) Trust me; I’ve really thought this one through. LOL!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:14 am.
Ooh, cool idea! Or rather, warm idea *G*.
And that one is something that wouldn’t be that hard to invent, it seems to me.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:35 am.
I have fingerless gloves with little mitten bits that will cover the fingertips if you want… And they have little heating pads that are USB powered. If those aren’t gloves for computer users with cold fingers, I dunno what is. I got them as a gift last Christmas because I always complain about my cold hands.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 6:50 pm.
I would love a self cleaning shower. Also, glass that doesn’t show finger prints or smudges. I have 2 kids and a lot of glass in my house, and I am constantly cleaning it. Self cleaning windows would also be nice. I can’t reach the high outside windows and always have to hire someone to come and clean them.
I would also love a patch that keeps my weight even, no ups and downs. I would love to get to my ideal weight and slap on a patch that keeps me that way.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:14 am.
I like your suggestions. Right after I learen to fold my laundry, I am going to have to clean that shower.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:36 am.
I would LOVE the self-cleaning glass, especially for windows. Such a pain!
And I could sure handle the weight-control patch!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:36 am.
As a major allergy suffer, I want some kind of sensor that could give me an instant read out of the pollens, molds, and other allergens in the air. There are sites that do pollens, but not all of them. It’s usually in a 50 square mile area, so it’s not really local as it could be. And molds because most sites never include that count – same as other allergens like animal fur.
I’d love some kind of parking sensor that would give someone a ticket instantly for even partially blocking my driveway or being parked in front of the school during the no parking zone times. Then, they might start respecting the traffic laws in the neighborhood.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 12:02 pm.
That would be very useful!
It would be nice to use that parking sensor, too, for all those people who ignore handicapped zones. I mean, really? You can’t take your able body another few feet to save that space for someone in a wheelchair? Sheesh!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 1:08 pm.
Great suggestions, everybody! I have an iPhone app that actually is helping me to not over eat. It’s MyFitnessPal. It keeps track of calories I eat so I stay under my calorie limit for the day. It references a data base to give you the calories and it also uses the phone’s camera to scan a UPC code. Boy, have my eating habits changed!
It also can keep track of calories burned in exercising. I haven’t really used that part of it yet, because, hey, I don’t want to have to work that hard.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 12:09 pm.
I’ll have to try that! I love the idea of the UPC scanner.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 1:11 pm.
I would like to see legs built like the ones on “The Bionic Woman” or “The Six Million Dollar Man” I have always wanted to leap over buildings or run faster than the average car:) Besides that I wish that would invent a pill that would help tennagers through their teenage years. I would take it so I could get through their teenage years.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 1:10 pm.
Oh, yes, we DEFINITELY need the pill for the teenagers.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 1:11 pm.
I’d like a set of scales that senses your mood and THEN tells you your weight. If you’re in a good frame of mind it can tell you the truth or as much of the truth as your mood can take. If you’re in a bad mood it can LIE LIKE CRAZY !!
I would also like a shot that sterilizes dogs and cats so owners don’t use the excuse of the expense when they refuse to spay and neuter their pets. I’d want the shot to be administered like a rabies shot and to be mandatory until the pet population is at the point that not one more animal has to be put to sleep simply because nobody wants it or has gotten tired of it.
And I would LOVE some sort of magnetic vacuum cleaner you can wear on your hand and use to remove pet hair from anything and everything.
And I would love a desk chair that keeps me on task when I am writing. Maybe it could shock me when I try to check my e-mail or surf the net. Or it could say things to me like “Get your butt back in this chair and finish your pages.” or “Don’t even think about answering that phone!”
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 1:17 pm.
Lousia, they should be able to come up with a shot for animals, they have birth control shots for humans so they should be able to do it for animals.
I would like a chair that keeps me on task and awake when I am reading my psych assignments.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 1:59 pm.
LOL about the desk chair!
Yes, I too need a lying scale.
And I think it’s about time pet owners understand the necessity of neutering pets.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:10 pm.
I still want personal, in-home transporters. Step into the front closet, dial in “McDonalds”, and poof, you’re at McDonalds. Or “school”, or “work”. Or “Victoria & Albert Museum”.
Oh, now I’m depressed. *g*
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 1:54 pm.
If you ever find one, let me know!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:11 pm.
I think I want some sort of device or app that will give me a shock or scolding when I keep buying books on amazon when I have a giant queue of them already.
Bookstore: Sheridan, have you read the last 5 you ordered yet?
Me (trying to look innocent): yes?
Bookstore: Really?
Me: Fine. No, I have not read any of them yet.
Bookstore: You are blocked from buying anything today until you finish at least one in your queue.
Me: Meanie.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:09 pm.
LOL! We authors don’t want you to have that. But we need one for ourselves.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:11 pm.
All I’m going to say to the dental question is the same I say to a medical question: There is no money in a cure. The money is in maintenance.
They do have battery-powered socks for keeping the feet warm. Hunters use them.
I’d like so see self-cleaning refrigerators and a dishwasher that can actually get pots clean. Oh, and transporters so I wouldn’t have to sit in traffic or drive 278 or 80. I’d also like to see a caption thingy on the tv that puts an end to “spin”—yes, this is what he wants you to think, but here are the fact. (I know. Good luck with that! Transporters will happen first.)
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:07 pm.
Gwyn, really? Battery-powered socks?? Okay, I have to find me some of those. I know about the ones you break and they stay warm a while, but not the other.
Amen to the dishwasher that actually gets pots clean. Drives me nuts!
Yes, you’re right–transporters WILL happen first!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:52 pm.
Why do Doctor’s offices always make you stand on the scale and then take your blood pressure??? OF COURSE MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS UP! Why can’t they invent a painless mammogram machine?
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:36 pm.
LOL, Charlene! When I was really heavy, they always had to squeeze my arm so hard with the device that I was in pain when they took my blood pressure, and then they would say it was up. Really? Do you think the excruciating PAIN has anything to do with that???
I’m lucky–mammograms really aren’t painful for me. But then, I am not …er … well-endowed.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:54 pm.
I’ll take one of all of these imaginary inventions, please and thank you!
In particular, I want to modify Louisa’s request and have some sort of automatic robot whose entire job is just to go around and vacuum everything – even all the furniture and under the bed – with the specific goal of sucking up all the cat hair. And I want the vacuum bot to empty itself. Bliss.
Also, I want some kind of anti-gravity bra. Unlike you, Sabrina, I am unfortunately well-endowed. Like… a G-cup. So I want some kind of anti-gravity boob enhancing device that will painlessly lift the things without pulling down on my neck and shoulders so much.
Lastly, some kind of automatic massaging device that actually worked and was legitimately therapeutic. Or a personal masseuse that looked great with his shirt off. … On second thought, I’ll just take option two there.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm.
Monica, I have a friend who was a G-cup until she got a reduction. I didn’t even know that was a size! Having seen how she suffered, I wouldn’t want to be THAT well endowed. But I could handle being a D cup. *G*
I think I’m the only person around who doesn’t really like massages. I know, it’s weird, right?
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:38 pm.
I’ve thought of bunches of things over the years – heavy sigh – but haven’t a clue how you’d go about instituting one of them.
Hopefully people will continue to think up great ideas and actually DO something about them. Think of the medical procedures that have improved and remember Bones on Star Trek seeing a heart surgery (I think it was) and saying 20th Century medicine was Barbaric.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:26 pm.
I really liked that scene in the Star Trek movie. It was funny.
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:39 pm.
Seriously, I’m with all of the travelphiles here. Bring on the teleporter!
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:40 pm.
I’d like a machine whereby I stick it on my head, think old salon hair dryer, and out comes perfect hair everyday.
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 3:38 am.
I’d like my own “personal trainer” who encourages me to exercise in the right way and watch what I’m eating. One that doesn’t need to be paid, turn on the computer, and doesn’t require a gym. All the equipment is inside the “personal trainer” as well as having all the information for some great deals for the food so that I can buy them and stock them inside the “trainer”. Also, I won’t need to cook IF I don’t want to since the “trainer” does it already. If I DO want to cook, the recipes are in the “trainer” and also shows the ‘how-to’ videos for me to follow. Also, my “trainer” can watch over my health, so if I show some problems in my health, my “trainer” notifies me and makes sure that I get checked on, with the option to have a follow-up from a certified doctor/physician to diagnose the health issue.
My “personal trainer” would cost big bucks at first, but it would be worth it. Also, as time passed by, technology continues to improve and there will be cheaper versions for it.
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