Products that should exist but don't

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I've been saying for years that they need to grow potatoes with cheese already in them, so you microwave it or pop it on the grill, and it comes out with melted cheese inside when you break it open.



Now obviously you cannot grow cheese inside a potato, but it is 200-freaking-7 so who knows. Ideas you put here can be stuff that would be nice to have, but does not necessarily need to be feasible.
 
Not many people will post here, for the simple reasons that ideas they have are unpatented and people will try and steal them!:)

That being said, I always wanted a golf ball with GPS inside it, so when you lose it, it appears on a handheld device, I'd gladly pay $100 for a golf ball id never lose
 
fyfee
Not many people will post here, for the simple reasons that ideas they have are unpatented and people will try and steal them!:)

That being said, I always wanted a golf ball with GPS inside it, so when you lose it, it appears on a handheld device, I'd gladly pay $100 for a golf ball id never lose
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That's a damn good idea *yoink*

Seriously I do think it is a really good idea though.
 
Don't you think hitting it all those times might do something to the gps inside?

Or you could tie a string to the ball!:D
 
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Don't you think hitting it all those times might do something to the gps inside?

Or you could tie a string to the ball!:D
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Well, I assume that whoever is already making these things, will be smart enough to make sure it doesnt get ruined from repeatedly getting smashed by 360cc golf clubs:sly:

..At least I hope someone is already making it..I want one dammit!!
 
What happens when the ball lands on the bottom of the five foot deep water hazard? At least you'll know where it is, right?

I wish someone would invent a product that makes Patron tequila cheaper and more accessible to people under the legal drinking age. Like me.

Other than that, nearly everything has been invented.
 
"Star Trek"-type transporter.

Unrealistic?

How about solar power cheap and efficient enough to make every house energy self-sufficient?
 
Well, then I guess whoever hit it is crap, and needs to buy another ball. Lucky for me Im half decent, and I dont hit golf balls in lakes.:)
 
You guys like to think big. I like to think small.

How about rubberized mechanical pencil lead so it doesn't break?
 
NO toilet should come off of the assembly line without a bidet these days.
 
I am, I dont drink though. Not that im saying noone should do it, but were going off topic now,

I was also thinking off automatic dipping side mirrors on cars, like some rear view mirrors, where the light behind it too bright it automatically dips, because you get some cars who drive to one side and its bloody annoying when you need to look behind you!
 
Okay, I got a useful one, and I remebered it thanks to fyfee's post.

I'm often annoyed when I can't see the ground close to my car in my side mirrors while I'm reversing. It's fine going forward, but while in reverse I'd like to use the rearview for the rear view, and the sides for my immediate surroundings, including the ground.

So, instead of moving my mirrors every time I propose a couple solutions:

1) You could have a section at the bottom of the mirror which is seperate and usually in the normal spot while going forward, like a regular mirror. But when you put it in reverse, this bottom section motors down, say, 20 degrees, so you can still see behind your sides, but also on the ground right by your car. The problem is that there isn't really any room behind an electric mirror to put this extra mechanism

2) The bottom section of the mirror is stationary, but bent at a similar angle so you can see the ground in that section. The only problem is that your view while going normally would be compromised.

I realize my issues could probably be solved with convex roundlets stuck to my existing mirrors, but they're annoying, get in the way of the regular mirror, and are small and difficult to see. I don't have any bad blind spots anyway--I just want to see the ground in reverse.
 
Dont they have those on Ford Excursions? Because the normal part of the mirror can't see anything short of a semi truck?
 
They have a seperate part that is convex, so you can see when you have a big trailer or something in tow. But it doesn't face the ground.
 
Keef: my buddy has a 02 TrailBlazer LTZ and when you shift into reverse the electric mirrors automatically tip down, then they tip back up when you shift into drive. If I remember right they call it "curb view assist" or something. I think other GM trucks have it too.
 
I want a tracking microchip on every small thing I own. From game cartridges to shoes and cell phones, having something like a universal remote that shows precisely where all this crap is would be very useful.
 
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Keef: my buddy has a 02 TrailBlazer LTZ and when you shift into reverse the electric mirrors automatically tip down, then they tip back up when you shift into drive. If I remember right they call it "curb view assist" or something. I think other GM trucks have it too.
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AMG Mercs have that too.
 
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Keef: my buddy has a 02 TrailBlazer LTZ and when you shift into reverse the electric mirrors automatically tip down, then they tip back up when you shift into drive. If I remember right they call it "curb view assist" or something. I think other GM trucks have it too.
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AMG Mercs have that too.
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And this is precisely why I'd rather have a bottle of Patron. Gran. Because everything else has already been though of.


I remember distinctly the after noon when I had an epiphany relating to cruise ships: If there were thrusters on the sides of the front end, the ship could then spin like a top and even go sideways if these were used together with the rudder in the back. I even expanded on that and decided to just put big pods on the bottom with powerful electric motors in them. These could swivel 360 degrees and keep the boat stationary, or they could propel it in any direction.

Two weeks later, to my disappointment, I was watching a Discovery Channel special about modern cruise ships...
 
A toaster which sprays the butter and any topping you like onto the toast once done. This ensures that an even spread is achieved over the whole slice.
 
fyfee
Not many people will post here, for the simple reasons that ideas they have are unpatented and people will try and steal them!:)

That being said, I always wanted a golf ball with GPS inside it, so when you lose it, it appears on a handheld device, I'd gladly pay $100 for a golf ball id never lose
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I found one of those at the weekend :sly:

Seriously though, self cleaning floors so the missus isn't constantly nagging me to vacuum them
 
fyfee
That being said, I always wanted a golf ball with GPS inside it, so when you lose it, it appears on a handheld device, I'd gladly pay $100 for a golf ball id never lose
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Depending on how often you play, and how good you are at keeping the ball on the fairway i'd say that $100 buys you a good supply of 'spare' golf balls. ;)
 
skip0110
Do you not know noone who is not underage?
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I tried to work this out, but my head exploded.

I was thinking about a device that works similar to RDS on car radios, but instead of butting in to give you traffic reports, it told you that an emergency vehicle (police, ambulance, fire engine) was heading in your direction on its way to an emergency. It would be a device in each emergency vehicle that transmitted a local signal when its blue lights and siren was on. Your radio would pick it up and warn you which direction it was coming from.

But then I read someone had invented it already :grumpy:
 

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