The Mad Scientists' Corner (Vol. 2). Ok, here's my most recent batch of things that I think the world would be better off with.
Coffee on the Tap. How come soda fountains have iced tea, but not iced coffee? Cuz a lot of times after a meal, I could really just go for an iced coffee. And why should it be that I can't just walk up to the fountain and get a cup of coffee pre-mixed with cream & sugar? I mean, I know that it's hard to keep coffee tasting fresh long after it's ground/brewed, but can't the same thing be said about teas? Ok, so the way I see it, if they can get iced tea on tap, and such a thing as (General Food's) International Coffee powdered coffee mix can exist, then there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to get coffee from a soda fountain, am I right? Seriously, I mean, Starbucks has pretty much got the hang of how to put out coffee on a massive scale (i.e. those bottled Frappuccinos). I bet if some other coffee company came along and put a comparable (but much cheaper) drink on tap, that'd be a pretty hefty step towards slaying the Starbucks beast.
VR CAD Gloves. Drafting is hard. Seriously. I mean, like, sure, drawing straight beams and stuff that connects at right angles isn't so bad, but more complicated shapes get really freaking tricky. A lot of times, it'd be easier to like gesture how something should be with your hands than it is to click it all into the computer by mouse. Well anyways, I was thinking back to a couple years ago when some joystick/controller alternatives appeared in the computer market and disappeared again shortly after (I think). Using gyroscopic action or some other such business, the controllers sensed when they were being moved in 3-dimensional space and used that as control input. Well, I figger, stick a bunch of those things on some gloves and you'd have a pretty convenient tool for a lot of computer input-related apps. Like to create a spiral you'd just stick a finger out and swirl it around a bit; to create a cylinder you'd make a circle with your fingers and move your hand in a line... that kinda stuff. I dunno, I think it'd be handy anyways.
Genetically Engineered Tapeworm. Tapeworms are parasites that live in your intestines and mooch off the nutrients of the food you eat, right? And (I'm not positive, but) I think people who have 'em tend to get pretty sickly. But that's the popular look in this sad day and age, isn't it? The skinny waif look is in? But aside from that whole malnutrition thing, another problem with tapeworms is that when they start reproducing, they can spread through your body, and, well, things get messy. Well, since genetic engineering is making some big strides these days, I think they should make designer tapeworms that in addition to being infertile would also only eat fat or something like that, leaving all the other necessary nutrients to its host. Then the relationship would be kinda symbiotic: you feed the worm, and it makes you skinnier (minus the usual risks). Everybody wins, hahaha.
REM Alarm Clock. Ok, I was trying to research this topic a bit more before I posted, but there's a lot of conflicting info on the net, so I dunno. I'll give you the gist of the idea, and if you actually wanna go invent it you can figure out the details yourself. Ok, so supposedly, the restful quality of sleep comes about when you get "complete sleep cycles." They say that you'll feel more rested if you wake up after a cycle than if you wake up in the middle of a cycle, even if it actually means getting less sleep. (So I've heard.) Well anyways, one of the major steps of the sleep cycle is REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement). And this is the part where I've read conflicting accounts... like some sites said that waking up during REM makes you feel rested and others said that it makes you tired. I dunno. Anyways, I think they could make an alarm clock that has sensors to monitor the sleeper's eyes. Like you know if you close your eye, touch a finger to your eyelid lightly, then move your eye around- your finger can feel the eyeball moving? There's gotta be some way to make a device to sense that. And that would signify what state of the sleep cycle you're in. And when you hit the right phase of sleep, the alarm would kick in and wake you up. But also, since you go through the cycles multiple times a night, you'd have to set the machine to like figure out how long your cycles are and like calculate how many cycles you'll be able to fit in and still wake up before the deadline. Crafty, no?
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Coffee on the Tap. How come soda fountains have iced tea, but not iced coffee? Cuz a lot of times after a meal, I could really just go for an iced coffee. And why should it be that I can't just walk up to the fountain and get a cup of coffee pre-mixed with cream & sugar? I mean, I know that it's hard to keep coffee tasting fresh long after it's ground/brewed, but can't the same thing be said about teas? Ok, so the way I see it, if they can get iced tea on tap, and such a thing as (General Food's) International Coffee powdered coffee mix can exist, then there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to get coffee from a soda fountain, am I right? Seriously, I mean, Starbucks has pretty much got the hang of how to put out coffee on a massive scale (i.e. those bottled Frappuccinos). I bet if some other coffee company came along and put a comparable (but much cheaper) drink on tap, that'd be a pretty hefty step towards slaying the Starbucks beast.
VR CAD Gloves. Drafting is hard. Seriously. I mean, like, sure, drawing straight beams and stuff that connects at right angles isn't so bad, but more complicated shapes get really freaking tricky. A lot of times, it'd be easier to like gesture how something should be with your hands than it is to click it all into the computer by mouse. Well anyways, I was thinking back to a couple years ago when some joystick/controller alternatives appeared in the computer market and disappeared again shortly after (I think). Using gyroscopic action or some other such business, the controllers sensed when they were being moved in 3-dimensional space and used that as control input. Well, I figger, stick a bunch of those things on some gloves and you'd have a pretty convenient tool for a lot of computer input-related apps. Like to create a spiral you'd just stick a finger out and swirl it around a bit; to create a cylinder you'd make a circle with your fingers and move your hand in a line... that kinda stuff. I dunno, I think it'd be handy anyways.
Genetically Engineered Tapeworm. Tapeworms are parasites that live in your intestines and mooch off the nutrients of the food you eat, right? And (I'm not positive, but) I think people who have 'em tend to get pretty sickly. But that's the popular look in this sad day and age, isn't it? The skinny waif look is in? But aside from that whole malnutrition thing, another problem with tapeworms is that when they start reproducing, they can spread through your body, and, well, things get messy. Well, since genetic engineering is making some big strides these days, I think they should make designer tapeworms that in addition to being infertile would also only eat fat or something like that, leaving all the other necessary nutrients to its host. Then the relationship would be kinda symbiotic: you feed the worm, and it makes you skinnier (minus the usual risks). Everybody wins, hahaha.
REM Alarm Clock. Ok, I was trying to research this topic a bit more before I posted, but there's a lot of conflicting info on the net, so I dunno. I'll give you the gist of the idea, and if you actually wanna go invent it you can figure out the details yourself. Ok, so supposedly, the restful quality of sleep comes about when you get "complete sleep cycles." They say that you'll feel more rested if you wake up after a cycle than if you wake up in the middle of a cycle, even if it actually means getting less sleep. (So I've heard.) Well anyways, one of the major steps of the sleep cycle is REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement). And this is the part where I've read conflicting accounts... like some sites said that waking up during REM makes you feel rested and others said that it makes you tired. I dunno. Anyways, I think they could make an alarm clock that has sensors to monitor the sleeper's eyes. Like you know if you close your eye, touch a finger to your eyelid lightly, then move your eye around- your finger can feel the eyeball moving? There's gotta be some way to make a device to sense that. And that would signify what state of the sleep cycle you're in. And when you hit the right phase of sleep, the alarm would kick in and wake you up. But also, since you go through the cycles multiple times a night, you'd have to set the machine to like figure out how long your cycles are and like calculate how many cycles you'll be able to fit in and still wake up before the deadline. Crafty, no?
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