Inventions I need NOW - 2009 Edition

5 things we should have already

EVERYDAY OBSERVATIONS

3/30/20091 min read

Every now and then we all think of something that ought to have been invented already. Here goes my running list (to be updated whenever I think of something new or learn it's been invented)

  1. When I get some cold, cough, fever etc. I want the exact diagnosis right away - no clinical diagnosis ("it should be a viral - just wait it out"), no guessing ("let's try an antibiotic for a few days"), etc.

  2. Written, spoken language recognition everywhere. Scanned docs should not be treated as images. I shouldn't need my hands to browse the internet or flip channels in my tv/radio or turn off the microwave, etc.

  3. Not-dumb traffic signals - I should never have to wait several minutes at a light when there is no other vehicle in sight

  4. Easy-empty tooth paste tubes - getting the last ounce out should not require pro-wrestler strength

  5. One volume setting for all programs all channels, be it on TV, radio, iPod, whatever (I have a feeling this one is already around, just not available in the stone-age devices I tend to own)

Badri Srirangam