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Do you ever think up a cool new innovation, or technological advancement that you know would make you millions if only you knew how to code/invent/engineer?
And, of course, we’ve all gone, “How is this not a thing already?” at some point in our lives.
I know we’ve come a long way, but maybe we should be farther ahead in some ways?
These AskReddit users agree wholeheartedly.
1. Gimme those numbers
“Why is there not a toll calculator implemented into online maps?
It seems like it shouldn’t be hard for Google or whoever to get the toll data and just display it when you have tolls on your route.”
2. We need this
“Reverse microwaves so we can cool sodas and beers really fast.”
3. Primitive
“I can’t believe no one has figured out how to get rid of cavities without drilling out your teeth.
It’s so primitive.”
4. Fix it!
“My biggest thing I want advanced is our monitors on ambulance.
Doing a chest pain call you have ten wires for the ECG, a blood pressure cuff, spO2 monitor and maybe a capno.
It’s a hell of a wire mess that gets caught and rips off the sensors and it’s super frustrating.
Make them all Bluetooth! If my furnace filter can alert me that it’s at 75% capacity I’m sure we can fix this.”
5. Glare problems
“Some kind of film/treatment on windshields that completely eliminates sun glare.
There have been so many times where I’ve been momentarily blinded and had to let Jesus take the wheel and just hope for the best for a few seconds.
Also whipped cream caps that don’t fall off if you even think in their direction. how is this still a problem??”
6. Not a bad idea
“Glow in the dark or light up lines on the road for when it is difficult to see in the rain at night.”
7. Just an fyi
“Improving technology has actually probably been the cause of shorter battery life. These days smartphones are mini computers, and their processors are more powerful than any computer 10 years ago (probably even more recently than that, I’m just being conservative). A lot of that is due to the rapidly increasing amount of transistors we can fit in a given area.
More transistors running means more power consumption, so despite the fact that battery technology has actually improved over the years, it has kept up with the rate the power consumption has increased to allow us to do all the cool shit we can do with our phones now. The reason old phone batteries lasted longer is not because those batteries were better, but because those phones didn’t do sh*t.”
8. Need a cure
“A cure for migraines.
Sometimes it seems more like voodoo rather than a scientific discipline.
They can’t even tell us why my wife gets them. She just does, and these two medicines that normally treat totally different conditions, when taken together, seem to help for some reason.”
9. GPS
“I drive for a living.
GPS tech, including Google Maps and Waze, is amazing and works beautifully the majority of the time.
But why in the HELL does it not know which way I’m facing when I take off?
In a big truck, it is a MASSIVE pain in the ass when I don’t know which way to turn when I take off because the GPS doesn’t know which way I’m facing.
Making a wrong turn in a big truck costs a lot of time and trouble, and sometimes causes very unsafe situations.”
10. A lot of people would be very happy
“A cure for baldness.
I can remember watching Captain Picard on ‘Star Trek The Next Generation’ back in the day and thinking “they haven’t cured baldness hundreds of years in the future yet?!?” “
11. I can’t hear you
“A cure for tinnitus.”
12. Unreliable
“Printers that actually f*cking work when you need them.”
13. No more coughing
“A cure for allergies/the common cold.”
14. Calm down
“A f*cking machine that will fold your f*cking laundry.”
15. Just that easy
“It’s almost 2019 how the f*ck do TV remotes not have a built in page button.
Can’t find the remote?
Walk to the TV hit the page button the remote starts beeping.
It’s just that easy guys.”
And there ya have it!
Are you surprised that these things don’t exist? Would you want them to exist?
Let us know in the comments!
