If you were an inventor ....

missy · Post by **missy** » Thu May 15, 2008 3:00 pm

a self mulching deciduous tree. When the leaves begin to fall off, they turn into little tiny pieces before hitting the ground, thereby doing away with raking and the need for loud leaf blowers.

dwest · Post by **dwest** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:11 pm

missy wrote:a self mulching deciduous tree. When the leaves begin to fall off, they turn into little tiny pieces before hitting the ground, thereby doing away with raking and the need for loud leaf blowers.

Hey! that's a good one! Do you mind if I steal that and sell it to Monsanto?

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:56 pm

If I were driving and someone was tailgating I could make their oil pan bolt fall out.

I love this- please make the thing- NOW! so I can use it on the idiot drivers I meet every day, multiple times on my mail route.

Sober Sam · Post by **Sober Sam** » Fri May 16, 2008 3:55 am

cowtime wrote:
If I were driving and someone was tailgating I could make their oil pan bolt fall out.
I love this- please make the thing- NOW! so I can use it on the idiot drivers I meet every day, multiple times on my mail route.

If you meet them multiple times on your mail route, maybe you should think about your driving....

kennychaffin · Post by **kennychaffin** » Fri May 16, 2008 4:23 am

djm wrote:I would like a device that would destroy loudspeakers from a distance - say, as far as it takes to keep the noise down to an acceptable level.

djm

They already invented that, it's called a shoulder fired rocket launcher.

I just need a license to use it!

KAC

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:21 am

Gee, someone should write a song. <A TARGET="NEW" HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=PyPMy7V9moc& ... elated">If I had a rocket launcher I'd make somebody pay ...</A>

djm

kennychaffin · Post by **kennychaffin** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:56 am

To get back to the topic/question....

I'd invent the teleporter. It would change everything.

KAC

A-Musing · Post by **A-Musing** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:38 am

I'd create an ad-on automotive device that would increase my gas-guzzler's mileage to 200 miles per gallon. (Or more, you say...?)

kennychaffin · Post by **kennychaffin** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:39 am

A-Musing wrote:I'd create an ad-on device that would increase my gas mileage to 200 miles per gallon. (Or more, you say...?)

With a teleporter you wouldn't need it.

KAC

A-Musing · Post by **A-Musing** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:41 am

With said teleporter, can I bring all my stuff?

kennychaffin · Post by **kennychaffin** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:45 am

A-Musing wrote:With said teleporter, can I bring all my stuff?

Oh Yeah!

or just pop back and get what you need, when you need it.

KAC

tansy · Post by **tansy** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:45 am

an engine for a car that would run off of urine. A true beer drinkers dream.

'been workin' on both for some years now.

A-Musing · Post by **A-Musing** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:51 am

Hey KAC...
I require all the comforts of my personal vision of home...when I "get there." How will your wondrous teleporter provide this?

kennychaffin · Post by **kennychaffin** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:59 am

A-Musing wrote:Hey KAC...
I require all the comforts of my personal vision of home...when I "get there." How will your wondrous teleporter provide this?

It doesn't use fossil fuel.

KAC

Ronbo · Post by **Ronbo** » Fri May 16, 2008 12:32 pm

kennychaffin wrote:
A-Musing wrote:Hey KAC...
I require all the comforts of my personal vision of home...when I "get there." How will your wondrous teleporter provide this?
It doesn't use fossil fuel.

KAC

Considering the fact that the teleporter would likely require about 10^9 times as much energy as the galaxy produces, fossil fuels are a little out of the question.

You'd have to constitute two separate black holes, connected by the inevitable wormhole for each location you wish to transport between. It won't become a widely sold appliance in quite a few years. Somewhat of an engineering problem there.