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05 Feb 2019, 4:57 pm

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Do they exist ? I thought I invented that in my head , there were vacuum sockets next to all electrical sockets in my invention.


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05 Feb 2019, 5:05 pm

Another one that has been partly invented is an efficient home power center. I burn natural gas, and 20% of the heat is used to run the chimney and keep the steam produced by combustion from condensing in the chimney. Better units use an air pump, and condense the steam. Fiat makes a generator set to both power and heat a home, however, where heat is the primary need, it would be even better using the motor to run a heat pump.
However, it probably pays better to forget the fuel, and use passive systems to maintain temperature, with solar for electricity as needed.



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05 Feb 2019, 5:09 pm

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I know someone with one of those vacuum things. You just plug a hose into holes in the floor. It's not a big posh house, though, just a tiddly terrace. It was already in the house when she bought it.

I quite like those robot vacs that tootle round your house... but not sure if I trust robots... I've read too much sci -fi with black AIs and deranged war droids...


Here, a Roomba would choke on socks, etc. and I'd have to check it for expensive little tool bits and other treasures. I don't know of anybody who could use one.

Whole-house vacuums are powerful, so they have long hoses. The inlets are less frequent than electrical outlets.



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05 Feb 2019, 9:00 pm

Dog :ninja: owner :ninja: shock collar

The owner scans a tag, in and out of off leash areas. Everywhere else, the dog must be on leash or the owner gets a electric shock

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Extrovert muzzle. Idiots talk too much and too loudly and there are too many of them

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21 Mar 2019, 12:17 am

some kinda neural thing where you put on this special hat and it automatically mutes the noise of noisy environments while still letting you hear [selected] music and speech.



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21 Mar 2019, 12:18 am

this hat would also automatically block out all MAGAs.



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10 Aug 2019, 11:04 pm

Tooth cover for each time you drink something like soda or orange juice.



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23 Aug 2019, 10:11 pm

The ability to teleport to anywhere.



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23 Aug 2019, 10:14 pm

an OTC cure for dry mouth.



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24 Aug 2019, 1:54 am

A cure for insomnia :wall:


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24 Aug 2019, 2:21 am

a plug in device that quiets noisy car interiors electronically.



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24 Aug 2019, 4:41 pm

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A cure for insomnia

I'd also love a cure for insomnia. Not pills that sort of knock you out for a while and leave you groggy the next day, but something that just sends you into deep, natural, restful sleep all night.

If they could grow new lenses in the eyes and repair damaged hearing cells, that would be great too.



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25 Aug 2019, 12:06 am

some deep-pocketed entity with a nerdy side of them, should develop a working and marketable digital loudspeaker for the masses.



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03 Sep 2019, 7:25 pm

a compact microwave oven that also can sear/roast. a battery-powered portable camp-able microwave oven.



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03 Sep 2019, 7:27 pm

Cures for tinnitus, insomnia, anxiety.

A cure for cancer.

Lights that don't kill our eyes.


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03 Sep 2019, 7:28 pm

A way to turn invisible, to combat agoraphobia.


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