Toshiba Battle Royale

What technology would be better used for something other than its original purpose?
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John Abbott says:

The possibilities are endless! You could have a remote, like for car alarms and door locks, to open your house. We could have better multi-use vehicles. I mean SUV stands for Sports Utility Vehicle right? So how come there has not been a decent hybrid boat car made since the 1960’s? How come my SUV can go up a mountian but, if I want to fish in the lake at the toip of the mountain I have to take a boat with me? Why can’t I just drive the old “Explorer” (the name itself is false advertising) into the lake, switch my all wheel drive to boat mode, and the wheels tilt back to act as propellors. Then I could just slide the roof up in the back (another feature these things need) so that I could toss my line in and fish. This makes perfect sense to me. I have my flip down dvd to keep me occupied while I get a “beverage” from the plug in mini fridge and, the fish steal my worms while I relax.

Here is something else we could use differently, microwave ovens. Why do they just have to cook my food? Why can’t we make them bigger to accomadate my laundry or, put a communications pannel on them to handle my long range messaging needs almost instantly? They cook things from the inside out (supposedly but, everything is still always frozen in the middle) using microwaves so, why cant a little transmitter on the roof be hooked into this thing. Then the microwave is just encoded with a message to Great Aunt Haildaborg in Transylvania and she gets it in like 5 seconds. This would seriouly cut down on phone bills. As far as drying your clothes, don’t you always have to put the jeans back in for another 30 minutes? Why not just harness that intense microwave heat into the dryer? It instantly gets WAY hotter than the best dryers and costs a fraction of the amount in energy.

And what about those damn robots. All they can do is basic tasks now. I want a robot like the one on the new popular brand beer commercial that I won’t name incase they want to sue me. I mean she can replicate herself into three HOT robot chicks and poor me a tall frosty mug of beer. Where are the Cherry 2000 robots, the Futureworld bots, hell even the “Danger person whos’s name I can’t say, Danger!” robots? I don’t want to mow my grass anymore, I should have a robot for that by now damn it.

All I am saying is, why the hell are the scientists and inventors spending all their time looking for ways to make cleaner, free energy. Or they are looking for better ways to run our cars so we don’t waste all our petroleum resources and pollute our planet to death. I mean can’t some of that time be spent on making me a giant SUV that can turn into a boat with a tv and fridge or a hot robot that can poor me a beer? What about drying my socks in 30 seconds or sending Great Aunt Haildaborg a picture of my newest high score on Pac-Man? Am I asking to much for these things? I don’t think so no.

4 Comments

  1. Paul Says:

    Here ya go :http://www.gibbstech.co.uk/humdinga.php A SUV you can use as a Boat. check out the fourwheeler/jetski too. - You demand, Husqvarna answers - Robot Lawn Mower :http://www.automower.us/node158.aspx Or Try :http://friendlyrobotics.com/

  2. pbear Says:

    Metal zippers and rivets probably mitigate against your clothes being microwaved. God forbid you accidentally left change in the pocket…

  3. Dave Says:

    Sounds like you want technology to help you be more lazy? Get your big ass out of the SUV, cycle to the lake and go fishing.

  4. Matt Says:

    It’s a good concept. I’ve been wanting to make a lawnmowing system similar to the Automatic Vacuum Cleaner (as seen on TV) but in order to keep it from trying to mow over your prized squash plants, you would have to install some sort of radio wave field or grid under your lawn, then, using a computer or console, plot No Cut Zones. Chances are, it could be done. The grid might cost a bit of money, but I think not much more than the Underground Dog Fence. Wow I should get that patented right now.

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