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World's First Encyclopedia of Future Inventions
Deb Hellman writes "WIRED Magazine Writers, Cory Doctorow and Wil McCarthy, have joined VC Rick Patch and 2 futurists to judge the Immortalizer Technologies Project - a project designed to uncover a comprehensive list of future inventions. The project is being spearheaded by a futurist think-tank, the DaVinci Institute. The goal of the project is to create a compendium of future inventions, a roadmap of sorts for innovators. They probably won't get it right in the first edition, but I like how Tom Frey is thinking on this one. People can submit their ideas and have a future invention named after themselves. Deadline for submissions is April 30th."
Hey look! Prior art!
Luckily I've not had to enforce my patent yet, since every invention since 1998 (including patented ones but excluding mine) are ideas blatantly stolen from prehistoric (pre-1996) times.
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So basically these are people that came up with cool ideas but were too lazy or too poor a writer to write a Sci-Fi story about them.
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I predict... flying cars will be commonplace! Oh wait, that was the predictions for 2000..
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Also: there's some prior art on the Instant Sleep machine. The USAF has been using this technology for some time under the codename "amphetamines."
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Bastards! I came up with this idea next week!
How about the "Death Clock" or maybe the "Smellescope"?
[Yes - I watched Futurama on TiVo last night.]
My dad invented the automatic lawn mower. The project was concieved on a rainy night in 1978. It had voice recognition, anger avoidance, and would even refill the gas tank! It took a little over 10 years to develop, but once perfected I got paid $10 every two weeks to keep the lawn trimmed.
"Derp de derp."
Hmm, but when the future arrives it is no longer the future, it is the present, and then instantly the past, thus any invention I create in the future will be created instead in the present and the rapidly the past, thus your patent doesn't apply. Nod. Sure. Works here.
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"Deadline for submissions is April 30th."
When did they start accepting entries?
April 1.
You may have a point about these guys being failed Sci_fi writers, I mean look at the names associated with it.
"VC Rick Patch" - If that isnt a sci-fi name then ive never watched Robotech
"The DaVinci Institute" - Obviously a front for M15
And Cory "Doctor O" - This would have to be the leader at The DaVinci Institute.....
Man with a name like "VC Rick Patch" I could rule the world!
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"My dad invented the automatic lawn mower.... I got paid $10 every two weeks to keep the lawn trimmed."
My dad invented the self healing computer. Only I got paid in porn bookmarks.
9. Impervious material (like Adamantium, General Products Hulls, Mithril)
Plus last night's steak dinner
7. Time machine
A point in time where the book becomes 100% accurate could prove this invention had (or will have) been invented. Think about it....
4. Stasis Field (see Larry Niven....who needs a fridge when you have one of these?)
Built into every Twinkie. They never age.
1. Brain wave reader machine that makes telepathy a reality.
My wife already has one. I can't get away with anything because she finds out about it. She just won't admit to having such a device.
Actually, that really sounds ike management.
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Is Duke Nukem Forever on the list ?
I don't think the problem with the Instant Sleep machine is the fact that your employer gets more productivity... the REAL problem is "Where's the time for sex?" :)
I'm working on a helmet with "eyeports" that only allow you to see things worth looking at and "earphones" that only allow you to hear things worth hearing.
My prototypes are available at the supermarket under the code name "brown bag please".
I'm going to invent the anti-apostrophe, so that I don't have to see misplace apostrophes in other peoples' writing.
I don't think the problem with the Instant Sleep machine is the fact that your employer gets more productivity... the REAL problem is "Where's the time for sex?" :)
Easy. The "Instant Sleep" machine would be right next to the "Instant Sex" machine. Step inside, and come back out "satisfied".
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Ummm... Can we make this an "Instant Sex Suit"?
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