What needs to be invented?

I'd like it if someone would invent a way to have bubbles of heat or air-conditioning, both stationary (like by the medicine cabinet to keeps meds at proper temp) and portable, so that I could sit or walk around the house and a small heated (or cooled) area would go with me. Then we save a lot from not needing heating and cooling entire houses. Oh I guess water pipes would need their own too.
 
It'd be cool to have something like a stethoscope or headset or other portable device that would allow your doctor to literally (temporarily) feel your pain and ascertain the exact source of it. Something you could just hand to him or her and say "Brace yourself, Doc," and then watch them double over or have to sit down. Something that would make the old "This is gonna hurt me a lot more than it does you" even more nonsensical.

Imagine how much funding medical research would get, and how quickly medical treatments would advance.
 
jimintoronto said:
An electronic device that would be fitted to police vehicles that would shut down the engine of escaping vehicles. Using focused low frequency micro waves that would be aimed at the wanted vehicle, causing the engine's computer to stop working. JIMB.
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We have those. Auto manufacturers are putting that capability on most new vehicles, and some police departments have been given the shut-down capability for those vehicles. It uses 2 different frequencies, if I remember right, but not frequencies that just anyone can tap into. That was the biggest barrier for several years.
 
Murrmurr said:
It'd be cool to have something like a stethoscope or headset or other portable device that would allow your doctor to literally (temporarily) feel your pain and ascertain the exact source of it. Something you could just hand to him or her and say "Brace yourself, Doc," and then watch them double over or have to sit down. Something that would make the old "This is gonna hurt me a lot more than it does you" even more nonsensical.

Imagine how much funding medical research would get, and how quickly medical treatments would advance.
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No one can see pain. Thats why many times a medical professional will ask "describe your pain, on a scale of zero to ten, with ten being the worst pain you have ever felt "? As an Ambulance attendant I used that phrase, and I would also ask the patient to point ( using one finger ) to where the pain was the most intense. Further questions would be..,Is it sharp, dull, burning, or does it come and go ? Such questions don't require any special equipment, but the answers may be helpful in determining the problem later on at the hospital. JIM.
 
jimintoronto said:
No one can see pain. Thats why many times a medical professional will ask "describe your pain, on a scale of zero to ten, with ten being the worst pain you have ever felt "? As an Ambulance attendant I used that phrase, and I would also ask the patient to point ( using one finger ) to where the pain was the most intense. Further questions would be..,Is it sharp, dull, burning, or does it come and go ? Such questions don't require any special equipment, but the answers may be helpful in determining the problem later on at the hospital. JIM.
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Yes, of course. I hear *rate your pain* almost every time I see my doctor. Problem is, for people who've had years of chronic pain (decades, in my case), their 4 would likely be your 8 or 9. If you're accustomed to pain, that scale is garbage. I hate that scale.
 
@jimintoronto - about the pain-scale thing...what I sometimes do is rate my pain with a number that the person asking me to rate it would give it if they were experiencing it. So, you see the problem, right?

Fortunately, I've had all the same care providers for about 10 years, including the same spine specialist, so they're very familiar with the specific issues.
 
jimintoronto said:
An electronic device that would be fitted to police vehicles that would shut down the engine of escaping vehicles. Using focused low frequency micro waves that would be aimed at the wanted vehicle, causing the engine's computer to stop working. JIMB.
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One day, all vehicles will be connected to the internet, and what you described will be easy to implement. Big brother will be able to access your controls and gently pull your car over to the side of the road with your doors locked so you wouldn't be able to get out and run away once it stopped. They could even have some kind of tranquilizer gas that puts you to sleep so they could put the cuffs on you without having to beat the crap out of you and smash your face into the pavement.
 
Murrmurr said:
It'd be cool to have something like a stethoscope or headset or other portable device that would allow your doctor to literally (temporarily) feel your pain and ascertain the exact source of it. Something you could just hand to him or her and say "Brace yourself, Doc," and then watch them double over or have to sit down. Something that would make the old "This is gonna hurt me a lot more than it does you" even more nonsensical.

Imagine how much funding medical research would get, and how quickly medical treatments would advance.
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Murrmurr, I see you, too, have had "some discomfort" in your life.
 
DebraMae said:
A lawnmower that works like the roomba. You could program the area you wanted mowed and when it was done the mower would return home and plug itself back in.
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They're already on the market. Do an internet search for "robot lawn mower". I doubt this would work very well in my yard, what with the irregular contours, mole hills, fallen branches, and the occasional pile of bear scat. :ROFLMAO:
 
HermitHogan said:
One day, all vehicles will be connected to the internet, and what you described will be easy to implement. Big brother will be able to access your controls and gently pull your car over to the side of the road with your doors locked so you wouldn't be able to get out and run away once it stopped. They could even have some kind of tranquilizer gas that puts you to sleep so they could put the cuffs on you without having to beat the crap out of you and smash your face into the pavement.
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It's called GM OnStar. I heard it is being discontinued, but even more automakers are deploying similar things right now.
 

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