[MaxVO2]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I went for an MRI a few months ago. I couldn’t do it. You get in to this tight tunnel like machine, they give you earplugs and a button to press if you can’t take it. As soon as that machine started banging away my claustrophobia took over and I pressed the button and that was it for me. Yeah, we need something better.

****There are open MRI's now where one can stand, kneel or even sit, but they are not available everywhere. Really depends upon the type of scan needed but they are much less likely to trigger claustrophobia in patients in my experience.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by MaxVO2

****There are open MRI's now where one can stand, kneel or even sit, but they are not available everywhere. Really depends upon the type of scan needed but they are much less likely to trigger claustrophobia in patients in my experience.

Thank you, Maynard mentioned it earlier in this thread. Don't need it now, my back is better, but if needed in the future I'll ask for this.

[Alfisti]

A hands free faucet that works, how hard could it be?

[M_Six]

I'd like to invent a way to zap pests I see on the cams around my house. Possums and raccoons and the cats from the barn down the hill. They all come around stealing food from our outdoor cats. When I see them on the camera, I'd love to have a device to give them a static zap at the push of a button to scare them off.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

A hands free faucet that works, how hard could it be?

They never work for me. I must have invisible hands.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I'd like to invent a way to zap pests I see on the cams around my house. Possums and raccoons and the cats from the barn down the hill. They all come around stealing food from our outdoor cats. When I see them on the camera, I'd love to have a device to give them a static zap at the push of a button to scare them off.

Leaving food out will always attract other animals. Only way to stop the other animals from coming around is don’t leave the food out. Probably too late for that.

Are these your cats you’re feeding or are they strays? Any reason they can’t come in?

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by MassWholeBimmer

A machine where u dump in dirty clothes, and they come out clean, dried, sorted, and folded.

When you think about it, with all the technological advances in just about everything else, the process of washing clothes is very similar to what it was in the 1930's.

I'm going to get clobbered for this response, but I can take it.

For me, laundry is not a problem because my wife washes, dries, folds, and puts away.

I've offered to help many times but she doesn't want me anywhere near the laundry room. I think one time years ago I did a load and put some red-colored things in with some white things. Turns out my wife doesn't like pink.

[wizardofOz]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

I'm going to get clobbered for this response, but I can take it.

For me, laundry is not a problem because my wife washes, dries, folds, and puts away.

I've offered to help many times but she doesn't want me anywhere near the laundry room. I think one time years ago I did a load and put some red-colored things in with some white things. Turns out my wife doesn't like pink.

I think you are good...I'm the complete opposite to you, I don't want Mrs Oz doing any of that because my favourite shirts got dis coloured before and the machine was so full like it was going to break down, so I tell her to stay away..

[ASAP]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Like an MRI but better?

"A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan is a non-invasive medical imaging test that produces detailed pictures of the inside of the body. MRIs are used to diagnose and treat a variety of conditions, including:

Brain and nervous system
MRIs can detect brain problems like strokes, Alzheimer's, and brain injuries. A special type of MRI called a functional MRI (fMRI) can map brain activity by looking at blood flow in the brain.

Heart and blood vessels
MRIs can evaluate the heart's chambers, valves, and blood flow, and diagnose conditions like tumors, infections, and inflammatory conditions.
Bones and joints

MRIs can detect joint injuries or diseases, bone infections, and tumors of the bones and soft tissues.
Breast cancer

MRIs can be used with mammography to detect breast cancer, especially in people with dense breast tissue.

Prostate cancer
MRIs can detect prostate cancer and evaluate if it's spreading.

MRIs use a large magnet and radio waves to create images of the body. The MRI scanner is a large tube that contains powerful magnets. During the scan, you lie inside the tube and need to lie as still as possible. MRI scans are painless, but they can be noisy, so you wear ear plugs or headphones."

Both a CT scan machine and MRI could use modern improvements...

An MRI is essentially a spinning magnet that always needs to be on, is massive and costs like $1M. A CT scanner is simpler but produces radiation and hits you with a high dose every time you have one... you don't want to have those too often. Both seem like overkill and it would be nice to have something smaller and simpler.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Leaving food out will always attract other animals. Only way to stop the other animals from coming around is don’t leave the food out. Probably too late for that.

Are these your cats you’re feeding or are they strays? Any reason they can’t come in?

Yeah, it's a constant battle and has been for the dozen or so years we've had these outdoor cats. Neither of these two cats wanted to be indoor cats. Way back when after we had them spayed, they were inside for recovery and were miserable and wanting back out. So we have "kitty condos" with heat pads and we feed them daily. We had to have one other outdoor cat put down recently because she developed an intestinal issue that couldn't be cured and she was miserable. But she was 14 years old, which is pretty good for a cat that's lived outside her whole life.

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by M_Six

They never work for me. I must have invisible hands.

I get such anxiety when I go to wash my hands in a public bathroom, they NEVER FUCKING WORK.

[BMWGUYinCO]

I think I've actually thought of a couple of decent inventions.

1. BurnAlerts Sunglasses...one day I was at the pool with my wife and was wearing a pair of Serengeti sunglasses. The lens had a brownish orange tint to them and as I looked around, I noticed it amplified the color pink and red. I could see people starting to sunburn. But when I took them off, their skin appeared normal.
So it struck me - dial in the color of a lens to maximize the amplification of pink and red colors and market them as "BurnAlerts". You can wear them to sporting events, at the beach, pool, doing outdoor work, basically any activity out in the sun and not only protect yourself from burning, but anyone around you. Event helps to prevent skin cancer!

2. RakeAssist. For anyone who has had the displeasure of having to rake your yard, you know the blisters that form when handling a rake, even when wearing gloves. So I 3D printed a simple handle grip that could easily attach to the end of a rake at a perpendicular angle, so that you were holding that end of the rake similar to holding a gun grip for easier handling....and no blisters or wrist soreness!

My lazy ass never pursued either of these products....

[Alfisti]

I actually invented bottled water. No word a lie, true story.

Picture it, deep western Sydney (Penrith), 1988. I'm 12, standing in a typical australian indoor/outdoor shopping plaza. It's mid January and baking hot well over 100 degrees for my American friends. I'm so fucking thirsty, it's so damn hot. Mum gives me a few coins and tells me to get what I want from the corner store, they have juice, pop etc but I don't want that. I spot a tap I had used before, (these were in random places in Australia back in the day), but it was now unusable as the handle was removed.

Mum asked me why i didn't buy anything, because you know.... thirsty and 1000 degrees in the fucking shade, I turned to her and said, you know what ma, I reakon if you could bottle water people would buy it, i just want water.

Who would have known eh.

[MaxVO2]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

I actually invented bottled water. No word a lie, true story.

Picture it, deep western Sydney (Penrith), 1988. I'm 12, standing in a typical australian indoor/outdoor shopping plaza. It's mid January and baking hot well over 100 degrees for my American friends. I'm so fucking thirsty, it's so damn hot. Mum gives me a few coins and tells me to get what I want from the corner store, they have juice, pop etc but I don't want that. I spot a tap I had used before, (these were in random places in Australia back in the day), but it was now unusable as the handle was removed.

Mum asked me why i didn't buy anything, because you know.... thirsty and 1000 degrees in the fucking shade, I turned to her and said, you know what ma, I reakon if you could bottle water people would buy it, i just want water.

Who would have known eh.

****I'm thinking for older guys - they might feel they were back in time if they could buy bottled hose water instead of that uppity Evian or Fiji water, etc... Like going back in time to ones youth!!!

$5 a bottle. Guaranteed fresh from the hose with maybe a bit of mulch and dirt for authenticity!

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by BMWGUYinCO

1. BurnAlerts Sunglasses...one day I was at the pool with my wife and was wearing a pair of Serengeti sunglasses. The lens had a brownish orange tint to them and as I looked around, I noticed it amplified the color pink and red. I could see people starting to sunburn. But when I took them off, their skin appeared normal.
So it struck me - dial in the color of a lens to maximize the amplification of pink and red colors and market them as "BurnAlerts". You can wear them to sporting events, at the beach, pool, doing outdoor work, basically any activity out in the sun and not only protect yourself from burning, but anyone around you. Event helps to prevent skin cancer!

I've been wearing Serengeti glasses for decades and you're right, the brown lenses make reds pop. I can't tell you how many times I saw awesome foliage color or a blistering red sunset and took a picture, only to find later that the colors in the photograph weren't nearly as vivid as what I had seen. I should have invented a camera filter made with that same Serengeti lens glass.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by MaxVO2

****I'm thinking for older guys - they might feel they were back in time if they could buy bottled hose water instead of that uppity Evian or Fiji water, etc... Like going back in time to ones youth!!!

$5 a bottle. Guaranteed fresh from the hose with maybe a bit of mulch and dirt for authenticity!

Looks delicious!

[3.0L]

So my previous post was obviously self-serving and for revenge.

On the serious side, I wish I could invent a cure for nerve injuries and brain
injuries. It could be a gadget (surgery, implant, transplant…), or chemical
treatment of some sort.

I have 2 friends in wheelchairs; one a senior and the other in his 20’s. Both
outcomes were due to accidents. The senior fell off a ladder and later had a
stroke while recovering from the surgeries to his broken bones. The younger
fellow fell while climbing a treacherous mountain.

So while both of these accidents were preventable, I still wish there was a cure.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

So my previous post was obviously self-serving and for revenge.

On the serious side, I wish I could invent a cure for nerve injuries and brain
injuries. It could be a gadget (surgery, implant, transplant…), or chemical
treatment of some sort.

I have 2 friends in wheelchairs; one a senior and the other in his 20’s. Both
outcomes were due to accidents. The senior fell off a ladder and later had a
stroke while recovering from the surgeries to his broken bones. The younger
fellow fell while climbing a treacherous mountain.

So while both of these accidents were preventable, I still wish there was a cure.

Wish this gadget existed as well:

Had a friend when I was 20, friend was also 20, who lost control on his motorcycle and hit his head on a street curb and got severe brain damage and could no longer walk and could barely talk. Spent his life in a wheelchair. 50 years later he is still in a wheelchair. I visit him often. He lives in a nurse assisted facility (no family) and can hardly do anything for himself. Very sad. Life can be hard.

PS - Thank God for helmet laws. They didn't exist back then.

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by MaxVO2

****I'm thinking for older guys - they might feel they were back in time if they could buy bottled hose water instead of that uppity Evian or Fiji water, etc... Like going back in time to ones youth!!!

$5 a bottle. Guaranteed fresh from the hose with maybe a bit of mulch and dirt for authenticity!

Hahahhah for those of us from hot places, remember running it for like 5 minutes because the water was scalding?

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by MaxVO2

****There are open MRI's now where one can stand, kneel or even sit, but they are not available everywhere. Really depends upon the type of scan needed but they are much less likely to trigger claustrophobia in patients in my experience.

I want one! And I'll do anything to get it. But I won't do that.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

But I won't do that.

Start a GoFundMe?????

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Start a GoFundMe?????

Or OnlyFans? Which one do you think might be more lucrative.