Monday, February 28, 2011

Looney Inventions


Finding new invention is hard, but imagination is endless. I thought I would take a break from all the serious inventions and talk about something else.  The link below illustrates thirteen inventions that could become possible in year 3000 if not sooner.


The three funniest ones to me has to be: the toaster, that gives you a tan, save fuel, where a circus of people ride on a unicycle, and the parlor visit, where they just stamp your face with make-up.  These things aren’t new inventions, since it’s already possible to make them now.  They are also impractical, because 1) is just an over-sized toaster that resembles a tanning booth, 2) that only works in a circus because not everyone is that acrobatic and not everyone has that strength to support that weight, 3) there is no stamp that is a all-fit-in-one.

The three most practical devices that I would buy would be the shaving machine, the chair pants, and that underwater vehicle.  I don’t know how close of a shave that machine can give, but it sure beats having to look in the mirror and do it myself.

You all might think the chair pant is stupid, but how nice would it be if you’re like 70 years old or older.  You would die for a chair at that age and the wall can be like your backrest.  One thing that might be uncomfortable about this device is the point of interaction of the chair to your buttock.  Maybe they’ll develop like a panel to cover your butt before the poles come out and you won’t ever have to fear people touching your butt anymore cause you got like a plate over it. 

I don’t know about you all, but going into the deep-sea and seeing the sky from below is one of my biggest sights I want to see.  And having a mobile submarine is cool too.  You won’t ever have to worry about a lake stopping you from your destination.

The three most stupid inventions on that list has to be the sleeping exercising robot, athletes being carried while they play and the helicopter hat.

Sleep is suppose to be a relaxing time, not a time for some robot to disturb you in.  The machine would be fair from practical.  Not only would the machine prevent you from sleeping, but the movements from the robot would increase your heart rate, it would only make you feel like your having a nightmare with so much blood pumping through you.

If we were in the year 3000, I would expect robots to be playing sports against humans more than a human carrying another human to play a sport.  It’s so ridiculous.

As for the helicopter hat, just looking at the picture is enough said.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

MAGMA THE NEW ELECTRICITY





 

A new source of power is emerging.  Whenever we hear of magma, we think of volcanoes exploding.  Except now we are putting that extremely hot melting mess into good use.  Scientists in Iceland are converting this heated mess into a geothermal energy.  It is said that we use the steam from the magma to generate electricity.

I’m really glad that scientists are making use of magma, because this energy is wasted and evaporated into the air unattended.  With this new invention, we will be using more of what Mother Nature gives to us.  This type of energy is natural, because we are just using the steam from a natural cause of earth.  

With the advancement of using magma, scientist might be able to harness new technology that will be able to withstand great heat.  When that happens, we might be able to explore further into the earth’s core, as well as, get closer to the sun’s surface.