Inventions to make life easier

[Loztastic]

if you could invent ANYTHING to make your life a bit more simple, what would it be?

I would like to suggest a cream you apply after shaving, that stops you needing to shave again for, say, a month

[Treppa]

I'd like a device that attaches to the mailbox which incinerates junk mail and leaves important missives untouched.

[Studpuffin]

I'd like a musical instrument even anyone could play with skill with little or no training.

[Twin Agate Dragons]

Core Waste Dump from Master of Orion 2. Get rid of all junk forever.

[Twin Agate Dragons]

*holobands from the tv show caprica*

I want my VRnet damnit!

[sozin]

automatic computer wire (power, ethernet, etc) untangler. sysadmins around the world would sob for joy.

[Chef's Slaad]

A machine to do your housework for you.

(yes it's sunday, guess what I've been doing all morning)

[Tiny Coffee Golem]

Semi-inteligent utterly loyal Nanites. It's ok. I'll be a benevolent dictator.

[Krensky]

sozin wrote:

automatic computer wire (power, ethernet, etc) untangler. sysadmins around the world would sob for joy.

It's called an intern.

[Archpaladin Zousha]

The Point-of-View Gun from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I have a list of people I wanna shoot with one. And then I'd give it to some friends of mine so they could shoot ME with it and I'd be able to understand their positions on various topics better.

[BigDTBone]

sozin wrote:

automatic computer wire (power, ethernet, etc) untangler. sysadmins around the world would sob for joy.

Here you go!

Edit: Ugh, thread necro.

[Artemis Moonstar]

Slim Jim drinking straw for my booze. 'Nuff said.

[Kir'Eshe]

A cross platform music storage area (cloud) where we could access our music on whatever and whosoever device we want to use.

[Sissyl]

A high capacity, large scale router for random path distribution of incoming messages, automatically encrypting the traffic, for a low cost.

[Krensky]

Kir'Eshe wrote:

A cross platform music storage area (cloud) where we could access our music on whatever and whosoever device we want to use.

There are multiple services that provide this. Amazon, Google Play, My Music Cloud, etc.

Sissyl wrote:

A high capacity, large scale router for random path distribution of incoming messages, automatically encrypting the traffic, for a low cost.

You need to define the context and practical meaning of all those terms, but that sounds like a job for Linux or some other UNIX based system. I know I've set up WRT based routers with IP Tunneling and VPN before and the only real challenge of doing so with a full blown PC would be sourcing a suitable dual hosted MB or, more practically, a suitable add-on network card that will fit in a book or cube case. Or just go to the local swap meet, but a cheap old desktop and a cheap PCI NIC and have at it.

[LazarX]

Kir'Eshe wrote:

A cross platform music storage area (cloud) where we could access our music on whatever and whosoever device we want to use.

This pretty much exists. It's called Plex, you can set up your own music server and play music via web, IOS device, Android device, Apple TV and others.

The server is cross platform as well, it can be set up on MacOS, Windows, various router based devices, Drobo, and others.