Inventions you want to see by 2025

[Chazumi]

If you were single handedly in charge of making an invention a reality (gauranteed success) by 2025 what would it be?

Lets remove the concept of profitability, and just keep it a personal wish of a certain type of technology to make your life easier/better.

Take any type of invention you've ever seen/heard/conceived.

For example (and also my response) I would love to see:

A pill placed into a bowl and placed in a "microwave" for 2 seconds and out pops a plump juicy chicken or other such meal (think 'The Fifth Element' where Leeloo does this). This of course has nothing to do with my wanting to end world hunger, more so my desire to be even more lazy than I already am.

What would you like to make a reality?

 

[Junius]

Well it seems like movies have been promising us flying cars forever. However i would prefer to cut even that much traveling out and go with a Transporter/Teleporter device.

 

[Perfection]

Giant Death Robots

 

[Leifmk]

Well it seems like movies have been promising us flying cars forever.

Considering how a lot of people drive, we do not want to see that in three dimensions and at even higher speeds, so I guess I can get behind skipping directly to teleportation.

The invention I most want, though, is a device that allows me to punch people over the internet.

 

[GenMarshall]

Say it with me...

 

[mythmonster2]

Something that can replicate anything perfectly. Including itself.

 

[Ramius75]

youth and longevity serum

 

[ArneHD]

A device that enables transcendence ala Alpha Centauri or the Vorlons.

 

[JohnRM]

A way of life that doesn't destroy the planet.

 

[Silurian]

A cheap photovoltaic system (say $10 / m2 installed excluding scaffolding etc) that could be applied by painting it on and would last for twenty years, be non toxic and come in any colour you like.

 

[Truthy]

I want a social network from google so that they can steal more information from me and give me more advertisements.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Electric grids good enough to replace all internal combustion to lower global reliance on fossil fuels.

 

[NickyJ]

Say it with me...

For my own idea.... I'm not sure. There's such a wide variety to choose from that I can't choose just one.

 

[bhsup]

A truly effective automated lawn mower. One that can deal with steep inclines, open fences and get the fenced in back yard, solar powered, self-sharpening, completely maintenance free. I just want to be able to take it out of the box, turn it on, and never have to mow again, ever. Or trim, it does that too.

 

[Ajidica]

Those holographic screens you saw in Minority Report. All of the awsomeness of 3D without the ridiculousness of them.

 

[warpus]

A device that turns fully cooked chickens into tiny pills. Also, space elevator.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Cold fusion, or food replicators from Star Trek.

 

[Eukaryote]

Immunizations against irrationality.

(I admit, it would affect me as well. That's just self-awareness. Everyone would benefit from it.)

Edit: Misogyny, Misandry, Racism, and other prejudices fall under "irrationality."

 

[Cutlass]

Counter-gravity machine.

 

[Shadowbound]

I want my jetpack.