Future inventions.

[cornelius]

as necessity is the mother of all invention, these thigs should start to pop up. Maybe it's because money is the father of all invention, and don't forget some of their nasty offsprings

[kyektulu]

I hope so cornelius.
The state of mother earth really disstresses me.


Oh yes, I wont go into any details but myself and my partner have come up with an exceptional invention idea.
We are getting it patented and have been researching for the best value materials to make the prototype....

Fingers crossed it will set us up for life.... Im so excited.

[cornelius]

you intregue me... Hope you'll start a thread on it when the time comes.
fingers and toes crossed for you, Kye

[kyektulu]

Of course when we are up and running I will tell the world!

Thank you for your support cornelius your very sweet.

[Sibeling]

A thing that controls the weather would be good. You know, something like a satellite that flies in the sky and sends the rainclouds to the deserts instead of hanging around exactly when I want to have a garden party..

[Omega]

Originally Posted by Sibeling

A thing that controls the weather would be good. You know, something like a satellite that flies in the sky and sends the rainclouds to the deserts instead of hanging around exactly when I want to have a garden party..

Thought Sean Connery had already done that?

[kyektulu]

I disagree Sibeling, I really hope that such a device never gets invented.

As much as I resent the pouring rain when I have just had my hair done at a expensive salon and things It would greatly disrupt the balence of nature.
Just imagine if the weather control devices were in public use everyone would want perfect sunshine and we would go into drought...

[Omega]

I would love to have a weather control device.

[chrispenycate]

Hmm, weather control. Hard to do it local, though, too much butterfly. Still, macroscopically…
Runs away, enthusiastically ducking hard objects thrown at him.

[cornelius]

Maybe of you'd shift a bit here and there you could control the weather for a -day are two... Who cares for Butterfly -effects, I just want a bit of sun the 6-7-8 of feb.

I think it'd be better to focus on turning seawater into sweet water, that way you could get a bit of water in the dessert. I think you'd need to get a whole lot of water out of the ocean to cause negative effects... It would also solve the rising level of the see.

I'm just a kid, I wouldn't know.

[chrispenycate]

Originally Posted by cornelius

Maybe of you'd shift a bit here and there you could control the weather for a -day are two... Who cares for Butterfly -effects, I just want a bit of sun the 6-7-8 of feb.

I think it'd be better to focus on turning seawater into sweet water, that way you could get a bit of water in the dessert. I think you'd need to get a whole lot of water out of the ocean to cause negative effects... It would also solve the rising level of the see.

I'm just a kid, I wouldn't know.

>whisper mode "do I correct spelling mistakes? Oh, leave it" close whisper<
The calculations for "day or two" are more complicated than macro mods. Actually, as regards distilling water, weather control could be combined. If we could get less rain falling on the sea, which doesn't need it, and more on deserts and high mountain glaciers, it probably wouldn't stop rising sea levels much (there's an awful lot of ice on the polar caps) but could vastly increase the fertility of the bits left sticking out. Unfortunately this is bound to affect the habitats of some species negatively.
Still, the energy involved in one little anti cyclone is so enormous (not even thinking about hurricanes and such) that if you can't precalculate the position of your butterfly, before it's gained all that momentum, you can forget about convincing it to go elsewhere.
Perhaps I'll go back to my more conventional techniques for Sahara reaforestation.
Oh, and whatever it might look like from my point of view, from yesterday you're not a kid any more - sorry

[Sibeling]

Actually I didn't mean that common people who know nothing about the rules of nature should have weather controlling devices. I was thinking in the lines of scientific governmental institutions that work together with other countries to make the weather in the world better, make the deserts green and similar things.

[hermi-nomi]

There are many things from Harry Potter's magical world that scientists are working on developing including the Marauders Map, (see Prisioner of Azkaban) moving photos and an Invisibility Cloak (see Philosophers Stone)

All these are included in a link that I mentioned before but was unable to give you as a direct link ~ and now I can: http://www.futurebrief.com/jeffharrowpotter020.asp
This article describes the progress of developing the above mentioned items and even time travel!

The Invisibility cloak is a

'working prototype of "Optical Camouflage" from the lab of Susumu Tachi, Professor of Information Physics and Computing of the Graduate School of Info. Science & Technology, University of Tokyo!'

The cloak uses retro-reflective material ... and projectorrs and mirrors to render the wearer invisible! More links on the subject are given in the above link. How cool would it be to have an Invisility Jacket? Huh, huh? Major cool :-)

[cornelius]

Originally Posted by chrispenycate

>whisper mode "do I correct spelling mistakes? Oh, leave it" close whisper<
Oh, and whatever it might look like from my point of view, from yesterday you're not a kid any more - sorry

not a kid anymore ????

you may correct my spelling, no problem ( for me, but you'll have a lot of work )

[kyektulu]

I have seen this camoflage cloak in action on the tv before hermi nomi, they have a car with the same technology 2, its kewel.