Pretty brooches that played music for example.

iPod earrings? That’d be nice.

If like me you are unfortunately blessed with Zellweger syndrome (doesn’t matter how thin you are your face still looks podgy) then chew some Fat Gum.

You know when you chew gum and it goes all hard – it gives your jaw a real good workout.

Until then, just call me Renee. Sigh…

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If you’ve ever had an ear infection you’ll know how excruciatingly painful it can be. You’ll also likely have walked around after applying some ear drops with your head over at a right angle to stop the stuff from dribbling out.

When you go to bed at night, you’ve packed your ears with drops and cotton wool to keep it there. Why isn’t there an easier way to manage an ear infection?

What about medicated ear plugs?

They could be impregnated with medicine. As your body warms up the earplugs the medicine is released into your ear canal. Using body tempreture to help the administering of the medicine could mean that the ear plugs become a kind of slow release mechanism – so that you keep getting a ‘trickled’ dose.

And the medicine wouldn’t run out either.

Someone? Anyone? Make some?

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While you’re out shopping, you can walk to an ATM and see what money you have in your bank account. If  your phone browser will let you can log in to your bank account online to see your funds.

But there are too many clicks for this process however, especially if you’re trying to navigate a packed Saturday high street with your face glued to your phone screen.

So…. Please banks, will you make it easier for us to stay in control of our money? This would be great:

1. Text a short code (that goes to your bank)
2. Get a reply asking for some password/pre-set PIN or Memorable Information.
3. Answer the question
4. Receive a text with the status of your account.

That’s it. Now you can go and buy that Starbucks coffee or that new lamp – knowing you’re not going to break the bank or go overdrawn by a few pennies that cost you ridiculously in daily charges.

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"Chink"

How many times do you raise a glass in cyberspace?

Wouldn’t it be great, if while you were on skype, or any other video chat service, there was a button (like the emoticons) that made the ‘chink’ noise of glasses clinking together – even tho you’re miles apart…

Shouldn’t be that difficult to make and integrate at all!

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Great thing that my granny had. I have one now and it has an alarm clock that goes off while the tea is brewing. I wake up to a great, ready-made cuppa without having to get out of bed to make it.

BUT! While the one I have is new(ish), it’s neither stylish nor fitting for a thirty-something household. So…. will someone please make them look better? Am sure they’d sell well.  There are stylish coffee makers – so why not for tea?

It’d be great if the modern Teasmade also sported:

• An iPod dock so you could choose what music you wanted to wake up to
• Digital options for setting it to go off on different days at different times
• One of those natural light thingies that made the room light up as it got to alarm time
• A radio

And be rebranded the Tea’sMaid! Might appeal to stockbroker types. But then they probably already have a maid.

There you go – that’s all the functions and design sorted. Now someone go make it and send me one :0)

Image by gruntzooki via Flickr. These shouldn't be in the science museum, they should be resurrected, given a make-over and be in my bedroom!

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Will someone PLEASE take my entire music library – sort it out – and send it back to me?

There are some wonderful tools out there, like TuneUp Media which I have and love. What I don’t have is the squillion hours I need to make a beautiful, UN-DUPED library.

Aaaghhhhhhhh!

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So there are these massive platforms out in the sea. When they’re done extracting, some are moved on, some dismantled.

But what about turning them into venues for other purposes?

Giving up Smoking: What about shipping out people who want to give up smoking and get fit? Being in the middle of the sea with no way to get hold of a packet of fags would be helpful. Fitness rooms and trainers could help them exercise all day long. Nutritionists could make sure that only the healthiest of foods make it out there too.

Prisons: Might solve some overcrowding issues

Data centres: Highly secure with natural air conditioning – might have a problem with the salty air though

Safe-housing for protection programmes

Sites for launching stuff into space

Secret Service training centres

Banks could use them as a massive safe

etc…

Great piece here: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Will-Offshore-Oil-Rigs-Be-Replaced-By-Underwater-Cities.html

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UPDATE: 8th October 2011. Well blow me look what just got announced on the news! Cosmopolitan picked it up as well. 

(Perhaps I should rename this blog to: “I Told You So” or “You Read it Here First” or “Hey! That’s MY Idea, Give it Back”)

What if you could get married ~ and have a three-year opt out clause with no repercussions (no-one has claim on the other’s property or possessions etc…). It’s simply annulled. No expensive divorce lawyers required. If you want to keep going – you can extend your contract.

Divorce lawyers note: you could charge handsomely for those who want to extend their contracts to each other.

Good for celebrities, teenagers and drunk people. A bit controversial – but it’s an idea all the same!

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No exceptions. Not 10, Not 15, etc…

What would yours be?

My list will be updated here – as soon as I decide…

Working on it right now.