[Pauly Wauly]

I would invent a time machine so I could go back to 2011 to buy Bitcoin. One of my sons asked me to invest $1000.00 in Bitcoin in 2011, and I thought there`s no way I am wasting $1000.00 in some pyramid scheme

[M_Six]

A colleague of mine and I were contemplating a start up business back in the early 90's. I borrowed $10k from my folks for it, but then we never did get around to starting things, so I paid my folks back. If I had taken that $10k and bought Apple stock and let the dividends buy more stock every year, I'd be filthy rich now.

To your original question, I'd invent a tri-corder type device that could be used to scan your entire body for things like cancer or other issues while they were still treatable/correctable.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

A colleague of mine and I were contemplating a start up business back in the early 90's. I borrowed $10k from my folks for it, but then we never did get around to starting things, so I paid my folks back. If I had taken that $10k and bought Apple stock and let the dividends buy more stock every year, I'd be filthy rich now.

To your original question, I'd invent a tri-corder type device that could be used to scan your entire body for things like cancer or other issues while they were still treatable/correctable.

Like an MRI but better?

"A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan is a non-invasive medical imaging test that produces detailed pictures of the inside of the body. MRIs are used to diagnose and treat a variety of conditions, including:

Brain and nervous system
MRIs can detect brain problems like strokes, Alzheimer's, and brain injuries. A special type of MRI called a functional MRI (fMRI) can map brain activity by looking at blood flow in the brain.

Heart and blood vessels
MRIs can evaluate the heart's chambers, valves, and blood flow, and diagnose conditions like tumors, infections, and inflammatory conditions.
Bones and joints

MRIs can detect joint injuries or diseases, bone infections, and tumors of the bones and soft tissues.
Breast cancer

MRIs can be used with mammography to detect breast cancer, especially in people with dense breast tissue.

Prostate cancer
MRIs can detect prostate cancer and evaluate if it's spreading.

MRIs use a large magnet and radio waves to create images of the body. The MRI scanner is a large tube that contains powerful magnets. During the scan, you lie inside the tube and need to lie as still as possible. MRI scans are painless, but they can be noisy, so you wear ear plugs or headphones."

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Like an MRI but better?

Exactly. Something hand held instead of a device that practically needs its own building.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Exactly. Something hand held instead of a device that practically needs its own building.

I went for an MRI a few months ago. I couldn’t do it. You get in to this tight tunnel like machine, they give you earplugs and a button to press if you can’t take it. As soon as that machine started banging away my claustrophobia took over and I pressed the button and that was it for me. Yeah, we need something better.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I went for an MRI a few months ago. I couldn’t do it. You get in to this tight tunnel like machine, they give you earplugs and a button to press if you can’t take it. As soon as that machine started banging away my claustrophobia took over and I pressed the button and that was it for me. Yeah, we need something better.

I had one done decades ago after a motorcycle accident. My thought was that they needed to paste up something interesting to read on the inside of the tube. It was boring (and loud).

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I had one done decades ago after a motorcycle accident. My thought was that they needed to paste up something interesting to read on the inside of the tube. It was boring (and loud).

I had a CT scan a month or so before the MRI, both were for my back. The CT scan was bigger and quiet. I was in it for the better part of a half hour. The cool thing was I was laying on my back and they had the ceiling painted with tropical island looking pictures. It kept me busy looking at all the detail and the time passed quickly.

And I would never call that terrible MRI machine boring. Lol

[Pauly Wauly]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I went for an MRI a few months ago. I couldn’t do it. You get in to this tight tunnel like machine, they give you earplugs and a button to press if you can’t take it. As soon as that machine started banging away my claustrophobia took over and I pressed the button and that was it for me. Yeah, we need something better.

I remember that. I had a few MRIs done for my back, back in 2005 and it was a piece of cake ,

Originally Posted by M_Six

I had one done decades ago.... My thought was that they needed to paste up something interesting to read on the inside of the tube. It was boring (and loud).

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Pauly Wauly

I remember that. I had a few MRIs done for my back, back in 2005 and it was a piece of cake ,

Obviously you don’t suffer from claustrophobia. It's a real thing. Look it up.

Here, I did it for you:

"Claustrophobia is an irrational fear of confined spaces that can cause intense anxiety or panic attacks. People with claustrophobia may experience:
Fear of suffocation or restriction
A desire to escape
Avoiding confined spaces
Physical symptoms like a racing heartbeat, shortness of breath, and sweating
Emotional symptoms like fear of losing control, fear of fainting, and feelings of dread"

[Pauly Wauly]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Obviously you don’t suffer from claustrophobia. It's a real thing. Look it up.

Here, I did it for you:

"Claustrophobia is an irrational fear of confined spaces that can cause intense anxiety or panic attacks. People with claustrophobia may experience:
Fear of suffocation or restriction
A desire to escape
Avoiding confined spaces
Physical symptoms like a racing heartbeat, shortness of breath, and sweating
Emotional symptoms like fear of losing control, fear of fainting, and feelings of dread"

I can`t stand confined spaces, so you can say that I am claustrophobic, (I`m also scared of heights), (acrophobia) but the MRI machine didn`t make feel like I was in a confined space.
People experience things differently

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Pauly Wauly

People experience things differently

Very true.

[Esteban]

Also, there's a reason they give you a panic button in an MRI machine.

[Maynard]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I had a CT scan a month or so before the MRI, both were for my back. The CT scan was bigger and quiet. I was in it for the better part of a half hour. The cool thing was I was laying on my back and they had the ceiling painted with tropical island looking pictures. It kept me busy looking at all the detail and the time passed quickly.

And I would never call that terrible MRI machine boring. Lol

Ask your doc if an open MRI will do for what you are working up. They can also rx you a one-time anti-anxiety med (sedative, xanax is popular, or valium).

[Maynard]

And if I was inventing, it would be a 20-25 gallon gas tank for the M2C .

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Maynard

Ask your doc if an open MRI will do for what you are working up. They can also rx you a one-time anti-anxiety med (sedative, xanax is popular, or valium).

Thanks, back problems are better now. Food for thought for the next time. Hopefully there won't be a next time.

[///MPhatic]

A truly fantastic wearable health monitor that would call EMT's automatically.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by ///MPhatic

A truly fantastic wearable health monitor that would call EMT's automatically.

Try living with the gadget that's implanted in my chest driving my ticker. The thing actually notifies my doctor if I skip two doses of diuretics, and I have to go in for an office visit to 'splain myself and get poked/prodded looking for fluid retention.

As for what I would invent, I can say with certainty that it would *not* be a hydraulic toilet plunger again. I invented one in my teens when my grandparents' toilet was draining slowly...and it was powerful enough to blow a hole in the sewer line in their front yard where a tree's roots had punctured the pipe and caused the blockage. Lots of shoveling in crappy mud water that day.....

[///MPhatic]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Try living with the gadget that's implanted in my chest driving my ticker. The thing actually notifies my doctor if I skip two doses of diuretics, and I have to go in for an office visit to 'splain myself and get poked/prodded looking for fluid retention.

Doctors are the very last line of life defense, EMT's are the very first.
Doctors get money for every visit, EMT's show up for free.

EMT's FTW, nurses second, doctors last.

[UncleWede]

Something that would at least tell me which piece of furniture in the bedroom I need to crawl under to find the cover to the bed control my wife dropped on the floor AGAIN

[MassWholeBimmer]

A machine where u dump in dirty clothes, and they come out clean, dried, sorted, and folded.

When you think about it, with all the technological advances in just about everything else, the process of washing clothes is very similar to what it was in the 1930's.

[3.0L]

A couple decades ago my imagination was inspired by an a-hole driver. We
were returning home from a very nice 2-week vacation when some idiot in a
little penis truck started tailgating me. I was towing a tent-trailer, doing 55 MPH in the right lane of a 4 lane highway. Eventually Mr. Little Penis passed me…
almost. When he was about half passed he started moving towards our car
and into my lane. I was on the horn while simultaneously taking evasive
action. The truck driver was unaffected by my horn and kept right coming.
I’m sure he did this reckless maneuver on purpose and I have no clue why.

So my dream invention: A device that remotely lets the air out of their tires.
Just type in their license plate number, then select one of the 4 tires and push
a button. All from the comfort of your easy chair while enjoying your favorite
brew. Do it at night. Then wait a week or so and pop another one, and so on.

[UncleWede]

Idiot car driving dart

Enter a description and/or video of the idiot maneuver. Fire a dart that sticks to the car. To get them removed, they must visit a law enforcement office, where review could lead to citation.

Until they go to the law office, the accumulation of darts would be a warning to all other drivers.

Thoughts, Sedan_Clan ?