#1: Thought Collector. Been working on that since I was 11 yrs
   old.
   So many others. I look at technology not with amazement but how
   far it has yet to go. Drives me nuts.

   Where's touch sensitive display paint? Just requires silicon as
   the carrier ('cause it's always rubbery) powered by light and
   movement (kinetics / quartz crystal stuff], embedded copper and
   carbon dots (maybe aluminum... not as conductive but less prone
   to patina)... and have it self-organize using electron charges
   and sizes of particles in such a way that they will assemble
   into the proper layers for a functioning touch screen and
   display.

   The colors would be handled by reflection; not backlit - there's
   plenty of ambient light around and you can paint it on surfaces
   that are backlit (or mirrored) if you *really* need the extra
   brightness.

   Tables floors, ceilings, buildingd, cars, everything can be a
   touch display.

   So obvious to me... nobody's done it. I'll die before I see it.

   Or at LEAST wallpaper/table coverings (embed everything ahead of
   time in some kind of resin or plastic - whatever).

   touch displays should be cheap enough that they can be printed
   on PAPER at least.. and thrown out or recycled. Get rid of these
   damn computers and phones already.

   If I want a 100" TV, slap it up on a wall. Done. Or the floor.

   Ok, I'm missing a few details... but damn, we're so far behind
   in technology.

   But instead we go "ooh and ahh" over little nothing changes they
   keep making to existing equipment. Ugh.

   Sorry for the rant. I was mad that the pocket computers that
   connected everybody to everybody else didn't exist in the early
   80s when I was a in middle school. And I kept waiting. And
   waiting. And waiting. Found the Internet. ok, part way there.
   Had a Handspring visor (palm pilot clone) - ok, that was close.

   But it wasn't 'til my iPhone where I was like, "FINALLY YOU GUYS
   ARE GETTING SOMEWHERE".

   But it's still primitive to me. Ugh. Sorry for the rant.