15 Different Tech Advancements Out There That Anyone Cares to Explain Why We Don't Have Access to Them
15 first-world problems we can't believe aren't fixed yet.
2020 is about ready to slap us in the face. DECADE OVER.
A NEW ONE MUST BEGIN!
But how do we not have the basics, and more?
Why are there still starving children around the world?
Why are we still protecting adults as if they're children?
WHY, OH WHY can't we offer the most minuscule amount of protection to the children of the world?
Making technological decisions that work well is hard work, especially when they are clouded by all the other crazy mumbo jumbo we've referred to as advancements.
WHY CAN'T WE JUST GET SOME SIMPLE TECH STUFF, GUYS!
We may never know, but we sure can hope! Check these out: 15 advancements people wish we would have already made.
1. Thank the good Lord I don't have to worry about this. But if I did, I'd totally be annoyed with this too. What are tolls even for!?
“Why is there not a toll calculator implemented into online maps? It seems like it shouldn’t be hard for Google or whoever to get the toll data and just display it when you have tolls on your route.”
2. SERIOUSLY! Dry ice that sh!t!!!
“Reverse microwaves so we can cool sodas and beers really fast.”
3. Coconut oil. :)
“I can’t believe no one has figured out how to get rid of cavities without drilling out your teeth. It’s so primitive.”
4. This is genius, and I 110% support this!
“My biggest concern is advancing our monitors on ambulances. During a chest pain call, you have ten wires for the ECG, a blood pressure cuff, an SpO2 monitor, and maybe a capnometer. It’s a hell of a wire mess that gets caught and rips off the sensors, and it’s super frustrating. Make them all Bluetooth! If my furnace filter can alert me that it’s at 75% capacity, I’m sure we can fix this.”
5. Legitimately #shortpeopleproblems
“Some kind of film or treatment on windshields that completely eliminates sun glare. There have been so many times when I’ve been momentarily blinded and had to let Jesus take the wheel, just hoping for the best for a few seconds.
Also, whipped cream caps that don’t fall off if you even think in their direction. How is this still a problem??”
6. YES!!! Or the melody roads when you drive the correct speed limit!
“Glow-in-the-dark or light-up lines on the road for when it is difficult to see in the rain at night.”
7. Why can't my phone just charge with the sun, though?
“Improving technology has probably been the cause of shorter battery life. These days, smartphones are mini-computers, and their processors are more powerful than any computer from 10 years ago (probably even more recently than that; I’m just being conservative). A lot of that is due to the rapidly increasing number of transistors we can fit in a given area.
More transistors running means more power consumption, so despite the fact that battery technology has actually improved over the years, it has kept up with the rate at which power consumption has increased to allow us to do all the cool things we can do with our phones now. The reason old phone batteries lasted longer is not that those batteries were better, but because those phones didn’t do much.”
8. It's all about the brain and how it's hardwired. The structure is essentially the same for everyone, but it's so diversely different!
“A cure for migraines. Sometimes it seems more like voodoo rather than a scientific discipline. They can’t even tell us why my wife gets them. She just does, and these two medicines that normally treat totally different conditions, when taken together, seem to help for some reason.”
9. Why does GPS get SOOOO confused?!
“I drive for a living. GPS tech, including Google Maps and Waze, is amazing and works beautifully the majority of the time. But why in the HELL does it not know which way I’m facing when I take off? In a big truck, it is a MASSIVE pain in the ass when I don’t know which way to turn when I take off because the GPS doesn’t know which way I’m facing. Making a wrong turn in a big truck costs a lot of time and trouble, and sometimes causes very unsafe situations.”
10. My husband would love to get in on this one!
“A cure for baldness. I can remember watching Captain Picard on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ back in the day and thinking, “they haven’t cured baldness hundreds of years in the future yet?!?”
11. YES!!!!
“A cure for tinnitus.”
12. SERIOUSLY. I swear Wi-Fi connected anything is useless...
“Printers that actually f*cking work when you need them.”
13. ALL THE YES!
“A cure for allergies or the common cold.”
14. I'd rather have one that puts it away...I'll fold...You neatly put it in the drawers or hang it up!
“A f*cking machine that will fold your f*cking laundry.”
15. SERIOUSLY. I CAN'T FIND MY FIRE STICK REMOTE. SEND HELP!
“It’s almost 2019; how the f*ck do TV remotes not have a built-in page button? Can’t find the remote? Walk to the TV, hit the page button, and the remote starts beeping. It’s just that easy, guys.”
Is there anything you would add? Let us know before you go!
