economically viable nuclear fusion.
A Universal translator. Not just so I could tell jokes to my German speaking friends, and the jokes would come out right, in German, but so that I could put a microphone outside, in the morning, and listen to what the sparrows are Actually talking about.
English to just about any language translation, and vice versa, is fraught with problems; the subtleties of language don't always go across, smoothly.
The sparrows? The kick up such a fuss, they have to be saying something, and even if it is "Look! Another crumb!" I'd love to know.
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If we are talking about real inventions to date: Mass production of steel and aluminium in furnaces.
If we are talking about fantasy: a machine that creates free electricity.
I would invent a super fast hair dryer, like those dyson hand dryers, that you could just put your hair into and it would dry it because my hair takes so long to dry and it would just be very useful :D x
a time machine allowing me to see the stock market in the future and for recreation the next jackpot on any slot machine.
Something that would stop Wars and Hunger in the World
What would your ideal invention be? Like, windows that convert sunlight into energy or flying cars?