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Fantastic Movie Inventions We Wish Existed

by Terrence O'Brien on June 13, 2009 at 02:01 PM


The movies are just rife with awesome gadgets and inventions that would come in pretty handy in the real world. My Small Business, a blog at the Sydney Morning Herald, compiled a list of its 10 favorite movie inventions, including details about potential real-world uses, and whether or not they're real (or even feasible).

The list includes obvious options, like the 'Men in Black' 'neuralizer' memory-eraser, teleportation devices, and time machines. More interesting, though, is the inclusion of noiseless Velcro from 'Garden State' and flubber, although we take issue with the latter being credited to the movie 'Flubber' staring Robin Williams. ('Flubber' is, firstly, a horrible movie, and, secondly, a remake of 'The Absent-Minded Professor.' Come on, Australia!)

Anyway, there are a couple of cinematic inventions that we're dying to see in real life. The shrink-ray from 'Honey I Shrunk the Kids' would make packing for extended trips much easier; imagine being able to carry a week's worth of clothes in a quart-sized Ziplock (how you get them back to normal size is up to you). We'd also pay good money to see a certain device from the Woody Allen classic 'Sleeper.' [From: My Small Business]

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