Half-serious Products and Predictions

While your car bakes in the heat:   What are some of the technical issues that need study?

- How do you “turn off” the oven when the meal reaches the right temperature?

1. -Would it need an insulating shield that moves inside the dome automatically, covering the pot when necessary (if there is cloud cover, or meal is done)?
   

2. -Would there be a thermometer located inside the pot that transmits data wirelessly to a dashboard monitor or remote computer, or that triggers a “burnt food” alarm?
   

- Would a car solar cooker industry launch spin-off industries offering pull-out tables, refrigerators, dining-driving gloves, trash bins and grease-tolerant fabrics?

Cars Pre-damaged at the factory: There are other factors that could drive the dented-car industry. For example, there was always latent Insurance Rage: For years, folks with a perfectly-good running car had been offended when insurance companies chose to “total” their car rather than repair it after it suffered a damaged hood or fender. Over time, cosmetic repairs had caused insurance rates to skyrocket.

I predict this new industry will start slowly, because at first it will shock the sensibilities of Americans. But it will take hold. Eventually denting your car in a supermarket parking lot will be an event devoid of meaning. There will be no feeling of anger or sadness!