Top 5 Inventions You Wish Were Real

When Lewis Black lamented what he believed the future would be like he was pissed that there were no flying cars at the dawning of the new millennium. I remember going to the "World of Tomorrow" in Disney World and it always seemed like the future was going to be pretty damn cool. In reality it seems the future only holds, overpopulation, global warming, disease, and political strife. So I thought what would be the top five futuristic inventions that I want to make my life easy. I left some room for comments and suggestions. What do you think we need that would round out a top 10?

5. Star Trek Beaming Technology

Have you seen gas prices lately? Driving sucks anymore. This tech would be a great time saver. The only problem is that I believe the minerals and gasses required for operation of the beaming technology can be found only the Saudi desert. So much for becoming less dependent on foreign energy!

4. X-Ray Glasses

Perverts everywhere are thinking, "hell yeah", but get your heads out of the gutter boys. I'm talking homeland security. No more pesky strip searches required, and no more nipple ring mishaps at the airport.

3. Robots

Dude, I hate cleaning my house. I want somebody else to do it for me. I realize that we run the risk of the artificial intelligence becoming self aware, but I'll be honest, I'm willing to take the risk. The last thing I want to do after a long work week is mow my lawn. I'll flirt with eternal bondage at the hands of emotionless machines if it gets me more free time.

2. Pharmaceuticals That Work!

What's the last disease that we cured? Do you remember? I know we've become really good at managing illness, but lets get some pills that actually remove the disease altogether. Then you can justify the billions of dollars going towards pharm companies every year.

1. Cold Fusion

Scientific experts say it will be at least another fifty years before cold fusion even becomes a possibility. It would be nice to have a limitless and clean source of energy, but hey let's do some more damage to the environment before we get serious.