content: Have you ever "invented" something in your mind yet didn't follow through which turned into a real product by someone else? I was wondering if there are other people out there if they would have had the financial means or the backing to make something but didn't and still see it come about? Without cheating I've got 3. Sirius radio -- I was stuck in traffic and thought it'd be great to have cable like radio channels in my car only to come home and do some research and a quick search ended up that I was too late :-( iPad : a friend and I were exiting the idea of a 10" form factor iPhone and never followed through ... This was when the first iphone3 came out ... Well we all know what happened ;-) Around the time of my first iPhone 3s, I was wanting an all in one phone and PC. I still haven't seen my idea in full yet but I'd say that the Ubuntu phone is pretty close. The reason it's not taking off is what I think is still missing from my original idea. Smart outlets : a buddy of mine talked me out of that one and a year later the Chinese were already making them. Realistic muscle : I was trying to figure out how a gel like substance could be activated by electrical charges to contract and expand ... Still haven't seen a real version but I read about how some university got fishing line to do almost what I was thinking. A more human like sex bot : a couple of guys in Tokyo are already doing pretty good ;-) There are many days I think about how if I wasn't confined by trying to get by and wasn't so busy I would have probably been doing something else :-( So why aren't I? I work from 7:30-5:30, eat dinner, do some freelance code and watch about an hour of TV before going to bed. Weekends are house projects and shopping with SO. Excuses ... Excuses ... Basically, since I've relocated, I've been able to start networking and I'm now in a better position to follow up on a few ideas but I've got to get my current software project into more customer's hands. These past 2 years have been busy but my next new idea will be followed up upon :-) How about the rest of you?