What would your sci-fi world look like?

Last night as I was drifting off to sleep I was considering blog post topics. As ideas came to me, however, I was too tired/lazy to turn on the light and jot them down as I normally would. And that's what led me to this Sci-Fi posting.

Wouldn't it be great if when you go to sleep at night you could plug your brain into a super cool contraption in your pillow which would store your thoughts, ideas, concerns, fantasies(!), while you sleep? You'd never wake up trying to remember that great idea or wondering who that disturbing dream was about. It would all be recorded (and password protected) for your review the next morning.

While I'm not a futuristic/science fiction fan or afficionado, I've got a few other ideas I'd like to see implemented:

• "Automatic" roads. Our system of roads and highways would be like conveyor belts. You'd put your car on the roadway, program it for where you want to go, and it would take you there automatically.  I guess you wouldn't even need your car, just some transport box to hang out in till you got to your destination.
• Replacement noses. Don't you hate when you have a cold or your allergies are driving you nuts and you just wish you could rip your face off to get some relief? Well, since most of the problems stem from your nasal passages, I'd like to have replaceable noses. When the one you're currently using becomes problematic, you just take it off and put on another one.
• Embedded communication devices. I imagine that within our lifetime we'll be able to implant chips in our bodies or brains which contain communication capabilities. These would allow us to simply say the name of friends or family members we want to reach, and if they can respond, we'd pick them up via some transponder in our ears. The same chips might contain our credit card information so we'd merely scan our thumbs or our retina when we want to make a purchase.

I believe I had another futuristic/technology idea, but since no one has yet invented my pillow brain scanner thingy, I can't remember what it was. Someone needs to get to work on that, pronto.

And while I'm making recommendations along these lines, if you have your own requests, please feel free to share!