Why doesn't it exist?

[Daisuk]

The body scanning for clothes shopping thing is close. I've seen something about it before (this is the best I can find now, but I've seen better: https://qz.com/497259/could-3d-body-scanning-mean-never-entering-another-dressing-room-again/). 3D printing will also mean individually tailored clothes, rather than general s, m, l, xl sizes. It will be the proper end of the highstreet, for anything other than food and drink.

A babel fish though is virtually impossible. Look at how crap things like google translate still are, 40 odd years into computing, and that's with digital text. Spoken word is obviously analogue, so much more complex

Awesome! Thanks for the links, much appreciated. There's also this - http://www.fitnect.hu/

 

[Millsy_Yiddo]

It's usually the connection bit that goes. It's happened to every pair I've had since the 80s.

Guitar leads are the same actually. They've just been crap for 50 years and never improved. Dave Grohl had a dodgy one for a few songs at Glastonbury, so it's not about buying cheap.

I have an 18ft lead that I have owned for at least 10 years that is still going strong. Sometimes you just get lucky.

Absolute certainty it will brick itself during my gig tonight now...............