Washed my car this morning, took me 1 hour and 30 minutes, and I am expecting body ache tomorrow.
So here are a few ideas that came to my mind, hope there are smart people out there who will make these a reality.
(1) Self-cleaning system
This is very straight forward, a car that can wash itself! Though I have two variations in mind.
(1a) Real-time poop cleaning system
This is my current pet peeve, for despite parking in concrete, shaded parking lot without any piping or perching place overhead, some avian pests keep leaving their poop all over my car. Fly-by bombing or something.
So I am thinking about some smart sensing technology coupled with strategically placed nozzles that can deliver stream of presurrised water to wash off the poop as soon as it lands, minimising or eliminating the mess and stain potential of dried poop.
Probably need some skin sensor or visual sensor, adjustable nozzles and smart Artificial Intelligence (AI) for targeting and determining whether the poop is cleaned.
For this application can probably just utilise the wiper water tank and some pressurising mechanism.
(1b) Full car body self-cleaning system
The above idea is for a very specific problem, but then the concept can be applied to the whole car really.
Will probably need more comprehensive coverage of nozzles, with the added capability of delivering cleaning agent, for example soapy liquid or foam.
It's not economical to be lugging around the volume of water needed for a complete car wash, not to mention how it will impact the car design and fuel efficiency. So the idea is to have the sensing mechanism, the nozzles and delivery system built-in to the car, while there are ports or connectors for the water supply and cleaning agent. Think something like the fuel opening, only it's a quick-release connection for liquid.
Also it's assumed we can properly clean the car exterior using pressurised water jet without rubbing, which I think is feasible given the right delivery.
The nozzles and delivery system will blow air to get rid of the water as the last stage of cleaning. Probably will need an air pipe line in addition to the liquid pipe lines.
Both (1a) and (1b) rely on smart AI and sensors, which are really existing technology, just need to figure out the implementation.
(2) Automatic high precision instant response non-lethal surface-to-air projectile system
This is a retaliation preventive measure system to discourage those avian pests from repeating the offense. Erm, ya...
Let's just make it clear that I am an evil person, never did deny that. The hate is real and revenge is sweet. =P
It's probably not a far stretch to have the sensing system extended to cover the surrounding area of the car. It doesn't have to cover a huge area since indoor parking lot is not a wide open space after all. It just need to cover the area that a fly-by bombing avian pest can realistically reach.
I haven't a clue on SAM or weaponry but these are existing technology anyway. Something that can target, track and fire high velocity projectiles with high accuracy and super fast response and firing rate.
Once the real-time sensor in idea (1) detected a poop (and proceeds to do the cleaning), this system #2 will kick in to acquire the offensive target, tracks it and fires the non-lethal projectiles with the aim of putting in the fear of one week constipation to the target.
Non-lethal projectiles because I am not THAT evil, and really just want the avian pest to learn the lesson and to not fly-by poop-bombing car.
So ya, those are the ideas that popped into my head when I failed to remove the stain left by dried poop. If any of these ideas become a reality, remember you saw it here first!
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