Mystery Suppressed Inventions that could've changed the World

[Pessimistic]

What reasons are there that secrets are kept ?

I suggest inventions or developments because sometimes it would be much more lucrative to keep it secret than reveal it To make money from the sale or licensing of the invention.

 

[Pessimistic]

One example I can think of is a time machine, even a limited one which can only send information back in time ( there would be no reason to send it forward) even it its limited to minutes or hours in range

Theres at least a couple of scenarios.

The first is where you use information found to bet or invest for financial gain. Youd have to conceal the information and the way in which money is invested, a little and often would be the go

A second would be to somehow use it to change the patent process with new inventions of any kind several months ago. if Hawking is correct, and it cannot happen before there is a receiver built, if you own that reciever, even if someone bulds a better model of time machine you can find the info, send it back further in time than they can, you can patent and build a replica of their machine before they can.


Its part of the reason I believe once discovered, this invention will be kept secret at least until maximum value can be extracted directly from it.

It could even have been invented already

 

[Pessimistic]

Another one is a variation on time machine, but its extending someones conscious life longer than the lifespan of a body.

There is a huge appetite for this, nearly every will of person with a known perid to live attempts to try to influence family and co after they will be dead.

Even a simple machine which operated on the internet as if it was you, investing, buying selling, sending messages. Its not nearly as complex as transendance type stuff and could influence the world ulilizing the internet.

Would need to be kept secret because if known, authorities would soon outlaw dead peole having influence ofer living.

As such this invention would likely be kept secret, and may even be operating now

 

[Sydney Bloods]

Money, money money. thats basically it.

we don't even need to bring up science fiction like time machines, just look at what would happen if a one of the projects serious research is being conducted on.

Imagine if one of the 80 of nuclear reactors dedicated to research on fusion had a breakthrough today?

take it further than that one of the 10'000 labs around the world dedicated solar energy research developed a way to synthesis photosynthesis?

or someone develops a way to use 100% of hydrogens energy when its burnt?

hell if you could somehow solve the problem of loss of charge acceptance in existing batteries or even reduce it by 30% some batteries would last decades no matter how many times you have to charge them.

and although energy is the main one think about things such there are others as well

Imagine if you could breed a coffee plant that was capable of producing high quality seeds in elevation or climate? Doesn't sound that impressive right? wrong coffee is the second largest commodity in the world. second only to oil. Imagine if anyone, anywhere in the world could suddenly produce high quality coffee without the use of hydroponics or specialised equipment?

Imagine if they found a way to manufacture diamonds in the quality of naturally occurring ones?

all of these breakthroughs would massively impact the worlds economy. existing businesses and countries that rely on them for economic reasons have a vested interest in keeping these things under wraps.

 

[little graham]

Imagine if we treated cancer patients with hemp oil instead of chemotherapy? Once words gets out how effective it it is, no money for the nuclear industry or the pharmaceuticals.

You can grow your own, make your own oil.

 

[Damp Squarie]

Coca Cola is over 120 years old – and less than 10 people in the company’s history have known the Coke formula.
That's one big secret!
One wonders how much they are payin' 'em.
Whilst Pepsi is rich in its own right, I bet they'd give their left nut to know Cokes $$$$$ecret formula.

 

[Pessimistic]

The fact a secret exists tempers the secret aspect of it

If a tree falls in the forest, is it a secret ?

 

[MadDocker]

Whilst Pepsi is rich in its own right, I bet they'd give their left nut to know Cokes $$$$$ecret formula.

Why?? Blind taste tests come up again and again with Pepsi being the better tasting product. Unless you mean Cokes $$$$$secret formula for marketing which is why it is such a success.

 

[van peebles]

Why?? Blind taste tests come up again and again with Pepsi being the better tasting product. Unless you mean Cokes $$$$$secret formula for marketing which is why it is such a success.

Same as maccas.
They drove the product into ww11 soldiers{free coke for every infantry man}
If you are old enough,Maccas supplied a young underpaid worker to run birthday parties at the local store.
Lazy fat shielas from the burbs didnt have to make cupcakes and have noisy rotten 7 yo kids running around the house.Maccas did all the cleaning and even supplied a cake and worker to play inventive games with the kids,whilst the mothers fagged away and watched .
Now people wonder why calling in for fast expensive food is the norm.
Coke started this advertising conglomerate and now good companies have followed and made a killing.

 

[little graham]

Coke started this advertising conglomerate and now good companies have followed and made a killing.

I would of thought tobacco companies. Didn't they start whole companies to debunk all the evidence of what their products were doing to us? To not only produce propaganda but also lobby the right politicians and doctors in the right place to get away with it?

I was taught that this exact same model of protecting their business interests, is used by energy companies today to get away with global warming.

 

[Chism]

There was a story i was told by my mate who runs his own car tyre business in Melbourne.

He sells all the usual regular car tyres Bridgestone , Pirrelli etc etc and one of his Reps from a leading tyre company told him that a bloke came up with a Rubber compound that lasts close to 10x the normal tyre rubber design ( About 10 years for a standard set ) with much more grip. The compound just never wears out.

He patented the compound of rubber but it was brought out by a leading tyre manufacturer and he was paid over 20 million for it. The design was then scrapped and forever forgotten as it would of put 95% of the tyre manufacturers out of business cutting sales by 95% if anyone could buy a set that lasts over 10 years!

Seriously true story and not really surprising.

 

[Pessimistic]

How long to tyres last ? Mine are 5yo and will need new soon.

Are you saying tyres could last ten times that amount ?

 

[Dazb86]

I'd imagine they've found a way to eradicate the need for fossil fuel efficiently already.

 

[SizeMatters]

There was a story i was told by my mate who runs his own car tyre business in Melbourne.

He sells all the usual regular car tyres Bridgestone , Pirrelli etc etc and one of his Reps from a leading tyre company told him that a bloke came up with a Rubber compound that lasts close to 10x the normal tyre rubber design ( About 10 years for a standard set ) with much more grip. The compound just never wears out.

He patented the compound of rubber but it was brought out by a leading tyre manufacturer and he was paid over 20 million for it. The design was then scrapped and forever forgotten as it would of put 95% of the tyre manufacturers out of business cutting sales by 95% if anyone could buy a set that lasts over 10 years!

Seriously true story and not really surprising.

I have heard of similar thing. My father is in the plastics industry so knows his stuff and he told me that a polymer has been invented that hardens and gets stronger as it is exposes to UV. Can get extremely strong and practically unbreakable but a major company bought the patent and never used it as it was more profitable for them not to have this plastic used. Can't remember what the company was but I have a faint feeling it might have been a major telecommunications company and they made profit from replacing and renewing stuff.

 

[Chism]

How long to tyres last ? Mine are 5yo and will need new soon.

Are you saying tyres could last ten times that amount ?

5yo is a decent run. Most sets last for 50-70 thousand K's depending on compound etc. Soft compounds offer more grip but wear quicker while harder compounds are cheaper and mostly the budget brands that offer little grip especially in wet conditions but tend to last a bit longer depending on driving style. But i have seen Pirellis worth over $600 a tyre last no more than 30 thousand k's on a brand new Mercedes AMG C63 under normal driving as they are super soft but offer sensational traction.

Is your car driven everyday?? I would say No if a set of tyres is lasting 5yrs! Anyway they would be close to stuffed anyway even if they have some tread left as the rubber compound would be very hard now and brittle resulting in much less grip and cracked sidewalls that you probably have never noticed.

 

[ash_1050]

Whilst Pepsi is rich in its own right, I bet they'd give their left nut to know Cokes $$$$$ecret formula.

They don't want or need it as it would be detrimental to them. Source.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Why?? Blind taste tests come up again and again with Pepsi being the better tasting product. Unless you mean Cokes $$$$$secret formula for marketing which is why it is such a success.

It wins on the first small sip, but drink a full glass and it gets too sweet. People drink Coke because it's better in more people's eyes.

 

[CountryRace]

I'd imagine they've found a way to eradicate the need for fossil fuel efficiently already.

whats the 'dirty' fuel influence on the economy per year?

one trillion? five trillion?

nothing is going to stop that

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocracy

 

[Pessimistic]

whats the 'dirty' fuel influence on the economy per year?

one trillion? five trillion?

nothing is going to stop that

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocracy

Would china buy into that if they had options ?

On reflection the fuel crash will be abit like life. Rich bastards are burning it up faster but when the crunch comes, the poor will pay the price

 

[BIG MATTY WHITE]

Economy...i would say economy would be 90% of it...the other 10% would probably be hiding s*** from enimies

 

[monstabud]

maybe like mh370, where semi conductor personal were on board.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

There was a story i was told by my mate who runs his own car tyre business in Melbourne.

He sells all the usual regular car tyres Bridgestone , Pirrelli etc etc and one of his Reps from a leading tyre company told him that a bloke came up with a Rubber compound that lasts close to 10x the normal tyre rubber design ( About 10 years for a standard set ) with much more grip. The compound just never wears out.

He patented the compound of rubber but it was brought out by a leading tyre manufacturer and he was paid over 20 million for it. The design was then scrapped and forever forgotten as it would of put 95% of the tyre manufacturers out of business cutting sales by 95% if anyone could buy a set that lasts over 10 years!

Seriously true story and not really surprising.

I worked with a guy who was convinced that a self-propelled motor had already been built and bought by the oil companies. He was aiming to remake/design/build a self propelled motor of his own, and not get bought out.

That was over 10 years ago.

 

[van peebles]

I worked with a guy who was convinced that a self-propelled motor had already been built and bought by the oil companies. He was aiming to remake/design/build a self propelled motor of his own, and not get bought out.

That was over 10 years ago.

Read Ralph Sarich.

 

[Pessimistic]

Perpetual engines use gravity, not sure how that works when a vehicle is experiencing force momentum etc

 

[Wallaby]

Imagine if they found a way to manufacture diamonds in the quality of naturally occurring ones?

They already make artificial diamonds that are superior in nearly every way to naturally-occurring ones.

And you're right - the Jewellery Diamond Cartels (De Beers etc) are engaged in multi-million dollar legal actions to get artificial diamonds classified as something else - even though they are chemically and physically identical to natural diamonds. All industrial diamonds used these days are artificial.

Notice I said 'superior in nearly every way' - the one way in which natural diamonds are 'better' is regarding flaws. Artificial diamonds can be created far clearer, purer, and stronger than natural ones (cheaper, too). So the Diamond jewellery companies market their natural diamonds as 'Flawed by Nature - proving that they are superior'. And needless to say, there are plenty of idiots who buy those.