13th October 2005, 03:44 PM
I would like to see the use of RPVs by Consultants and Project Managers for monitoring sites, closely followed by the invention of the WHS-ocet missile! 
More seriously, I think greater use and development of remote scanning techniques like lidar and laser scanning of buildings, etc would be good, if only because of the gizmos we could start playing with.
Also, a disintegrator trowel that vapourised a single layer at a time but preserved all the finds would be most excellent. Just think of the advantages; single context excavation of all sites; you would know exactly which layer the finds came from; and best of all, there would be never be a need to overcut edges just to be sure you have found them.
And finally, a context sheet that automatically corrects spelling, grammar and punctuation according to the rules of Fowler's Modern English Usage (I sneer at your Eats Shoots and Leaves!). It should also automatically correct non-standard terminology, remove facetious or rude comments, repel dirt, be waterproof and render legible the hand-writing of all staff by transforming the script into best copperplate.
Cheers,
Eggbasket
Gentleman Adventurer and Periphrastic Sesquipedalian
Preternatural eventuation is an amaranthine potentiality
More seriously, I think greater use and development of remote scanning techniques like lidar and laser scanning of buildings, etc would be good, if only because of the gizmos we could start playing with.
Also, a disintegrator trowel that vapourised a single layer at a time but preserved all the finds would be most excellent. Just think of the advantages; single context excavation of all sites; you would know exactly which layer the finds came from; and best of all, there would be never be a need to overcut edges just to be sure you have found them.
And finally, a context sheet that automatically corrects spelling, grammar and punctuation according to the rules of Fowler's Modern English Usage (I sneer at your Eats Shoots and Leaves!). It should also automatically correct non-standard terminology, remove facetious or rude comments, repel dirt, be waterproof and render legible the hand-writing of all staff by transforming the script into best copperplate.
Cheers,
Eggbasket
Gentleman Adventurer and Periphrastic Sesquipedalian
Preternatural eventuation is an amaranthine potentiality