Over the last two pages, you’ve seen our top three ideas for where we’d like to see Apple go next, but there’s practically no end to the concepts the company could implement to usher in new ways to work and play. Sure, some might not be especially practical or realistic, but that didn’t stop our imaginations from running out of control.

NAG

By Chris Slate, Editor in Chief

Even as Apple continues to polish Siri, she’ll always have a significant setback: she can only do what she’s told. Real flesh-and-blood assistants proactively point out things you hadn’t considered, offer unsolicited advice, and pressure you to get things done. Unfortunately, they also require a salary and benefits. Enter NAG.

NAG not only manages your schedule, it learns your behavior so that it can predict what you might need to do, then nags you until you get it done. It might pester you to call Mom on Mother’s Day, point out how many calories are in a Big Mac when you Google McDonalds, or blast out a radio station that you hate until you heed your morning alarm. You’ll grow to hate NAG with a burning passion, but it will keep you on track and help you reach your goals.

Apple iJet

By Susie Ochs, Executive Editor

I was told to write about 150 words about this Apple jetpack. Not sure I’ll need that many: It’s a jetpack. It’s made by Apple. What more do you need to know? OK, (more) seriously. This completely infeasible quad-core rocket pack has a solar coating to power speakers that play “Eye of the Tiger” by default. Navigation is handled by twin multi-touch trackpads near your hands, and Siri integration in the heads-up display can help you identify landmarks and slack-jawed gawkers as you careen through the sky. Most hydrogen-peroxide-powered jetpacks can fly for only 30 seconds or so because of limits of the fuel, but Apple’s iJet can actually distill it from water vapor in the air using technology that’s probably being tested in Cupertino right now. Watch for a product announcement in 2037, which will take place on the moon.

MacFormers

By Chris Hoffman, Managing Editor

What’s better than an Apple product? An Apple product that transforms into a robot! Aimed at children of all ages, MacFormers are fully functional Apple devices that transform into highly articulated robotic action figures. There would initially be two models: the heroic iPad (which would feature a new type of LCD screen that could be separated and reconnected without any visible seams) and the evil Mac 512K, who is threatening to drag technology 30 years into the past. The evil Mac 512K includes a shoulder-mounted 3.5” 800 kB external disk drive (that can launch floppy disks at adversaries if you push a paperclip into the hole) and a corded mouse that turns into a spiked flail. Parental supervision is advised.

iMind

By Mikel Reparaz, Online Editor

Somewhere between my brain and keyboard — and even between my brain and my mouth — thoughts can change. Somehow, words that sounded brilliant in my head become trite and idiotic when I see them onscreen or say them aloud. The solution? Eliminate the middleman with the iMind, which lets users instantly beam whatever thoughts pop into their heads into Word, Photoshop, or other compatible programs. Epic poetry can be composed in seconds. Writing novels will be painless. That cool image you see in your head won’t be destroyed by ineptitude with a pen or stylus. With simpler “mind control” headsets for controlling games or big fake cat ears already a reality, there’s no reason to think this isn’t in our future — or in Apple’s.