Free Idea # 179 - Novel talking books with movie DVD

Record talking books and DVD's on the same disc
where the movie is taken from a novel.

Tags: DVD, movie, disc

Free Idea # 178 - Fresh fruit and vegetables marketing idea

Introduce 'pick your own' into large supermarkets.
The new super-supermarkets would incorporate
plantations under glass or polythene where
customers can actually pick their own fruit and
vegetables direct from the plant.

Tags: supermarket, fresh, vegetable, fruit

Free Idea # 177 - Phone calling system

Create a phone system such that when two people
are calling each other at the same time -
having just been cut off, for example, a message
is announced to the two callers in the ear piece
rather than the normal engaged tone or voicemail.

Tags: phone, voicemail, system, Technology, Communication

Free Idea # 176 - Mp3 player TV Plug-in

Supply a small electronic dongle with mp3 players
to attach to the 'video-in' or smart plug on TV
sets. When an mp3 player is plugged into a TV
set for amplification, such as in a hotel room
or at a party, the dongle would respond to the
music and provide real-time visualizations.
on-screen, rather than the default blue or
black screen of the TV.

Tags: mp3, player, music, real-time, electronic, Technology

Free Idea # 175 - Environmental Friendly

Require all new homes that are located in an
area that receives 120 days of sunshine to have
solar panels. Also,require all new homes that
receive over 10 inches of rain to have a
rainwater retention system.

Tags: Environmental, Friendly, solar panel, rainwater retention system

Free Idea # 175 - Phone call forwarding

Add a feature to regular cell or landline
phones where the user can forward a voicemail
or answer phone message to another user's phone.

Tags: phone, forwarding

Free Idea # 174 - PC Automation

Include an option on the PC in addition to log
off, shutdown, restart, standby ans so on which
shuts down and restarts the PC the next morning
(or any other time  required by the user). A
computer alarm could also be installed, so that
the PC will also wake up the user when it restarts
the next day. The user can also program the PC
to play his favourite songs after the alarm.

Tags: PC, restart, alarm, system

Free Idea # 173 - Temporary smoking canvas shelters

Erect temporary canvas shelters in cities where
smoking in bars is banned. The shelters would
be centrally located so that patrons of several
bars could use them and would provide an all
weather smoking area as well as a place to meet
smoking strangers.

Tags: canvas shelter, smoking

Free Idea # 172 - Printer recycled paper tray

Assign a recycled paper tray to photocopiers
and printers which would hold all the prints
which the user doesn't wish to keep. The tray
would be selected for non critical print outs
and the copies would appear on the blank side
of the reused paper.

Tags: printer, paper recycle, recycle, reuse

Free Idea # 171 - Vehicles communicate system

Install a system in vehicles that enables
drivers to communicate with each other. Drivers
would input the license number and, to prevent
abuse and swearing, would only be able to use
preset sentences to inform others that their
lights are not working, that their last move
was dangerous, or simply to apologize.

Tags: vehicle, system, communication, safety, automotive

Free Idea # 170 - Reminder on drive dangerously

Display smashed up cars on white pedestals on
the side of the highway as a reminder of what
can happen when people drive dangerously.

Tags: car, Safety

Free Idea # 169 - Downloadable MP3s of silence through iTunes

Offer downloadable MP3s of silence through
iTunes. The three minutes or so of silence
would give the user's brain an occasional
break and an unexpected opportunity for contemplation.

Tags: MP3, iTunes, download

Free Idea # 168 - NASCAR or F1 simulator

Create a NASCAR or F1 simulator that recreates
the driving experience soaccurately that users
encounter the same dramatic weight loss as
drivers in a major race.

Tags: NASCAR, F1, simulator, game

Free Idea # 167 - Emergency Police SMS number

Introduce an emergency Police SMS number. The
number could be used by people who are in a
real emergency but who, for safety's sake,
need to keep quiet.

Tags: emergency, police, SMS, safety

Free Idea # 166 - Radio station music tracking web service

Create a web service where users can input the
title of a music track and find out which
(if any) radio station in the world is playing
it or will be playing it shortly. The service
would also give the digital frequency of the
channel so that users can locate the track more easily.

Tags: web service, music, radio station, channel

Free Idea # 165 - Resident Map software

Develop mapping software so that the user can
providing a house or building number and the
map's arrow will point directly to the location.

Tags: software, map, directory, Technology

Free Idea # 164 - Customized radio and TV advertisement system

Organize a system for radio and TV programming
in which the consumer is given options as to
which generalized products and services they
would be interested in hearing about during
commercial breaks. Advertisers could then
access their target markets better and
advertising would be less of a nuisance for
listeners and viewers.

Tags: system, radio, TV, Entertainment, Advertiser

Free Idea # 163 - Temporary food restaurant

Install a temporary yet fully functioning fast
food restaurant such as McDonalds or KFC in a
remote, inhospitable location - the Hindu Kush,
a glacier in central Greenland or the Saharah
Desert, for example. As there would be no
custom, the installation would be a work of art.

Tags: fast food restaurant

Free Idea # 162 - Food over cook detection

Create a stove that senses when food is about
to burn or boil over and alerts the user. The
alert would kick in before the smoke alarm
activates or the pan creates a mess on the stove top.

Tags: alarm, detector, cooking

Free Idea # 161 - Department stores web interfaces

Create a service where grocery and department
stores build web interfaces to their inventory
databases so that customers can search to see
if a store has an item in stock before they
leave home to department stores.

Tags: department stores, directory, shopping