Record the same simple sentence in every dialect and language in the world as permanent online database of what the world's people sound like.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Free Idea # 332 - Disposable clothes
Produce disposable, breathable lightweight linings for clothes that can allow frequent use while traveling.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Free Idea # 331 - Weight detectors in cars
Extend the functionality of seat belt detectors in cars so they display the weight of each occupant on the dashboard. Users may then be encouraged to get out of the car and walk more often, helping themselves and the environment.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Free Idea # 330 - Public shower and locker rooms
Open public shower and locker rooms on business parks and in other office areas for the use of runners and cyclists.
Categories: Lifestyle
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Free Idea # 329 - Camping plates with layers of biodegradable film
Design camping plates with layers of biodegradable film that can be peeled off to reveal a clean surface each time.
Categories: Travel
Monday, July 19, 2010
Free Idea # 328 - Plant pots which alert when water needed
Place probes in plant pots which alert when the plant needs water.
Categories: Home and Garden, Technology
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Free Idea # 327 - Miniature smart phone
Develop a miniature smart phone which projects it's 'screen' onto any plain surface. Users would touch the projected screen rather than the phone.
Categories: Web and Communication
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Free Idea # 326 - Allow SIM card in public payphones
Allow cellphone users who are out of battery to insert their SIM card in public payphones to call their contacts.
Categories: Web and Communication
Friday, July 2, 2010
Free Idea # 325 - Cell phone signal booster
Create a cell phone signal booster for basements, apartment buildings and office buildings. Wireless hubs on each floor would connect users to a stronger signal outside the building.
Categories: Technology, Web and Communication
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Free Idea # 324 - Programmable kettle
Manufacture a kettle that can be programmed to switch off when the water reaches a particular temperature, not just boiling point.
Categories: Home and Garden, Technology
Friday, June 11, 2010
Free Idea # 323 - Themed Karaoke Resort
Establish a Karaoke Resort Island offering vacations for every budget. Big money, singer-themed bedrooms (e.g. Madonna Suite, Elvis Penthouse) would include costumes and instant access to millions of songs in hundreds of languages. Middle budget rooms would have fewer frills. Hostel dorms would involve lots of people sleeping on the floor and sharing a mic.
Categories: Arts and Entertainment, Travel
Monday, June 7, 2010
Free Idea # 322 - Breakfast cart business
Start a breakfast cart business based on the hotdog stand business model. Place carts in high pedestrian traffic areas to provide commuters with quick, hot breakfast sandwiches to go.
Categories: Business and Industrial
Friday, June 4, 2010
Free Idea # 321 - Sunscreen applicator for sunbathers
Create a sunscreen applicator for sunbathers who have no one to apply sunscreen to their backs. The device would have a long handled tube containing sunscreen with a release button on the handle. A sponge-like applicator would be on the end to rub on the hard-to-reach areas of the back.
Categories: Lifestyle
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Free Idea # 320 - Eco-friendly car powered by fingernails
Invent an eco-friendly car powered by fingernails instead of fossil fuels. The vehicle would contain a keratin combustion engine capable of harnessing the methane and hydrogen found in hair, nails, claws, horns, feathers, and the dead outer layers of skin cells.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Free Idea # 319 - Alcohol Purchase ID
Introduce a special Alcohol Purchase ID that would be have to be used by any adult wanting to purchase booze in a shop, restaurant, club or bar. The APID could be temporarily invalidated by police for alcohol-related misdemeanors, by accident/emergency rooms for alcohol-related injuries, or voluntarily by alcoholics wanting extra help to kick the habit.
Categories: Culture and Society, Health, Lifestyle
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Free Idea # 318 - Barcode car license plates
Make car license plates that are just big bar codes, then give traffic cops powerful long-range 'bar code reader guns' so they can shoot license plates as they drive around and find stolen cars, bad guys with outstanding arrest warrants, etc.
Categories: Automotive, Safety and Security
Monday, May 17, 2010
Free Idea # 317 - Interactive travel website
Launch an travel website where users input two destinations and their preferred time of arrival and departure. The site would then scan a database of bus, train and air timetables to show the most suitable journey. If no public transport options are available, the site would calculate the estimated cost of cabs or other private hire vehicles.
Categories: Travel, Web and Communication
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Free Idea # 316 - Environmentally friendly Bike Limos
Introduce a fleet of Environmentally friendly Bike Limos to take people around cities at night. The limos would seat around eight people. The bikes would be an easy way to transport groups people to bars across town. Environmentally friendly Bike Limos can reduce carbon emissions,
Categories: Lifestyle
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Free Idea # 315 - Power sockets at public place
Introduce power sockets on sidewalks, bus stations, parks where the public can access them. Users would buy a membership card which would allow them to recharge electric vehicles and power vacuum cleaners and electric tools at street level.
Categories: Lifestyle
Friday, April 23, 2010
Free Idea # 314 - In-built tracking system at car components
Install, as standard, a resilient in-built tracking system in the engine, body, wheels, and other key components of every car, such that a cell phone or computer could track individual parts of the vehicle separately. This would allow the police, or an organization specifically created to track down stolen cars, to find them even after they have been abandoned, dismantled, torched, or crushed.
Categories: Automotive, Safety and Security