Offer a cable for mobile phone users that would allow the
battery in one phone to be used to charge another. Users
who run short of battery could receive a quick 'power top up'
from a friend.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Free Idea # 203 - Mobile phone battery quick share charger
Categories: Hardware and Software, Technology, Web and Communication
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Free Idea # 202 - TV remote control
Devise a TV remote control lock which, when activated, locks
a particular channel on the TV so that when a toddler finds
the remote control, the channel will not change.
Categories: Home and Garden, Technology
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Free Idea # 201 - Car battery
Create a car battery which consists of two parts, one for lights
and other electrical, the other for starting up. Should the
lights be left on, only one part of the battery would be flat.
Once the car starts up, the healthy part of the battery would
recharge both parts of the battery.
Categories: Automotive
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Free Idea # 200 - CCTV security cameras
Place a foot operated floor switch in places where there are
CCTV security cameras so that the picture quality and frames
per second can be enhanced immediately and other cameras
brought into operation should a robbery or attack occur.
Categories: Safety and Security, Technology
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Free Idea # 199 - Creative public bins
Create public bins which make comical obbligato sounds when
trash is thrown into them and which would encourage people
- especially kids - to get rid or their trash properly.
Categories: Arts and Entertainment, Culture and Society, Home and Garden
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Free Idea # 198 - Footsteps electricity power generator
Create an electricity power generator from peoples' footsteps.
The generator would be installed under the flooring of busy
public places, such as bus or train stations. When people walk,
the device will generate electric power which can be used for
lighting.
Categories: Technology
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Free Idea # 197 - Weekly real estate magazine
Publish a weekly magazine that contains all houses and homes
for sale or rent in a particular district and distribute the
magazine using homeless vendors. For a small charge,
the public will be kept up to date and the vendors will
receive a share of the magazine price.
Categories: Business and Industrial, Home and Garden, Reference
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Free Idea # 196 - Group bookings discount services
Provide a service where individuals can apply for holidays,
hotels and activities where there is a group discount on bookings.
Once the requisite number of people have applied, the booking
would be made. Everyone would then pay the discount price
whilst a small commission would be paid to the company
that runs the service.
Categories: Business and Industrial, Shopping, Travel, Web and Communication
Friday, November 21, 2008
Free Idea # 195 - Airline compatible liquids containers
As Airline require liquids in carry-on baggage must be in
individual containers with a maximum capacity of 100 ml/ each.
Include an 'airline compatible' section in drugstores where
cosmetics and toiletries are sold in containers of less
than 100ml.
Categories: Travel
Monday, November 17, 2008
Free Idea # 194 - Aggregate and distribute real time traffic speed
Aggregate and distribute real time traffic speed by monitoring
cars that are using GPS mapping units. These real time feeds
would be far superior to radio broadcasts and could be sold to
GPS owners as well as TV, radio stations and websites) to
define the best real time route to any destination.
Categories: Automotive, Web and Communication
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Free Idea # 193 - Afficial intelligent bathroom light
Create touch sensitive bathroom floor tiles that light up when
trodden on to avoid waking up others - or hurting the eyes -
with the excessive brightness of a regular bathroom light.
Categories: Home and Garden, Technology
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Free Idea # 192 - Home use UPC barcode scanner
Manufacture a UPC barcode scanner to use at home.
Users can scan barcode of their possessions to make
listing on eBay simpler, and the codes of new purchases
could be kept in a private database and compared
automatically against product recall announcements.
Categories: Business and Industrial, Home and Garden, Shopping, Technology
Monday, October 27, 2008
Free Idea # 191 - Aromatherapy bubble wrap
Manufacture aromatherapy bubble wrap. The stress
relieving activity of popping the bubbles would be
enhanced by the release of the relaxing scents
stored in each bubble.
Categories: Arts and Entertainment, Health
Monday, October 20, 2008
Free Idea # 190 - Intelligent Wallet
Design a wallet which can scan the notes and coins
it contains. The value of the money in the wallet
would be displayed on small LCD screen.
Categories: Technology
Monday, October 13, 2008
Free Idea # 189 - Pets food bowls with moats
Design cat and dog food bowls with narrow 'moats'
around them. When filled with water, the moats would
prevent roaches, ants and other vermin reaching the
food while the pet isn't eating.
Categories: Home and Garden
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Free Idea # 188 - DVD rental stores IMDB access
Install computer terminals in DVD rental stores
which would allow customers access to Internet
Movie Database (IMDB) and other movie review
web sites. It will useful for customer to review and
research the movie contain before bring it home.
Categories: Arts and Entertainment
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Free Idea # 187 - Private email attachment
Add a feature to email where an extra message or
piece of information can be sent on a group email,
with only select recipients being able to read
the hidden extra items.
Categories: Web and Communication
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Free Idea # 186 - In-car sun visors
Redesign in-car sun visors so that they slide on
runners from the windshield to the side windows.
The visors would be motorized and could be activated
from the steering wheel to block off the sun whatever
angle it hits car.
Categories: Automotive
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Free Idea # 185 - Solar concentrator heats up pressure vessel
Manufacture a mini solar concentrator which heats
up a small pressure vessel. When the steam inside
the vessel reaches a set pressure and is released,
it will force water along a pipe. With seam welded
plastic bag piping, this would make the pumping of
water from wells along way from hot, developing
world settlements cheap and labor saving.
Categories: Automotive
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Free Idea # 184 - Travel Information mapping websites
Add a feature to mapping websites such as Google
Maps where the user can click through to a site
such as Wikipedia which would give them detailed
information about the places they are browsing.
Categories: Reference, Travel, Web and Communication