Dumb Million Dollar Ideas
erco
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With all the combined genius of Forumistas here, how come WE didn't come up with this silly headphone cable button (no, not a push button switch, a SHIRT button) on Mashable which will probably sell millions: http://mashable.com/2012/10/29/button-headphones/
Recall the lady who made the hair scrunchy and got rich. Or the Snuggie.
God help us if the "Forever Lazy" catches on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S2p7AiNX9g
Or the PooTrap! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IrlhLF1c3k&feature=related
Recall the lady who made the hair scrunchy and got rich. Or the Snuggie.
God help us if the "Forever Lazy" catches on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S2p7AiNX9g
Or the PooTrap! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IrlhLF1c3k&feature=related
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But it was the guy that got rid of the rather flimsy carts, put two wheels on the suitcase and a folding handle that really cashed in. I still wonder why I didn't think of that. Maybe I just didn't fly enough to notice how everybody was struggling with the carts.
I am still conviinced that machines, not electronics offer some of the best patent opportunities for the little guy.
It does work surprisingly well.
But the brilliant part of the scheme is it also discharges the battery some requiring buying more batteries sooner.
Well done my fellow, well done.
Duane J
The box could be made nicely in plastic and have a partition to keep your writting tool separate from your glasses.
I just don't want to spend money up front in travel and prototypes to get the attention of someone that can say yes. It is unlikely to ever be a big payoff. But it is a wonderful gadget.
In fact, there have been reports of the batteries completely discharging because the strip has been activated by the cramped battery compartment of some flashlights and PDAs.
Loopy, try talking to someone with a homebrew 3D printer. Shouldn't be too difficult to make a decent prototype.
Another version of the box could be one with room for a mini spray bottle and a rolled-up microfibre cloth.
Or possibly, the room could be sized to fit those wet wipes they sell?
I have a 3D printer....
Can you really do hinges and latches with that?
Ya, it really just depends on how small or big you're looking at making. I have a Replicator from MakerBot that can print print fairly small features. I really wouldn't try anything less than 1mm. (Actually I'd try it, but it would have problems). If you need something done really well I would just have a place like Shapeways print it for me. There're fast (~48 hrs worldwide) and they print in a lot of different materials. I used them before I bought my printer.
I have myopia, astigmatism, and now presbyopia and get shafted when it comes to glasses. I can't use cheap one hour glasses, or glasses over the internet. So now I buy lenses custom made out of a high index plastic (I think it is made out of dark matter) with a progressive prescription.
can you give link? i want to give this a try!
If you want to do it, go ahead and I will allow you to do so for one US dollar. I will even sign a sales contract to that effect.
If you make a lot of money, keep it. The last time I participated in making 10,000 of anything was when a little company I worked for sold the idea to Warner Bros. to promote rock n' roll on T-shirts. We printed 10,000 Skeleton Rose T-Shirts for the Grateful Dead album in 3 days by working around the clock.
Warner Bros. loved the t-shirts, so did the Grateful Dead. A representative from WB visited the factory and we thought we were on our way to making real money. A month later no re-orders, but Bill Grahman has set up a T-shirt printing company under the name Winterland Productions. They used the same equipment we had. And even bought their T-shirts from the same supplier, Steadman T-shirts.
In other words, how would you keep control of this item? Once you sell a few and they take off, there will be copies from China and so on.
Of course, that was the beginning of everyone promoting music on t-shirts. The concerts would break even, but the t-shirt concessions were all profit as a $2 t-shirt from Steadman sold for $15 at the concert.
my thought. is, if somebody else can do it cheaper, let them. i'd rather buy one for less than hassle with building it my self.
id like to print a case like this as well. did you have specific demensions in mind, or is that to be determined?
So next time you are dreaming up something, think about something amazingly simple!
Yeap, seems the KISS methodology prevails! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwWeN1ARy74). Should have just added fur, remove 10 servos & put in a simple 3-layer neural network facial recognition algorithm with small number of input features with multi-class classification that points to behavioural functions thereby moving the head, eye-lids, arms & legs.... who cares about details ....