Session 15: Sunday November 8th

Interesting Companies 

• Barefoot Contessa http://www.barefootcontessa.com/
• The one-stop Hindu puja shop Blessingz http://www.blessingzonline.com/
• Famous people cryogenically frozen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics
• LA clinic for designer babies http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29478274/
• CatBook, DogBook, BabyBook
• Cynthia's robotic bartender http://www.cynbar.co.uk/

Technology

• Mobivity text message coupons http://www.mobilemarketing.net/Coupons.aspx
• I'll have your avatar call my avatar http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2009/november/203784.html
• Second Life http://secondlife.com/

Travel

• Hamptons Star Map an insiders guide to stars' homes http://www.hamptonstarmap.com/map/index.php

Entertainment

• Surrogates the movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986263/
• Dollhouse TV http://www.fox.com/dollhouse/

Food and Beverage

• Stonewall Kitchen Barefoot Contessa gifts http://www.stonewallkitchen.com/navsubdepartment.aspx?L0=SpecialtyFoods&L1=BarefootContessaPantry
• Food 52 contest for recipes http://www.food52.com/
• wagamama is futuristic http://www.wagamama.us/
• Gourmet Teas http://www.adagio.com/

Kids

• Revolution foods School lunches http://www.revfoods.com/
• Cookum to buy or sell food - legal ramifications http://cookum.com/
• Cord Blood Registry http://www.cordblood.com/
  Kids Pick Flicks IMDB for kids and parents http://kidspickflicks.com/
  

Nonprofits/Charity 

• Asha for Education http://www.ashanet.org
• indicorps http://www.indicorps.org/

Events

• Nerd Nite events http://nerdnite.com/
• Tony n' Tina's wedding comedy show http://www.tonyandtinanewyork.com/
• NYC chocolate tours http://www.sweetwalks.com/

India-Specifc Ideas that need a "champreneur"

• virtual puja flowers
• online recipes for prasad
• wedding help
• live entertainment and restaurant, bollywood style
• acne medication in india
• fast food in india
• Masala dispenser
• spices in sachets

Work-Related Ideas that need a "champreneur"

• gift vending machines at work
• gift card vending machines
• iPhone vending machines in retail http://theappleblog.com/2007/07/08/ipod-vending-machines-now-in-us-retail-outlets/
• sugar rush vending machines
• office games and cook offs
• office pantry retail
• vending machine in airplanes
• JetBlue vending terminal
• DVD vending machines with reviews
• Meetings without actually being there
• Virtual 3-d world conference and events
• send different nationalities and body types of avatars depending on the target consumer (e.g. send possible japanese client a japanese avatar)
• changing avatars while in meeting
• automatic avatars to do my meeting for me
• Karaoke tour bus
• Rate a coworker online anonymously
• Rate a manager
• Rate a contractor
• How was my presentation rating, for immediate feedback
• Movie and drink night pairings recommended for parents and kids

Kid Ideas that need a "champreneur"

• Use twitter to review kids movies
• send samples to kids in queue for consumer research
• kids and parents rate toys online
• website the follows you from kid to teenager to adult

Food and Beverage Ideas that need a "champreneur"

• awards for entrants
• can do international cuisine
• restaurant that changes menu daily
• customizable menu
• customized mixology teas
• Meditation kit with my tea
• nyc bartending class http://bartendersacademyny.com/courses.cfm
• mixology bar in boston called drink serves based on mood http://www.yelp.com/biz/drink-boston-2
• iphone and 100 steps per m&m would be a cool app
• drink maker controlled via iphone

Session 14: Sunday September 27th

Interesting Companies

• MomsLikeMe http://newyorkcity.momslikeme.com/members/exploregroups.aspx?p=104
• Gas mask in bra http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091001/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_ignobels
• TapIt www.tapitwater.com Network of cafes/restaurants in NYC that will provide tap water easily and free – is also an iPhone app to find these participating cafes

Technology

• Best iPhone apps of the year http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/15/the-35-best-iphone-apps-of-the-year-so-far/
• Google hot trends in search http://searchengineland.com/google-hot-trends-integrated-into-google-search-26717
• Google 10 to the 100th project http://www.project10tothe100.com/index.html
• 85K iPhone apps http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/09/28/85500-iphone-apps-2-billion-downloads/
• Take charge mobile charge boxes http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/computing/2009/fall/charge-and-go.shtml#
• Musical instrument smart phone http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/15/iphone.music.zoozbeat/index.html
• Driving over an iPhone
• FakeCalls iPhone app to bail you out of bad situation
• Sifting through the mounting problem of electronic waste http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/02/e-waste.recycling/index.html
• Wellocity – wellness center in India, trainers secretly evaluated and software evaluate clients’ progress http://wellocity.com/
• Make cool photos with Photofunia http://www.photofunia.com/
• Ads inserted into other ads http://gawker.com/5369431/ads-now-inserted-into-other-ads

Consumer

• Crystal Aspirin http://thewwpc.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-bayer-important-info.html
• Tim Horton’s in Canada http://www.timhortons.com/ca/en/index.html
• Alka Seltzer wake up call for hangovers http://www.alkaseltzer.com/as/as_wakeupcall.html
• Berocca for hangovers in Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berocca
• Cookum buy and sell homemade food http://cookum.com/

Travel

• Sri Lankan cuisine http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/dining/reviews/09under.html?_r=2
• Mumbai world's greatest http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/none/worlds-greatest-city-50-reasons-why-mumbai-no-1-809212#
• Beachwood BBQ beer list live on webcam http://beachwoodbbq.com/
• India’s first do-it-yourself travel company http://www.thebackpackerco.com/about.htm

Entertainment

• Age of stupid documentary on Climate Change http://www.ageofstupid.net/http://onebigtorrent.org/torrents/6287/The-Age-Of-Stupid-2009-Directed-By-Franny-Armstrong-McLibel

Kids

• Designing an Internet for kids http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/17/youtube.kids.zuitube.internet/index.html

Ideas that need Champreneurs

• Other designs just for kids
• Ratings for age groups
• Unique online IDs
• Tags on websites
• Youtube can copy and filter
• How can parents trust it?
• Websense
• Google Voice for kids on Internet
• OpenID
• Unique accounts for everyone in family
• Date of birth to be requirement
• Pre-defined categories

Everyday frustrations and possible solutions:
Problem: Awkward elevator silences and annoying music

• Live company chat Lisa P Maxwell http://www.prweb.com/releases/chicago_advertising/advertising_jobs/prweb2617634.htm
• Real Time footage of dog day care franchise facilities http://onlinedoggy.com/
• Shoe shine in elevator
• Headphones in elevator
• Market research and product tasting in 30 seconds in elevator (like or not)
• Webcam on each floor of elevator
• Customized elevator shafts – go the lift with the news you want (daily, sports, entertainment)
• Boss/employee web cam on elevator
• Vending machines and coffee makers in elevator
• For those who want a public profile, notification of who is in the elevator through a display board
• Makeup kit in elevator like restrooms (hairspray etc)
• 8 prime spots in elevator with LCD you can check weather, news
• Hourly professions like mechanic – have webcam on their work (to see if it really took an hour) – pay for that service for more transparency

Problem: Losing weight is slow even with hours at the gym

• Certain websites only based on weight
• Snacks and Foods with notified doctor about what you are doing
• Websites to lock or unlock foods
• Unique online ID with fitness profile
• Bus route subscription to your phone
• Treadmill desk http://www.treadmill-desk.com/
• Public goal websites
• “Meetings on foot” at work like at Bayer
• Money goes to George Bush if you don’t stay on diet
• Exercise machines build you up while you eat
• Food that requires more calories to digest than to consume

Problem: Irritating coworkers

• Website to help get you out of irritating situations
• Report irritating coworkers and post feedback
• Youtube for specific office mates
• Musical chairs mandatory for teams
• Irritatormeter
  

Problem: No universal language

• English translation in mid air
• Colors to signify emotions
• Penguin language is observed
• Signal to reduce translation and contextual errors
• “Lifeline” translators on demand
  

Problem: Why don’t people get EZ Pass?

• Bike-able bridges
• Cars with automatic EZ Pass (or a feature like leather seats)
• Incentives like prizes for EZ Pass
• Regular lanes 100x prices
• London chip embedded in cars for automatic tolls
• New roadway for non-EZ pass = 25 mph
• Social stigma with a branded NO EZ PASS car

Other problems and frustrations:

• Forgetting things and
• Losing track of commitments
• iPhone easily falls and cracks and breaks
• Service to fix iPhone is expensive
• Airline terminals and car rentals and baggage are too far apart

Session 13: Sunday July 19th

Interesting Companies

• Adaptive Dance program for kids with Down's Syndrome http://www.mdsc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=312&Itemid=1
• Gun O'Clock must shoot target to stop alarm clock http://audiocubes.com/
• Only part of Safeway is British http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/ARGYLL-GROUP-PLC-Company-History.html
• Toilet in the middle of the street
• One way mirror toilets like at Peep http://www.nycsoho.info/nyc-soho/peep-soho-eatery-with-toilet-one-way-mirror-toilets-nyc-politics-stress-oddities-humor
• Unbreakable movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217869/
• Final Destination http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195714/

Food and Beverage

• Oreo Fudgees have instructions on cookie (Dip this way, not this way) http://www.nabiscoworld.com/oreo/
• Grow your own salad kit http://www.brooksidenursery.co.uk/instant-salad-garden-grow-your-own-kit-440-p.asp
• Allergen detector for food up for patent http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5969622.html
• Temperature sensor beer cans (insulated) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coors_Brewing_Company
• Hotels banning bottled water http://www.habitatbonaire.com/
• Need a Pandora of wine selection
• Green dot signals vegetarian food in India http://www.happycow.net/blog/?p=78
• Cool translating beer
• Organic gardens for restaurantss - pick your food, like pick your lobster
• Digitial sensor that tells you where a food is from
• EasyBloom plant sensor that tells you growing conditions http://easybloom.com/
• Eatzi's chef crafted meals http://www.eatzis.com/

Technology

• Orthotote straps to prevent shoulder pain http://www.orthotote.com/
• Made for iPhone refrigerator http://gizmodo.com/5043973/gorenje-fridge-is-officially-made-for-ipod-as-lickable-as-the-touch-itself
• TED Talks inspirational speeches http://www.ted.com/talks
  Do human-like robots deserve rights (Tickle Me Elmo) http://www.danielroth.net/archive/2009/01/torture-me-elmo-do-humanlike-machines-deserve-human-rights.html
• Tired of calling a foreign country for technical service http://www.computernyctutor.com/
• Marketplace for independent designers Etsy http://www.etsy.com/
• TSA checkpoint friendly laptop bag Incipio technologies http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=71434
• Functional laptop bags http://highergroundgear.com/
• NY Times archives since 1851 http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/nytarchive.html
• Cynthia the British robotic bartender http://robots.engadget.com/2005/11/30/the-motoman-robobar-is-back/
• Virtual parties http://ezinearticles.com/?Home-Based-Businesses-Can-Host-Virtual-Parties&id=363066
• Virtual party app where guests can plan to bring things and cover charge
• Amazon mTurk bad interface but has potential https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome
• Refrigerator device that can tell you what dishes and how many you can make right away
• Vitaband for emergency ID and purchasing power for runners https://www.vitaband.net/ http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/ew/ewallet.php
• eBay businesss dying http://www.entrepreneur.com/ebusiness/sellingonline/article201928.html
• Insect resistant furniture http://www.resinoutdoorfurniture.net/?page_id
• E-Ink electronic paper displays - what the Kindle uses http://www.eink.com/

Sustainability

• Hyundai, Lose your job, Return your Car http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/06/hyundai-lose-your-job-ret_n_155492.html
• Spotscout - Finding a parking spot before you reach. the eBay for parking http://spotscout.com/
• Calfee Design Bamboo Bike http://www.calfeedesign.com/bamboo.htm
• Find free parking in Manhattan http://primospot.com/

• Bamboo socks and other clothes http://www.bambooclothes.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=S
• Freegans environmental minimalist - shopping in dumpsters http://freegan.info/?page_id=2
• Dumpster Diving http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpster_diving
• Solar powered, message sending trash bins in Philadelphia http://www.good.is/post/worlds-best-trash-cans-come-to-philly/

Pets

• Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing panda bears http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ling-Ling_and_Hsing-Hsing
• Healthy, Vegetable Shaped Dog Treats http://www.pegetables.com/
• Doggie Products http://www.peticure.com/
• Pet sharing http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/20024378/
• Self Cleaning Litter Tray http://www.littermaid.com/

Services

• Happy Worker Action Figures for Adults http://www.happyworker.com/custom-toys
• Speed date nanny http://www.mommymixer.com/ http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article2409791.ece
• House that tweets by Andy Stanford Clark http://earth2tech.com/2008/04/30/the-house-that-twitters-its-energy-use/

Ideas that need a "champreneur"

Casttoo Cast Designs http://casttoo.com/Casttoo.com/Casttoo_Home.html

• Flexible screens on casts
• Company logo and advertising on casts and clothes and skin through tattoos
• Clear casts
• Casts with X-Rays viewing to see healing
• Cast that looks like your arm
• Team colors casts
• Emotion meter casts
• Clip on casts
• Phone numbers and instructions on casts
• Water proof casts
• Cranial shaping helmets on babies http://www.danmarproducts.com/index.cfm?pageSRC=cranialShapingHelmets

Repillable card slim case that fits in wallet can fill with pills http://repillable.com/

• Mini Bible and food biscuit in wallet
• Sheets of aspirin strips in wallet
• Child sedators in wallet
• Gym vitamin pack
• Energy kit for students in schools
• On the go first aid for kids
• Mirror with pill case
• Flash cards and pharma pills
• Digital pill case for elderly
• Wallet breath mints
• Viagra and condom kit
• Wallet breathalyzer
• Reminder beeper on case

Electric corkscrew opener http://www.shopwiki.com/Peugeot+Elis+Rechargeable+Electric+Corkscrew+PW200169

• Sold in casinos and restaurants in gambling towns
• Available for sale in minibar
• Vegas sampling
• Digital feed sent to doctors
• Wine samples
• Surgical tool as well
• Wireless alert button to alert waitress
• Scanner that records wines opened
• Rolls dice and shuffles cards and holds sunglasses and opens wines

Kiva micro loans from ordinary people http://www.kiva.org/

• Gift cards given as stocking stuffers
• Sky kid translations
• Anonymous entrepreneur profiles
• Email interviews
• Fight or flight
• Faces on money like pictures for donations

New Uses for Twitter that need a Champreneur

• WSJ How to Twitter http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123638550095558381.html
• Promotion: 1 Beer for every Tweet
• Outsource design of twitter wall
• Announcements on stages of product to announce to your friends
• Notification of pregnancy stages to interested parties
• Product launch and distribution notifications
• Instant company news about layoff numbers, daily stock prices, real time new hire info
• Shipment detail
• Social shipments - changes in friendship dynamics are instantly tweeted automatically
• Tweet liner pick up line generator
• Tweet liner "I like your shirt" anonymous messages to strangers
• Temperature activated font or ink
• Hotels can steal guests from each other, through tweeting counteroffers
• Text with dog/company if needed/wanted
• Dog sharing program updates
• Tweet alert when litter box is full
• Finding dance space and rehearsal areas
• Instant concert notification
• Sharing lessons learned working with disabled children
• Sharing lessons learned for baby care
• Baby updates on bottle feeds, diaper, feeding schedule
• Update dog new tricks
• Breathalyzer that tweets drunkeness levels
• If beer = cold, tweet gets sent to you automatically
• Immediate update on what you just drank
• Connect with a photo/scanner on phone to upload detailed information
• Hotel vacancy tweets
• Connect to GPS for automatic update or coordinates
• Tweet for room service in a hotel
• Internal twitter for shift announcements
• Bark to Tweet translations
• GPS Twitter collar band for pets
• Tweet with touch and graffiti
• Robot you can control by tweet
• Remote control by tweet
• Search by voice
• Broadcast exercise
• Share location
• Rate and meet people socially
• Doctor and public diagnosis for things like rashes
• Instant tweet of hw location if it changes
• Ads connect you to other users for dates or nannies or housekeepers
• Host a speed dating contest through twitter with bidding and location publishing
• Kid focused twitter application
• Employee notification system about layoffs and total employee count and ratings
• Avatars for twitter/more animation
• Notify dogs eating habits to vet
• Robo twitter by the phone
• Update what you ate
• Hash tag your veggies

New Ideas for Mobile Apps that need a Champreneur

• Mobile application popularity http://bx.businessweek.com/mobile-applications/
• App that adjusts temperature of phone
• Best of lists for appls (list of Ted Videos, Editor's Choice, etc)
• Upload instant video app automatically
• Animal talk via web so they can chat with their owner
• Animal dating
• Dance meetup - determine closest dance hall and certain types of music and opps
• Sharing choreographed dances with underprivileged kids through upload on phone and view on web
• Link to NYCares.org
• Satellite connection to eavesdrop
• Breathalyzer
• Room service button that has all options listed
• Application for climbers that continually informs you of details/status
• Fusion of touch and grafitti
• Resulting in mood ring color change
• Shell changes color based on mood
• Robot that you can control via app; remote control using app
• Elmo live animation
• Face recognition
• Interaction with kids through app
• Track historical exercise
• Benchmark workouts
• Recommend safe workout goals
• Tabulate food calories
• Food reminders
• Mobile hardware connected to bike
• Vitaband app - emergency purchases using phone
• Heart rate monitor
• Instant ER contact if health problem
• Mirror
• ID Card to get into bars
• Contact contractors to physically pick up lost homework (finds nearest contractor)
• Writes notarized letter to teacher with location of hw
• Realtime satellite to take photo of the location
• Key to open door
• Finding flowers, dinner reservations, car reservation in a click
• Customize action figure of yourself
• Phone built onto an action figure
• Create self video or movie or app
• 2nd life for physical toy of yourself
• Remote control as an app
• Graffiti touch screen
• Record daily pet consumption and nutrition
• Control fridge settings
• Record when each item was placed
• Check to see what items neighbors have
• Dieters check and balance with notification to buddies about chocolate in your fridge
• Automatic stocking by scanner data sent to grocery store about what you need
• Recipes based on present contents
• Music from fridge phone

Session 12: Sunday May 31st

Interesting Companies

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wikis
• http://www.zopa.com/ Zopa
• http://www.prosper.com/ Prosper
• Like-minded people http://www.meetup.com/
• Pixman Nomadic Media http://www.pixman-usa.com/ TV screen hanging off of you
• Operation Glass Slipper giving prom dresses to girls who cannot afford them http://www.operationglassslipper.org/
• Promoting sustainable growth and funding for ventures such as irrigation pumps http://www.kickstart.org/

Technology

• Lawyers using social tools http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/02/24/lawyers-hop-twitter-bandwagon
• Online book trading only pay postage http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php
• News event-inspired video games http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/26/current.events.games/
• Brightfeet Lighted Slippers http://www.brightfeetslippers.com/

Consumer

• http://www.terracycle.net/ promotion with Target – send plastic back to Target, get a Terracycle bag
• Handmade cards that are eco-friendly and wood-free http://www.anandzcreation.in/

Travel

• New York with a population of 8,038,600, compared to London's 7,393,800.
• London is bigger in terms of area, covering just over 600 square miles, whereas New York is almost exactly half that size.
• La Rioja, Spain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rioja_(Spain) 

Food and Beverage

• Coca Cola Plant Bottle less carbon emitting http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/presscenter/nr_20090514_plantbottle.html
• David Drake restaurants http://www.daviddrakes.com/

Kids

• Knewton Test Prep adapts to students learning (like the GMAT exam does http://www.knewton.com/

Events

• Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston http://www.e2conf.com/

Ideas that need a "champreneur"

Improving products/services:
Spoon/Fork

• Self cleaning spoon
• Spoon on one side, knife on the other
• Fork with a razor edge that can be used as a knife
• Comb and fork in one – self cleaning
• Spoon with straw insert so it can double usage
• Removable prongs so it can be a fork/spoon
• Sensor in utensil so it turns into a fork/spoon depending on if you are eating soup/pasta
• Returnable plastic ware to take-out restaurants
• Wine glass that becomes a beer glass by changing parts (Russian dolls)
• Electric chopsticks or utensils to warm up your food while eating it

Phone

• Automatically charges if starts becoming low on battery, no input from you
• Portable home phone land line
• Edible phones
• Lose your phone – track on GPS
• Call to see what Obama is eating – ready number
• In Germany, they dock cell phones on landlines

Toothbrush

• Musical melody toothbrush for kids http://www.hasbro.com/shop/browse/_/N-1r/Ntt-Tooth%20Tunes?Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial
• Customized toothbrushes – colors, tastes
• Video in mirror that shows your toothbrush
• Flashlight toothbrush
• Intelligent toothbrush
• Pill to see how clean your teeth are – chew, colored stains where teeth are dirty
• Connected to water pipe
• Dispenses toothpaste with any flavor, customize every day
• Flashing bright toothbrush
• Instant analysis about brush strokes and photos sent to Dentist while brushing
• Analysis about cleanliness of teeth - report after every brushing session
• Mouthwash on one side
• Kids electric toothbrush that don’t hurt teeth
• Chewable toothbrush (Heathrow airport) http://www.hanna-vending.com/toothbrush.htm

Broom

• Music and radio on broom
• Requires no hand holding
• Automatic disposal
• Roomba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roomba
• Height adjustable
• Attached trashcan and recyclers
• Broom that is also a masseuse
• Remote control broom
• TV integrated broom
• Analysis of floor to suggest best cleaning method
• Assess glass and then broom mode activate

Wastebasket

• Plant basket
• Room decoration (a la Dirt Devil Kone http://www.dirtdevil.com/Products/productDetail.aspx?id=39981&wheretogetit=false&gclid=CK_-78aXgZsCFQIfswodnBfPcQ)
• Long term wastebasket
• Compactable wastebasket
• Automatic recycle bin
• Don’t need to re-line it every time
• Sensor tells you if something is rotting in there
• Empties itself periodically
• Adaptable to different size trash

Timelapse videocamera to watch your garden grow http://www.hammacher.com/publish/76551.asp

• Video camera to watch dust accumulate to get a ‘dirty monitor’
• Newborn growth monitor – time lapse growth so you can see baby get bigger
• Trace phone calls from a distance
• Pre and post weight loss watch time lapse video for motivation

Mirror Light Box responds to motion http://www.centsiblelighting.com/whats-new.htm

• Sensor in menus so the dishes change based on who you are (male/female/overweight/underweight)
• Retails clothing stores send a different message in window as you walk by - Bloomingdale's

Obama Fingers http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,612684,00.html

• Obama-branded cell phone for kids – press a button that says “Do your Homework kids”
• TV Channel to watch Obama at work in everyday mode
• Obama exercise manual
• Obama how-to have a successful relationship book
• Obama children's books

Alex Beard’s Impossible Puzzles M.C.-Escher-ish http://alexbeardimpossiblepuzzles.com/

• Customizable for adults and kids
• Use family photos to create abstract scenes and puzzles
• Create your own puzzle like Build a Bear
• Customize size
• Puzzle clothing
• Edible puzzles - great for parties

Launching a new product
Product: Premium red wine stain cleaner

• Roller ball elegant pen
• Can be used on silks
• Can be customized or branded
• Works on chocolate stains too
• Recycled after use

Distribution:

• Vineyards and wineries
• Beer and Wine Stores
• Tchotchkes

Session 11: Sunday April 26th

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Miscellaneous Conversation:

• Terracycle pouches and bags made with wrappers www.terracycle.net
• Rag pickers in India http://www.agapeindia.com/street_children.htm Can we bring them here? To help?
• Cairo Garbage City Manshiyat Naser Reusable Parts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqatam
• Food recycling center http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CE4D61531F931A25753C1A96E9C8B63
• Eating supermarket trash brings great meals
• Safety Net Animal Care http://www.nycacc.org/safetynet.htm
• CouponSherpa knows your location to give you coupons http://www.riverwired.com/blog/save-paper-save-money-downloading-coupons-your-iphone-or-ipod
• Delta website knows you were on the site and sends you customized email
• Fake Olympic memorabilia in China hard to find
• Mall of Fake Things in Shanghai http://www.frommers.com/destinations/shanghai/0717023092.html
• Raising a ball with thoughts
• Move prosthetics with thoughts
• Mood Velcro
• Shirts that express kids emotion
• Diapers that change color depending on the contents
• Viral marketing and beer
• Fertilizer Gum
• Songs of Love Nonprofit that makes personalized songs for kids with cancer http://www.songsoflove.org/
• Customize music with lyrics about you
• Kids songs customized for them about them
• Sun Edison’s Jigar Shah http://www.onearth.org/article/selling-the-sun?page=all
• Giving power back to grid
• Obama’s smart grid plan http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/green/2009_01_26_faq_smart_grid.html
• Lease solar power from the deserts http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/21/feinstein-seeks-block-solar-power-from-desert-l-1/
• Social Networking site for changing the world http://www.gaia.com/
• Sun Chips 100% Compostable Bag http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/04/14/sunchips-plans-100-compostable-chip-bag/
• Electro Tees http://electrotee.com/index.php
• Charitybuzz http://www.charitybuzz.com/home.do Bid for celebrity events for charity
• Take Charge charging lockers for cell phones and ipods in public spaces (you can lock it up when you’re flight is delayed at the airport and you don’t have your charger).
• Hi-tech ways to fight pirates http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103209615
• Somali pirates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate
• KidVille USA http://www.kidville.com/Salon, café, boutiques, gyms for kids
• Aerial Dance Troop http://www.projectbandaloop.org/

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Building on existing products and services:
Edible Arrangements http://www.ediblearrangements.com/

• Edible clothing
• Musical edible creations – work with all senses
• Squeezable fruit for wine creations
• Edible toys for kids and adults
• Edible creations for pets
• Edible life preserver
• Protein creative edible art
• Framed paintings that are edible
  

Event planning site so friends can divide costs easily http://www.wigadoo.com/

• Kid work and play monitored by parents
• Dynamic availability of friend’s calendars
• Handheld event planner
• Doc appointment online planner
  

Wearable art for kids Poloppo http://www.poloppo.com/

• Tshirt warmer
• Kids designer for kids to wear
• Kids design for adults
• Kids design toys and books

Cardboard Design Furniture Toys http://cardboarddesign.com/

• Cardboard first aid boxes
• Cardboard Razors
• Recyclable bathrooms
• Advisory stand for green lifestyles
• Cardboard studio and art supplies
• Kardboard Karaoke machine
• Sports equipment rackets hockey etc. GREEN has not infiltrated sports as much yet
  

Samsung’s Eco Technology solar powered made from water bottle discarded plastic http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/samsung-releases-solar-powered-phone/

• Obama phone proceeds
• Environmental fund for phones

Art that Learns http://news.art.cfa.cmu.edu/?p=526

• Computer that learns from art
• Art that changes based on your mood or attitude
• Art that talks based on what you say
• Art that teaches
• Art that mixes different professions
  

Snus powder tobacco so you don’t have to spit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snus

• Anti-tartar cigarettes
• Teeth whitening tobacco
• Tobacco now with antioxidants
• Pomegranate tobacco
• Chewing tobacco contests on youtube
• Cosmetic tobacco
• Spitting tobacco for fertilizer GREEN
  

Brain Twitter so paralyzed people can tweet http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/22/twitter.locked.in/

• Astronauts should twitter
• Share smells and tastes on twitter through cell movement in nose and mouth (without typing)
• Whistle a tune to twitter to update feed
• Sending email through thought
• Call 911 through thought
  

Carpool website http://www.erideshare.com/

• www.Gishigo.com
• www.Nuride.com
• www.Rideshareoptimizer.com
• Electricity pooling
• Phone swap or pooling
• Concert/sports match car pooling
• Puma Electric Segway and GM Car equivalent of Segway) http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/04/gm-and-segway-team-on-puma-electric-twowheeler.html
• DC Carpooling unofficial rule – no speaking
• MIT’s stackable concept car http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/30/mits-stackable-concept-car/
• Shared cab chaperone service

Citibabes http://citibabes.com/ Culture/Music/Art School for ages 1-5

• The URL should be changed
• Kosher or vegetarian school
• Sports schools with local sports figures
• Art and gardening school for kids
• Special school just for vacations or Christmas break or spring break so parents can rest
• Dress code for all ages
• Naptime school

Session 10: Sunday February 22nd

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Miscellaneous Conversation:

• Paper that has seeds in it and blooms into flowers http://www.botanicalpaperworks.com/
• Paper waste in doctors offices http://www.walkinggreenonline.com/2008/04/doctors-office-reminders-and-waste.html
  Eco friendly hospitals http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/scoop/2006/03/16/eco_friendly_hospitals
• Greenhouse NYC Green nightclub http://www.greendiary.com/entry/green-house-eco-friendly-nightclub-in-new-york/
• Energy generated from dance floors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzb3VFi3Sew
• Green home and guest houses http://www.greenbuildingsnyc.com/
• Bamboo growth fast http://www.midatlanticbamboo.com/bamboo-info/bamboo-grow.htm
• Verterra Bamboo Dinnerware http://www.verterra.com/
• How do you make an inexpensive NYC hotel?
• Alien hotel attempt
  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10522606
• GPS translator
• Outer space theme Galactica hotel
• Club Quarters http://clubquarters.com/
• Pod http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60763-d93358-Reviews-The_Pod_Hotel-New_York_City_New_York.html
• Japanese capsule hotel like a big combination locker http://www.links.net/vita/trip/japan/lodging/capsulehotel/
• Combination lockers in hostels
• SMS check in to hotels and buses
• Dig a Latrine kit
• iPoop iPhone application would be cool to find toilets
• TV operated by treadmill
• Samsung solar powered phone http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/samsung-releases-solar-powered-phone/
• Reverse caller ID
• Peanut allergy cures http://www.allergicchild.com/peanut_allergy.htm
• Save teeth for stem cells in the future
• Mini Mom voice reminder “Did you bring home your book”
• Software holds drivers cell phone calls http://www.aegismobility.com/
• Future foods catering to personal health
• Tshirt relief fund
• s*x video games
• pink ribbon iphones
• tampon packaging for women
• Skout iphone dating application http://www.us2.skout.com/
• Incubation center at iima http://www.ciieindia.org/
• Small business association http://www.sba.gov/
• US Patent office http://www.uspto.gov/
• Shaklee health parties http://www.shaklee.com/index.shtml
• Flu shot parties
• Hepatitis shortage http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/shortages/default.htm
• Nasal spray instead of flu shot http://www.cdc.gov/FLU/about/qa/nasalspray.htm
• Netipot http://www.himalayaninstitute.org/Netipot/NetiPotGateway.aspx
• Scorpions glow in UV
• Glowing quinine
• Shanghai mall with knock offs only http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/05/fake-brands-shopping-centre-set-to-open-in-china-pictures-115875-21018152/
• ifoto geotagging
• Bluetooth sunglasses
• Slingbox http://www.slingmedia.com/
• Cap with solar panel that fans you
• Letter to Virgin Atlantic
• YOU must give money to Bush if you don't lose weight
• Food customized to genetics - Russia foods based on blood types
• Christmas in Japan - sealed bag mystery food
• Doggy style hair salon name
• Doggy and bebe store
• Bark Mitzvah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr8eB4UW7Fk

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Expanding on current businesses/products:

Dignity Toilet http://tepp-innovators.blogspot.com/2007/11/dignity-toilet.html

• Immediate hole driller
• Presidential international toilet
• Mobile toilets
• Instant clean port-o-potty
• Toilet paper fertilizer
• Seed toilet paper
• Ping a toilet
• Toilet restaurant http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1882569,00.html?cnn=yes
• Green toilet http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/opinion/27george.html?em
• Better toilet paper http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/science/earth/26charmin.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

Translation service by the crowds http://mygengo.com/

• Guest hotel translators
• Real-time translation
• Phone translation
• On the street translation

Invasive mini paparazzi

• IPhone is male-dominated
• Female apps
• Female colors
• Female skinny phone
• Female needs to immediately contact family phone
• Stalking apps
• Microscopic iPhone camera

Green eco consultancy http://www.greenirene.com/

• Enviro-logist and MD in one
• Green docs
• Green hospitals
• Mental and physical green assessment
• Green Tupperware type parties http://www.zolagoods.com/

Cell phone boarding pass http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/2007-12-04-electronic-boarding-pass_N.htm

• Bus and train passes from cell phone
• Same bar code for kids and family
• Text message instead of web check in on phone

Hotel on a crane suspended in mid air http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g612459-d543791-Reviews-Harlingen_Harbour_Crane_Crane_Hotel-Harlingen_Friesland.html

• Sports stadium budget hotel
• Medical facility in sports stadium
• Medical insurance variant

Artisanal food one-stop-shop online http://foodzie.com/

• Spa to blow dry self and cat
• Schedule blow dry online to come to your house
• Customized blow drys
• Home made cat food stores
• Cat Bakery
• Local author reads works at veterinary
• Neutered/spaded cat/dog match.com
• Cat blow dry center
• Animal ancestry online

Tongue computing for disabled http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/tongue-computing-the-new-revolution-in-assisting-the-disabled/

• Ice computer chip for sensitive data (melts in mouth)
• Baby tongue computing
• CO2 detector sensor in mouth
• Electronic generator in mouth
• Gas detector for baby mouths
• Electric generator headset for new parents looking to save money on electric bill

Publishing with wordpress.com and livejournal.com

• Magazine for shy kids
• Automatic magazine that creates as needed
• Cartoon magazine that promotes healthy lifestyle (Popeye)
• Personal success magazine
• Parents of overweight kid magazine
• Drug/other problem overcoming Magazine

Knitting Parties http://www.essortment.com/hobbies/throwknittingp_skje.htm
http://www.knit-a-gogo.com/

• Internet knitting groups
• Knit wedding dresses http://www.bride.net/2007/the-knit-wedding-dress/
• Knitting community https://www.ravelry.com/account/login
• Knitting Club at NYU http://collegeprowler.com/new-york-university/student-organizations/
• Knitting circle http://www.knittingcircle.blogspot.com/
• Knit wedding party

Myvu personal media viewer http://www.myvu.com/

• CEO glasses
• Netflix partnership
• Hospital care for operations and surgery when hospitalized in weird positions
• Chef menus
• Wireless
• Browsing internet
• Privacy during travel
• Typing via tongue
• Hand it out on planes

Prevent birds from flying into windows decal http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/21/ot-090121-bird-decals.html

• Dust detector
• Track on Google earth
• Handicapped eyesight detector

Chest resume http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/10/job.seeker/index.html

• Apply to jobs in hurricane and natural disaster area
• Reallocate hurricane wind power and water to drought areas
• Shirts with skills written for affected areas (natural disasters), colors for skills
• Normalize the weather
• Relocation program for natural disaster workers – FOLLOW the disaster.com

Louis Vuitton walking tour http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/first-day-of-summer--2094/

• Customized style tours
• Matching glasses to tours
• Freebies during tours
• Tours by celebrities

Crowd written James Patterson novel http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-is-james-pattersons-crowd-sourced-book-the-future-of-publishing/

• Employ senior citizen editors
• Violinist thriller
• Audio inspiration to write novels (violist)
• Pay crowd sourced authors

Session 9: Sunday January 25th

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Miscellaneous Conversation:

• Jott http://jott.com/default.aspx
• http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/philips-gets-rid-of-medquist/
  Medquist http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_Oct_4/ai_n6220332
• Via Voice http://www.nuance.com/viavoice/
• Dragon Medical Software http://www.speechrecognition.com/?source=google
• White keyword font http://www.filife.com/stories/why-sneaky-resume-tactics-may-no-longer-aid-job-hunters
• Lifehack http://www.lifehack.org/
• Tisch Temperature Sensor for Baby http://www.berkshirefinearts.com/?page=article&article_id=501&catID=&category=fine%20arts
• Indian wedding fragrance spray
• Liquid diamond in a tube
• Fortunes in wine corks
• Terracycle wine corks, drink pouches, recycling etc www.terracycle.net
• Waterless car wash http://www.ecotouch.net/
• Face recognition celebrity match http://www.myheritage.com/celebrity-face-recognition?collage=1
• 23andME DNA consumer company
• Worry-Free Luggage guarantee service (door to door luggage shipping) http://www.luggageforward.com/
• Mini motel inflatable tent for airport delays and sleeping in office http://www.minimotel.net/
• Celebrities adopting kids from one-stop kiosks at high end department stores
• Baby Poop sensor
• Pleo Dinosaur http://www.pleodinosaur.com/ that learns you
• Treadmill date
• http://www.auh2odesigns.com/ Recycled clothing store
• Green Tours of NYC http://www.oconnorgreentoursnyc.com/
• Growing vegetables on NYC terraces http://urbangardencasual.com/2008/06/06/growing-vegetables-and-community-in-the-city/
• Edible gold and silver foil http://www.chocolat-chocolat.com/c210055p16408536.2.html
  http://fxcuisine.com/Default.asp?language=2&Display=162&resolution=high
• Google street view blurs faces
• Shazam your voice (new caller ID)
• Lie Detector iPhone application that really works
• Wearing shorts in a video conference
• DriveMint.com
• Amazon’s www.mturk.com for paying small amounts for question answer service
• Chief Justice John Roberts "forgot" the presidential oath!
• Impact of economy on the "luxury" products industry - rise of H&M and Uniglo in Ginza, Tokyo, other trends that are economic driven?
• Since haircuts cost a lot for women with hair coloring, styling, blowouts, etc. Will it lead to ...a rise of Clairol and other mass brand hair colorings?... Longer Hair style trends for women in 2009 as women forgo a hair cut to save $?
• www.mapmyrun.com - Mapping your runs, bike rides, etc. You just pick a location (e.g., Fort Lee, NJ) and it will search from a list of runs for you giving you the mileage and such. You can post it to your blogs.
• Premium Customer service phone line pay additional 99 cents for one-stop direct help on phone. No need to wait for set menus
• Chilled gems to chill drinks
• Pinata with gems
• Consumer electronics expo in Vegas http://www.cesweb.org/
• Lift ball by thinking about it http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/tennisballlift.html

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Problems/Frustrations:

• Rush hour traffic
• No time for reading
• Bad restaurant food
• Shmoozers get promoted
• Hard to understand others’ body language
• Selling used things is frustrating and slow
• Need to use up food before it goes bad
• Tech guys in India don’t understand
• Awkward social situations
• Hard to find a job in this economy
• Food makes you feel full
• Keeping older people active
• Boring during transit
• Travel time not optimized
• Afraid to spend money
• Cell phone signal unreliable when you need it most
• Cell phone dies when you need it most
• Hard to find a cab when its cold and rainy
• Annoying customer service phone menu “Press 1 for English” Press 34294280 for more options”

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New product ideas:
Treadmill desk http://www.treadmill-desk.com/

• Flight suit a business suit you can skydive in
• Treadmill with hydrator, self sipping straw or squirter or mist-er or sprayer
• Suit with breathalyzer built in
• Breathable suit
• Zero-gravity treadmill, can go up to 2G to make you seem heavier if needed
• Suit with wings
• Full desk at gym
• Full gym at desk
• Spill proof suit
• Treadmill inside a butterfly cage
• Treadmill with hologram projection of outside (mirage) – I want to run at the beach today
• Suit with water system that cools or heats
• Office in water park
• Bubble spray to spray on body and float to earth
• Breathalyzer treadmill
• Spray on parachute

Kids X-Press http://www.kidsxpress.net/Nivia/HOME.html Magazine written by kids

• 3rd world kid newsletter
• Kids coaching kids company (kids Olympiads teaching)
• Protector against bully radar
• Kids happiness measurement tool
• Tortured kids to teach self-defense
• Kid operated laundry machines
• Sex ed classes taught by kids
• Movie sharing database for kids – ratings etc
• Kids necklace that is a drowning alerter – immediately becomes life preserver or alerts adults
• Romance novels written by teens for teens
• Toddler musical training – Learn Les miserables as a kid

His and hers wedding rings screw and nut http://www.diamondvues.com/weird%20wedding%20rings.jpg

• Website for how to
• Manual on how to make anything with cork
• Wine opening robot
• Scary movie db
• Emotional robots
• Better PC virus scanners
• Wine opening contest at weddings for tool enthusiasts
• Programmable husband/wife
• Gold-laced wine with diamond ice cubes
• Nutcracker wine opener
• Voice controlled robot servant
• Liquid diamond sealer

Body Language Translator

• Video cameras that alert you to mood of person
• Meet only those who have a body language translator
• Ebay attitude ratings – if person has a history of lying or bad attitude
• Classes to understand body language
• Temperature mood ring sensory

Sticky Furniture

• Murphy table and other furniture like Murphy bed
• Bunk couches
• Desks recharging phone http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9680061-1.html
• Palm press wireless charger http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/palm-pres-wireless-charger/
• Dishes on wall to dry just stick as decoration and storage

Fashion blog shopping www.stitsh.com

• Online google image recognition of clothes through google maps
• Click on a kid to give birth to
• Ipod clothes and pet clothes to match your own

Cab searching

• Friend traffic network for public transport
• Plant cab shed as carbon offset
• Online cab bookings
• Cab subscription service
• Weather threshold and triggers for cabs automated
• Rainwater pipes
• National work-from-home day
• Transit consulting – work from car earn cash
• Knowledge barter system
• Device converger
• Car gym for passengers
• Cab pinger

Company shmoozing

• Team building exercise in a jungle
• 1-month mandatory non-profit NGO work
• Shmooze-ometer

Flipper Toothbrush holder http://www.myflipperusa.com/

• Sticky wall chargers
• Utilitarian art
• Wall dishwasher
• Furniture hanging on walls
• Razors that stick to mirror
• Wall computer network
• Indicator of a bad toothbrush

Sticking to your goals

• Goal setters club
• THE MOTIVATOR – takes your money and burns it if you don’t reach your goal
• www.weightview.com send in weight and sends back skinny photo
• Payment plan to reach goal