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/
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
- Kid work and play monitored by parents
- Dynamic availability of friend’s calendars
- Handheld event planner
- Doc appointment online planner
- 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
- 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
- Anti-tartar cigarettes
- Teeth whitening tobacco
- Tobacco now with antioxidants
- Pomegranate tobacco
- Chewing tobacco contests on youtube
- Cosmetic tobacco
- Spitting tobacco for fertilizer GREEN
- 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
- 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
