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