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