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Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by damian2000 »

downandout wrote: post #11

An Uber-like app where people pay for their rides with banked miles earned by giving others rides. This would serve a large market of people that a) travel alot and can give rides in their home city (free rides when they travel) and b) people that only have part-time access to a car but may need rides when they don't have it. It may also be legal in areas where Uber can't legally operate because they charge money for…

Sounds like a ride sharing or car pooling idea. I agree - there's a lack of a globally recognised service like Uber but for free ride sharing only. I would definitely use it. It could also be used by volunteer organisations, who would provide cars and drivers for the service of certain groups (like pensioners, elderly, etc.)

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by NoMoreIdols »

There needs to be an easy method for consumers to pay the record labels for the rights to use signed-artist music in amateur videos. That way I have the rights to upload my GoPro snowboarding videos that will have Content ID matches on Facebook, YouTube, etc. because of the music. I realize there's plenty of ways around Content ID matching and even more Creative Commons music, but that's not the point.

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Post by FLUX-YOU »

lazyjones wrote: post #30

Idea: a personal blood testing device for use at home (to test for many parameters including vitamin levels). It would be beneficial to be able to test at least monthly in order to avoid risks associated with various deficiencies, to detect possible diseases early, to monitor relevant parameters while on a diet or exercising etc.. Also, we'd like to keep our results confidential to avoid trouble with insurances and o…

Secondary idea: the device optionally sends (or produces) a document with the testing parameters and results to EHR software, doctor, or nurse. Caregivers can then return with answers or catch problematic values.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by Cynddl »

bbody wrote: post #39

Idea: A startup which holds your data, it then provides it as a service to other websites giving them it only as they need it. This will provide a single place where you data exists and other companies will only be able to use it as need be. Security would become a big problem however... But it could get around a lot of privacy concerns at the moment.

Its name is http://openpds.media.mit.edu, developed at MIT.

OpenPDS is a service acting as a middle datastore, between the user (who can even host the service themselves), and the data consumers. The key issue here is to guarantee privacy, by responding with ‘SafeAnswers’ to the queries of external services. It's a WIP, but free and open source.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by Alex3917 »

philbarr wrote: post #14

Idea Validator: Type in the long-tail search phrases and it goes off and does as much market research automatically for you as possible, and comes back with a yes/no on whether you should bother pursuing it. Perhaps including a list of statistics like: how much it would cost to get into that market, how many competitors there appear to be, etc. etc.

I'm currently working at a startup that actually does something like this. You're probably never going to get a yes/no answer though because most large competitors will have multiple unrelated lines of business, and it's usually not possible to get data beyond the organization level. (Sometimes though the larger organization is a holding company that has different subsidiaries for related lines of business.)

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by lordnacho »

capex wrote: post #5

MVP as a service, where you pay a fixed amount each month to get a fixed number of developer hours. EDIT: To expand on this a bit: True lean development, every month focused on delivering a working product. Initially using third party applications like Firebase and Parse, gradually increasing features, but the product must launch by the end of the first month.

I've got a team that can do this. In fact, I've already started meeting startup people who are interested.

The team is able to make websites, iOS/Android apps (that talk to the sites), pretty much anything that you'd want an MVP to do. We know how AWS works (can make things scale ready), and how the app launch/approval process works. We can integrate all manner of components, including push messaging, databases, pictures, social media integration, etc.

The core team are two HFT developers who've moved into the web space over the years, and a number of associates who can do things like design work.

I've also got a member who has 15 years online marketing experience, if that's considered part of MVP.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by jrometty »

FLUX-YOU wrote: post #43
lazyjones wrote: post #30

Idea: a personal blood testing device for use at home (to test for many parameters including vitamin levels). It would be beneficial to be able to test at least monthly in order to avoid risks associated with various deficiencies, to detect possible diseases early, to monitor relevant parameters while on a diet or exercising etc.. Also, we'd like to keep our results confidential to avoid trouble with insurances and o…

Secondary idea: the device optionally sends (or produces) a document with the testing parameters and results to EHR software, doctor, or nurse. Caregivers can then return with answers or catch problematic values.

Even better, the data is recorded in a central database where you can be compared to all other users. If an anomaly occur, doctors (who will have access to the info from the start) will be notified and be able to call the shots with the benefit of data.

Edit: rereading your answer, you might have less explicitly said this.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by dkyc »

philbarr wrote: post #17

Easy Expenses: There are lots of expenses saas apps out there, but the pain with expenses is scanning in all the receipts. I should be able to do this by just taking a picture of the receipt at the time I get it. Perhaps include some computer vision stuff to pick the numbers off the receipt and let me choose which one was cost (incl./excl. VAT). Include other fields for project, time, date, reason, etc. Then when I'm…

Check out Abacus (recent YC company): https://www.abacus.com/
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