It would be nice to have a dumb computer for your kitchen that is basically just for displaying recipes from the internet (eg allrecipes.com). It would be thin like an ipad and I could hang it on the wall/fridge/cupboard/above the counter while I am preparing food. It would be easy to clean and sturdy and would keep working even I spilled sauce on it, dropped it on the counter, etc.
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#102YourMechanic for groceries.
I want to pay a flat recurring fee and have my fridge be filled with basic food products (e.g. like a hotel's minibar) you chose from 3-5 preset packages out of 3 pricing levels, setup how many people are in the house and you are done
the service will calibrate (with your help) the content of the packages, e.g. if you see you eat more bread than you drink milk and end up with too much milk and too little bread, you can tweak it (larger bread package, smaller milk bottle)
All products will be generically packaged and will have a very low price as this startup will specialize in basic products (bread, milk, eggs, cheese, basic meats, popular fish, soft drinks, water, core vegetables and fruits)
Having a massive buying power, the prices of these basic products will be much, much cheaper than any grocery store
Having statistically well sized packages for most households types will ensure optimal saving and minimal food waste.
you will never need to go grocery shopping again, never need to "remember the milk" throw much less food, and spend so much less on groceries you won't know what to do with the money you have left.
I would start this but it seems it needs a logistics / supply chain pro from a large corporate to be able to pull this through
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#103How about a GPS car navigation unit that detects if you're going too fast for an upcoming curve and warns you? It seems like it already has all the data.
The problem with this is that if you rely on the system and there is an error in the map (the curve is not marked) you have a big problem. If you don't rely on the data and drive carefully there is no point anymore :) A possible solution would be to detect the curve radius with a camera, but it has it's own problems. You never have 100% accurate data.
Well the market is for careful drivers who once in a while aren't paying attention, or are simply approaching a curve that isn't well marked.
I'd consider it a system of last resort, not something to replace careful driving but to enhance it.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been learning about the domain squatting business recently, by basically becoming a domain squatter. It's something I've been fascinated by for years, I always wondered how profitable or easy it was. I've learnt quite a bit, and will get round to blogging things sometime, but the main lesson is - most domains earn nothing from adverts while on sedo or other marketplaces, and a decent offer of $500+ should get yo…
Would be really interested in a blog about this. Please drop me a mail if you ever get around to posting one?
Will do - maybe this thread will make me get round to doing it!
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#105A pre-owned diamond exchange platform. Inspired by this article recently on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4535611
During these hard times, give people a platform to sell their existing diamonds at a higher price than what jewelry stores are willing to pay. Disrupt the "estate jewelry" market specifically in the diamond space by bringing forth a dedicated Ebay type site that also includes appraisals (automatic/electronic?) as a separate fee. This would encourage people to sell all those diamonds that's been stored in safe deposit boxes waiting to be sold.
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#106Collectively purchase/own items. For instance, baxter[programmable android] came out yesterday/today, and you would like to try it out, but the price point of 22k is too much. A group of people, say 22, can collectively purchase it and rotate the usage of baxter amongst themselves.
In the case of an android, it could just walk to your house when it's your time to play with it!
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't think this can be profitable in any way. What would you do with the dead tree books?
Sell them?
Old books have essentially no value. Cracked (of all places) did a story of how hard libraries work to get rid of books, and all the problems that they face just trying to even put them in the trash.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19453_6-reasons-were-in-anoth...
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#108HR and Recruitment software for high turnover, low skill companies like call centers. Implement a number of systems like patio11's appointment reminder, CRM and helpdesk type software for communication, something to handle all paperwork electronically, posting adverts, information gathering etc etc. Basically, a family friend used to run the HR and recruitment department for a huge call center, she headed a staff of…
How about a Mechanical Turk based recruiter company?
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#109Ok, I have no idea how to do this startup but it seems very profitable. Have you ever noticed how anyone under 40 believes with 100% certainty that social security won't be around for them when they retire. Well I think it probably will be around. Most big (popular?) government programs aren't going away no matter what the media says. So how about selling social security insurance. Buyers pay a premium each month to…
to offer insurance, you have to be able to pay out if a claim is made. Since the insurance you are offering is all or none ( i.e. if social security goes away, it goes away for everyone ), you would have to pay out claims to everyone at once. This is much different than auto insurance where you only expect some small percentage of policy holders to put in a claim.
You need to find someone to take the other end of the bet. So, who would want to insure themselves in the case where social security stays around? Can you find enough of these people to balance out your risk?
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#110A digital photo service that can identify duplicate photos and lets the user delete duplicates easily.
I'd gladly hand over my wallet if http://SnapJoy.com had this feature.