Brainstorm HN: Outlandish Startup Ideas Pool

Post by rokhayakebe » Mon, May 11, 2009, 5:32 AM UTC

dxjones wrote: post #131

rokhayakebe wrote: post #83

5 Star Jail Hotel (good for procrastinators). Pay us and we will lock you up for as many days as you paid. You get one hour per day to hang out within our establishment. Breakfast, Lunch and Diner are eaten with other prisoners. The rest of time we will lock you up in your room (with internet connection). Phones lines are only open for x hours. Emails programs are blocked most of the time... You see where I am headin…

Can a boss send an employee to procrastinator jail to make sure they finish their task by deadline?

Post by ibsulon » Mon, May 11, 2009, 6:19 AM UTC

lacker wrote: post #142

myoung8 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We do: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_(vehicle)

But I can't buy one. A startup that solved this problem would have to solve a lot of legal issues as well as technical ones. Also Stanley can't drive in traffic. What I really want is something that can commute for me from San Francisco to Silicon Valley while I play video games.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 11, 2009, 6:21 AM UTC

lacker wrote: post #142

myoung8 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We do: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_(vehicle)

But I can't buy one. A startup that solved this problem would have to solve a lot of legal issues as well as technical ones. Also Stanley can't drive in traffic. What I really want is something that can commute for me from San Francisco to Silicon Valley while I play video games.

Post by ibsulon » Mon, May 11, 2009, 6:49 AM UTC

klein_waffle wrote: post #103

markessien wrote: post #4

Movie Software that provides stock footage of fixed sets (homes, gardens, etc) and places you in those settings perfectly. Also same with cars and so on - the software should be at a level where you could make a full movie without ever leaving your home.

you could make a full movie without ever leaving your home. That is approximately the most depressing idea ever.

Post by 10ren » Mon, May 11, 2009, 6:52 AM UTC

froo wrote: post #92

mooders wrote: post #5

1. Go on a diet. 2. Open [web|desktop] app. 3. Select diet plan (atkins; south beach; XYZ etc). 4. Select number of people in household. 5. Select number of people on diet. 6. Select dietary options (eg gluten-free). 7. Select budget. 8. Add credentials and payment details for preferred online grocery store. 9. App notes diet plan and previous shopping activity to reduce duplication, finds recipes and extracts ingred…

I pitched this idea to YC last year, basically. Mine also had "GPS on phone to monitor person's level of physical activity to help tailor diet to their dietary needs" We even worked on putting this together so that the algorithm could work automatically for a family who had different dietary requirements. The problem we found is that it doesn't work for the consumer market. We focussed too much on the idea and not en…