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Nuclear powered laptop never needs recharging
Or a windup netbook? The next generation of Intel mobile chips are supposed to run on one watt. They already sell windup flashlights that run on one watt.
Twitter for all things non-human. Like my coffee machine tweeting me that the pot's empty or the new brew's ready.
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It's called a roundabout. ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout They help traffic flow lots in the UK and elsewhere around the world. Not a panacea though.
I've never seen a roundabout work well with high traffic though (in the US anyway), it has always seemed to me that they work amazingly well with low and medium traffic, but once they are full you end up with a single inbound street hogging it since everyone else has to yield.
A DBUS like system for the internet (for message passing and multi casting events to registered handlers). It's like twitter, except for application to application/people communication. You first visit the site and create a data structure and register it at the X service website. Then a application can send messages in that data structure to the X service. Other services/applications/websites/people can register (lik…
Since the newspapers are about to die, we need something to replace the government/corporate watchdog function of journalism. (sensational news, sports, classifieds, entertainment, and celebritard news have already migrated elsewhere, so let's not consider them.) Some form of hyper-customizable newsletter service, providing updates on upcoming legislation or business deals. There are large firms who already subscribe…
Instead there should be a news site that gives you a brief quiz to determine your political bias, and then serves you biased news stories that agree with your preconceived ideas. It takes a task that people already do by hand, and automates it!
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…
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Here in Italy, people mostly use solar power to dry clothes, rather than a dryer, which very few people possess.
That wouldn't work in northern Europe for large parts of the year, because of the climate. There are both advantages and disadvantages by air drying. By drying them outside, you get a more "fresh" smell. But if you use a dryer, the clothes are often "softer".
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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.
We have that too: http://www.bart.gov/
A online grocery store comparison shopping. Data is customer driven and pulled from the weekly shopper. Reciepts can be scanned in and processed to keep track of shopping. Shopping lists can be entered online to be cross checked against the closest grocery stores (you get to decide if going to 2 stores is worth saving $10 extra) and sent to your phone. Online grocers(amazon) even get in the mix to provide deals and f…
Shameless plug that you (being, presumably, a kiwi based on your grabaseat comment earlier) may find interesting: www.boozr.co.nz I've decided to start with alcohol and work my way backwards towards groceries, but the idea is roughly the same as what you've outlined. :) Luckily here in NZ everyone except Foodstuffs (NW, Pak'n'save, Four Square) is online so getting the prices isn't too tricky...
I like app, only we always bought our beer/wine from the grocery stores. But for any liquor this looks sweet as.
What did you write it in?