I posted it on another thread. An app to help you decide on what to wear on a given day. The app will get inputs from weather, day's schedule and the clothes in your wardrobe etc. and will then suggest you what to wear. It can take input regarding clothes in wardrobe using either a scan of the clothing item or using a barcode. It can also suggest which new clothing items to buy based on what is currently in the user's wardrobe and user's lifestyle. This can cover the monetizing aspect of the app.
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#222As with most hackers here, a job, a family and an attempt not to burn out has left me with plenty of ideas but with very little to show.
The most audacious one rolling around in my head right now is Notifyway.com. The basic concept is allowing the end user to control how and when they receive communication from a sender (could be an app, your washing machine or Facebook).
The process would be as follows: 1. The customer (lets call him Bob) signs up with Notifyway.com and downloads any apps they want to use (iOs, Android, Windows, Growl plugin, whatever). 2. Bob registers each app as a "receiver" with Notifyway.com using OAuth. This allows push notifications to be sent to each "receiver" 3. Bob signs up with AwesomeService.com which lets him know when there are friends nearby. 4. AwesomeService.com connects to Notifyway.com and Bob authenticates the connection using OAuth. 5. AwesomeService.com finds a friend nearby and connects to the Notifyway.com API with a short and long message for Bob. 6. Bob has decided that AwesomeService.com should send him a text message for each notification if it comes through on weekend. However, during the week, Bob would like all notifications to be sent to Growl on his Mac (if it is during work hours) as he is at his desk all day long. After hours, a Tweet can be sent or a notification on his iPhone. If it is a long message, it should be sent to Bob's personal email as it is likely a marketing message or some other time insensitive update. 7. Bob is able to make decisions on how to receive his notifications using plugins that provide outgoing services (like ifttt) 7. AwesomeService.com have integrated into a single service with a single API for all their communications with Bob, safe in the knowledge that he will get the notification as he wants to get them. 8. Bob is able to disconnect AwesomeService.com if he ever feels they are not providing any value and he is guaranteed no more communication (Bob never even gave his email to AwesomeService.com because it wasn't necessary).
The concept lives and dies on very high volume and would need to have fairly low margins to entice services to pay to communicate with their customers. This would probably need to be driven by customers who would demand integration.
There are services that do something similar things (e.g. Boxcar, Pushover & Notifo) but I don't think they are aligned in the same way. I am hoping to make this an "open service" so the protocol is open, 3rd party apps would be welcome and community contribution acknowledged.
If anyone is interested, I'm starting a design document to discuss the possibilities and opportunities that this service might create.
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#223Here's a few I've been thinking about: - Remote aid delivery by drone: build and send small robotic aircraft to remote areas and drop aid, preferably starting with medicine (lightweight and very useful). Small helicopters (quadrotor drone copters as you see at TED/MIT) could land and accept return packages if necessary. Trips could be made to hazardous places where human-driven aid drops can't venture. Additionally,…
My low-rent version of the drone delivery idea is the burrito cannon. You order burritos via your phone. When they're ready, your phone tells you to go stand outside. Once there's a solid GPS fix, a precise, high-powered catapult throws the delivery package way up in the air. Like a smart bomb, it uses tailfin guidance to home in on your phone, popping a 'chute at the end.
One of my more outlandish fantasies is a point-to-point transit system built out of enormous catapults & nets that operates similarly...
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#224A Chrome extension that solves CAPTCHAs with a click. Charge me 1 USD for 10 credits and then outsource the solving to some of those shady sites for $0.001 each.
Why not just have an option on a site to bypass CAPTCHA on a site by paying $0.10 via PayPal or some other method?
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#225Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is such a thing as an e-fax (you send an email and it magically turns into a fax on the other side). I have only seen it from one side and do not have any details, though. When I was doing Lots Of Paperwork for something, I'd often print out reams at the office and fax reams back. I consider myself rather fortunate that no one ever complained; being friends with the receptionist (who sits next to the fax and wa…
I've used e-faxes before, but isn't it predicated by the other side (the tax office, or whoever) having either a fax machine or the inclination to accept an e-fax?
Usually, people who ask for a fax are capable of receiving one.
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#226This idea is very similar to Instagram, but with following tweaks :
1) It is an instagram like application where you can take protographs using smartphone.
2) This will have a web interface.
3) This also accepts camara photos over the web like Flickr or picasa.
4) Users can order photo prints at a very economocal price.
5) Users have an option of selling their photos as stockphotos(have a checkbox while just before uploading photo asking "Do you want to enable this photo to be sold as stockphoto")?
Do you pay for this service?
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#227Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Kind of already happening. Many gps units warn you if you're over the speed limit, and limits are set with upcoming curves factored in. Here's a startup idea, but not for the faint of heart: 1. The authorities put a QR code ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code ) on all the speed-limit signs, a label that can be read from a great distance, and one specially coded to be unambiguously a speed limit notification. 2.…
Current cars (BMW, Mercedes-Benz) already have that. There's a camera that recognizes signs and warns you if you're above the limit. See http://www.bmw.com/com/en/newvehicles/3series/sedan/2011/sho...
Oh, well, this won't be the first time I have suggested something that's already been done. :)
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#2281. P2P travel insurance. Similar to kickstarter campaign, your friends insure you for small claims <$5000. No claims, friends get money back. P2P company holds money and profits on short term interest rates. Larger liability and medical expenses would still need to be underwritten by normal insurance companies. 2. Smart Water Meters - Develop water flow meters on each pipe/faucet to report flow information to an appl…
Re #3, Google Plus actually has this.
If you schedule an event, and then click into Party Mode, your pictures go into an album shared with all the other attendees.
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#2291. P2P travel insurance. Similar to kickstarter campaign, your friends insure you for small claims <$5000. No claims, friends get money back. P2P company holds money and profits on short term interest rates. Larger liability and medical expenses would still need to be underwritten by normal insurance companies. 2. Smart Water Meters - Develop water flow meters on each pipe/faucet to report flow information to an appl…
Re #3, Google Plus actually has this. If you schedule an event, and then click into Party Mode, your pictures go into an album shared with all the other attendees.
bah! sweet.
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#230A Chrome extension that solves CAPTCHAs with a click. Charge me 1 USD for 10 credits and then outsource the solving to some of those shady sites for $0.001 each.
Why not just have an option on a site to bypass CAPTCHA on a site by paying $0.10 via PayPal or some other method?
It'd be hard to convince people running sites that they should accept 0.10 to let me bypass the captcha. It'd be easier to solve this on my side and for every site at the same time.