iPhone today app that shows scrip output on the today screen. This can be useful to show custom script outputs for server uptime scripts, traffic monitoring scripts, etc. Maybe combine it with picture display widget to show custom graphs. First Steps: there is nothing similar on the market at the moment except for a widget that grabs website pages, which is nice, but not perfect to script output, Read this article
NPR alarm clock. NPR needs money, and they have a valuable property people like, the Morning Edition. They can partner with another company and market an alarm clock that features the web accessible version of the Morning Edition. It's a simple idea that can bring some needed cash to NPR. First Steps: pitch the idea to NPR.
Website to bring people together who want to make small budget movies. Read this article
Citizen scientist platform that allows scientists to post data gathering tasks that could be performed by average people. People and students interested in science can follow the instructions listed on the site to gather data, and post it on site. Eventually, when the paper is published, everyone who participated in the data gathering process will get credit on the site for helping. First Steps: Read this article
A combination of an Android app and hardware that allows businesses to give their employees a way to communicate with each other and interact with the corporation. The idea is to replace the walkie talkies businesses commonly use with an all IP system that also does video chat, text, and is smart enough to know where each employee is at any given time. First Steps: see what is available at the Read this article
Book or movie about Aliens landing on earth. They say they are explorers, and generally appear to be benevolent. We believe them. They look like mid size octopus like creatures, different from the green men we expected to see. They build a more powerful space ship and take some of the scientists from our world to theirs. On arrival, it turns out that the alien looking creatures are actually just Read this article
A book / movie about a world where people live in the Matrix like VR environment. The average human lifespan is still roughly 200 years, but to prolong their life, many people resort to "time slicing." Time slicing is a technique where an AI controls an avatar 90% of the time, and the human is awakened only once a day or so to sync the memories and to be consulted on inputs. As a result, from a Read this article
Internet connection monitoring lamp. A small globe or lamp that can be setup via a BT connection and a phone app to connect to the local WiFi and monitor a predetermined list of IP and web addresses. It can be used for local connection monitoring as well as resource monitoring. It would flash a given color if one of the resources is down. First Steps: check if available, make a prototype using a Read this article
Bluetooth electric kill or non-kill mouse trap. There are kill mouse trap that electrocute the mouse and non-kill traps that trap the mouse to be released later. Both can benefit from remote activation notification using Bluetooth with mash network added to cover large area. Perfect for large warehouses or stores. First Steps: check if it exists already, make a prototype using existing electric Read this article
Shipping service for famous people. Famous people have a lot of stuff shipped to them. Promotional stuff, samples, fan letters, etc. However, not all of it is safe. Organize a service that x-rays the mail, opens packages, checks the contents, and than takes pictures of the content. User can chose to relay the stuff, discard, or archive. First Steps: Check if this exists (probably), see if it’s Read this article
Movie about a guy who works in an office with all AI workers. He is an older guy who worked in the company for years, and he is close to retirement. His co-workers leave/retire or are laid off and outsourced one by one, and he is the only one left. After a while he notices that the new AI workers are not as "robotic" as he has first assumed. They have ideas, and those ideas may not be so Read this article