Friday, September 30, 2011

Built in Dock for iPad on TV

There should be a dock built into TV's where you can plug your iPad in and use the TV to stream video.  The problem is all the other companies that have tablets would get upset the the TV only worked with an iPad.  The solution is for companies to team up and offer the TV and the tablet together.  LG for example makes pretty good TV's and tablets.  Then LG has the advantage over Apple at that point because Apple doesn't make TV's, they would be forced to get compatible with a competing television.

Question:
Do you have some sort of tablet at home? If so what do you use and for what purpose?  Would you be more likely to but a TV if it came with a tablet?

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Drive Tires vs. Break Tires

Friction is an enemy to MPG.  Friction is a friend to stopping.  Tires on the road are the friction that makes a car go and stop.  So how can you make tires that give you awesome efficiency while driving and stop you quickly when you need it?  Two sets of tires on the same car.  It would require a lot of engineering but the way I imagine it there would be a skinny motion wheel that would be on the ground at all times.  Skinny means less friction and greater MPG.  Then right next to it you would have the break wheel that would engage when the breaks or steering needed the added friction.  

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Fleece Lined Dress Socks

Dress shoes are cold.  They look nice and are super thin and not very weather proof.  To make it worse you have to wear dress socks with dress shoes and they are super thin as well.  I need fleeced lined dress socks or really good looking winter socks that are black.  I have yet to come across a good option to look good and keep warm toes.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Trailer for Smart Car

The Smart Car gets 60 MPG and has room for 1.5 persons.  I suggest making a small drag-behind trailer that you could hook to the tail end to expand the cargo room of the car.  Even if you only needed it once a month it might be worth it to have a small trailer you could use to haul extra groceries or a chair or a giant teddy bear, etc.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Commuter Lane Tinting

I've suggested designs on tinting to a cars windows.  This is taking the same idea, using two different tint colors and applying it on the back window of the car.  The idea is the have a tint cut twice or three times darker than the rest of the car in the form of three shoulders and heads in the back seat.  That way when you look at the car from the back you would see the shadow of three people (thus allowing you to drive dishonestly in the commuter lane).  The same idea could be used for a cool marketing idea on city buses.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Audio Speed Adjustment in Car

I love to listen to audio books.  Sometimes I wish I could speed up the book to double time and listen to the boring parts twice as fast as the rest of the book.  It would be nice if my CD player had speed adjustment, even if it were just one or two options (twice as fast and 1/2 speed).

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Auto-Drive

Google has had drivers behind the wheels of the cars they use to take the pictures that go on "street view" on their Google Maps.  The drivers don't drive though, they are just there to take over in an emergency if the auto driver wigs out at any point.  So cars that drive themselves exist.  Now with that advance lets say a car that drives itself isn't good enough.  I want a car I can shower in on my way to work.  That's right I want a self-driving shower car that allows me to roll out of bed late, hop in my car and look like a million bucks when I get to work.  You could have a small compartment for other bathroom necessities and the car would need very dark tinted windows.  Or I could just be happy I can read a book on family road trips from now on.