A way to block all sales and marketing for items that you just bought.

The annoying thing about buying stuff online is that you are now tracked and sent new "sales" stuff about other products similar to the one you just bought. For instance, I just bought a new motherboard. So New Egg decides to send me a bunch of sales stuff for other motherboards. This now puts me into anxiety mode because I know that I can't return the one I bought and now I'm being shown something similar that is cheaper/better/whatever. This sucks! All online retailers do this and I wish there was a way to block it for at least a few months at least so I don't have to worry that I made a bad choice.

Sticker clock

Looking at the segmented lcd display of clocks, it looks as if they could be shrank to be ultra-thin to be placed on a sticker small enough to only take a corner of a pair of glasses. With such a small size, a tiny photovoltaic panel attached to the bridge of the glasses with the processor would provide sufficient power.

If you've ever played a handheld electronic game from the 80's you will see that the screens use segmented lcds that are see through. Normally there is a plain picture behind in order to provide perspective for the game . My thought is that you should be able to make a clock that can stick on the front of the average pair of glasses/sunglasses. Minimal power and processor requirements, but still be handy to have a clock within your eye line.

Move all historical artifacts to an island that is far away from any potential warzones.

Between the articles of ISIS destroying historical objects, Afghanistan destroying a Buddhist site for a copper mine, and the hidden lost  archives of the British museum; I'm thinking that we need a place to keep our history safe.

So I propose that we find a nice sized island that is free from most major natural disasters, in a climate that is good for preservation, and is distant from potential hotspots. We then start moving artifacts or even entire structures to this location, at which point replications are created by 3D printers and sent to museums for mass consumption. I was thinking something like St. Helena: isolated, dry, small population, and few natural disasters. This could then become an UNESCO controlled area to allow for international studies to be conducted in peace.

An extra hand in the kitchen.

This would be for people that live in places with small kitchens where you couldn't have a dishwasher and have limited counter-space.

Mount a set of arms that are on rails attached to the underside of your kitchen cabinets. This would allow the arms to slide over and wash the dishes in the sink and then put them in the dish rack for drying. Once dry they could then put the dishes in the cabinet and utensils in the drawers. With proper image recognition sensors it might also be able to pick up things like spices and put them into their place as well.

The key is that the arms are no more than 1 meter long and fold flatly to about 5cm thickness under the cabinet. I think that using multiple suction points instead of pincers would be much more effective in picking up different shapes and sizes of dishes. Except for utensils.

Edit: Thinking more about this you could use a three point suction system to pick up dishes, and with a single smaller suction to pick up some flatware though it would need to be wide enough (+1cm).

The cleaning system would be based around the steam cleaning devices that are sold as mops and whatnot.http://www.amazon.com/Astar-Steam-Cleaner-Steamer-Shipping/dp/B00C6SMBGK

So It would drop an arm down into the sink, when it makes contact it suctions onto a dish, then the second arm sprays the steam. The first arm would then release a suction point so the steam could clean underneath it, thereby always having 2 points of connection to the dishes. The steam cleaning would also mean that it wouldn't require large amounts of water or a scrubber to get the dishes clean. You could also have an attachment so that the steam arm could sterilize the counter tops with a spray and attached wiper/squeegee.

Edit 2: It will now have a roll down screen that extends outward and blocks overspray of the steam, as well as ensures that all particles drop into the sink.

A national ID for Americans that is backed by DNA.

After an identity theft scare, I realized just how pathetic the security is for our identities here in the USA. I mean with a birth certificate and a social security card, neither of which have any real identification abilities, I can open any number of credit cards and mortgages. So I think we should have an official ID card that is attached to us by DNA, iris scan, and finger print.

Yeah, DNA would be more involved, but a central depository that is collected at birth could be a great backup system. Iris scans can be quite reliable and not so intrusive compared to fingerprints, at least that's what I've read. the key is that you could use the iris/fingerprint scans for everyday use and the DNA for fraud confirmation.


A complete end to identity theft is in our grasp!

Ultra durable clothes with removable collars and cuffs.

For most men's dress shirts the fashions only rarely change and the most significant changes are in the collars and cuffs. These are also the places where staining is the most significant. What if we had shirts that had removable collars and cuffs but with the main shirt being of a very long lasting material? This way you can adjust as necessary, but it gets rid of the "fast fashion" that is so prevalent in the world. This also allows for less trash to be created by the clothing industry and reduces the overall impact on our world as we change away from a disposable society.

I'm guessing it's a cost of manufacturing thing as well the necessity of capitalism to increase total sales- better to sell a $50 shirt than a $5 collar. Kinda like why men's pants don't use a "double breasted" fastener for the fly on pants which would be much more comfortable for your tackle than the current single line securing system. I want my codpiece, dammit.