This post is dedicated to all persons needing an idea to run with. I present here a growing list of random problems and/or ideas I have about inventions and businesses that can be created. These ideas are not for me to pursue but I share them in case you are the human soulmate of these ideas. Ideas range from what a person can accomplish to more complex multinational brainpower. You’ll need to do your homework to follow through on these ideas. For starters, be inspired!
- MY ID: Before the pandemic, when we went to a conference, there was usually the registration desk where we “registered” and got a name tag. The conference ends and the name tag gets thrown away. We go to another conference and its the same process. Let’s get rid of the paper and plastic waste: Introducing MY ID. This is the only ID you’ll need for wherever you need a name tag for all kinds of gatherings. It will primarily have your name, picture, and pronouns. There’ll be space on the card to add customizable features such as the school/organizer affiliation name or other details they want on the name tag. You’re welcome.
- “Hold my Hair”: This invention is especially for my Africa-descended sisters who do braids, crochet or use other hair attachments. Sometimes we just want to wash our scalp without wetting the whole hair. Hold my hair keeps the hair away from the shower head so that we can wash just the scalp.
- Airports should have easy access to mailing offices to mail excess luggage. The cost of mailing should, of course, be much cheaper than extra baggage costs.
- Fight for legislation that forces big companies to make eco-friendly products. Consumers should play that part for sure but the companies making harmful products to begin with need to rethink things.
- Develop household appliances that do not need electricity to run.
- Clay jar water storage: clay keeps cool things cold and hot things hot for a relatively long time. People in underdeveloped places with limited electricity and in tropical climates will thank you for this invention
- Dry Grill: This appliance uses heat from the sun to dry meat and appropriate vegetables. (I know I need one)
- Develop portable pretty soil trays in which people can grow their own food(mostly vegetables). This invention is primarily for people in cities where there is minimal garden space. All customers need to do is hang their soil tray where the sun can reach them.
- DIY (Do It Yourself) Schools: If you’ve seen the movie “Accepted” then you know what this is. Rather than being accepted into programmes that predetermine what you should learn, in the DIY school, students design their own programmes and get full credit, certificates, graduation etc. Students of this school will need to design their own job descriptions and find an employer to hire them.
- Replacing plastic containers with calabashes. The latter grows on trees in Africa, and is durable and eco-friendly.
- House-lights that brighten or dim as the sunlight brightens or dims. This invention will help with sleep. Darkness promotes the production of melatonin which helps to let us know when to sleep. When the sitting room remains the same light intensity throughout the day, it can be confusing for the body.
- Gadgets that help identify and recreate smells. Have you ever smelled something but do not have the words to describe what you’re smelling? This smell detector will tell you. And if you need to recreate that smell, this app will help you capture the smell for you to smell later. (I need an order to capture my baby’s euphoric smell).
- “Mystery Man” (please find a gender inclusive name): If you have a love-letter in your cabinet that you wrote to your high school sweetheart several years ago but never got to send because you were too shy back then. Or you’re that dying man who wished he told his kids that he loved them. The “mystery man” will help accomplish these tasks.
Let me know in the comment below if something strikes your fancy
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