# Your $billion idea **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681 "2015-10-15T01:33:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/21 "2015-10-15T13:48:35Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > > [@Dio2112](#): > > > > I think this is a genuinely marketable solution. > > [Amazon.com: Omnio WOW-KEYS Full-sized, QWERTY PC or MAC Keyboard for iPhone (000WOWKEYS) : Electronics](http://www.amazon.com/WOW-KEYS-Full-sized-QWERTY-Keyboard-000WOWKEYS/dp/B004XYJKZU) [Here](http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/multi-device-keyboard-k480)’s one from Logitech, except it doesn’t look full-sized and it uses Bluetooth. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/22 "2015-10-15T13:50:00Z")
And my idea; a laser printer/shredder combo, so everything that’s printed is immediately shredded. Skips that boring middle step where the paper floats around your desk. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/23 "2015-10-15T14:02:28Z")
A chip that can be safely implanted into your thumb that will carry all your financials. When you buy anything, you’d just put your thumb on a pad and it would be recorded. All your income would be sent to the chip. Eliminates the need for cash, cards, and all the rest. And WHY didn’t the US government put bar codes on the new bills? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/24 "2015-10-15T14:15:32Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > A full-sized computer keyboard with a phone dock (interchangeable for different phone models) and a toggle switch to change between typing on the computer and typing on the phone. For instance, you get a text on your phone while you’re at work. Hit the toggle, type your response, send the text, toggle back to the computer and continue working. Mac OS X basically does this. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/25 "2015-10-15T18:52:36Z")
> [@campp](#): > > A wall mounted band aid dispenser. Push a button, and a naked, sterile band aid comes out of the slot. I would totally buy this. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/26 "2015-10-15T19:00:59Z")
Counterfeit 100,000,000,000 pennies. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/27 "2015-10-15T19:01:04Z")
I know I’ve posted this here before… Motorized suitcases that follow you. No more dragging! (I know, there are some prototypes already in the works). I’ve kinda white-boarded the technology and requirements. It would use the segway gyro tech to stay in the right position when bumped, etc. You would have a bluetooth fob in your pocket to keep it following you. The trick in making it work would be keeping the weight down for the mechanism while making it powerful enough to handle the weight and balance of a full suitcase. ---
**Author:** ![northporlarbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@northporlarbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/northporlarbear)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/28 "2015-10-15T19:11:31Z")
I have this idea about Xbox. Do you know how Xbox has toy guitar & toy drum people can play? I was thinking of building a toy boxing machine. Similar to drum, 4 sets of 3 cymbals (in different angles, so that hitting 1 angled cymbal makes the screen do uppercut, hook or jab/cross in that quadrant) are located in 4 quadrants. There are 2 pedals. You can play multiplayer against other boxers. I’ve published this idea on allarchive & I’ve sent this idea to Microsoft, but they don’t listen. I think it is really going to sell well. I’ve sorted out the details as well like “press the flat mat in the middle with your forearm to defend” or “press your forearm onto the cymbal joints for stopping”. For weaving & bobbing, arranged by the pedals. This is different from a plain video game where you just press buttons. Similar to guitar or drum, you actually do something. It’s doing a sport while borrowing the video game technologies. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/29 "2015-10-15T19:56:37Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And my idea; a laser printer/shredder combo, so everything that’s printed is immediately shredded. Skips that boring middle step where the paper floats around your desk. great idea! hilarious 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/30 "2015-10-15T20:14:58Z")
A worldwide chain of top-less barber shops. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/31 "2015-10-15T20:28:15Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > A worldwide chain of top-less barber shops. What would you call the place? _A Little Bit Off the Top_? ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/32 "2015-10-15T21:08:13Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > What would you call the place? _A Little Bit Off the Top_? Perhaps, The Boober Shop? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/33 "2015-10-15T21:20:04Z")
Another idea is to adapt for home use technology that Amazon is using in its warehouses. Rather than having the order fulfillment people run around the giant warehouse retrieving goods, they use [small but powerful robots](https://www.amazonrobotics.com/#/vision) to pick the shelf containing the ordered item and bring it to the order fulfillment person. So how about adapting this to the home? Say, you’re sitting on the couch and want a snack or a beverage. One of these robots would go over to the refrigerator, pick it up and bring it to you. No need to miss a minute of the big game. And later, when you need to get rid of what remains of the snack or the beverage, one of these robots would go over to the toilet and bring it to you. ---
**Author:** ![stolatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/34 "2015-10-15T21:26:03Z")
Some sort of paging system that notifies customer service in stores when a disabled person needs a motorized cart in the parking lot. I saw a lady struggling quite a bit at Target the other day and it made sense. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/35 "2015-10-15T22:03:46Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > A chip that can be safely implanted into your thumb that will carry all your financials. When you buy anything, you’d just put your thumb on a pad and it would be recorded. All your income would be sent to the chip. Eliminates the need for cash, cards, and all the rest. > > And WHY didn’t the US government put bar codes on the new bills? Prior art. _Demolition Man_, Stallone/Bullock/Snipes documentary. My idea would be a motion operated toilet seat lifter with a low power LED. The sensor detects when someone walks into a darkened lavatory then automagically raises the seat. Using multiple sensors the unit could decide whether to raise lid and seat or just lid. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/36 "2015-10-16T01:29:33Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Motorized suitcases that follow you. … It would use the segway gyro tech to stay in the right position when bumped, etc. You would have a bluetooth fob in your pocket to keep it following you. The trick in making it work would be keeping the weight down for the mechanism while making it powerful enough to handle the weight and balance of a full suitcase. Nope. Go big. Get some of those doglike [robots](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8YjvHYbZ9w) that Boston Dynamics makes, put suitcase racks on them, and have them follow you. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/37 "2015-10-16T01:33:33Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So how about adapting this to the home? Say, you’re sitting on the couch and want a snack or a beverage. One of these robots would go over to the refrigerator, pick it up and bring it to you. No need to miss a minute of the big game. And later, when you need to get rid of what remains of the snack or the beverage, one of these robots would go over to the toilet and bring it to you. I thought that was what wives are for. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/38 "2015-10-16T02:37:09Z")
To start an international web based think tank with one goal, greatly increasing the odds of individuals having a successful creative social experience. Our job would be to make available resources that no common man has ever had access to before through simple co-operation and collaboration. The power and addictive nature of success would drive the organization like a giant wheel with all the momentum on the outer wheel. The physical bases would be widespread and range in size from a small coffee shop to a large r/v park village spanning hundreds of acres. Too much for a smple post but I have been working on my dream park for years. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/39 "2015-10-16T12:30:11Z")
Homeopathic medicines, available mixed with soft drinks, redBull, etc., from vending machines. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681/40 "2015-10-16T12:53:45Z")
\*\*\*wireless electricity…they have wireless phones why not wireless electricity? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-billion-idea/734681.md?page=3)