cereal boxes

remember a few years ago (perhaps more than a few) when soda pop companies realized instead of the standard 12 pack boxes that they should do a thinner, longer box that fits better in the refrigerator? well, i suggest a similar product for cereal boxes so they can actually fit in kitchen cabinets. this would work especially well for those 20% more boxes. let give the people 20% more horizontally instead of vertically please.

car beds

for adults!

Dynamic desktop backgrounds of baseball stadium scoreboards

I want to be able to have a dynamic desktop background that displays live baseball game scores and looks like the scoreboard from an actual baseball stadium. This could be available for all teams. For example I would be able to select the Citizens Bank Park background and it will display the Phillies game score on the main scoreboard and all other scores would be on the out-of-town scoreboard. Or maybe I would just be able to pick by team, so when the Phillies are at home or if they have no game I get the CBP scoreboard background, and when they are on the road I get the background of ballpark for the team they are playing.

This would be instead of checking Yahoo Sports for score updates.

Camera phones.

When you're taking secret pictures of people, you have to point the camera at them perfectly vertically, which is an odd and obvious angle to hold your phone. They should make a camera that tilts or is on the corner or something, so you can stare at 45 degrees, but take a picture at 90 degrees.

Gift registry augmented reality app

To make it easier to track down items on a gift registry, there should be a smartphone application that uses augmented reality to point out where in the store the items can be found. Similar to the applications that point out where the nearest subway stations are.

Augmented reality, all the kids are talkin' 'bout it!

Objectivity, The Magazine.

Everything that appears in the magazine appears in twos. Both sides of the story as it were. Every article, every review. Possibly, the reviews could appear in threes - love, hate, and moderate.

Double-Sided Kindle

I think I'd like a Kindle, but I still like the conversations that get started when others see the book you're reading. I want the backside of my Kindle to display the book art (and preferably, I want to be able to choose which cover it shows--I almost bought Let the Right One In yesterday but it was the movie cover...lame.)

Yelling Rooms

I think there should be rooms in all cities where you can just go and yell, scream, sing, whatever. Make as much noise as you want. When you live in a city, screaming can give the neighborhood a bit of a fright, and its not like these apartment walls can keep out even the squeaking bedsprings above us that woke me up this morning (I mean, sure, go get yours, but on an early Sunday morning? That's hardly fair...) 

I want a place where I can go and just blow off needless energy and steam via my vocal chords. The rooms would be smaller than practice rooms and more sound-proof, just big enough for one person to do their thing and leave within a few minutes. I would pay for this service.

 

Danzig keyboard.

I want to make one of those internet sound-machine keyboards that focuses entirely on Danzig singing 'whoa.'

New-fangled phone booths.

I think there's room for a modern-day phonebooth, if even the room is only a sound-proof chamber where you can conduct calls in private, likesay an airport terminal.