Hey, That's a Great Idea » Products

Peepoo

the idea collector — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:53:21 +0000

This is the coolest product I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a very inexpensive plastic bag that is basically a disposable toilet. Here’s the genius part:

Once used, the bag can be knotted and buried, and a layer of urea crystals breaks down the waste into fertilizer, killing off disease-producing pathogens found in feces.

While that might not be so interesting to you if you’re living in the developed world, for the 40% of the population living in developing countries without access to toilets this could be life-changing.

For Pennies, a Disposable Toilet That Could Help Grow Crops – NYTimes.com.

No related posts.

Frustration Free Packaging Certification from Amazon

the idea collector — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:24:23 +0000

A year ago Amazon announced Frustration Free Packaging; no more impossible-to-open-without-slicing-your-hand-open blister packs or pain-in-the-ass steel wire ties.

Now they’re stepping it up with a certification, encouraging manufacturers to follow suit. Amen to that, Amazon.

No related posts.

Lego: The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection

the idea collector — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:05:52 +0000

Yet another for the I-wish-they-made-this-when-I-was-a-kid:

{img: CNET}

No related posts.

Jet Pack

the idea collector — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:24:29 +0000

Just forget about the umbilical for moment and think about how much fun you could have blasting jet skiers with those water jets.

No related posts.

Caffeine

the idea collector — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:53:12 +0000

I’ve been away from my DVR and getting my Jimmy Fallon fix via Hulu this week. The only problem is that most computers don’t care that you’re running Hulu (or Vimeo, or Youtube, or … ) at fullscreen and they’ll kick into powersave/screensaver mode. That’s why you should grab Caffeine, a simple app that prevents your Mac from going into powersave/screensaver mode. You can even enable it for a limited time so you don’t run down your battery when you’re done watching your vids and forget to shut it down.

Windows users can disable the screensaver with a little work.

How to Harvest Heat in a Home Six sources of heat you probably didn’t know you had...

Baby Mop

the idea collector — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:06:07 +0000

This is real innovation; fitting a need with an opportunity in a novel way. If I had hardwood floors I would have bought a few of these when my baby was crawling.

Unusual Clothing Baby Mops

No related posts.

IDEO/BUG Concepts Posted

the idea collector — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:50:15 +0000

Yesterday IDEO posted some very well presented in-process concepts for BUG UI design opportunities. They started by presenting some Mid-Project Concept Sketches. Download the PDF. Seriously, it’s inspiring.

They followed up with a post on each proposed concept:

Very interesting concepts and very well presented. So well, in fact, that IDEO acknowledged the polished appearance and posted a few photos of the work-in-progress. Extra points for prototyping ePaper graphics on a Kindle.

No related posts.

IDEO Product UI Design Process Will Be Public

the idea collector — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:45:25 +0000

The modular DIY gadget platform, BUG, has teamed with IDEO to redesign the BUG user interface. IDEO has agreed to BUG’s request to do the project in the open, soliciting feedback from the user community along the way. I’m not aware of a design effort of this magnitude, with a firm of this stature, happening in such a public manner.

Here’s what IDEO has to say about the project:

…We’re thrilled to be working with Bug Labs to make this great product even better. We are also prototyping a new, open way of working that we hope will combine the expertise of Bug Labs engineers, IDEO designers, and the BUG community throughout the design process.

This is a quick project with a focused objective: re-envision the interaction with the BUGbase, specifically the display and buttons. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts about the current BUGbase interface and your ideas for making it better. How are you using your BUGbase interface? How do you wish you could use it? In return for your feedback, we’ll be regularly posting updates on our progress, as well as the end results. We, of course, welcome your thoughts at any point. …

Follow along on the BUG Blogger website and the BUG Community.

The whole point of this exercise is to continue to push the boundaries of how we innovate, not just on the BUGbase UI, but on all things related to BUG. We take pride in thinking our designs are good, but we also know they are exponentially better when the community gets involved.

Frustration Free Packaging Certification from Amazon A year ago Amazon announced Frustration Free Packaging; no more...

More “I Love Sketch”

the idea collector — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:02:44 +0000

The first video was inspiring. Autodesk’s answer was encouraging. This one is amazing.

ILoveSketch No-Cut Demo: Spacecraft from Seok-Hyung Bae on Vimeo.

Bonus interview with I Love Sketch creator Seok-Hyung Bae on The Circuit/SpaceTV.

More at ilovesketch.com

No related posts.

Simplify Media

the idea collector — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:13:57 +0000

Judging from the response to yesterday’s post about iConcertCal it seems I have quite a few music fans in the audience. Here is another application that my friends and I love.

Simplify Media lets you access your media library from any internet-connected computer or iPhone (even works over EDGE). I know there are other apps that do the same thing, but this one is great because you can share your library with friends. Well, thirty of your friends. I’ve been using it for a few months now and it works as-advertised.

Bonus points for Windows/Mac/Linux/iTunes/Winamp/Rhythmbox compatibility.

No related posts.