bleujazz3
Fractal Fanatic
As much as we enjoy this forum, I've since personally realized that we are comprised of a group of talented musicians, but not only this. As part of this forum, we've gone beyond the usual scope of looking at things from merely a perfunctory manner. We deep dive, we dig, we uncover new things that relate to ourselves as innovators and inventors, from engineering, to acoustics, to software development, and beyond.
With this in mind, sometimes we all could use a break from the typical workday workload, so this thread has been created to pique our collective mind for previously unmarketable ideas that might benefit mankind or society not only for today, but if necessary, into the future. The caveat is that this thread is designed to help relieve us of the brainstorming sessions stress, the R&D meeting contentions, and in effect, break the ice whenever we might need a laugh about some screwball idea that just might work.
Case in Point:
Scenario: Elderly woman for the 3rd time this week has misplaced her reading glasses. The glasses simply vanish without a trace.
Band-Aid Solution: Elderly woman enlists husband in her eyeglasses search. Not finding them on the top of her head, elderly woman becomes frustrated and suggests to husband they visit the local Walmart to try on 2 pair she will ultimately buy, thinking if she loses a pair, she's got a spare set.
Idea: Since older folks usually buy wider rimmed glasses for the most part, why not construct eyeglasses or sunglasses with a microchip/audio device built in? If the glasses are misplaced, the older person only need use a free app on their cell phone to locate the glasses. With a simple button push, the glasses would emit a minute-long sonic tone (perhaps E6 on the guitar) which ascends as one draws closer to the glasses (until it reaches G3).
Concept employed: Similar to how one finds a missing phone or TV remote with a peripheral device. Build a small phone speaker into the glasses with the microchip that is loud enough to be heard in the same room or one room away, and that tells the app when you draw closer to the glasses, by increasing the audio's tone pitch until the searcher finds the glasses.
Methodology: You can understand the humor of misplacing your glasses. The concept is designed so that people who having visual difficulties can still locate their devices if they can still hear appreciably well, OR, build an app into your locator device that is also hearing-aid connectivity-enabled.
With this in mind, sometimes we all could use a break from the typical workday workload, so this thread has been created to pique our collective mind for previously unmarketable ideas that might benefit mankind or society not only for today, but if necessary, into the future. The caveat is that this thread is designed to help relieve us of the brainstorming sessions stress, the R&D meeting contentions, and in effect, break the ice whenever we might need a laugh about some screwball idea that just might work.
Case in Point:
Scenario: Elderly woman for the 3rd time this week has misplaced her reading glasses. The glasses simply vanish without a trace.
Band-Aid Solution: Elderly woman enlists husband in her eyeglasses search. Not finding them on the top of her head, elderly woman becomes frustrated and suggests to husband they visit the local Walmart to try on 2 pair she will ultimately buy, thinking if she loses a pair, she's got a spare set.
Idea: Since older folks usually buy wider rimmed glasses for the most part, why not construct eyeglasses or sunglasses with a microchip/audio device built in? If the glasses are misplaced, the older person only need use a free app on their cell phone to locate the glasses. With a simple button push, the glasses would emit a minute-long sonic tone (perhaps E6 on the guitar) which ascends as one draws closer to the glasses (until it reaches G3).
Concept employed: Similar to how one finds a missing phone or TV remote with a peripheral device. Build a small phone speaker into the glasses with the microchip that is loud enough to be heard in the same room or one room away, and that tells the app when you draw closer to the glasses, by increasing the audio's tone pitch until the searcher finds the glasses.
Methodology: You can understand the humor of misplacing your glasses. The concept is designed so that people who having visual difficulties can still locate their devices if they can still hear appreciably well, OR, build an app into your locator device that is also hearing-aid connectivity-enabled.
