Help Recognize a Bird by the Way It Sounds
Why?
You are out in the garden, walking in the woods, and you hear a bird calling. Which kind of bird is it?
How?
An app that listens to the sound the bird is making and identifies it from a large database of bird sounds.
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An Easy Way to Connect Appliances in Your Living Room or Home Theater
Why?
It’s hard and confusing to know how to connect all the cables of all the different appliances like DVD and Blue Ray players, Amplifier, Speakers, Cable box etc.
How?
Input (or even better, take photos and have the app recognize the appliance) the names and models of all the appliances, and the app will give you a step by step plan specifically for your situation.
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Help Yourself Not Multi Task
Why?
It drains your energy and the quality of your work also suffers.
How?
A small app is running in the background and monitoring your activity. When it detects signs that might indicate you are multi-tasking, it will alert you and give you options to make it “shut up” momentarily, or help it learn what you are doing is not multi-tasking. The objective is for you to have a reminder not to multi-task.
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Truthful Advertiser Message Service
Why?
- Have a third party certify it.
- Grab attention in today’s noisily hyped world.
- Since most people interested in us won’t want to buy right now, but will buy from us when they do, we need a way remind them constantly they can buy from us.
How?
Insert a short code in the HTML email that will display your message (or one of several rotating messages) with the seal of approval by the “authority” providing the service.
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Help With How to Introspect Your Emotions
Why?
The two key questions of introspection are:
What do I feel?
Why do I feel it?
~ Ayn Rand
How?
When you feel a strong (probably disturbing) emotion, open the app on your smartphone and answer these two questions presented to you. The app will store the time and your answers so you can always look back to learn more about yourself.
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