Help! I need invention ideas for a marketing class

[StitchFanZ]

How about an automated pennies for Disney fund? You know how they like to ask you if you want to round up your purchase to an even dollar amount and donate the difference to a charity? You could set it to automatically round up debit purchases to an even amount and have the difference dumped into a savings account for special purposes.

 

[tchrrx]

I would like a thermostat that stays at a consistent temperature. I want to set it on 69 at bedtime, and then it will do the work of running heat or air depending on what is needed. I was hot last night b/c we turned the heater on b/c we expected the temps to drop, and they didn't.

 

[aristocatz]

A phone/tablet app for new moms to assist with nighttime feedings by setting an alarm that automatically repeats every X amount of hours to help wake mom up to feed the baby. Something simple.

Such a simple idea, yet I searched and searched for one when my DD was born & I was delirious with exhaustion trying to keep track of nighttime feedings and none existed. I found several new mom apps that were more complicated to keep track of amount fed, etc.... they were just too busy and complicated for what I was looking for. I could not find any with an alarm you could set to repeat every X amount of hours throughout the night.

 

[Ladygoldenhair]

Do they have bandaid thingies to put on the baby, their diaper etc that alert you to a fever, or escalating fever? I had a tape you held in place, but nothing that stuck.

 

[Ladygoldenhair]

A phone/tablet app for new moms to assist with nighttime feedings by setting an alarm that automatically repeats every X amount of hours to help wake mom up to feed the baby. Something simple.

Such a simple idea, yet I searched and searched for one when my DD was born & I was delirious with exhaustion trying to keep track of nighttime feedings and none existed. I found several new mom apps that were more complicated to keep track of amount fed, etc.... they were just too busy and complicated for what I was looking for. I could not find any with an alarm you could set to repeat every X amount of hours throughout the night.

No technology on my last one, but for the kids and dgs in a pinch with sitters, I would write in marker by the front waist band the time of the last feeding. Use the notepad AP to keep track and set your cell pone alarm for the hours you wish. I never woke up unless the baby woke up. Before I knew it they were sleeping 6 hours.

 

[Ladygoldenhair]

A phone/tablet app for new moms to assist with nighttime feedings by setting an alarm that automatically repeats every X amount of hours to help wake mom up to feed the baby. Something simple.

Such a simple idea, yet I searched and searched for one when my DD was born & I was delirious with exhaustion trying to keep track of nighttime feedings and none existed. I found several new mom apps that were more complicated to keep track of amount fed, etc.... they were just too busy and complicated for what I was looking for. I could not find any with an alarm you could set to repeat every X amount of hours throughout the night.

No technology on my last one, but for the kids and dgs in a pinch with sitters, I would write in marker by the front waist band the time of the last feeding. The feedings and changed go hand în hand often.
Use the notepad on iPhone or other to keep track and set your cell pone alarm for the hours you wish. I never woke up unless the baby woke up. Before I knew it they were sleeping 6 hours.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

The thing about inventions that you need to think of a problem. What are problems you deal with daily? Things around the house, things at your work, things when you travel. Things dealing with child care. Come up with the problem FIRST.

Once you have the problem, you can come up with an invention that solves the problem.

A solution without a problem is worthless.

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

I work a fair amount with kids and adults who use picture symbols to communicate. Either through Picture Exchange (e.g. you give someone a picture of what you want) or in schedules, task lists, etc . . Usually the pictures are on little semi-rigid squares (think cardboard) with velcro on the back so you can put them in book, or a sentence strip, or a schedule.

Sometimes things come up where you need a picture for just a little while. You need a photo of a sub on a communication board, or you're at the toy store and a kid is reaching for a toy and you want to talk about that toy, but of course you don't have a picture of a stranger or a toy you've never heard of handy. Making a picture is a pain. You need to take or find a picture, mount it on something that's not floppy like poster board, laminate it, put the velcro on . . . It's totally worth it if you have time and you're going to be talking about the thing regularly, but a pain in the neck when you're out in the community and you realize you need a picture of X and you don't have your computer, laminator, and velcro with you.

So, this is what I want. You know how you can buy binders with clear plastic over the cover, and it's open at the top so you can slip in a sheet of paper? I want a little square of white binder like material, with a plastic cover like that on the binder, and an opening on the top to fit in little squares. I'd package it in a kit with wet erase markers (e.g. vis a vis) and little squares of stiff paper, precut to the size. Examples of how I'd use it:

1) You're at the park and you see a cool piece of equipment, and want to talk about it, so you quickly sketch a picture with a vis a vis right on the plastic,

2) You're looking at the "wish list" in the Toys R Us Catalog, and your kid wants to ask Santa for something, so you cut out the picture and slip it in.

3) You're at school, and someone sends a new brand of cereal for snack and your want to ask the child which they choose, so you cut off a tab from the cereal box and slip it in.

4) You have a sub in your classroom, and you snap and print a picture and slip it in.

etc . . . Basically, a quick way to make a temporary Picture in a minute.

Then when you're done with that picture, you can take it out or erase it and use it for something else.

 

[daydream32]

That would be my go-to for baby shower presents for the rest of my life if such a device existed.

Actually it appears that Amazon is already selling this. Looking at the reviews it might need a bit more work though.

http://www.amazon.com/The-First-Yea...&ie=UTF8&qid=1384786645&sr=1-1&keywords=alert

 

[clh2]

I joke with my DH EVERY winter that I need to invent sheets that are in halves. Half cotton for his side of the bed, and half flannel for my side of the bed. A bonus...if you could do the same with the blanket. Half loosey-weave thing for his side of the bed, and half warm and snuggly for my half.

Can you please let me know when this will be on the market? I'm assuming it would be too late for the 2013-2014 winter? Will I see this next winter????

DH and I have finally made peace with an electric mattress pad. But we would rather not have an "electrical" solution. The temperature in our room at night had been the cause of most of our marital "discussions".

 

[tvguy]

How about a machine that instantly makes whatever flavor ice cream you want? No more hoping one of this months 31 Baskin Robbins flavors is one you like, you can get any flavor or combination of flavors you want on the spot, frozen while you watch.

Pumpkin pie and egg nog ice cream year round.

Pumpkin mint apricot mango vanilla ice cream if you like.

 

[Dizneefamily+4]

I'm really struggling with coming up with an idea. I'm not really the creative type when it comes to this kind of stuff, I've been thinking about this for the last few days.

It's for a marketing project. The instructor gave us a small list to pick from if we can't think of anything, but I really want something unique.

The only thing I need is it to be an invention for a target market.

Thanks!

I've been volunteering in my kiddo's classes for years. One of the things that I get asked to do quite often is take down art work in the hallways and replace it with new stuff. Let me tell you, I have to create A LOT of "tape rolls" to stick on the back of the art work to have them stick to the walls. I'v often thought that 3M should invent a tape dispenser that dispenses those "tape rolls." So, there you go!