Brilliant Ideas

[Hustler]

Please post any ingenious ideas you have that you want to share with INTPc (you can also feel free to critique mine). Here are a couple I had recently, all of which are business venture ideas:


An anonymous safe-deposit box facility in Beverly Hills. The vault would be accessed by an iris scan and a pass code, and could be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. People would sign up for boxes anonymously, giving me a reference as a contact in case of emergency, but I would in no way know the identity of the box holder. I also would not maintain any keys to the boxes; those would be in possession of the box holders. An office manager would be required to be on the premises during normal business hours to sign people up and deal with customer support, and there would have to be a security guard present at all hours to monitor the cameras set up in the vault, in the facility, and outside the facility. Security measures such as periodic bomb and drug sniffing by a police dog would be necessary to maintain safety and comply with anti-drug and anti-terrorist laws.

The whole point of this is that there is nothing similar to this in the entire Los Angeles area AFAIK, but I think there would be a demand. There is a place like this in Las Vegas that inspired the idea, but I think a place in Beverly Hills would be even more successful. In many ways, it would be a like a bank where you could go make a deposit or withdrawal (in cash) anytime day or night, though it wouldn't offer any services of a bank such as credit cards, checking accounts, loans, or anything else. Just a place to store cash, documents, and valuables - anonymously. Anything else, and I think you would be breaking United States bank secrecy laws.

Advantages: Minimal personnel and maintenance, easy to run.
Disadvantages: Possible legal headaches, possible regular dealings with very shady characters. Rent in Beverly Hills is not known to be cheap.


A line of special salt blends for use with neti pots. Neti pot users generally use very pure, refined salt for mixing with warm water for purposes of nasal irrigation. But, salt isn't the only thing you can stick in warm water to run through your nose to clean it out. You can use xylitol, and sometimes baking soda is used along with salt. It's possible you could also use caffeine, as it is known to break down mucus in the stomach, and could probably be used to break down excess mucus in the nose as well. Plus, perhaps a caffeine-salt blend would be a nice morning pick-me-up for neti pot users.

In addition to a wide line of products, superior design could be introduced into the neti pot experience. For instance, it is kind of a pain in the ass to open up your jar of salt, scoop out the right amount, stir it up, and then put the scoop away and close up the jar. The salt invariably ends up getting hard and crusty this way and becomes even more of a pain in the ass to mix the next time. A superior method would be something like an eye dropper where you could take a measure of a premixed solution and drop it into the neti pot to mix with warm water.

The main impetus behind this idea is that neti pot usage is on the rise in the United States and Europe. At present, you can generally only get salt for use in a neti pot. If there are specialized products out there, I haven't seen them on my local store shelves.

Advantages: Neti pot usage is on the rise; possible untapped niche market; affords the potential for creativity.
Disadvantages: A heavy amount of R&D; possible lack of market for such products; could require several specialized employees and a great deal of marketing.


As mentioned in my Ethical Investing (http://forums.intpcentral.com/showthread.php?t=4443) thread, a fund or holding company devoted to SRI. SRI is a booming financial sector and, in my opinion, is sorely lacking. There is a lot of room for improvement, and it could be quite lucrative to get involved.


Green gyms. A line of carbon-neutral gyms, located in densely populated urban centers to attract nearby residents. The idea of locating them in dense areas is to encourage people to walk to the gym. TSOR tells me that these things have already sprung up in a few places, but I suspect there is room for more, and room for improvement. Some features of the gym would be that gym equipment would be hooked up to generators such that the power output of the persons in the gym would power the music and lights in the gym (and possibly other electrical systems as well). Furthermore, solar panels would be located in strategic places along the roof and walls of the gym, to further supplement energy production, and solar heating could be used for the showers and saunas. Skylights and large windows could also help alleviate the need for too much lighting. Heating and cooling would be an issue, but the first generation of these could be located in places where it is feasible for them to be open-air and/or just rely on fans. Places like SoCal or Hawaii or maybe even Florida. Next-generation, low-carbon heating and cooling systems could be investigated for other locations.

In addition to these features, I think a nice draw would be a planted rooftop, with grass and perhaps a tree or two. This space could be used for outdoor yoga or other types of exercise classes. Carbon reclamation by grass and plantings is a nice way to help reduce your carbon footprint, especially if you use native flora that don't require excessive watering.

Advantages: The green movement is on the rise, and this sort of thing would all but market itself. The key would just be to get the word out that it exists. What's more, technology in these areas is growing, and a plethora of government small business grants and incentives might be available to someone looking to do this.
Disadvantages: Human power output while doing exercise really isn't that substantial. One person driving a couple of miles to get to a gym would negate an entire day's worth of people running on treadmills, so there is always the argument that it's ultimately meaningless (though, of course, something is better than nothing). This also means that it may be difficult to fully power such a place with human energy, though solar energy to supplement may be more than sufficient to make up any differences, especially in the lower latitudes. The main disadvantage, though, is that there is a lot of R&D involved, and that the R&D would never stop. Updates would be frequent. Rent would be very high if the gym were located in a dense area, but staff costs could be kept fairly low. Also, other people are already moving into this market, including major corporations like 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide.

[stuck]

Cleanable Nasal Air Filters

Every time I have an allergy attack, I stuff tissues in my nose. It resolves the problem immediately, without having to use benadryl. Nasal filters exist, but they are disposable. I want to make ones with some kind of durable mesh that can be washed in a dishwasher and reused.

Advantages They would have a cost angle (over drugs), a health angle (again, over antihistamines, which can harm the liver), and an environmental angle (over drugs and tissues).

Disadvantages I have no idea how to prototype something like this. Potentially small market, and the costs of advertising the right way (infomercial) might be prohibitive. I would imagine health insurance companies would be interested in this sort of thing in a future that involves actually cutting costs rather than writing costly perscriptions, but the landscape would probably be hostile nowadays.

[Hustler]

Every time I have an allergy attack, I stuff tissues in my nose. It resolves the problem immediately, without having to use benadryl. Nasal filters exist, but they are disposable. I want to make ones with some kind of durable mesh that can be washed in a dishwasher and reused.

What about one that could be washed out in a sink? Or is that not hygienic enough?


Disadvantages I have no idea how to prototype something like this. Potentially small market, and the costs of advertising the right way (infomertial) might be prohibitive. I would imagine health insurance companies would be interested in this sort of thing in a future that involves actually cutting costs rather than writing costly perscriptions, but the landscape would probably be hostile nowadays.

I get pretty outrageous allergy attacks from time to time, and allergy medicine does nothing or me. I would definitely try this product. As far as prototyping goes, it seems to me that the move would be to make these out of something like a nylon mesh. You could contact a nylon company and perhaps visit a customer service or industrial design person within that company with some disposable nasal filters and explain what you're looking for. For a fee, they could produce a prototype for you. Alternatively, you could ask around with tea companies that sell reusable nylon mesh tea bags where they get their nylon produced and where their bags were designed. Obviously the specifications for a nasal filter will be different than for a tea bag, but it has to be in the same ballpark at least.

I don't know for a fact that a fine nylon mesh, or several overlaid nylon meshes, would be what you're looking for, but that's probably as good a place to start as anywhere.

EDIT: Or you could just get a neti pot.

[stuck]

What about one that could be washed out in a sink? Or is that not hygienic enough?



I get pretty outrageous allergy attacks from time to time, and allergy medicine does nothing or me. I would definitely try this product. As far as prototyping goes, it seems to me that the move would be to make these out of something like a nylon mesh. You could contact a nylon company and perhaps visit a customer service or industrial design person within that company with some disposable nasal filters and explain what you're looking for. For a fee, they could produce a prototype for you. Alternatively, you could ask around with tea companies that sell reusable nylon mesh tea bags where they get their nylon produced and where their bags were designed. Obviously the specifications for a nasal filter will be different than for a tea bag, but it has to be in the same ballpark at least.

I don't know for a fact that a fine nylon mesh, or several overlaid nylon meshes, would be what you're looking for, but that's probably as good a place to start as anywhere.

EDIT: Or you could just get a neti pot.

I'm also wondering how tight a mesh would have to be to catch pollutants in the air-because that would add a HUGE market, if it were done right. I'm thinking that every whole foods across the country would want them. The constraints would be airflow vs. the smallest size of particles it would catch. I'm not sure nylon is the right material. I thought of using metal, like the kind you use in permanent coffee filters. Anyway, thanks for the advice. Want to start a company?

I'm not sure about cleaning them. They'd probably have to come apart so the screen could be washed, or they'd get clogged.

[!diom]

Nasal filters exist, but they are disposable.

I think disposable nasal filters are a better idea from a business standpoint.

[Hustler]

I'm also wondering how tight a mesh would have to be to catch pollutants in the air-because that would add a HUGE market, if it were done right. I'm thinking that every whole foods across the country would want them. The constraints would be airflow vs. the smallest size of particles it would catch. I'm not sure nylon is the right material. I thought of using metal, like the kind you use in permanent coffee filters. Anyway, thanks for the advice. Want to start a company?

I'm not sure about cleaning them. They'd probably have to come apart so the screen could be washed, or they'd get clogged.

I've got the brains, you've got the brains, let's make lots of money? I'm not a coffee drinker so I'm not familiar with these metal filters, but something like that would probably work. One possible health hazard is that a lot of the metals used in those coffee filters are fairly reactive, and may not be great to have up your nose (titanium, stainless steel, perhaps some aluminum alloys). Platinum is very non-reactive, but also quite expensive, and kind of heavy. Likewise for gold. Platinum filters could tap into an entirely different kind of market, though. Something to go along with a custom platinum-ice grill.

Probably the best filtering agent around is carbon. Carbon filters are popular as water filters, and also in distillation processes for various alcoholic beverages. If there were some way to stick a miniature carbon filter up your nose, that would probably be sufficient to catch quite a wide array of airborne pollutants and allergens. The most widely used air filters designed to purify air in a room or building or whatever are HEPA filters, which are generally made of fiberglass. Perhaps that would be an option, though I don't know how comfortable people will be sticking fiberglass into their noses. If they were safe and if a HEPA filter could, in principle, be miniaturized to fit into your nose, that could be a great product.

[manza]

On the topic of noses, I always thought it'd be a great idea to have some sort of q-tip/plastic scoop hybrid for digging really deep for the hard stuff while absorbing any stray liquid mucus. A finger is an imprecise tool and only will penetrate so far.

[Hustler]

On the topic of noses, I always thought it'd be a great idea to have some sort of q-tip/plastic scoop hybrid for digging really deep for the hard stuff while absorbing any stray liquid mucus. A finger is an imprecise tool and only will penetrate so far.

Like this? (http://www.scooptip.com/cart/) Eh, maybe not. It's specifically designed so that it doesn't get to an unsafe depth. Maybe you just need a neti pot.

[stuck]

SPRAY MOUSSE

Really, just whipped cream with chocolate syrup infused in it. Other flavors to follow. Maybe caffeinate the product and start a line of "spraypuccinos".

Advantages: Instant white trash classic, akin to spray cheese or the new phenomenom of spray pancakes.

Disadvantages: I'll probably have a heart attack 1/2way through r&d.

[stuck]

Green gyms. A line of carbon-neutral gyms, located in densely populated urban centers to attract nearby residents. The idea of locating them in dense areas is to encourage people to walk to the gym. TSOR tells me that these things have already sprung up in a few places, but I suspect there is room for more, and room for improvement. Some features of the gym would be that gym equipment would be hooked up to generators such that the power output of the persons in the gym would power the music and lights in the gym (and possibly other electrical systems as well). Furthermore, solar panels would be located in strategic places along the roof and walls of the gym, to further supplement energy production, and solar heating could be used for the showers and saunas. Skylights and large windows could also help alleviate the need for too much lighting. Heating and cooling would be an issue, but the first generation of these could be located in places where it is feasible for them to be open-air and/or just rely on fans. Places like SoCal or Hawaii or maybe even Florida. Next-generation, low-carbon heating and cooling systems could be investigated for other locations.

In addition to these features, I think a nice draw would be a planted rooftop, with grass and perhaps a tree or two. This space could be used for outdoor yoga or other types of exercise classes. Carbon reclamation by grass and plantings is a nice way to help reduce your carbon footprint, especially if you use native flora that don't require excessive watering.

Advantages: The green movement is on the rise, and this sort of thing would all but market itself. The key would just be to get the word out that it exists. What's more, technology in these areas is growing, and a plethora of government small business grants and incentives might be available to someone looking to do this.
Disadvantages: Human power output while doing exercise really isn't that substantial. One person driving a couple of miles to get to a gym would negate an entire day's worth of people running on treadmills, so there is always the argument that it's ultimately meaningless (though, of course, something is better than nothing). This also means that it may be difficult to fully power such a place with human energy, though solar energy to supplement may be more than sufficient to make up any differences, especially in the lower latitudes. The main disadvantage, though, is that there is a lot of R&D involved, and that the R&D would never stop. Updates would be frequent. Rent would be very high if the gym were located in a dense area, but staff costs could be kept fairly low. Also, other people are already moving into this market, including major corporations like 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide.


This is a fairly brilliant idea, though the self-powered aspect would surely just be a gimmick. You'd have to decide if you wanted to be Whole Foods- geared at the wealthy, with a medium commitment to the environment- or Trader Joe's- geared at the middle class, with no real commitment to the environment, but with clever cultural branding.

You might want to target the wealthy, because they normally go the route of personal trainers. If you could give them a moderate savings, and make the branding perfect (it'd have to be a bit like a spa in design), you may be onto something.

[Resonance]

Sim Nuke

Could be an iPod app, browser app, whatever.

Basically you make it relatively easy for people to target a place they don't like and fire a simulated nuke there.

Track the changes and update the world map in real-time via google maps API.

Could charge like $0.10 or $0.25 for each nuke, if you put in the work to make a decent sim.

See how long it takes for the entire world to become a nuclear wasteland, among other things. Could maybe track other demographic data like 'nuking a person I don't like' 'nuking an organization I don't think should exist'

ok that's my idea

[Hustler]

I just had a brilliant idea for a thread: Could Ptah get into the High IQ Subforum if he tried? But, in typical INTP fashion, I'm not going to follow through on that brilliant idea.

[ApeTheDog]

A linux distro that uses bittorrent to distribute packages. Upon installing this flavor of linux you are automatically plugged into a worldwide shared network of users. There are to be no central servers in use, whatsoever.

You can specify how much of your bandwidth you want to allocate to keeping the network active, if any at all. You subscribe to certain clouds, whereupon you simply download what files are specified in that torrent. The distro keeps track of all the files you've installed in this manner, and also guarantees the integrity of your files.

Advantages of this system:
1. Free. Open. No central repositories. Impossible to shut down or control.
2. Perfect framework to build an anonymous internet on top of that people can opt in to.
3. Filesharing without a central webserver becomes very easy as well.

[Resonance]

A linux distro that uses bittorrent to distribute packages. Upon installing this flavor of linux you are automatically plugged into a worldwide shared network of users. There are to be no central servers in use, whatsoever.

You can specify how much of your bandwidth you want to allocate to keeping the network active, if any at all. You subscribe to certain clouds, whereupon you simply download what files are specified in that torrent. The distro keeps track of all the files you've installed in this manner, and also guarantees the integrity of your files.

Advantages of this system:
1. Free. Open. No central repositories. Impossible to shut down or control.
2. Perfect framework to build an anonymous internet on top of that people can opt in to.
3. Filesharing without a central webserver becomes very easy as well.

still need torrent trackers

[!diom]

still need torrent trackers

DHT.

[Resonance]

ok perfect get crackin'

or hackin' I guess

[ApeTheDog]

ok perfect get crackin'

or hackin' I guess

I'm in no rush. If someone should beat me to the implementation, much the better.

[Resonance]

that should answer whoever asked about 'why don't you guys do anything'

[kali]

Again... a velcro-on toupée. Magical!

[Resonance]

Oooh here's one. It might be already in the works or something but I haven't heard of it.

Okay. Open-source software is big on modularity and stuff right?

But a lot of libraries implement the same functionality in similar ways. One personal example would be from my experience dealing with libraries that rely on computationally optimized 3d geometry (physics, graphics, AI) - every library has its own implementation of a quaternion, a 3d quad/triangle/etc.

And also... when you start a project, you generally have to choose which major libraries you'll be using beforehand (bullet or ageia? or something else entirely?)

My idea is for a project which would start out modest, as a means of negotiating between similar libraries; a simple user interface, potentially drag 'n' drop, for wrapping two similar or identical objects together.

Features of generation 1:
-There would be an online database, perhaps in the wiki vein, archiving such translations and organizing them, by category, etc. Chains grouping different implementations together, too, so that you can use a 'bulletphysics quaternion' as an 'openGL matrix' as long as there is an unbroken thread of translations which can be used.
-Find+replace-type functionality, so you can change which library you're using near the end of the project with minimal hassle.

Generation 2:
Most major libraries are available for a wide variety of languages. Simple translation of code from one language to another is pretty straightforward, if not particularly efficient. What if you need to use one library which is only available in another language? No problem, maybe write a wrapper in your own preferred language and have this engine take care of the details. Or maybe even have this engine generate the wrapper. Either way, the goal of gen2 is to achieve language fluidity, where code in different languages requires little to no human effort to link together according to the synonymy schemas laid out in generation 1.

Generation 3:
This is where we start to use Google's syntactic algorithms, if we haven't already. Searching and binding together similar or identical functions and objects without requiring a human to figure it out. Using contextual clues to generate human-language descriptions. And, finally, matching human-language queries to objects and code already made. Disambiguation is going to be the major hurdle here, but providing a list of results the way Google already does is probably an OK stop-gap.

Final result: a computer program which responds intelligently to requests for information, tools, and pieces for us to plug together to make something new and original.

Take the drudgery out of that special brand of creativity we spend so much of our lives yearning to apply.

Good//no good?

[Deckard]

Oooh here's one. It might be already in the works or something but I haven't heard of it.

Okay. Open-source software is big on modularity and stuff right?

But a lot of libraries implement the same functionality in similar ways. One personal example would be from my experience dealing with libraries that rely on computationally optimized 3d geometry (physics, graphics, AI) - every library has its own implementation of a quaternion, a 3d quad/triangle/etc.

And also... when you start a project, you generally have to choose which major libraries you'll be using beforehand (bullet or ageia? or something else entirely?)

My idea is for a project which would start out modest, as a means of negotiating between similar libraries; a simple user interface, potentially drag 'n' drop, for wrapping two similar or identical objects together.

Features of generation 1:
-There would be an online database, perhaps in the wiki vein, archiving such translations and organizing them, by category, etc. Chains grouping different implementations together, too, so that you can use a 'bulletphysics quaternion' as an 'openGL matrix' as long as there is an unbroken thread of translations which can be used.
-Find+replace-type functionality, so you can change which library you're using near the end of the project with minimal hassle.

Generation 2:
Most major libraries are available for a wide variety of languages. Simple translation of code from one language to another is pretty straightforward, if not particularly efficient. What if you need to use one library which is only available in another language? No problem, maybe write a wrapper in your own preferred language and have this engine take care of the details. Or maybe even have this engine generate the wrapper. Either way, the goal of gen2 is to achieve language fluidity, where code in different languages requires little to no human effort to link together according to the synonymy schemas laid out in generation 1.

Generation 3:
This is where we start to use Google's syntactic algorithms, if we haven't already. Searching and binding together similar or identical functions and objects without requiring a human to figure it out. Using contextual clues to generate human-language descriptions. And, finally, matching human-language queries to objects and code already made. Disambiguation is going to be the major hurdle here, but providing a list of results the way Google already does is probably an OK stop-gap.

Final result: a computer program which responds intelligently to requests for information, tools, and pieces for us to plug together to make something new and original.

Take the drudgery out of that special brand of creativity we spend so much of our lives yearning to apply.

Good//no good?



It's a good idea, and there have been lots of proposals in various fields to consolidate diverse codebases into functional wholes. They have varying levels of success, but the most success can be seen in projects where the architecture is created first, and software is written from the ground up to conform to the required standards. Whereas if you have a diverse bunch of existing code following no particular standards or architecture, it will be a nightmare trying to make it all work together.

What you're describing is ridiculously ambitious, and would require a ton of planning and resources, The open source community is generally full of individuals trying to solve immediate problems. General purpose tools are not usually created unless they are absolutely needed. So you'd need a group of people with a lot of expertise, motivation and vision to get this started. But if someone could pull it off, it would be awesome.

Edit: Two of the main problems that plague projects like this are: agreeing on standards, and getting developers to write code for your architecture. There are probably a bunch of elegant, functional architectures that have been created in specific software domains, but nobody developed for them for whatever reason.

[Resonance]

Yes, it's very ambitious for the long-run. I probably should have stuck with the modest component, which is that of reducing the grunt work involved in negotiating between libraries which each implement similar core functions.

I mean, seriously, how many basement programmers must have implemented a way to translate between OpenGL transformation matrices and bulletphysics or ageia ones?

I know I did, at least :emo:

Bah. I have too many other priorities. I'll get around to this someday, if nobody else does.

[Hustler]

It seems like the easiest way to generate passive income is websites. I have an idea that's so brilliant for a high traffic site that I can't even share it here, lest one of you go out and do it before I do, but I have no idea if the traffic I could theoretically generate would result in very much money. Has anyone ever attempted this and/or had any experience with AdSense or any other sources of traffic-based revenue?

[NastyNaz]

It seems like the easiest way to generate passive income is websites. I have an idea that's so brilliant for a high traffic site that I can't even share it here, lest one of you go out and do it before I do, but I have no idea if the traffic I could theoretically generate would result in very much money. Has anyone ever attempted this and/or had any experience with AdSense or any other sources of traffic-based revenue?

I tried it by setting up a few blogs and got a friend who was a SEO to put in a billion cross-referencing links all over the place. For content I got friends to write lists of their top-10 'xxxxx'. We peaked at a couple of thousand visitors a day but were making pennies off of advertising (including Amazon referral links).

A much more profitable venture for myself (I can disclose this now since it no longer works due to a change in Amazon's policies) was to advertise Amazon products on Google Adwords using referral links. If you get Amazon to class you as a paid advertising promoter then you get 5% commission on anything you sell with no cap. I had a program that would search Amazon.de, Amazon UK and Amazon US for laptops that were above £500/$700 and then generate descriptions and keywords based on their names. In total, on my AdWords account I had over 17,000 keywords. Most of them were laptop model numbers and therefore not contested much, which enabled me to get top placement on my ads by only bidding minimum or near-minimum amounts.
Monthly revenue was around £500-700 with costs between £50-100.

Not enough to live off of though -.-

[Hustler]

I tried it by setting up a few blogs and got a friend who was a SEO to put in a billion cross-referencing links all over the place. For content I got friends to write lists of their top-10 'xxxxx'. We peaked at a couple of thousand visitors a day but were making pennies off of advertising (including Amazon referral links).

Did you attempt to use direct marketing as well?

[NastyNaz]

Did you attempt to use direct marketing as well?

No we didn't. We were testing the water to see what our $/visitor would be like and considered using it if we started making decent profits. In the end I was quite disappointed so decided to scrap the whole thing.

I just haven't cracked the 'formula' of turning clicks into cash. While profit does correlate with number of visitors, it is also sensitive to the nature of your website content.

[Deckard]

@ Hustler:
I gather that the higher profile your site, the more advertising "power" you will have. That is, people will specifically want to advertise on your site, and so you will get much better deals than the generic adsense type deals that are available to anyone. Obviously this also depends on the content of your site, and whether it's appropriate for businesses to advertise on.

There are probably strategies for making the most out of the penny ads, and there is definitely an art/science to generating high traffic for not much content. But the internet is getting so full of this "top ten x" shit and the last thing it needs is more of it. But then, I have no idea what your idea is so this is probably only vaguely relevant at best.

[Hustler]

I just wanted to report that I have had a torrent of brilliant ideas lately. Maybe even more brilliant than the ethical investing stuff. I'll be sure to share them after a few trademarks have been registered.

Just remember: Aiming low is for suckers.

[elfsprin]

i had a brilliant idea a couple weeks ago - creating an app that would keep mosquitoes away via sound (it's possible - mosquitoes use non-linear auditory mechanisms).

so i started looking into how mosquitoes hear. and then a random google revealed that...

there's an app for that.

[kali]

i had a brilliant idea a couple weeks ago - creating an app that would keep mosquitoes away via sound (it's possible - mosquitoes use non-linear auditory mechanisms).

so i started looking into how mosquitoes hear. and then a random google revealed that...

there's an app for that.

This is like the time I was 16 and I thought Sue Denim was a great pseudonym and I googled it and found out it's already taken by the author of the captain underpants novels.

weh ist mir

[socrateez]

This isnt a very lofty life altering idea but it is one that I have actually done some work on achieving. I re-purposed existing technology and adapted it for filtering ash and fine particulates from inhaled smoke. Re-engineered the Bong so to speak. Ever wonder how much ash a person inhales through pipes, bongs, etc.?
I have yet to see a smoking device like this. I have built three different prototypes. The design also allows for artistic flexibility in its production.
Glass is the preferred medium. Know any good glass blowers?:grin:

[elfsprin]

This is like the time I was 16 and I thought Sue Denim was a great pseudonym and I googled it and found out it's already taken by the author of the captain underpants novels.

weh ist mir

i always seem to be coming in a couple years too late on these things. in like 2000 i thought it would be great to have a software program that you could play songs for, and have it identify them for you. i think i was actually early on that one, but of course then i never pursued it.

but i had a new idea, now. fuckers better not have swiped it.

[Hustler]

Next time you get a brilliant idea, consider taking it here (http://www.kickstarter.com/) to get it funded.

[PenguinHunter]

I have a brilliant idea that I'm not quite ready to share yet but the start up capital I need is probably more than $10 million. Where do I go to get funding? I don't think kick starter is going to do the trick.