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[Hostile]

I'm helping my fiance with her Masters degree and her marketing class requires her to create a product.

It has to be unique, $24.99 or less. Able to be sold through multiple retail chains. There are more rules but I'm not here to stifle creativity.

Any ideas will do to help spawn some clear cut ideas.

TYIA

[mike_]

What kind of product does it need to be? Clothing, food, electronic, all three?

[Caspa]

How about a battery powered, portable chronograph?

[Hostile]

What kind of product does it need to be? Clothing, food, electronic, all three?

It doesn't matter actually, as long as it's unique and can be sold at the retail level for an approx cost of $25 or less.

How about a battery powered, portable chronograph?

I'm not sure if I have the time to develop that, let me check my watch...

[Caspa]

Well how about a chocolate cunnilingus machine? It'll be a big seller.

[Apollo]

lmao Caspa, oh well Hostile said anything goes

[Romanul]

Swarovski diamond dildo.

[Bart]

A handle you can click on a can of food, so you can put it on the fire without a pan.

[Allathar]

Wouldn't the can melt?

[Mathijs]

I doubt it, because I put cans on fires before...

[Vortigern]

I already have one of those. You're supposed to use them with camping pans, then you take the handle off and use it as a bowl as well. It works just as well with cans.

[Hostile]

I'm glad for any suggestions you all have made.

Bart had the most serious in the direction I was looking for. But I think that is taken.

Maybe we should all find something that pisses us off on a daily basis and then try to solve that.

I suggested a finger nail clipper that caught it's own clippings. Seems that is available in the local store as well.

It's not as easy as it sounds. Find normal everyday something that annoys you and see if I can come up with a solution.

Anything guys, short of the ridiculous. Maybe one shot packets of dehydrated coffee, or caffeinated water?

[Caspa]

Alright, since nobody else is going to try for a serious answer, I'll have a bash. How about a portable charger or a stand for a touchpad tablets, such as the iPad, Cisco Cius and the upcoming Colossal Kno.

Another idea would be a screen magnifier for notebooks. Think along the same lines as the screen magnifier for the Gameboy.

[Hostile]

Alright, since nobody else is going to try for a serious answer, I'll have a bash. How about a portable charger or a stand for a touchpad tablets, such as the iPad, Cisco Cius and the upcoming Colossal Kno.

Another idea would be a screen magnifier for notebooks. Think along the same lines as the screen magnifier for the Gameboy.

Screen magnifier for a notebook. Mmmm... How would you propose it works and looks like? Even I could use that. I'm not talking lay something on your screen and it curves light so things are bigger, what else could be included. USB powered.

[mike_]

Maybe it could me made of a very thin, plastic-like film, with the dual purpose of keeping dust, fingerprints, and other such debris from damaging and or dirtying the screen? Sure, most (if not all) laptops come with that now, but 99.9% of computer owners toss them out like trash soon after getting said computer - at least in my experience. Having a relatively-cheap magnifying lens and screen-cleaner would be awesome!

Problems with this include the curvature of the magnification interfering with the proximity to the screen, issues with closing said laptop, and how to place it on and remove it when needed.

[Vortigern]

A high-five machine for depressed people!

[Hostile]

Maybe it could me made of a very thin, plastic-like film, with the dual purpose of keeping dust, fingerprints, and other such debris from damaging and or dirtying the screen? Sure, most (if not all) laptops come with that now, but 99.9% of computer owners toss them out like trash soon after getting said computer - at least in my experience. Having a relatively-cheap magnifying lens and screen-cleaner would be awesome!

Problems with this include the curvature of the magnification interfering with the proximity to the screen, issues with closing said laptop, and how to place it on and remove it when needed.

You bring some points that might trump the product. I've found screen protectors and magnifiers but not both in one. I think some of the points you brought up will make the product not work.

[Beowulf]

Not necessarily. All it needs is a mount either to the back of the display or to the sides of the screen. A clamp on top would be more size friendly since it wouldn't need to be adjusted all the time. Just stick it over the top and flip it down over the screen. Seems pretty simple.

Closing the lid though... that might pose an issue.

[mike_]

Maybe it could be easily attachable and detachable by a series of small suction cups that attach to the back of the display?

[Jeeves]

I don't get it. So how is a screen magnifier better than changing your res or DPI? Besides providing an extra thing to lug about and make it impossible to close the laptop?