| What's the Big Idea? |
| Our Bloggers - Kate | |
|
By Idea-a-day.com Are you someone who bores your friends, endlessly going on about the best way to deal with the burning issue of the day? Or maybe you are something of a lateral thinker, for whom simple everyday problems have elegant and imaginative solutions. Instead of keeping your good ideas to yourself (and your long-suffering nearest and dearest), you now have a chance to share them with the wired world. The Idea-a-Day website was launched in August 2000, and one original idea has been published on this site every day since then. You can arrange for the idea of the day to be sent to you simply by submitting your name and email address. You also can submit your own ideas,and they will be posted on the site if they are imaginative enough. All ideas posted on the site since its inception remain on the site, and it is the intention that the site will continue forever. Some 500 of the best ideas have been published in the Big Idea Book by David Owen, founder of Idea-a-Day; details of this book are on the website. Some ideas from the Idea-a-Day website: Make martial arts a compulsory subject in all elementary schools. Once kids are empowered to disarm and disable attackers, guns and knives lose their power. Being able to vote against a candidate in an election. You would still have just one vote, but you could use it to vote either for or against a particular candidate. This would make it much easier to run a campaign against a person or a party that you don’t want to see in power. Design a metal detector to be worn by dogs. The device would strap around the underbelly of the dog. With a particularly enthusiastic dog straining at the leash, the physical effect would not be dissimilar to wielding an actual metal detector, although, with the dog off the lead and with the owner listening remotely with headphones a lot more ground could be covered. Many breeds of dog are avid diggers, which would also save the effort of carrying a spade. Place a 'Biodegradable Date' on all products from plastic bags to washing machines so people can see just how long the product takes to break down. Make it possible to create 'folders' in your bank account, into which you could place a certain amount of money. With folders like 'new shoes', or 'summer holiday', it would be much easier to budget and save for special occasions. When withdrawing cash from an ATM or paying in stores, you could select the folder you want to pay from. ✔ Subscribe to the Idea-a-Day website and receive an idea a day. This should set you thinking about things you could do to change the world. ✔ Then come up with your very own brilliant idea - and submit it. Comments (2)
love it!
written by Ellen , October 20, 2008
What fun! Thanks for sharing. Humm... better get thinking!
cc written by zc, March 04, 2010
we can provide different kinds of products according to the different needs of customers. The replica handbags is perfect.
Write comment
|
|
Search Daily Cents
Kate
Oh, so you’re reading my bio? Now I’m blushing. I’m 24, a recent college grad, and blog about everything and anything I come across. The last 5 years of my life (yes, I took the scenic route through college) have been populated with tremendous learning experiences, interesting people, and aspirations to make it as a best-selling writer. I hope we have some good conversations here. Welcome to Daily Cents!