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kamakiri
 Canada
Electronic cable labeller Printer Friendly Version
I've been looking everywhere for a very simple, cheap but ingenious device that prints labels for electrical/electronic cords and cables.
How many of us who have multiple electric/electronic/computing devices have coils of cables with various ends that we don't know how to organize while they aren't being used? One particular beef is the power-supply bricks that always seem to get separated from their device. They are rarely labelled and you end up having two or three hanging around but have no idea what device they were used to power -- and plugging in the wrong adapter could fry a device if it's the wrong one.
I was thinking of something resembling a stapler, except it would be "filled" with white flexible plastic tape that somehow one could enter a name onto -- say, "USB to iPad Mini" and then clamp it around the cord somehow and it would produce a tag with the words "USB to iPad Mini" on both sides. It would have to be durable but not too wide -- in other words, about half the width of Scotch tape. It would be white or colored, depending on the "cartridge" or whatever you use to attach the tape, and there would have to be some way of inputting the text. The tags themselves could be as long or as short as you wanted, depending on the descriptions; thus, you could have a tag that said "Firewire to Thunderbolt for Canon Elura 100" or in the case of a power brick, "Power supply for label printer."
At the moment what I'm doing is using a Dymo label printer to print out the text and then, because the tape is inexplicable clear, attaching it to label paper, then cutting that out to make a tag, then attaching it to the cord -- very tedious and laborious work if you have 100 cords to do.
I have never seen anything like this anywhere. The only reward I would want is to have one for my personal use! I myself have no electronics knowledge or inventor skills whatsoever. Perhaps you could suggest a DIY hack that would at least reduce the work to a quick under-a-minute process? And something SIMPLE -- I don't need to be able to select among 20 fonts or tape widths.
Reward: Have one of these made for me for free!
 

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jensku
 Finland
Personalised Postcard Printer Printer Friendly Version
A machine similar to a photo printer at photo printing shops. Photos can be transferred to the machine via usb, dropbox, etc. They can then be manipulated to make postcards, which it then prints out on postcard paper, with or without lines on the back. Could also incorporate puzzle postcards and prepaid postage.
These machines can be purchased by cafes for their customers who want to send personalised postcards. At the same time they can order a coffee or something to eat.
Reward: One machine to keep for myself and another to give to a local cafe in Helsinki.
 

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Smart1Iam
 USA
Base computer SatelliteTablet Printer Friendly Version
Have a base computer do all the heavy processing and a Tablet that is just a touch screen display device with enough processing power to communicate with the touch screen and the network interface that talks to the base. Several satellite tablets could work off of the same base computer. The battery life of the tablets would be much improved. The base computer could be something that is connected to the HDTV and also be the DVR. The tablets could be used to play games, surf the internet, watch TV or recorded shows while the rest of the family watches other programming. All communication with the tablet would be over wireless so there would only be a charger connection for the tablet. The base computer could be marketed as a "Google TV" type computer with the tablets and the control interfaces.
Reward: Free product would be nice. Some acknowledgement for the idea would nice.
 

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