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AaronBurns
 USA
WiFi Cell Phone "Go To My" Dummy Terminal Printer Friendly Version
Just drop your cell down phone next to any dummy terminal and your phone automatically connects WiFi your Office Computer to any Dummy Terminal any where with the addition of the WiFi Modem Installed On The Dummy Terminal. Take your office to any where they have the WiFi Dummy!

Of course you would need to convince the entire World to use Wifi, Dummy Terminals!

The cell phone is much cheaper in traveling than a lap top and smaller too!

Put them in Hotels, Air Ports, Sea Ports, Schools, Libraries. Very Private and personal (Phone Number and Phone Company Safety Bsck-ups). While purchasing a book you could simply upload it too your away computer from your phone. Puchase software at the store through the phone instantly transfering all forms of media directly to a computer though the cell phone. Buy anything that has anything to do with everyting you want to buy!
Reward: Saving cost and improving time and ease of use!
 

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mtd28student
 New Zealand
Sun Glare Printer Friendly Version
I have been sitting on this idea for a while now. I emailed the below letter to BMW’s online innovation website, but unfortunately they responded many months later with: “We have evaluated your proposal and unfortunately have to inform you that we do not see any possibility of implementing your idea.” Oh well. So here I give my idea to you. Any advancements or improvements let me know.
It seems no matter what a driver does, sun glare continues to make driving difficult. At one time or another we’ve all gone through the routine of trying to avoid the sun’s glare while driving, and we know that driving and sun glare can be a deadly mixture. Poor visibility due to sun glare is the suspected cause of many motor vehicle accidents. Of those surveyed, 97 percent said that they had experienced sun strike during driving. Several ways to reduce the affects of sun glare are listed below.
• Make sure your windshield is free of pits and is clean, not only on the outside but also free of any inside film.

• Be sure to carry a good pair of sunglasses to provide some shade.

• Anticipate slowing traffic ahead of you. Adjust your speed so that you're not suddenly reacting to a slowdown.

• If you do suddenly become blinded by sun, don't slam on your breaks. Instead, let off the accelerator and slow down gradually.

• If at all possible, try to avoid the sunrise or sunset time frame. Leave early or later.
These methods help reduce the sun strike, but are not always convenient for the driver. One new innovative way to reduce the effects of glare is the tint the windscreen using LCD (or similar) technology. The windscreen could be made up many pixels which will only darken in the areas necessary. In other words the darkened pixels will cast a shadow of the drivers and passengers faces, thus blocking the sun and allowing them to still see the road.

To achieve this two main pieces of information are needed. These are the position of the sun in the sky relative to the car as well as the position of the people heads inside the car. These are both quite simple to do.
Some modern airbag designs get input from ultrasonic sensors around in the cars cabin as to location of the occupants. This gives the airbag the information needed on how much to deploy. This same technology could be used for finding the position of the occupant’s heads.
Finding the position of the sun could be achieved with a small, inexpensive black and white camera. The camera could be positioned out of the way, in one of the head lights. With the aid of software the position of the bright object (in this case the sun) could be located. The camera could also detect the intensity of the light and adjust the contrast of the pixels accordingly.
Software would then put all the information together and tint the windscreen in the appropriate places.
Having this technology in a car would give rise to several advantages.
• You could do away with the sun visor, making the inside of the car smoother.

• The whole windscreen could tint slightly when driving in snow to help reduce the overall brightness.

• When the car is parked up, the windscreen could darken, which would protect the interior from the sun as well making the inside of the car cooler.

• Increased safety because of information the airbags receive.
This is a basic overview of this concept. If you have any further questions please to not hesitate to contact me. Thank you for your time.


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Steve
 Austria
Ignore me, too! (automatic) Printer Friendly Version
What I hate most about modern email times is that more and more people believe that emails can be simply ignored. While this is partly understandable and probably due to the rising wave of spam that is sent by machines anyway, I find it incredibly annoying when you really have a request or problem and are longing for an answer.
Two ideas:
1. An "I definitely want an answer" setting. Your email program will monitor if you received a reply to a particular message, and if you didn't, it'll send out a second mail insisting that you are still waiting for a reply. Such a second mail usually works very well if sent manually, but I find it increasingly difficult to keep track of all of the mail I have sent that has remained unanswered.
2. An "ignore me, too" setting. - Sometimes, the "I definitely want an answer" setting will fail. Some people are simply impolite, they won't reply, or it'll take them forever to answer. Then, all of a sudden, they need something themselves, and then it has do be done really quickly, of course. My suggestion is an "ignore me, too!" setting in the email program. Once activated, it'll keep track on how long it took someone else until they finally got their reply out, and it'll delay your own message for the same time span.
Reward: A free copy of the software.
 

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