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 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:09 pm ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Watermills in rain pipes ¦  Replies: 28 ¦  Views: 44254

Perhaps you could build a water wall generating station. By this I mean you could start with a reservoir water collection stack of tanks. In the bottom of each water tank you would have a large bladder for air. As the tank fills with water it also compresses the air in the bladder. When the tank get...

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:39 pm ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Special currency for the homeless ¦  Replies: 15 ¦  Views: 11783

Perhaps restaurants could have token vending machines, similar to gumball/prize machines. The machines could be sold to the restaurants and special tokens with their names on it would be dispensed with say one 50 cent token for every 75 cents. A portion, of that say goes to the restuarant to help pa...

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:06 pm ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Ads on the homeless ¦  Replies: 28 ¦  Views: 24937

The pokerfacebook ad might be a bad way to advertise for the homeless. At first glance I thought "is this bum really down and out or, is this a poker face?". I've heard that lots of bums really bring in the bucks, and when they do they are out there everyday in the same spot. So how can yo...

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:32 pm ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: For Thief's Sake! Camera ¦  Replies: 9 ¦  Views: 4683

Well at least with the camera it could take a still of the thief, just in case it is recovered. The thief may not even know his pic was taken. I think as thick as some rear view mirrors are you might be able to stick one of those 1 inch cameras insde it. Or maybe even in the outside rear view mirror...

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:20 pm ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Camera as antitheft system for cars ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 3104

Once I thought it would be cool to at least put a hidden camera or two inside the dash , so that when, and if, your car was stolen it would at least have a photo of the thief, if its recovered. Even then perhaps it could download automatically to your home computer, or the police station and maybe f...

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:02 am ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Keyhole coated with luminous material ¦  Replies: 12 ¦  Views: 13136

One cheap way is to go to the nearest craft or fabric store, like Michaels or Franks etc, and buy some glow in the dark fabric paint. I think I may have even gotten it at Walmart, too. I've got some green glow in the dark fabric paint that I used for something. It should work. Although it only glows...

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:29 am ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Don't touch that door handle ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 4037

Heck for that matter a lot of places are now putting doorless hallway entries into the public restrooms. No nasty doors to touch on the way out. I can think of several places where these types are common, like mall, food court, and movie theater restrooms.

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:24 am ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Don't touch that door handle ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 4037

Yeah, no matter how many times a day you clean the bathroom door handles there is always the jerk that thinks he is germ free after taking a dump or a wizz, and won't, or doesn't care to wash his hands. Disgusting, isn't it? I think there ought to be some board of health rule that restrooms must be ...

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:35 am ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Seat Sensor ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 7592

Or for another approach, you could put the light string on the front edge of the seat. If someone is seated you won't be able to see the light. If it isn't occupied you will see the light because, like at most theaters I have been to, the seat folds upward anyway when not occupied, thus showing a li...

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:30 am ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Seat Sensor ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 7592

One could place low d/c power ElectroLuminescent light strings near the top of the seats, say at an inch or two below the top, facing toward the front. If someone is seated in that seat you shouldn't be able to see much, if any at all, of the low light string. If its unoccupied it will glow. If some...

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:48 pm ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Camera as antitheft system for cars ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 3104

Some of the problems for biometric scans or facial recognition systems is that they can be sometimes not recognizable by body temperature. Say you got in from out being in the cold and your face is real cold. At least one of those type scanners use body heat signatures and I think you would have to ...

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:37 pm ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Personalized Form Fitting Condoms ¦  Replies: 13 ¦  Views: 18544

Can't beieve I clicked on the createamate link, now I will probably get more spam. Dooh! The CAD/CAM program could reduce the size where needed to provide the best fit and form. If it can reduce it, why can't it enlarge it as well. The more the better. My wife would love me to be the size of her ex....

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:59 pm ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Smart Dryer ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 5566

I don't know if they exist or not but I think some kind of humidity sensor built in could leave them running longer. Doesn't seem to difficult. As for the the all in one Washer/Dryer I'd like to see one of them. I've seen the over under apartment types with the dryer on top, and yes they are small. ...

 by GadgetmanKen ¦  Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:43 pm ¦  Forum: Creativity Pool ¦  Topic: Self-Cleaning Public Restrooms ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 9543

As somebody who has cleaned public restrooms for a living (hated it) Some of the biggest problems are, people falling on wet slick floors before they dry. If they do walk on the floors while they are wet and do not fall they will leave foot tracks where ever they walk. Another problem is (why I'll p...

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