SaaS Filters

This company provides hosted and installable text filters.  They remove words, phrases, domains, etc.
Hosted is free.  Installable presumably has no latency.

Comprehensive Black List
Multilingual Filtering
Leet Speak (i.e. |-|ello)
Separators (i.e. h..e..l..l o)
Word and Phrase Filtering
Email Filtering
URL Filtering
Phone Number Filtering
Unlimited Messages
REST interface
Latency Depends Average < 1 ms
Throughput Depends 800,000,000+ per day
SaaS Hosted
Secure
Editable Lists
Multiple Lists
Real-time Updates
Java API
Testing Tool
Approval Workflow

GPSreplay.com

Record GPS signal locally for later replay.  Put up real-time GPS stream on internet so others can play that stream at their location.

See this post about GPS jamming.

Zen Alarm Clock

Do this as a $1 smartphone app.

Web Enabled Thermostat

$249 Not yet shipping.
http://www.nest.com/inside-and-out

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$395.00 Hot Deal $328.24
ecobee EB-STAT-02 ZigBee Enabled Smart Internet Thermostat

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Brainstorming competitive thermostat product: specs:
wifi to internet
measure the room temp
cheap LCD or 1 blinking LED for diagnosis

upgrade:
2 stage furnace control
extra battery for backup
light/motion sensor to help learning


upgrade control:
X10 networking/control
bluetooth for additional mechanism to control


upgrade sensors:
extra hardwired temp measurement for behind unit facing wall
humidity
oxygen %
carbon monoxide w/ audible alarm
gas (nat gas, propane) w/ audible alarm
smoke w/ audible alarm

companion website & apps:
upload current stats to website
configure & control
reports, trends (pull in outside temps)
website/apps free (can put in ads)

learn (intelligence hosted on website):
auto $ saving mode when sensing nobody home
start condititioning when mobile phone GPS shows person is nearing home

other:
consider subsidized thermostat if user allows microphone that will listen for radio/tv playing.  make it free if they will put listening/people monitor device in TV rooms.
allow smartphone app to be an additional temperature sensor, for phones with thermostat OR sell standalone temp sensor.


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http://web.me.com/jaysettle/Jay/Arduino_Equipped_Still.html

Temp sensor, light sensor, LCD display, actuator.

Arduino from www.sparkfun.com $30
temperature sensors TMP 36GZ from Adafruit $2
16X2 LCD $25

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Home brew:

Hardware ~100.  thermostat directly controls my HVAC unit, which has a standard four-wire interface. One wire is common, and there is one wire for each of Heat, Cool (A/C), and Fan. I'm using an LM35 to measure the temperature, three relays to connect the HVAC, a nice 20x2 LCD display for status, and some buttons and switches, all mounted into a project box. Since the Arduino has a built-in USB interface, I use that to provide status back to the computer, and allow the computer to issue commands.

Building A Thermostat Using Arduino
arduino, a few solid state relays, and a temperature sensor from adafruit.

$108 I bought a Dallas Semiconductor 18B20 digital temperature sensor ($4), along with the relay I needed for the second thermostat switch ($2), a wall-wart AC adapter to power the Arduino ($6), and a 5-V wall wart to operate the relay ($6).


Thermostat with web interface

Arduino thermostat with WEB interface

Arduino Remote Thermometer

arduino-thermostat

Web thermostat with Arduino

Arduino Weather Station / Thermostat

github arduino-thermostat



$26 ARDUINO UNO BOARD REV3


$2 TMP36 - Analog Temperature sensor
$29 Humidity and Temperature Sensor - SHT15


$55 WiFi Shield WiShield V2.0 for Arduino
$90 WiFly Shield


$1.50 Mini Photocell
$3 Light to Frequency Converter - TSL235R

Part cost for simple thermostat $96.  Excludes labor.
case ~10
packaging/manual ~3
arduino board 26
wifi 55
temp 2

Water - Nano Absorbent to Remove Fluoride

   Make intelligent absorbent to capture fluoride to sell product to homeowners who want to clean their drinking water.
  Make intelligent absorbent to capture arsenic to sell to gold mines to mitigate any leach pond leaks.

http://www.qut.edu.au/about/news/news?news-id=37568
"... running the contaminated water through the fine nanotubes and fibres, which trap the radioactive Cesium (Cs+) ions through a structural change."
"By adding silver oxide nanocrystals to the outer surface, the nanostructures are able to capture and immobilise radioactive iodine (I-) ions"
"Australia is one of the largest producers of titania that are the raw materials used for fabricating the absorbents of titanate nanofibres and nanotubes."

  How much to do the research and get a product going?
All the nano stuff is still cutting edge new.  Manufacturing nano things is expensive based on wirk I started at ____.  We made nano pigment particles for coloring paints. Limited use due to expense and we weren't making the nano structure itself and depositing nano crystals.   Conventional crystal making has a long history which you would probably need to try to do it in nano size.

Tour and Training Management Software

$29 PC application.

Track employee Tour and Training details with Tour Type, Training Course and Training Provider information. Software allows to generate tour and training pass with option to print Company Reports, Employee Reports, Tour and Training Reports.

Advanced features allow Company Managers, HR Representatives and other similar users to assign tour and training requirements by designation, name, ID, department in comprehensive approach. Simple to operate software manage each and every employee’s tour and training needs with ease and simplicity to use and reduces manual paper works and spreadsheet style while maintaining the records.

Purchase Order Management

There are many large software packages that have modules for purchase order management, and there are online packages, there are also stand-alone PC packages.

$45 PC standalone
Purchase Order Organizer Software for Windows users is a business program that provides easy and speedy management of entire sales and purchase orders

$45 PC standalone
Advance Purchase order database manager utility maintains Company details, Customer information and item details for small and medium level firms in an easiest and accurate way. PO management program allows user to auto generate purchase order reports, eliminate duplicate data entry and automatically update the inventory and stock details.

$30/month online
RightOn Inventory automates the tedious and time consuming task of inventory replenishment. A typical small business will eliminate over 11000 repitive steps in QuickBooks and save 3 hours per week.

$? online
automating the requisition, approval, purchasing, receipt and reporting of all spending – regardless of commodity, approval process or vendor.

$245 PC standalone
create, process, and track purchases.

Business Continuity Consulting

Provide consulting, help with preparing plan, testing plan, and yearly updates.  Online create/store plan and testing of plan.

Talking points:

• worst-case scenarios (loss of a data center, buildings, staff) to occurrences such as power outages or excessive phone call volumes
• data security/access/recovery - virus control, redundant systems, off-site data storage, off-site backups
• data security/access/recovery - virus control, redundant systems, off-site data storage, off-site backups
  variety of emergency scenarios to full-scale drills in which we close a building and conduct business from remote location

Nanpa Contract

North American Numbering Plan Administration

Program is contracted out to Neustar.  CEO Lisa Hook who lives in Washington DC.

Since 1997, the FCC has selected the company that serves as NANPA through a competitive bidding process. In 1997, Neustar (then Lockheed Martin IMS) was selected to serve for a five-year term as NANPA. In 2003, Neustar was again selected to serve an additional five year term beginning in July, 2003. In 2009, Neustar was awarded an 18 month contract to continue to provide NANPA services through January 2011.

SaaS - Regulatory Reports for Safe Food Handling

The California Food Handler Card law – SB 602 – is a landmark bill signed in 2010 that creates a statewide standard for safe food handling in California’s restaurants. The law ensures that food handlers gain and exhibit basic food safety knowledge by passing a test.
    Food handlers must obtain a food handler card within 30 days of the date of hire.
    A California Food Handler Card is valid for three years, and food facility operators are required to maintain record of a current card for each employee. Local health departments will enforce the mandate during the inspection process.
    The California Food Handler Card is recognized throughout the state, though three counties – Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego – have existing local food handler card requirements that are not affected by the state law.

Supplement: Green Tea Powder Mix

Seen on discount site: $30 for a One Month Supply of Green Tea Energy Drinks

• Get a 60-pack of Raspberry Lemonade, Chocolate, Strawberry Pineapple or Original, or get a Variety Pack
• Boost your natural energy, raise your metabolism and burn fat
• Full of antioxidants, super fruits and calcium
• Shipping included!

... first ingredient in any of our products will always be premium grade green tea. Then enter our selection of super fruits, such as maqui berry, acai berry, and noni. And for good measure, we add calcium...

$59.95
GreenTeaDaily 60 Count Box - Variety
GreenTeaDAILY contains over 450 mg of antioxidants and polyphenols per serving. In addition we have added:
Calcium: An important nutrient for the health of our bones and teeth, also a vital mineral for a broad range of organs and body systems.
Maqui Berry: Said to have a high composition of disease busting anti-oxidants, much higher than other well known superfoods.
Noni: Help boost and maintain a healthy immune system.
Acai: A remarkable concentration of antioxidants that help combat premature aging.
L-Theanine: Theanine has been shown to reduce mental and physical stress, and improves cognition and mood.
GreenTeaDAILY comes packed with 60 drinks. A mix of Strawberry Pineapple, Raspberry Lemonade, Chocolate and Original.
Just pour a GreenTeaDAILY packet into 12-16 ounces of cold water and enjoy.
We recommend drinking GreenTeaDAILY twice a day 15 minutes before breakfast and 15 minutes before lunch for best results. Works great before workouts.

Freeware - Varnish: config, support

Create Varnish boxes for sale.
Create Varnish SaaS monitoring tools for consulting services.

Varnish Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy. You install it in front of any server that speaks HTTP and configure it to cache the contents. Varnish Cache is really, really fast. It typically speeds up delivery with a factor of 300 - 1000x

Performance Beverages

BrainToniq $1.79 each at stores.
http://www.braintoniq.com/braintoniq

Six versions of NEURO_____
http://drinkneuro.com/products/sleep

Smartphone Voice Encryption Software

Years ago the military used STU-III hardware encryption.

A smartphone application to encrypt would need key management. An inexpensive ($1/month) service could provide the key management to enable people who have not yet set up keys to easily use public keys for the phone call.
The key servers should have geographical dispersion in different political jurisdictions.

Available in google play app store:

• HushCrypt is a mobile application which allows registered users to dial and receive encrypted phone calls using internet connection through WiFi or 3G.  Both persons involved in a call must have the HushCrypt application installed and active on their phones in order to talk securely
• Kryptos is a secure, fully encrypted voice communications application. Kryptos utilizes military grade 256 bit AES encryption to encrypt voice communications before transmission using 2048 bit RSA for key exchange.  Kryptos provides VoIP connectivity for secure calls over 3G, 4G and WiFi. Users will download and install the client software and must then activate their account with Kryptos.  Users will create their own personal unique individual ID. Encrypted, secure calls are made peer-to-peer. Both users must have the software in order to use the functionality.

RedPhone
An application that provides encrypted voice calls for Android.


On related idea, there are several smartphone TOR clients.

Avalanche Beacon Training

EasySearcher networks transceivers for field training.  Difficulty can be changed remotely.  Supposedly manufactured by Ortovox.

Beacon parks are often funded by gifts and donations.

Healthcare Competency

Coursework for health care.  Healthstream provides learning, compliance, competency.

Claimed that individuals can more quickly keep certifications.

Inventory Management for QuickBooks

http://www.fishbowlinventory.com

"Fishbowl Inventory is the #1-Selling Inventory Control Program for QuickBooks."

Price starts at $4,195.

Water - Iodine Purification

The manufacturer of this product is having trouble complying with DEA iodine requirements.  The DEA pressured his iodine supplier to cut off shipments to him.

http://www.mercurynews.com/saratoga/ci_19385037
... he sold close to 24,000 bottles in his last few months of business at $6.50 a pop.
At its height, Polar Pure was bringing in about $100,000 a year ...

... the state Department of Justice fingerprinted the couple and told Wallace he needed to show them such things as a solid security system for his product.

... the new rules ordered him to pay a fee, get permits, and keep track of buyers. But his iodine distributor -- warned by the DEA -- won't sell to him.

http://www.polarequipment.com/directions.htm
The bottle features a cap with measuring lines and bottle interior conveniently traps iodine crystals.

Person Tracking by tracking Cell Phones

Interesting marketing use of cell phone location information.

FootPath Technology
The units measure signals from the consumers' mobile phones using unique technology that can locate a consumer's position to within a few metres. These units feed this data (24 hours a day 7 days a week) to a processing centre, where the data is audited and sophisticated statistical analysis is applied to create continuously updated information on the flow of shoppers throughout the centre.

Pricing
we do not expect you to pay for our equipment or installation costs. Nor do we expect you to pay for us to maintain and upgrade equipment
depends upon:
The size of the area to be monitored;
The type and amount of data that you require; and
The length of time for which you wish to purchase the data.

55,000 square metre mall that was interested in purchasing a full FootPath solution with data year round (52 weeks) the price would be 69k euros per year.


Hackers could create cheap devices to transmits these codes, which would put bad data into the monitoring system.

Company to Rollup WiSPs, WiSP backoffice

Hosting.com has a strategy of buying existing hosting companies to roll them up into a larger, streamlined company.  This provide efficiencies of scale, standardized features/products, and additional upsell opportunities.

Do the same for the wireless internet service provider industry.
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Alternatively, provide everything for a wisp and allow the local person to just put up hotspots and get customers.

Hadoop Consulting Shop

Boutique IT shop specializing in Hadoop.

Hadoop is a java-based platform for distributed data processing that can handle big data.  Is is not transactional.

What Hadoop needs, Feinsmith said, is more maturity as an enterprise platform, including more monitoring and virtualization capabilities, and more integrations and compatibility with existing business intelligence and analytic systems.
... IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle--multibillion-dollar vendors with substantial data management software revenue at stake--have all embraced Hadoop this year.

Cloudera provides enterprise support and Hadoop management software, claiming more than 100 customers.

Electric Grid Frequency Regulation

There is a market for electric grid frequency regulation.

http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/vehicle-to-grid-a-new-spin-on-car-payments-36697

Regulation fine-tunes the balance between supply and demand to make sure that the electricity in outlets has a frequency of exactly 60 hertz at all times. ...
To provide regulation, an electricity generator must adjust output up or down based on a hard-wired electronic signal that grid operators send out 400 times a day. ...
The world market for regulation services is $6 billion — $1.5 billion in the United States and $4.5 billion overseas ...

http://www.energycentral.com/reference/whitepapers/contact_vendor/103334/Grid-Scale-Frequency-Regulation-Using-Flywheels

The grid frequency regulation function addresses the balance between the network’s load and power generated. The intent is to maintain the grid at the target 50Hz or 60Hz operating point. When there is more load than generated power, frequency drops, and vice versa. The system operator generates a signal, Area Control Error (ACE), based on the difference between load and power.

... open bid auction markets for frequency regulation services. A large part of the United States and some countries utilize such markets.

Regulation Service requires the abilities of a sophisticated network -- because there are over 5 million Regulation requests per year.

Current RTO and ISO Compensation Practices Article in Federal Register.

Frequency regulation service is the injection or withdrawal of real power by facilities capable of responding appropriately to a transmission system operator’s automatic generator control (AGC) signal.

Testimonials: Collect, Manage, Publish

Collection, management and publication of targeted testimonials.

$27 - $127 per month.

Organic Chai

Create an organic chai product.

Experiment by adding fennel seeds, coriander seeds, nutmeg, star anise, and lemon or orange peel.

 

May omit the milk and sugar and offer them separately.  Basic black chai:

• 1½ cups cold water
• One 2-inch piece cinnamon stick, broken
• 2 heaping teaspoons black tea
• Seed of 3 cardamom pods
• One ¼-inch-thick slice fresh ginger
• 3 whole cloves
• 2 black peppercorns
• ¼ to ½ cup milk
• 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar
1. Bring water to a boil in small saucepan. Add cinnamon, cover, remove from heat; steep 2 minutes. Return pan to heat; bring to a boil. Add tea, spices, milk and sugar; cover, and remove from heat. Steep 3 minutes.
2. Pour mixture through fine wire-mesh strainer into warm teapot, discarding solids. Garnish with cinnamon sticks.

 

 

Variation of kahwah, a Kashmiri green tea:
• 1½ cups cold water
• 2 heaping teaspoons green tea
• Seed of 1 cardamom pod
• 2 whole cloves
• 2 strands saffron (optional)
• 6 blanched almonds, chopped
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tablespoon honey
1. Combine water, tea, spices and almonds in small saucepan. Cook over low heat until hot (do not boil). Partially cover; steep over low heat 10 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in milk and honey.
2. Pour through fine wire-mesh strainer into warm teapot, discarding solids. Serve.

In India, Tulsi Chai, made from holy basil (Ocimum sanctum), is used to treat colds and reduce stress.  Sweet basil can be substituted for holy basil.

• ½ cup holy basil leaves
• 2 cups cold water
• 2 heaping teaspoons green tea
• Seed of 1 cardamom pod
• One 1⁄4-inch-thick slice fresh ginger
• One 2-inch cinnamon stick, broken
• 2 whole cloves
• Pinch of nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon honey
• Milk, to taste
1. In small saucepan, boil basil and water. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 3 minutes. Stir in tea, spices and honey: bring almost to a boil. Remove from heat, cover and steep 3 minutes.
2. Pour mixture through fine wire-mesh strainer into warm teapot, discarding solids. Serve with milk. Garnish with skewered crystallized ginger cubes, fresh basil leaves and grated nutmeg.

Unemployment Claims

Sell services to businesses to handle their unemployment claims processing.

"... take the hassle of handling claims and meeting state requirements out of your hands. We work directly with you and your managers to collect all the data necessary to meet the state’s deadlines, reducing your claim exposure and improving your results."

Online unemployment claim response tool.  $15 per claim.

questions about the claim
formatted claim response, providing all pertinent information in a clear and easily understood format which can then be printed on your company letterhead for mailing.
enter the key unemployment documents
create an appeal letter
track the claim.

Oil & Gas Regulatory Compliance

Services to help oil & gas producers comply with regulations.

http://www.lesair.com/index.php?id=8&page=About_Us
"... assists upstream and midstream oil and gas companies to comply with the continually evolving environmental regulations facing companies."

http://www.ltenv.com/lte-expertise/regulatory-compliance/spcc
"Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) evaluations and has prepared over 3,000 SPCC plans for onshore oil and gas production and bulk storage facilities, including tank batteries, transfer stations, produced water disposal facilities, compressor stations, dehydration facilities, terminals, maintenance shops, manufacturing facilities, asphalt plants, and communications facilities."

Rebate Processing

Rebate processing firms need inexpensive office space with decent internet connectivity and a good, captive, inexpensive work force.
What does this pay per piece and per campaign?

http://www.acbcoop.com/IncentiveProgramManagement/Rebates.aspx?gclid=CLiTh6DIp6wCFUcaQgodimmTDQ

http://www.pfcfulfills.com/rebates.aspx

http://www.parago.com/our-solutions/rebates

Capacitor Power for Electric Bikes

Electric bikes are using heavy batteries that don't last.  Repackage capacitors to fit the form factor of electric bikes.

Trading Journal

Online trading journal and mobile app for stock traders.

http://slopeofhope.com/2011/11/your-trading-journal-market-sniper.html

- Did I follow my trading plan for the trade? If not, why not.
- At what point in the trade did I doubt the trade.  If so, why
- What  did I do right in the trade
- Where did I stumble in the trade?

 When  you make an error, make a statement of correction. An example: I did not honor my stop in the trade according to my trading plan. I moved it NOT according to plan…therefore, in my next trade,  I will adhere to my trading plan as to stops. I will place stops and manage my stops according to my trading plan. This will demonstrate that I am a patient and disciplined professional trader.

Here is a more complex grading system and one I use.

A=I followed my trading plan and made good money.
B=I followed my trading plan and made some money.
C=I followed my trading plan and lost some money.
D=I did NOT follow my trading plan and made good money.
E=I did NOT follow my trading plan and made some money.
F=I did NOT follow my trading plan and lost money.

US Immigration Service For The Rich

USA has fast-track citizenship for those who can come in to country with cash to start job-creating business. Provide a service to the super-rich Asians to streamline the process.

Business ideas under $1M immigrants could fund:
Starting a wood burning facility (to power heat/steam in Rocky Mountain region hit by pine beetle) would cost about $1M if county provides cheap land lease.

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2010.12.24
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101222/ts_nm/us_usa_immigration_business

In 2010, nearly 2,000 would-be immigrants, many from China, applied for EB-5 visas, the most ever in a single year, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency that oversees the program.

"I always tell the people who approach me that the EB-5 investment program is a risky business," said Brian Su, a Springfield, Illinois-based immigration consultant who publishes a popular blog on the program. "If you cannot bear the loss, the total loss of your investment, don't play this game."

In 2007, there were just 11 specially designated businesses allowed to offer EB-5 visas to foreign investors in exchange for their cash; today there are 117 and 88 more are applying for the status. Many of the newcomers are commercial real-estate builders looking for alternative funding to keep their projects alive.

oversight of the EB-5 program is theoretically shared by USCIS and the SEC.

the annual filing -- known as an I-924A

10,000 special visas, known as EB-5s, have been set aside annually for foreign entrepreneurs, and their immediate family, who agree to invest as little as $500,000 in ventures that will either create or save 10 U.S. jobs within two years of their arrival.

several dozen businesses that accept investors through the program have started a Chicago-based trade group called the Association to Invest in the USA (IIUSA).

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20110907
Top of Chinese wealthy's wish list? To leave China

China's richest are increasingly investing abroad to get a foreign passport, to make international business and travel easier but also to give them a way out of China.

The United States is the most popular destination for Chinese emigrants, with rich Chinese praising its education and healthcare systems. Last year, nearly 68,000 Chinese-born people became legal permanent residents of the U.S., seven percent of the total and second only to those born in Mexico. Canada and Australia are also popular.

Wealthy Russians have also been establishing footholds abroad for the past decade, seeking a safe haven both for their money and their children.

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2011.11
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=facb83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=facb83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/EB-5_visa
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Nearly 6,000 foreign EB-5 investors have applied for permanent residency through the program since it was created, but only 3,200 have received green cards. In an example of how interest in this program has soared, 715 investors applied for permanent residency in the first four months of this year.

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2012.02.22
webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577181461401318988.html

Recent statistics show rising demand for "investment immigration" visas to the U.S., Canada and other Western countries. The U.S. program, EB5, can grant up to 10,000 visas annually to people who invest $1 million and create at least 10 jobs in the U.S., or invest $500,000 in a rural or high-unemployment area.

In fiscal 2011, the U.S. received 2,969 applications (each of which can cover several family members) from China for EB5 immigration, compared with just 787 two years earlier, according to the U.S. immigration agency. Chinese applications accounted for 78% of the global total in 2011.

Canada received 2,567 Chinese applications for a similar program in 2011, up from just 383 in 2009, according to its immigration authorities. Demand has been so strong—particularly from China—that Canada imposed a cap of 700 applications per year, starting July 1, 2011. That quota was filled within a week, with 697 of 700 applications from China.

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304203604577393841014313050.html
More Wealthy Chinese Said to Prepare Exits

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USA Visas for 500k home purchase:
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/election/2011/10/20/visa-for-house-bill-terrific-toll-brothers-chief-says/

Custom Credit Card Overlay Sticker

CapitalOne allows a custom image on a portion of the front of the credit card.  They host a design tool.  Each design is OK'd by their staff.

Website with design tool to allow any design.  Print on a sticker.  Ship sticker to consumer.

How much can be charged for this service?  $4.95 with shipping?  Additional sticker with same design $1?

Consulting For Branded Credit Cards

    Consultant to help groups set up their own branded credit cards.

    PreSale
Presentation.
Does it fit?  Customer list, uptake, potential.

    Continuing
Marketing: customer list, outside of group
Manage churn.
Incentives from the branded sponsor.


http://www.gobankingrates.com/credit-card-rates/how-to-create-your-own-credit-card
Contact a credit card issuer like Citibank or American Express and suggest the idea of a partnership between your companies. If the credit card issuer feels that there is a good market for your type of credit card, they’ll gladly create and maintain accounts for you, for a sizeable fee of course.

Again, in order to accomplish this, you’ll need substantial paperwork, proof that your card will be desired, money in order to pay not only for the design of the card but for the upkeep of consumer accounts AND the ability to sell the idea to a major credit card company. Cobranded credit cards are common, but few survive beyond just a few years. Make sure if you take this rout, you offer consumers a great cash or 0% balance transfer opportunity as incentive to get them to sign up.

A social card would allow purchaser, through a SMS, to quickly rate the merchant, share the review, and 4square checkin.

Chess Set With Customized Faces

Similar to the multitude of bobble-head doll manufacturers ($140+), make chess sets with custom faces.

One color semi-custom chess board $95

Corporate Health Programs & Training

Backoffice, tracking, training material for businesses to outsource a health & wellness program.


choosehealth.aetna.com/business/costmanagement/promoteahealthyworkforce

Reduce sick days

Improve productivity

Attract and retain top employees

Better manage health care costs

2012 May Article about companies challenging employees to walk.  This type of service with tracking could be SaaS and cheap or nearly free.

Airline Baggage Tracking

For passenger baggage, why are airlines using bar codes instead of using RFID?  Why not RFID for bags of premium customers?
How expensive is each rfid device?  How expensive to roll out readers nationwide?

Avoid Credit Card Currency Conversion Fee

Visa and MasterCard have a standard 1 percent charge on foreign purchases and the issuing bank adds another fee. ...The credit card issuer or bank often charges an additional fee, usually 2 percent, which adds up to a 3 percent total charge on foreign purchases.


Every time you use your card outside the U.S., American Express, MasterCard, Visa or whichever network is handling the transaction charges your bank a percentage of the transaction (usually 1 percent) to convert your dollars to dinars, euros, yen -- the local currency. The bank that issues the credit card also charges a fee (usually 2 percent) for the transaction.

 

... some banks and financial companies are lowering or waiving the fees for top-tier customers ...

While there would be a limited market of those ordering from a website outside their home country, create a dynamic website pricing application that changes to any currency.  Allow customer to choose their home currency as form of payment.
Uncertain how this would be handled, or even allowed, by merchant bank in order to get funds to the store.

Make Ormus

Liquid manufactured from sea salt that is claimed to help growth of plants & animals.

Links

Overview

Ormus for plants $55

Ormus Gold, 1 oz $84
Our Ormus Gold is created by concentrating metallic gold to 99.999% purity (most gold coins advertised as pure or 99.999% are actually 98.4% to 98.6% pure). We take pure gold and purify it. This metallic gold is then transformed into Ormus Gold via our patent pending process developed over 13 years of research.

Recipe
Equipment needed:
2 Stainless steel or pyrex bowls, to hold at least ½ gallon volume each
Coffee filters
Strainer to hold coffee filters (coffee pot top is ok unless aluminum.) Do not use aluminum.
Squirt bottle with good lid, or dropper bottle
pH paper that tests up to at least 11 (I’m happy with strips ordered from www.indigo.com )
Glass jar (spigot at bottom is useful)
Turkey baster or 50cc syringe (esp. if you don’t have a spigot on the jar)

Pyrex measuring cup.

Ingredients needed:
Coarse sea salt. The gray kind that looks damp—clumps together—is best. I get it from Trader Joe’s for $3.79/2-cup jar. Or you can order Dead Sea Salt directly from www.snowdriftfarm.com
Lye (Red Devil Lye is in most groceries in the Drano section). You can also order food grade lye from www.snowdriftfarm.com
Gallon of Distilled water
White distilled vinegar

Preparation: Do this over the sink, out of the way.

Pour one cup of distilled water in Pyrex measuring cup that’s sitting in the sink. Add two tablespoons of lye powder. Standing back from the sink so fumes don’t get in your eyes, stir powder til it dissolves. Note: The water will get hot. If lye powder contacts your skin or clothes, remove it immediately with water and soap---take off the clothing immediately. The powder will eat through clothing and skin.

Place the squirt bottle or dropper bottle in the sink and pour the lye solution into the bottle. If water is still hot, leave the lid loosely placed over the top. You can fasten it later, when the water cools down.

Instructions:
Pour 4 cups of water in a bowl and dissolve 1cup of salt in the water. (Different brands of salt have different yields. Dead Sea salt takes 1/8 cup per gallon.)
Strain salt water thru coffee filters into the second bowl. You will probably have to use many coffee filters, as there’s a lot of “stuff” in sea salt.
With pH paper ready, start adding dropperfuls (or very small squirts) of lye-water to the salt water, STIRRING CONSTANTLY. (Vary your stir pattern, as the lye-water will tend to concentrate on one section unless you blend it everywhere.)
Check the pH of the water. You want the pH to reach 10 without going as high as 11. It will rise slowly til it gets to about 9, and then will go faster. When it gets to about 10 it will suddenly rise FAST. If it gets as high as 11, add a few drops of vinegar to bring the PH back down.
 Note: The reason for the exact pH reading is that the m-state elements will drop out of the water at just over 10.5. If you go too high, other elements (“Gilchrist Elements”) will drop out of the water, and they are bad for you. So you want the pH to stay under 11. (10.78 to be exact).
When the correct pH is reached, check several places in the water to make sure it’s evenly distributed.
Pour water in large jar. Let it settle for at least 4 hours. Overnight is best. A white or grey precipitate will form at the bottom of the jar.
When 4-12 hours has passed, drain or siphon off the clear water (salt water), and refill the bottle with distilled or good drinking water. (You may keep this water, adding more distilled to it and raising the pH to get more precipitate.) Shake it and let it settle again. This is called “washing the precipitate”.
Wash the precipitate at least 3 times with clean water, each time shaking it and letting it settle at least 4 hours before repeating.
After the last wash, pour the “slurry” of grey/white powder and water into a glass jar with a lid and save it for use. Store it away from electric or magnetic fields.
Since Ormus is strongly affected by intent and by energy fields, it seems to increase its potency if you surround it with high-energy objects. These range from crystals, to photos of beloved teachers or grandmothers, to written intentions of goals, etc.

How to use If you choose to ingest it, start with about a half teaspoon twice a day. If you take too much at the beginning you may go into a “healing crisis” as your body detoxes.

It has also been applied directly to the skin to improve scars, age spots, wrinkles, discolorations, etc.

Pets and plants love it. (You don’t need to use much on plants to get huge yields. If you use TOO much, yield drops. The ratio, for what it’s worth, is 3 gallons per acre once a season. I’ve also heard one-half cup per five gallons of water.) Flowering plants bloom like mad after receiving just a drop of Ormus in their water.

App/Hardware For Avalanche Beacon

Avalanche beacon transceivers cost over $200.  Can the antenna/amp be packed so it communicates with a smartphone app that has the logic?

Credit Card Case Attached To Smartphones

Until smartphones widely allow for mobile payment, we will continue to carry credit cards.

This case fits on the back of an Apple iPhone.  At $19.95 it seems overpriced.  The two screen protectors are typical bundling for Costco products.  Price includes shipping & handling.

Capture Heat & Make Charcoal

Can this be scaled up to 55 gallon drums?

What improvements?

• wood size, dryness, type
• rotate drum for stirring
• air/oxygen control
• capture heat
• measure: burn duration; oxygen in; oxygen and other gases out; heat out

For Truckers: ScaleOpenOrClosed.com

If doing video reading of scales, create a website that shows if scale is open or not.  scaleOpenOrClosed.com

Factoring

Factoring is a financial transaction whereby a business job sells its accounts receivable (i.e., invoices) to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.

There must be good margin in this business, as firms are advertising on the web to consumers.

We Buy Structured Settlements, Annuities & Lottery Payments for Lump Sum Cash.If We Do Not Beat Your Offer We Will Give You $500.00 Cash

Hobby Plastic

Shape-moldable plastic is used by hobbyists.  Likely very cheap in large quantities.
How much profit to buy large quantities, repackage, and resell?

1/2 kilo is $24.95

Medic Alert via Smartphone App

Established services may be taken by a smartphone app/service.  The monthly fee could subsidize a smartphone, or subsidize the dongle that would communicate via bluetooth to a smartphone.

http://www.lifestation.com
Annual  $26.95/month
Quarterly  $27.95/month
Monthly  $28.95/month

http://www.medicalalert.com
29.95/month

http://philips.lifelinesystems.com
monthly fee
2 services:
"The standard Lifeline Service provides quick access to help at the push of a button."
"All the benefits of our standard medical alert service plus the only medical alert pendant that can call for help if it detects a fall."
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This hardware starts at $275.  Built on home DIY monitoring system.
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Free smartphone pedometer app:
http://www.amazon.com/Tiger-SmartExercise/dp/B004VSHFI2

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Kyocera, a Japanese company, is manufacturing this device in hardware with an easy-use phone.  In the USA, there is a non-smart phone targeted at elderly that is a stripped-down flip phone with big buttons.

1) Basic cell phone with a simple 2-inch QVGA display, three large buttons (and hardly any other bells and whistles).

2) Pedometer that tracks how many steps the user has taken and sends this data to a caretaker automatically via e-mail.
With GPS module, caretaker can monitor the location of the user and which routes they have taken.
[ Reports from: Pedometer + GPS ]

Sensor into the cradle of the phone which counts the number of times the user passes by the cradle  and emails this data to caretaker.
[ RFID or Bluetooth.  Seems worthless, if Pedometer + GPS is working. ]

3) Alarm function. In the case of an emergency, users can pull strap attached to phone to trigger an alarm sound and send an email to caretaker.
[ Make an RFID pendant to wear around neck that communicates with smartphone and/or charging base. ]
Early earthquake warning function and shortcuts to certain emergency numbers.
[ Add-on features ]

Automatically Mute TV

MuteMagic claims to mute sound of TV during commercials.  $34.95

Many articles about arduino device to automatically mute based on closed captioning keyword match.

How difficult is the keyword programming?  Could the processing be done by a smartphone/tablet app?

Roll Cigarettes To Avoid Taxes

'Roll your own' machines means profits for operators and smokers -- and losses for tax collectors

After they buy the loose tobacco and the tube papers, they rent time at the smoke shop's $35,000, freezer-sized rolling machine, which can roll a full carton in about 10 to 15 minutes. Eight ounces of loose tobacco -- which isn't assessed a wholesale tax in Pennsylvania, the only state without such a tax -- nets 200 cigarettes.
Employees of the tobacco shops will guide novice buyers through the process of using the filling stations, but they don't operate the machines themselves.
... They only make four cartons an hour," or about 800 cigarettes.
... RYO Machine Rentals boasts that tobacco store owners will see a 300 percent return on investment in the first year of putting in a machine, depending on what they charge to use the machine. "You can expect a 20-30 percent margin on a carton of RYO produced in your store," the company says.

The following is over-stated.  Use 3 turns per hour, instead of 5.  http://www.ryofillingstation.com/profit.php

The store would be private, only for those in the partnership/co-op.  Each member can bring in a guest, though the guest may not purchase anything.

Sell organic and non-organic bulk tobacco.  Rent rolling machine by the use/minute.
Sell herbs and remedies.
Sell free-range non-hormone meats, eggs, cheese.  Sell raw milk.

Franchise/license the back-office support, startup, and management coaching of this business model.

Risk - change of state tax law or federal tax law.

Skin Lotions

Emu oil is good for lotions, though somewhat expensive.

Create lotions for specific ailments:

• super dry flaking skin
• herbs for anti-inflammatory
• hot pepper for anti-pain
  

JDEdwards Audit

Trace activity on JDEdwards ERP system.

Low-Income Mobile Phone Subsidy

Apparently MetroPCS Communications provides subsidized mobile phone service to those who qualify for low-income assistance.  Buy space on a MVNO network for this purpose.


2012, Another MVNO startup:

Ting stack up against other providers that use Sprint's network? A plan from Ting that gets you 500 minutes of talk time, 4,000 text messages, and 1GB of data costs $50 per month. A similar plan from Sprint costs $49.99 per month, with an additional $15 or $30 for data, depending on the services you choose.

Boost, meanwhile, offers unlimited talk, text, and data for Android phones for $55 per month. That price reduces by $5 every six months you pay your bill on time, until you reach $40 per month. Virgin offers the same unlimited option for $55 per month, minus the price reduction over time. Or you can get unlimited text messages and data with 300 minutes of talk time for $35 per month, or with 1,200 minutes of talk time for $45.

Vehicle Oil/Engine Pre-heat

Small element powered by battery to heat engine oil or engine coolant.  These are widely available in plug-in models.

Like coolant in the Toyota Prius, use an insulated canister that traps the heat.  This can be integrated with a smaller heating device and integrated with electric coolant circulator.  Heating considerable energy, so capacitor storage may be appropriate, if this would be worthwhile for the heat generated.

Like coolant in the Toyota Prius, use an insulated canister that traps engine oil heat.  Could be very useful in vehicles with electric engine oil pump.

This would be useful in very cold climates to help engine starting.

SaaS - Program Management For Literacy

This firm is going SaaS.

JOB DESCRIPTION
The Software Developer will possess a solid, consistent track record of development experience in a web oriented n-tier ASP.NET environment. You will have a broad background in ASP.NET, C# and XML technologies, as well as an advanced understanding of SQL Server 2005 or later including complex queries, stored procedures and triggers.

JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• The primary job duties of the Software Developer are as follows:
• Work with the team to determine software development projects, project requirements, and business priorities
• Work with your team to accurately define work estimates, development priorities, schedules, resource requirements, and release plans
• Drive yourself and the team to meet deliverables in different phases of software development: technical design, implementation, testing, and deployment
• Drive and influence the team to create robust, maintainable, and high performance code baselines

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM:
Technical Skills
• 2+ years of ASP.NET, C# and XML experience.
• 2+ years of MS SQL 2005/2008 experience
• Experience in analyzing and writing complex queries and stored procedures
• Understanding of agile development processes
• 1+ years of object oriented design experience
• 1+ years Windows IIS web server experience
• 1+ years of web technology experience: HTML, CSS, AJAX, ASP.NET;
• Experience in reports development is preferred; (SSRS, LogiXML Ad-Hoc and/or ActiveReports for .NET is optimal)

Liquor Law Compliance

On the theme of compliance with government regulations...

"ShipCompliant provides compliance software for wineries, spirits producers and importers to comply with local and state wine and liquor regulations."

SaaS - Check MSWindows XP DMA Setting

Easy SaaS app.  No revenue potential other than a few ads.

IRS Vehicle Expense Log

For those not using per-mile and instead using actual costs, there needs to be a log.  This ties in to the vehicle fuel / odometer apps.

Gift Certificate / Prepaid Card

Provide plug-in web service to allow tiny restaurants to sell gift certificates and prepaid cards.Service would take credit card, mail physical gift cert, and load prepaid card onto person's account which they carry on their phone.
Store/restaurant would take paper gift certs like usual - with tracking number managed by the service and tracking number / bar code so store can scan to validate and mark it as used.
For prepay, customer holds up picture on phone, or sends acct # via rfid.  Store's dedicated smartphone (or small appliance) reads, goes to web service to validate and deduct from their account.

As add-on, upsell simple website for tiny restaurants that have no web presence.
If restaurant wants, put them on a list of all available restaurants.
Consider allowing someone to buy $ into an overall card that works at any of the restaurants.
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Most retailers outsource their gift-card operations to third-party processors, such as First Data, Ceridian Stored Value Solutions, and Safeway (SWY). These companies tend to function more like IT operations than financial institutions because they control databases of information as opposed to cash.

VITAband Purchasing Chip & Medical ID Bracelet

Implement this in a smartphone app.
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Medical ID bracelet:
Identification
Relevant medical history/information
Emergency contacts

VITAband links to an online electronic health record called the Emergency Response Profile (ERP). The ERP is created by the user and includes critical information such as emergency contacts, allergies, health conditions etc. It goes one step further, though, with the added feature of contactless payment technology by Visa payWave using The VITAband Visa Prepaid Chip.

Year 1    Year 2VITAband one-time purchase:    $39.95
Annual subscription fee:    $19.95    $19.95



What are the fees associated with The VITAband Visa Prepaid Chip and Companion Card?
Account Enrollment Fee: $ 0.00
ATM Cash Withdrawal Fee - Domestic: $ 1.00 per transaction
ATM Cash Withdrawal Fee - Foreign: $ 2.50 per transaction
Auto Phone System Call Fee:  $ FREE
Customer Service Call Fee (Live Agent): $ FREE (first two calls) $2.50 thereafter
Signature Purchase Fee - Domestic: $ FREE
ACH Value Reload Fee - Deposit: $ FREE
Reload Fee – Check/Cash: $ FREE
Reload Fee - PAN: $ 2.50 per load via credit/debit card
Monthly Maintenance Fee: $FREE
Additional Lost/Stolen Card Replacement Fee: $ 5.00 per Card after first Companion Card; when Companion Card is reissued or replaced for any reason $5.00 (first lost/stolen replacement is free)
Replacement Card Fee $5.00 (first replacement Card free, $5.00 per request thereafter)
Paper Check Fee: $10.00 (charged if a check is issued for funds on your Card Account)
Paper Statement Copy Fee: $ 5.00 (per monthly statement requested)

How much money can I load onto my VITAband Visa Prepaid Card?
Users can load up to $500 per load and can maintain a maximum balance of $500.

Escrow Company

Escrow companies are a neutral third party that holds money to be paid upon performance of a specific contractual event.  Often used for "hand money" or "earnest money" in a real estate transaction.  Escrow company accepts money from buyer and pays seller when transaction completes.

There are many escrow companies.  Real estate title companies often provide the escrow service.  Price for the service is small.
Escrow service fees as low as 0.89% of the purchase price.


Wikipedia entry

http://www.gaebler.com/Opening-an-Escrow-Title-Companies-Business.htm
"... client contacts will be limited to the attorneys, lenders and real estate agents that represent buyer/sellers, and most of your communication will take place by phone or email."

Search for escrow companies

Typically requires a state licensing process, along with adequate financial backing and the manager needs several years of experience in the industry.
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201305 SecureHandShake.com appears to be gone.
Contractor Transaction Escrow
escrow & contract management service that includes a guided and structured process with transactional security.
Disclosure of documents, escrow, dispute resolution.

It seems this could be built on an existing payment engine (paypal or whatever) and add on the account management, paperwork, and workflow approvals.

OBDII with Bluetooth

Previous OBDII post.

Forget the proprietary connectors or even USB.  Manufacture OBDII with wireless Bluetooth.

Create apps for smartphone, tablet, laptop.  Create online service to store info, alert, report, recommend scheduled maintenance.
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Contract for OBDII with bluetooth.  Make smartphone/laptop/tablet software, with SaaS analysis, trend.

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2011 December
What electronics is this device using?
The LINK Armband, enabled with Bluetooth® wireless technology, sends information to your fingertips by communicating directly with your mobile device ...
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2012 March
Started thinking about this with the post in 2009: http://productsideas.blogspot.com/2009/03/obdii-usb-connector_17.html


Actual product with wifi/bluetooth connector to smartphone.  $138.96 on Amazon, with free shipping.
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Looks like carvoyant hooked this into fault monitoring that sends the info to local mechanics.  They raised $1.5m.
Carvoyant’s focus is not on building a better transmitter and app, it’s about building a service that connects consumers and repair shops together at the very moment when car maintenance or repairs need to take place.
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Tire stores could subsidize part of the price.  Connector with bluetooth to phone, to notify driver + tire store to schedule a rotation based on mileage.

House Track & Maintenance Calendar

HouseTrack.com

Receipts (for IRS purposes)
Utility bills

Overlay on a calendar service typical house maintenance tasks (change furnace filter, change water filter, lubricate garage door chain, fertilize lawn, furnace tune-up, drain water heater tank).  Track sizes of replacement items.

Send email reminders.

Ads for products at hardware stores and for services would be highly targeted.

Organic/FDA Certifier

Become a cheap(er) organic certifier.
20,000 chickens per year require USDA certification.  And the automated equipment....
FDA certification and others.

Wikipedia page.

OneCert provides:

• USDA National Organic Program (NOP)
• European Organic Regulations (EC 834/2007)
• Japan Agricultural Standard (JAS)
• Indian National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP)
• US/Canada Organic Equivalency Arrangement (USCOEA)
• Export Certificates for Japan (NOP plus JAS Equivalent)
• Export Certificates for Taiwan

CCOF provides:

• Excellent nationwide service
• Competitive pricing
• Unsurpassed dedication and integrity
• Trained highly qualified and helpful staff
• The most prestigious seals in the organic marketplace
• Electronic organic certification forms
• Global market access
•  Organic advocacy & education programs to support your market
• Marketing & PR support
• Active trade association keeps you informed
• NOP (USDA), Canada Organic Regime (COR), & ISO 65 accreditation to ensure international market acceptance

Registrar lists some fees:

• prepares, submits, and receives your FDA Bioterrorism Act Food Facility Registration for a one-time fee of US$ 195.
• file a Prior Notice for shipments by Land is US$ 29.95/shipment
• FCE-SID Filing Service is US$ 1,995.

Windshield Heat Trace

Make after-market auto stick-on eletric heat traces that will be placed on windshield under the wipers.  Subaru windshields have these built in.  Ford has "insta-clear" windshields that cover entire window.

Sell in cold climates that experience snow/ice build-up.  Try to keep retail price under $20.

Package Granola

Low margins.

http://www.bouldergranola.com
$7 for 12 ounce bag.  Several flavors.  They appear to do their own manufacturing, packaging, and distribution. 

http://www.fionasgranola.com
$6 for 12 ounce bag.

Big name in the granola market is http://www.bearnaked.com
Bags, bars, cookies, and boxes of cereal.
$5 for 12 ounce bag.

SaaS - Backup Other SaaS

Backupify does "all-in-one archiving, search and restore service for the most popular online services including Google Apps, Facebook, Twitter and more."

Pricing:
social media: free - $20/month
google apps - $3/month/user

Open Source SaaS - MSWindows Log Perf Analysis

Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) Tool

Interstate Trucking Data

There is a market for crop data.  Done by fly-overs.
There is a market for electricity data.  Done by monitors on land near huge power lines.
Railroad industry publishes data.
Is there a market for truck data?  If so, set up cameras to read truck name + plates + truck ID + weight reading at interstate point of entry scales.  Could possibly do the same at turnpike scales.
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Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index

By tracking the volume and location of diesel fuel being purchased, the index closely monitors the over the road movement of produce, raw materials, goods-in-process and finished goods to U.S. factories, retailers and consumers.

ATA Truck Tonnage Index

Water/Chemical/Blood/Breath Testing

What can be monitored at home with this?
For home water, how about monitoring for arsenic, fluoride, lead, and oxygen?

$80 Open Source Chemical Analyzer

"It's reaching to say that they've built an $80 chemical analyzer, because a lot of prep work and specialized electrodes (platinum!) are needed to run some of these analyses. This is a cheap lab instrument, not something you take out in the field to make measurements. Ruggedizing and standardizing reagent solutions are what would make a field instrument much more expensive."

Salt & Pepper Shakers

Portable salt & pepper shakers for people who want to use sea salt and good pepper.  Purse-sized with secure lids.

Sell 12 packs. 

Security Monitoring Service

Like a call center, monitor and respond to security events at residences.  This service has been around for decades.  SmartHome's service starts at "only $8.95 a month."  This targets self-installed monitoring hardware.

Full-service customer support center - Staffed by experts - UL-Listed Central Station
 Compatible with most security systems on the market

One-Third the Price of Other Monitoring Services

Annual in Advance Alarm Monitoring Service : $8.95 per month
Alarm Monitoring: $107.40 per year
Setup (One Time): $35.00
Total upfront costs: $142.40

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This do it yourself service requires purchase of their hardware.  Startup $360.

Marine Diesel Engine Monitor

For marine diesel engines, is this like a car OBDII monitors that plug in near the dashboard and can record vehicle parameters?

What is cost?  Can it be applied to recreational unleaded boats?  Do they charge extra for the software?  Does it integrate online for reporting?

Grow Restricted Wood

Like this post about growing chestnut tree wood, find a US location to grow wood the US restricts from import.

http://www.naturalnews.com/033526_Gibson_Guitars_environmental_police.html

... US Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) use of the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Lacey Act of 2008 ...

Gibson's import of rosewood and ebony from India was not illegal under either US or Indian law. FWS merely decided to interpret Indian law in its own illogical way, and invoke the Lacey Act ...

Weather Monitor To Internet Gateway

Wireless weather monitor like "La Crosse Technology The Weather Channel® Wireless Weather Station".  It has a base station that receives radio broadcasts from nearby monitor(s).

Make their display hardware obsolete:

Create hardware to also receive those broadcasts and to send that info to a website via Ethernet or WiFi.  Create web page for owner's info with reporting, graphs, alarms, ads.  Create apps for: TVs, tablets, phones.  Allow customizable skins.

The above device is only $25 with one sensor.  What would a homeowner pay for another device to liberate their data and display?

Hacks to interface to proprietary sensors have been done.  How much $ to make my own generic sensor?

Host Your Own GSM Web Access

For use by those with a GSM handset and plan that is not unlimited.
With a GSM kit, provide a cell site that provides web access.  Can be used in low mobile-coverage areas of the US or via voip gateway in unserved areas on south america / world.  The web browsing via cellphone could be useful where high speed internet is not deployed - avoids putting in wimax with residential device (put in gsm tower and resident already has their device or can buy a mifi device).

Free - slow, replace ads on websites and in-app.  Intercept web searches to our search engine.
Pay grade low - medium speed, unlimited usage.  Intercept web searches to our search engine.
Pay grade high - fast speed, unlimited usage.  No intercept.  Free outgoing calls (w/ google voice or viatalk).

Device:
"The devices essentially spoof a legitimate GSM tower..."
"...costs only about $1,500, as opposed to several hundreds of thousands for professional products. Most of the price is for the laptop he used to operate the system."
"...only 2G GSM calls, making AT&T and T-Mobile calls, which use GSM, vulnerable..."
"The system captures only outbound calls. Inbound calls would go directly to voicemail..."
"...could also capture phones using 3G by sending out jamming noise to block 3G. Phones would then switch to 2G and hook up with his rogue tower."

Asterisk Connecting to the Cellular Network
Also has many vendor links.

How to affordably get US/world frequencies?

Possibly sell/rent this system, with wifi pay per month and GSM pay per month, to trailer parks.
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On free cell site, for incoming/outgoing call, before connecting put a few second ad "this call sponsored by x".

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Cost to manufacture "GSM Box".   Selling price points?  Cost would depend on radio capabilities.
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Can CDMA be licensed/bought affordably to include in a "Cell Site In A Box"?

Multi-Level MLM Pricing

This online company appears to be trying to get off the ground with membership fees.

                Personal
                Purchase    PolkaDot
                Discount    Rewards
1-4 Member Referrals        1%        2%
5-9 Member Referrals        2%        4%
10-14 Member Referrals    3%        6%
15-19 Member Referrals    4%        8%
20+ Member Referrals        5%        10%


There is also a $2000 lifetime membership that provides additional benefits.
The store is not open, so there is no indication of actual prices & shipping fees.

Host Free Software: GroupOffice

GroupOffice provides calendar, CRM, email, file sharing, projects, mobile synchronization.

Pricing & Sign up
All accounts includeCalendar    Notes
Addressbook    File sharing
E-mail account    Synchronization
Tasks    Projects
Daily backup   
512 MB per user is included.

For more it's € 7,50 per quarter per GB of diskspace.

Optional featuresBilling module    € 20,- / month

User accounts1 users    € 10,- / month
2 users    € 19,- / month
3 users    € 28,- / month
4 users    € 36,- / month
5 users    € 43,- / month
6 users    € 50,- / month
7 users    € 57,- / month
8 users    € 63,- / month
9 users    € 69,- / month
10 users    € 74,- / month
15 users    € 95,- / month
20 users    € 109,- / month
25 users    € 123,- / month
30 users    € 134,- / month
35 users    € 141,- / month
40 users    € 146,- / month
45 users    € 148,- / month
50 users    € 150,- / month

MS Windows Bootable USB/CD To Run Microsoft Safety Scanner

Create a bootable ROM device that will run Microsoft Safety Scanner against the hard drive MS Windows install.
Can this be done from a "Windows Preinstall"?

Offer download of the product that user can burn to CD or put on bootable USB.  This product will be useful to PC troubleshooters, consultants, and home enthusiasts.  Little/no revenue potential.

Booting from USB Devices, Windows XP Embedded

To condense and install Windows XP on a UFD, you'll need ...

One of the requirements for creating our bootable USB flashdrive is ...

Transferring your Windows XP disc to a bootable USB flash drive ...

Building Safe Rooms

Consulting service to design residential hidden rooms and safe rooms.

Car Heads Up Display

Tough competition for vehicle electronic manufacturers.  In this space, create heads up display (HUD) to integrate all devices (follow this post).  If installed by manufacturer, the HUD can integrate everything including the dashboard.

Trip Plans (For: Emergency Rescue: Social Networking)

Website to allow people to document their plans.  Can be shared with friends/rescuers immediately or at preset time.  Allow GPS waypoint checkins.

Flight plan
Sail plan
Float plan
Hike plan
Climb plan
Bike plan
Drive plan


There is potentially a social networking aspect.

Provide reports and route optimization.

Bluetooth Equip Mobile Devices

Equip car devices with bluetooth: radio, radar, CB, GPS.

Mobile phone will then be able to display and control those devices, making the mobile phone the device controller for the car.

Host Free Software: Pathalizer

Host and support pathalizer development with ads. User will need to upload web logs.

Mobile (e)Mail Lists

Mail Lists seems to have a strong positive feedback.
It provides for group emails.

Focus Booster Website

I wonder what their adwords payout is?
They offer a desktop version.

Alexa US ranking is 37,000.

Certified Electronic Health Record Solution

For this government mandate, there are competitive solutions in the market.

What is the cost (regulatory) to get involved?
What is the IT development cost to get involved?
What is the marketing/sales cost to get involved?

Example solution in the market:
http://www.e-mds.com

Multi-Person Scheduler

For shared resources, there is always a need for self-scheduling use of the resource.

Schedstuff.com did this for well-defined users of a resource (house, boat, etc.).  This website has been taken down.  Their price list was:

Monthly Rate	Maximum Members	Maximum Resources
$6.95	5	2
$11.95	10	3
$16.95	15	4
$21.95	20	5
Email us for larger system rates

Federal Bulk Housing Sales

U.S. Government Struggles As The Biggest Seller of Homes

In the request for information, the agencies said deals would ideally involve packages of properties ranging in value from $50 million to $1 billion.

Get capital to get qualified to participate in the federal government housing bulk sale give-away that may take place in 2011.

How to raise enough capital to qualify to bid?

To dispose of the houses:
rent what can be rented
sell those that have land value
rehab a few
scrape off the remainder
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To avoid getting investments that would require investor to be a "qualified investor", make each investor an part owner.  According to this chart, a C corp allows for: unlimited owners, foreign owners, corporate owners, may issue stock (S corp may also do this).  LLC may do all of these except issue shares of stock, and LLC does not need an annual meeting.
C corps may have multiple classes of stock.
S corp limited to 75 shareholders.
LLC owners can distribute profits as they see fit.
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Actual proposal document.
Excerpts from article by National Multi Housing Council:

As of July 1, the federal government owned approximately 250,000 houses foreclosed on by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the FHA.  This represents approximately half of all unsold, repossessed properties.  (Barclays Capital estimates another 830,000 houses are in some stage of foreclosure).

The most likely scenarios involve allowing investors and non-profits to purchase bulk properties if they agree to rent them out for some period of time.

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Make sure investors/partners agreement does not violate securities laws.
SEC says this will be sale of security:
rental pool agreement;
requires purchaser of single property to rent for certain amount of year;
requiring exclusive rental agent for a single property;
restricting occupancy or rental of a single property.

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