Tuesday, October 30, 2012

SaaS - Grant Management

How hard can this be??? Surely very difficult to confirm matching of all requirements.  Beyond that, it is an exercise in multiple users and version control and reporting.

http://www.seabrooks.com/content/solutions/ecfund.aspx
"e-CImpact pricing consists of an initial one-time setup fee and a monthly subscription. e-CImpact’s subscription fee is scalable, based on usage of the system"

"web application that is currently utilized by over 25,000 end-users across more than 7,500 charitable agencies."

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Bluetooth Leash (Cheaper)

These leashes should be selling for half the price.  Make these cheaper.


http://allthingsd.com/20100413/a-leash-on-mobile-devices-that-wander

$80 ZOMM (zomm.com)
"small ZOMM device attached to your keychain would vibrate, light up and beep to let you know you walked more than 30 feet away from your phone."

"ZOMM also doubles as a speakerphone, so that when the phone rings, you can answer it using the ZOMM on your keychain rather than digging through your bag to find the phone."

"holding down the device’s center button for a long time, which set off the a loud panic alarm."

"rechargeable battery lasts over three days on standby and over two hours of straight talk time."


$60 Phone Halo (phonehalo.com)
"Phone Halo lacks a speakerphone."

"Phone Halo software allow for a phone to be locked as soon as it’s out of range, and will record the GPS coordinates of the lost item from the place it was last connected to Phone Halo."

"rechargeable battery is estimated to last about one week"

Servicer for Prize-Linked Savings Programs

In 2010, Rhode Island and Maine reportedly passed legislation to allow PLS programs.

Nebraska and Michigan are featured  on http://www.savetowin.org.

Become the central bank-end processor for the program in a state, so credit unions can outsource the PLS work.

Set up company so it can be sold to a big processor.

Track Miles to Airline Status Levels

Website that logs on to a person's airline frequent flier account every day and looks where they are with miles this year toward the various status levels.

Report how many miles/segments to next level of status.
Report to include upcoming ticketed flights.  If person has status (or will have status by that date) and this provides a benefits (such as minimum 500 miles per leg), round up the leg to 500 miles.

Website allows person to enter their home airport and destination fun-mileage-run airports.  Occasionally send low fares on those routes.  Also find lowest fares for short mileage run from their home airport.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Scents In Air

Put scents in air.  Some hotels have spiffers in elevators, like those sometimes placed in restrooms.

Instead of chemicals, use aromatherapy with essential oils.

Glamper Bling

Restoring old Air Streams was popular ten years ago.  Women have taken to restoring any type of older camper trailer.  Women call the trailers Glampers (glamour trailer).

Sell accessories like ear rings, purse, Christmas ornament, dog collar.

From http://www.thepaisleymoon.com:

Monday, October 15, 2012

Root Viewer Garden for Children

Make this along with a small PV panel that drives LEDs with plant-specific wavelengths. LEDs only on when sun shining on PV panel. Toysmith Garden Root Viewer $9.49 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping at Amazon. Or skip the LEDs and add monitoring powered by PV or plug-in: Soil water content. Light received by plant.

Monday, October 08, 2012

Website to show PC info

SupportDetails . com displays:
browser name
browser version
user agent
operating system
IP Address

Cheap to host.  I wonder how many page views they get each month.  Alexa says < 100,000.