Online product documentation, with links. Seems like it could be an add-on to Scribd or Google Docs, not an entire company focus.
Documoto allows users to find technical information visually with our
icon driven platform, or search by keywords, descriptions, part numbers
or other identifying information.
They also offer a parts catalog shopping cart, and single sign-on. These features won't add up to a sustainable company, though there could be a few years of integration consulting work.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Cheap Medicine Shortage
Barriers to entry - manufacturing cleanliness, regulation, sales - must be high enough to prevent newcomers. Or is this an area to explore?
Supposedly these medicines are so cheap they are not worth manufacturing in sufficient quantity:
... shortages come and go by the week—Atticus’s hospital is low on intravenous calcium, zinc, lipids (fat), protein, magnesium, multivitamins, and sodium phosphate; it’s completely out of copper, selenium, chromium, potassium phosphate, vitamin A, and potassium acetate.
...
They’re not getting any calcium or any zinc. Or they’re not getting any phosphorous, and that can lead to heart standstill. I know of a neonate who had seven days without phosphorous
...
There are 300 drug, vitamin, and trace-element shortages in the US, the highest number ever recorded by the University of Utah Drug Information Service, which began tracking national shortages in 2001. Approximately 80 percent of these are generic injectables, or drugs given intravenously.
Supposedly these medicines are so cheap they are not worth manufacturing in sufficient quantity:
... shortages come and go by the week—Atticus’s hospital is low on intravenous calcium, zinc, lipids (fat), protein, magnesium, multivitamins, and sodium phosphate; it’s completely out of copper, selenium, chromium, potassium phosphate, vitamin A, and potassium acetate.
...
They’re not getting any calcium or any zinc. Or they’re not getting any phosphorous, and that can lead to heart standstill. I know of a neonate who had seven days without phosphorous
...
There are 300 drug, vitamin, and trace-element shortages in the US, the highest number ever recorded by the University of Utah Drug Information Service, which began tracking national shortages in 2001. Approximately 80 percent of these are generic injectables, or drugs given intravenously.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Kickstart environmental monitoring project
From NPR podcast recorded 2013.
Not Your Grandpa's RV: This Roving Lab Tracks Air Pollution
Atmospheric scientist Ira Leifer installed special air sensors on a camper, then drove from Florida to California, measuring methane levels all along the way. More than 6,000 readings later, he found some noticeable spikes, especially around petrochemical
Kickstart a self-containted device that would only require power and wifi. The box would have monitoring equipment inside.
Cost?
How delicate are the instruments? Will end user damage the calibration?
If the cost is too high or instruments too delicate for home use, put a solar cell on the unit, add batteries, and sell to pipelines and drillers and state regulatory monitoring groups. The pipelines would save money from fixing leaking gas.
Measure:
methane and possibly other gases
temperature
humidity
Not Your Grandpa's RV: This Roving Lab Tracks Air Pollution
Atmospheric scientist Ira Leifer installed special air sensors on a camper, then drove from Florida to California, measuring methane levels all along the way. More than 6,000 readings later, he found some noticeable spikes, especially around petrochemical
Kickstart a self-containted device that would only require power and wifi. The box would have monitoring equipment inside.
Cost?
How delicate are the instruments? Will end user damage the calibration?
If the cost is too high or instruments too delicate for home use, put a solar cell on the unit, add batteries, and sell to pipelines and drillers and state regulatory monitoring groups. The pipelines would save money from fixing leaking gas.
Measure:
methane and possibly other gases
temperature
humidity
Saturday, May 11, 2013
WIX.com App Market - Detect Mobile Browser
No revenue potential.
Host on http://www.wix.com/about/app-market
Usage reports, like the standards google would provide, for when intercepts occurred.
Intercept when mobile devices access the page to put up a small static page with contact info, and a link to go to the main website.
http://www.handsetdetection.com has a mobile device detection API.
http://detectmobilebrowsers.com has scripts in many languages.
Host on http://www.wix.com/about/app-market
Usage reports, like the standards google would provide, for when intercepts occurred.
Intercept when mobile devices access the page to put up a small static page with contact info, and a link to go to the main website.
http://www.handsetdetection.com has a mobile device detection API.
http://detectmobilebrowsers.com has scripts in many languages.
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