Category: Ideas

Ideas

Kinect + Tele-presence = ?

What can happen if the technology behind Kinect and Tele-presence come together to create an experience where you can not only meet virtually face-to-face but also interact with stuff in the virtual location as you would with stuff in your physical location. How will this change the way people interact with others virtually? Will this also have any effect on the amount of travel people do for business?

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Disrupting the photocopier, scanner & TV

I read a post from Fred Wilson where he contends that the traditional photocopier business is getting disrupted by the smart phone. I think so is case with scanners also getting replaced slowly but definitely by the smart phones or the digital cameras.Also, I think with streaming content becoming more and more mainstream and features like projectors and 3D rendering screens become more common on smart phones, they might also threaten the conventional TV’s. Add to this the fact that each member in the family most likely already owns a phone and more often than not, spends more time with […]

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TED Talks

We have witnessed phenomenal rise in popularity of the TED talks. There are enough number of people who have already analyzed the reasons behind their enormous popularity.  The questions that I want to ask are: Are they still as relevant as they were about a couple of years ago?   Considering them to be a successful business, is there an upstart who can challenge and beat them at their own? If so, will they also follow the classic route to displace category leaders – Identify a niche and go after it; once done, repeat again with a different niche?  Or have […]

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Idea for a new app

Can someone develop an application that can control the SIM card and connect to one of the available networks based on a simple algorithm based on choices made by a user? For example, as a user, i could select that for voice calls, I want to connect to the network with the maximum signal strength, for SMS, I would want to use the network where I get free SMS, for web browsing, I might want to use the network with the maximum speed. The implications of such an app are vast and will prove to be a disruptive force in the […]

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A Mobile App to check your eye-sight

Just read about a mobile phone app for smart phones, that the MIT media lab researchers have developed which when coupled with a small plastic device, can be used by anyone to determine their eyeglass prescription. In the video below, Ramesh Raskar, explains the concept of the device + app combination and how it can diagnose your eyeglass prescription. This was unveiled in July last year and is still in prototype. If successful, this could just be the beginning of a solution to one of the world’s biggest challenge – making healthcare available for the vast majority of the world’s […]