I'm an idea man. I'm also at zero for selling my ideas.
I once told someone I had admired an idea that I had come up with. He had secured over two dozen of his own patents and was famous in my eyes for doing so. He said that my idea was novel with a british smile. I thanked him before he proceeded to admonish me for doing such a foolish act,
"Young man, NEVER tell someone else your idea without securing it yourself!" His English accent showing disdain for my being foolish enough to let an idea slip from my lips.
I don't own an idea. Even one I pretend to have originated in my head is but an already existing part of the eternal wavelength. Intellectual property to me is of the same realm of that of the physical kind. Out of reach by choice.
I cannot do a kickstarter by myself for several reasons, or excuses, however you want to look at it. There are peope making money from ideas every day. The money generated can start more Kickstarters and be given to charity to grow an abundance of wealth for the right reasons.
$250 is the minimum donation goal with two weeks being the least . These are a few of my latest(thought up just now) ideas.
A novelty collar that translates your pets barks, meows, or chirps into jokes from your favorite local celebrity.
Cost- 175.
Normal animal collar/harness - $5 to $30. This is an important part. It must be sturdy enough to support the speech detection and translation unit and be comfortable enough for the pet. You get what you pay for. For the five, the material will snag, and tear within a month. For the thirty, it'll be usable in that many years.
Translation unit. $9.
This is a peizo speaker connected to an array of circuits that close circuit only when a sound is made to depress a thin film on the opposite side. Through gates, the charge travels to one of fifteen different pre-recorded voice performances of five to seven seconds in length.
Voice talent $0 to Millions.
So. You either have a friend or five in the industry or you're really good at imitations. If not, you must hire someone to do it. I do not know the going rates, but these celebrities are easy to imitate.
Male:
Donald Trump
Sylvester Stallone
Arnold Swartzennegger
Groucho Marx
Richard Nixon
Female:
Joan Rivers
Zha Zha Gabor
Sarah Palin
Shirley Temple-Black
Julie Kavner(Marge from The Simpsons)
Note: This is a conceptual phase. To actually set this up for a kickstarter, you have to do a video about the object and layout goals and rewards. That takes time and even more ideas. If this one is good, it'll spawn even more ideas.
So even if I can't capatilize on my own thoughts through kickstarter, you may! Build upon these as you would write a novel from seeing some chimpansee's handwriting.
Interesting ideas...
ReplyDeleteThanks. I realized that I had put the plural, but gave only one idea. I didn't have time, but I guess I could edit it. Hehe anyway, thanks Anthony.
DeleteYou know that's actually a pretty fun idea. I'm kind of surprised it's not been done already. I am pretty sure the technology exists.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised at the amount of things that I can think about that we should have the technology for. I suspect the main reason for technology not fulfilling it's maximum potential is capitalism. A free-market society forces companies to scrutinize process and elongate gaps between technologies in order to reap huge profits. Free ideas is the only way I know to combat this cycle of slowness.
DeleteYeah that is really do able, the only thing though I'm not sure the pet would appreciate having a voice come out over theirs.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. First, I would most likely have the pre-recorded phrase start at a certain point after the pet has vocalized, for clear hearing. If noise-cancellation technology can make the pets ears not hear the recordings, then that's a possible solution.
DeleteIf I had a dog and he could sound like anyone I'd pick Groucho Marx. I'm not sure why.
ReplyDeleteDoes he ash his cigars after telling jokes? Just a possibility.
Deletesounds like an interesting idea. i'd still like to hear my dog bark but if i could pick a voice, i'd like a sarcastic robert downey jr.
ReplyDeleteWith a tiny time delay,you'd be able to hear both your pup's yips and RD JR's velvety voice!
DeleteLOL y'know, I've heard on the Internuggets at various forums for scriptwriting and novel writing, amongst other things (video game development especially) that your ideas are worth exactly zilch.
ReplyDeleteThe people who are the boss at their industry have their own desk full of notes and ideas. It's why idea men rarely make money, and you never hear of it being an industry in and of itself.
Not that I'm knockin' ya~! Hell, go for it bro...you can also spend 14 bucks and secure a poorman's copyright through the U.S. Mail. Take your ideas, put 'em on a c.d. or cheap USB hard drive, then send through the mail. Or write 'em on a piece of paper, whatevs.
There. You now have a poorman's copyright. :D Supposedly the dating and everything else will stand up in any court, but it's all about establishing that it was your idea FIRST.
Just sayin'...
You're both right and wrong, bro. I know they're an exception to the rule, but there are many idea people who do not own their own company. As rare as they are, it makes sense that CEO's and Presidents of companies have the time, capital, and energy to come up with their own ideas, these idea makers are on all of their digital rolodex's. Haha, rolodex. Thanks as always for your words, Bast.
DeleteIt's a pity because this would sell too.
ReplyDeleteAlso, blogger has a half decent copyright. If you state on it that it's your idea and you're defending it under blogger laws you can actually sue someone who does it afterwards. You'll just have to pay for the lawyers and all that. You also demolish it by saying things like "take it", but honestly I'd probably do the same thing.
Yeah, the title kills any attempt for me to grasp the idea, but that was the idea. Glad to hear that you'd also give away one as well, D4.
Delete>my dog being translated into donald trump
ReplyDeleteoh god, the horror
He'd fire you for not making sure his hair was perfect. "Shaw, you're fired!" Haha!
DeleteYour English friend sounds like... not a good friend. Well, it all kind of reminds me of the movie "Envy" with Ben Stiller and Jack Black, in which Jack Black invents a spray that you can spray on doggie poo, and make it disappear, and wants Ben to invest in it, but he won't. Then Jack becomes a millionare and Ben Stiller well,...doesn't. Ben was quite angry about it. I don't know how you will feel.
ReplyDeleteI made sure not to put the 'f' word in with that man's description. He'd garnered a little admiration from me, but I had heard of his shark-like nature after speaking with others that knew him.
DeleteIf I see a Inigogo or Kickstarter that features an idea like this, or better yet a patent or commercial for one I will be ecstatic.
Even if someone else came up with it without reading this, it will show to record that I also had that original idea. Still a 'W' in my eyes.
Maybe you should use Indigogo instead. :P
ReplyDeleteHaha, I'll look it up. :P
DeleteI like that idea a lot. I'd probably invest in one for my yappy dog. Suddenly, he's cracking jokes and I'm not so mad at him for not shutting up. I'm asking him to keep going so he can finish his amusing anecdote about airplane food.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Pet comedy turns to a much needed counseling session or at least a good buddy movie.
DeleteThanks for the awesome idea!! lol Nothing wrong with running with someone else's to make it your own with their permission :) :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I second the girl above who mentioned Robert Downey Jr. Loveee his voice!!!
You're welcome, Jax!
DeleteI would really enjoy seeing someone roll with this one. It's actually spawned another idea that I'm actually going to hold on to for a while.
P.S. Yeah, Jaya has good taste in narrators.
I have plenty of ideas too but neither the time nor money to get them started. What would happen with a dog that barks constantly, would it break the collar?
ReplyDeleteThe device would then wait for that little bit of silence in between barks to make an inhaling wheezing sound. Haha, sounds good in my mind, anyway.
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