ideapony

Problem:
Very often when i am heads down into one of those interesting design problems i am trying to solve or reading an interesting material i get this....buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...and ta da ta da....ding dong...and all kinds of mobile ringtones that hit me straight at my head...oh my god...i lose the thread of my thoughts!

Solution:
Many solutions hit my head immediately. Some of them worth mentioning here :)
- a sound proof glass cubicle that is not pricey. It should be activated by a touch of a button and preferably it indicates others that i am in a NO DISTURB mode
- a simple solution - "Keep ur voices low. People are working at solving human problems!" posters hung at many locations. More comical posters at different places
- Sound filters or suppressors - a small device that could bring down the decibel of noise around me or rather convert them to musical notes! This could be a small pen like device that radiates radio waves in a particular radius
- as people enter the company a device sets their profiles to silent/beep modes. This cannot be turned back to any other mode unless they leave the premises. Mobile companies should be able to do this ( a read only mode for phones)
- a decibel meter that indicates the amount of noise pollution at every desk. When the overall noise level increases there is a crazy sounding siren! a little harsh but may work in the initial stages of bringing in discipline

ok thats all i have for now!

I tend to lose my nerve once a day when i use bad products or bad services. Quoting my good friend dhans - ' a problem is an oppurtunity in disguise'. For eg., For india, the problem of population overgrowth can otherwise be seen as a nation full of resourceful youth and intelligent beings. This attributes to the current economic boom and the perennial growth in IT.

So let me highlight some of my day to day irritations and the corresponding expected solution from my end

Problem 1:
- Waiting for my milkman indefinetly
Solutions:
a) A service to provide milk at 5am in a safe and round edged basket to save it from cats and other pets
b) Milk to be provided by tubes as gas is being done in US and other countries(in indian cities eg., mumbai! so why not bangalore!?)
c) Fresh milk cream that stays fresh for a week sparing me the pain of waiting
d) Milkman drops milk carton in the box and i get to see a white lamp glow in my kitchen - wow!

Problem 2:
Its raining heavily and a differently abled person(who could not see) stumbles with all the new potholes from previous night rain.
Solutions:
a) A robo dog to walk him
b) A cost effective speaking walk stick with nice good sensors for pothole detection in a close radius. Eg., "pothole in 2meters. Take cues from GPS system's navigation cues

Problem 3:
Peak hour traffic. No lane discipline. Irritating commuters.
Solutions:
a) Listen to soothing music
b) Relax signs and calm down sign boards at signals
c) Interesting announcements at signals
d) Roads to follow standards(refer US road plans. Why they are too good)
e) Privatise road laying with L&T or such firms
f) Severe the laws for violating lane disciplines
g) Road laying for dummies
h) Sufficient highways and flyovers to ease traffic
i) Cameras in every signal to catch violators. No police sergeant should be collecting fine
j) Monitor traffic by cameras

More to come....

This was an excerpt from the businessweek:
One US company is developing ipod videos for certain companies so that they can train their employees using that. Since its portable and can also be used while work makes this option very viable. Right now this is focussed on training departments for various sectors in management, manufacturing, etc. The future of information sharing is mobile and hence all new means of data sharing should be for mobile devices.
GOOD IDEA!