Thursday, May 11, 2006
Growing frustration = product innovation
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....
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....