Monday, October 27, 2008

The Grocery Store Product

I think the in store helper is a great idea and I think we are getting some traction for it, but let's not focus too much on this one idea when there are so many more out there.  Can someone volunteer to do some initial research on this idea to see what's been patented and what has not, also to find out what the possible capabilities are.  

On another note,

I spoke with Gorilla this morning and he gave me some good ideas of where we can go to get inspired.  He strongly recommends we take a trip to Target or Wal-mart to see what is not on the shelves and what we would like to see on them.  

I am proposing no meeting on Tuesday as long as two things happen.  The first is that everyone uses the blog, only Steve, Dominic and Myself have been blogging.  THe second in that everyone try to make it to a box store to see what is missing from the shelves.  I want to make sure everyone is contributing, and that we have no freeloaders - the Gorilla does not tolerate freeloaders.  

Let me know what you all think, but let me reiterate TWO THINGS MUST HAPPEN
1. THE BLOG NEEDS TO BE USED AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE CONSTANTLY COMING UP WITH NEW IDEAS.
2. EVERYONE NEEDS TO VISIT A BOX STORE TO DO SOME FIELD RESEARCH.

Mark the Shark

6 comments:

Steve said...

MArk - I'll take the lead on doing some research on this idea. I'll find out what's out there so far, and what capabilities this device could have. I'd classify this idea as an improvement on an existing product (i.e. Garmin unit with special programming for in-store navigation).

Just another freak! said...
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Just another freak! said...

Guys,

Tell me what you think about this...

I was in a restaurant the other day and was thinking how nice it would be if there was like a burner fixed to the table where you can go and heat food. Food becomes cold after a little while.Instead of asking the waiter to heat it again we could do it ourselves. I know that kids are an issue here... but its a thought.

Just another freak! said...

Also I was thinking of about having wipers for side view mirrors for vehicles. Not sure if it already exists.

manju said...

i was just thinking about this,
why not a organiser for a room.I mean everytime i go home i find my room or my book shelf very messy so may be a tool which would tell me not to throw things around.In the sense something which would indicate or tell me that i havent kept things in the right place.Its a technologically sophisticated one.but we can jus gie a try.

Steve said...

So I'm researching the grocery store GPS and came across this link. Apparently Microsoft has teamed up with a company called MediaCart to develop a truely interactive experience at the store. I think this is a much more complex version of what I was thinking. Here is the link. http://www.mediacart.com/pressrelease.html