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 Non-reflecting whiteboard  rayfo  Aug 13 00 
 A cheap solution to a common problem 
 
 Halfbakery: Merge similar ideas  Thing 1  Aug 13 00 
 In order to avoid duplication, I propose the ability for "moderators" to merge ideas 
 
 Halfbakery: vote on contributors  Thing 1  Aug 13 00 
 Heading says it all. 
 
 Halfbakery: [] creates a link  Thing 1  Aug 13 00 
 Users should be alerted to when other users say [user1] 
 
 Halfbakery: Ignore list  Thing 1  Aug 13 00 
 Have an ignore list for people and ideas 
 
 www.inefficiency.org  rrr  Aug 13 00 
 Celebrating inefficiency 
 
 Instant art  rayfo  Aug 13 00 
 Photocopier + microwave = instant art 
 
 imood.com mood ring  lucidish  Aug 13 00 
 no more depressing mood swings 
 
 love potion  rj  Aug 13 00 
 Wake up with a "bang" 
 
 Kraftwerk mobile phone ring  hippo  Aug 14 00 
 Kraftwerk should license their back catalogue for use on mobile phones 
 
 slashdot jealousy controll device  cybercyph  Aug 14 00 
 on slashdot, people call it /. 
 
 Alternative Self  leggless  Aug 14 00 
 Hologramatic high jinks 
 
 Celebrity Survivor  Uncle Nutsy  Aug 14 00 
 Vacuous entertainment for a good cause 
 
 Head Footie  juliec2  Aug 14 00 
 Protect your head when trying on hats 
 
 'spellcheck' Ink pen  julien  Aug 14 00 
 you write while the pen corrects your bad grammarrrr and spelling 
 
 toast  helen2  Aug 15 00 
 make your own toast while out dining 
 
 Instant Dirt  rayfo  Aug 15 00 
 An "almost useless" idea. 
 
 Vat Grown Food  lockle  Aug 15 00 
 Grow genetically engineered food in vats for the poor. 
 
 Fire Suppression  lockle  Aug 15 00 
 Tie a fire supression system into the air bag controls 
 
 What's That Hill?  Mickey the Fish  Aug 15 00 
 Identify distant peaks 
 
 A really convincing alibi for why I'm always on halfbakery and never on task  julien  Aug 15 00 
 "I'm evoking the creative process here so I can then funnel that energy into my proposal document." 
 
 easy-break eggs  gilest  Aug 15 00 
 crack n fry 
 
 Anti-Suicide train  ccaamgw  Aug 15 00 
 Encase front of trains with Marshmallow to avoid death during suicide attempts 
 
 Rubber furniture by Herman Miller  julien  Aug 15 00 
 Are domestic disputes trashing *your* place? 
 
 "Edit-Undo" for real-life conversation  julien  Aug 15 00 
 This idea could save lives [edit-undo 'lives', insert ='money'! 
 
 T-shirt network  rrr  Aug 15 00 
 for waiters and bartenders 
 
 Unfashion Boutique  rmutt  Aug 15 00 
 Stop the tyranny of fashion 
 
 Confessional Misdemeanours  leggless  Aug 16 00 
 Tell the truth and shame the devil 
 
 Desktop Head Rests  leggless  Aug 16 00 
 "But I've only got two hands" NOT ANY LONGER 
 
 100M pony Leaping  leggless  Aug 16 00 
 Extreme Equestrian 
 
 Baked icon  Jim  Aug 16 00 
 So you know which ideas are "successful" 
 
 Airship Aerobatics  Skinny Rob  Aug 16 00 
 Entertain airshow crowds v e r y s l o w l y 
 
 Dating / Sex EKG  placebo  Aug 16 00 
 Wear your heart on your sleeve. Literally! 
 
 Pregnancy Sleep Chamber  captain_midnight  Aug 16 00 
 Special sleep chamber that allows pregnant women to sleep comfortably 
 
 Counselling for Dogs  Mickey the Fish  Aug 16 00 
  
 
 National Culture Appreciation Website  lucidish  Aug 16 00 
 World governments go head-to-head in deciding who is cooler 
 
 Statistical MP3 player  washort  Aug 16 00 
 Play tracks according to dynamically generated scorefiles, not static playlists 
 
 Grocery Report  blahginger  Aug 16 00 
 Detail Report of your grocery purchases 
 
 Mullah Mohammed  Mickey the Fish  Aug 16 00 
 Sitcom about Muslim Clerics 
 
 One Phone Number  jgsearls  Aug 16 00 
 One phone number for everyone 
 
 Watch'em Rot.com  leggless  Aug 17 00 
 Watch 'em rot 
 
 Cheap public transport air-conditioning  hippo  Aug 17 00 
 Use surplus braking energy to air-condition buses and trains 
 
 Solar Barbeque  hippo  Aug 17 00 
 Solar-powered barbeque 
 
 motorized futon  egnor  Aug 17 00 
 no more wrestling with the mattress 
 
 Priceline.com meets Peapod.com  sorenlloyd  Aug 17 00 
 Why can't we let Peapod.com bid for cheap food in bulk from Priceline.com 
 
 self-curling futon  jutta  Aug 17 00 
  
 
 Castle Rating for Kids  Mickey the Fish  Aug 18 00 
 Show what kids REALLY like about ancient monuments. 
 
 Abolish Voting  Mickey the Fish  Aug 18 00 
  
 
 Anti-rain magnetic forcefield  fc  Aug 18 00 
 Raindrops are electrically charged: use a magnetic field to deflect them. 
 
 WWW/MUD Area Explorer  lucidish  Aug 18 00 
 Explore MUD areas on the Web 
 
 short-term memory  Redbird  Aug 18 00 
 easy way to redial any recent call 
 
 Wind-Up Car  danrue  Aug 18 00 
 Giant-sized variation of the little wind-up toys. 
 
 CPU Activity Light  blahginger  Aug 18 00 
 analog indicators for what is going on inside your PC 
 
 Marijuana Scented Cologne  lucidish  Aug 19 00 
 Trick cops; impress your stoner friends 
 
 Boycott Adverts  RobEC  Aug 19 00 
 Stop buying advertised products (would't it be ironic). 
 
 Blank Wooden Building Blocks  blahginger  Aug 19 00 
 Blank Blocks that you can personalize by rubber stamping 
 
 More feel to the heel  rayfo  Aug 19 00 
 Where angels fear to tread halfbakers rush in 
 
 Rent-A-Computer  rrr  Aug 20 00 
 Rent a computer for home-use 
 
 IR business card  rrr  Aug 20 00 
 infrared business card beamed through shop-window 
 
 eGasoline.com  jeddings  Aug 20 00 
 Car fuel delivered to your door/car 
 
 "Be-Gentle" Keyboard  jimfl  Aug 20 00 
 You'll only pound on this keyboard once. 
 
 Wrong Socket  koz  Aug 20 00 
 Move a switch/socket pair somewhere else. 
 
 high-vision glasses  marisa jo  Aug 21 00 
 for a bit of clarity 
 
 Thermodummy  rayfo  Aug 21 00 
 Don't get the doctor, get the thermodummy 
 
 Rear-end rainbows  rayfo  Aug 21 00 
 Diapers as illness-indicators 
 
 Selective pants missile launcher  bigyell  Aug 22 00 
 A small missle launcher mounted in a public place that will "kill" certain types of pants 
 
 "Mudder" Paintjob for Yuppie SUV's  bear  Aug 22 00 
 Buy the car with "mud" already affixed to the paint so that it looks like you have time to play 
 
 Piped food  leggless  Aug 22 00 
 suck on this 
 
 Table Toilet  leggless  Aug 22 00 
 No need for a toilet 
 
 Cell phone alarm clock function  rmutt  Aug 22 00 
 Set your cell phone to ring at specified time. 
 
 wintermute virus  jutta  Aug 22 00 
 Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring. 
 
 Tax states not people  johng  Aug 22 00 
 Shift federal tax burden from individuals to the states 
 
 Smarter Wrappers  koz  Aug 22 00 
 Give the fast food workers and customers a clue. 
 
 cool undies  Testy  Aug 23 00 
 hoT nuTs no more 
 
 Perfume Iron  teddy  Aug 23 00 
 Never wash your clothes again! 
 
 WWW.uinthemovies.com  leggless  Aug 23 00 
 Check it out I was in Casablanca 
 
 Write on smart paper  beauxeault  Aug 23 00 
 A way to write on paper with electronic ink 
 
 Solar-powered rotating pot-plant platform - BAKED  Jim  Aug 23 00 
 so your plant doesn't droop towards the window 
 
 Smellproof and/or Soundproof Public Restrooms  dgeiser13  Aug 24 00 
 For those of us who share a communal restroom with many co-workers! 
 
 Washing machine cow catcher  beauxeault  Aug 24 00 
 Never lose another cow. 
 
 Hairy Tattoos  Mickey the Fish  Aug 24 00 
 Tattoos with hair 
 
 Luminous Dog Shit  Mickey the Fish  Aug 24 00 
  
 
 Helena Handbaskets  beauxeault  Aug 24 00 
 We're all going there, dontcha know. 
 
 the fusion of art/music/noise as a collective experience  julien  Aug 24 00 
 background sound in a visual art exhibit to create a complete enviroment 
 
 Land Ferry  eagle  Aug 24 00 
 Convert huge semi-trailer trucks in to Land Ferries. 
 
 HumanButter  phunklerot  Aug 24 00 
 Butter from the Human Udder 
 
 chocolate lard  mrthingy  Aug 24 00 
 like regular lard, only chocolate-flavored 
 
 Flamarama  mrthingy  Aug 24 00 
 Reverse Ford Pinto Racing 
 
 Rogaine Injected Shaving Cream  ChachieWawa  Aug 24 00 
 Say goodbye to that "baby face." 
 
 Added Accent  eagle  Aug 24 00 
 Automatically add an accent or speach impediment to your e-mail. 
 
 perfect hair  mrthingy  Aug 24 00 
 molecule-sized robot-razors cut your hair for you 
 
 Free Speech Billboard  rmutt  Aug 25 00 
 Speech for the masses 
 
 TV accident reports  rmutt  Aug 25 00 
 Show the direct consequences of stupid driving 
 
 Dog Hulk  phunklerot  Aug 25 00 
 Combining poignant drama with gutwrenching action 
 
 Hornet Farm  phunklerot  Aug 25 00 
 Learn about nature the hard way 
 
 Let's Make A Hoax!  mrkillboy  Aug 25 00 
 The contestant whose hoax that garners most national attention wins money and a small place in history. 
 
 Electronic Air Guitar Simulation Gloves  mrkillboy  Aug 25 00 
 Gloves that plays equivalent guitar sound as it is "mimed". 
 
 Paranoia Man  mrkillboy  Aug 25 00 
 Are we screwing with you? Yes. 
 
 stapler sound effects  mrthingy  Aug 25 00 
 Electric staplers that sound like other things 
 
 dorsal fin condoms  mrthingy  Aug 25 00 
 makes your penis look like an aquatic creature! 
 

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