"qwerty+" this would be a new higher speed smaller easier to use key board where your fingers stay on the same place. In the case where your ring finger would normally pull off the "S" button to hit the "W" button above, you would instead push the "S" button up ward to register the "W". In this way, presses would be faster, they keyboard would be far smaller and the learn time for someone already knowing qwerty would not be that great. By the same token, when you would press all the buttons upward - that would move the cursor up. pushing all would be a click. the people of the world are morons - they limit their thinking to the same simple paterns of thought used for years. There are plenty of new ways of doing things. "funicular farming" - This would be a cable based low power low tech means of farming. Basically a underground agitator cable with seed pod holes would be pulled through the ground. In one fell swoop, the laid cable would be pulled through the ground, it would rip up the soil from below and stop with pre planted, pre germinated seeds, in a heated cable with water lines. There would just be a motor at one end and a specialized reuseable cable which takes tension, agitator rods, fluid delivery. And if you're lucky, it would also pull your crop right in. The big question is getting something that stays the right height, flat crop land, and tensil strength and non corrosion. advantages: less energy to not have to drive vehicle vehicle doesn't trample ground most efficient irrigation possible (no surface evaporation) possible early germination via potential for heating problems: high set up cost (need special machines to pull start cable cable snapping and chance of pulling out of ground difficulty installing seeds, roots could grow into vent holes storage of unused cable sections need for complicated machinary to do seed packing cable traction during pulling is very difficult Note: another solution would be a fixed underground irrigation cable just below plow depth. "elbow conditioner" -this would be a highly marketed product to induce fear of lack of male acceptance if they don't have the product with the implied promise they would have love if they use the product. It would take a very direct psychological sale. "upscale daycare" would be twice as expensive but offer a better level of care that would only cost 20% more to provide. Would simply appeal to a more limited but profittable market. The higher cost would be part of the advertising. "baldness initiative" about 40 million men in the country would likely be willing to pay about 5000$ each to have a baldness cure. That's a 100 billion dollar market - surely a solution could be found with an investment of 100 million dollars - it's just a matter of raising the capital with the potential payoff of up to 1000 to one. "tooth regeneration" There's likely at least a 10 billion dollar market for this. About 200 million of research dollars may be needed to develope a way to clone the key single cell for person that starts developing into a tooth. It may cost about $10,000 (at first) to do this per person, but you could get a whole new mouth of teeth. "horney off" given the large number of moral males in the long window of time between puberty and a viable marriage age: I've always thought there could be a great product which just backs down the libido. "bike thruster" a new front bike chain gear that has an inner side mounted set of conventional gear teeth to connect to an efficient variable speed DC motor powered by a removeable DC battery. people could easily bike to work with out needing to get all sweaty at a speed that would be as fast as many congested commutes. "pairs" a service that would link of loney old people needing a little extra care with poorer people needing cheaper housing willing to just help the older person stay independent. "find-a-fag" (ok, so it needs a more PC name). This would be a computer SW package including a camera with a frame grabber. The purpose would be to show the subject a small brightness controlled image on a screen while recording his relative eye diameter change. Theoretically, if he likes what he see's there would be a slight widdening of the iris - by swapping back and forth between pictures of a hot looking girl and a hot looking guy, you could tell ones orientation. There would be far more power in this. A counselor could show someone images of their spouse, parents, sibblings and maybe some situations and read ones inner reaction to them. anyone getting filthy stinking rich on one of my ideas is asked to please spot me a tenth of what one of these makes so I can afford to do full time volunteer work for the greater benefit of humanity. furby+: this would cost maybe a million to produce. It would be a device you plug your furby onto that allows the furby to wander around the house making stupid noises. there would be an optional base station which it could seek out to repower its self. the best way to make this would be to start with a furby(rather than sell an attachment) and just add new interfaces and programming. friendly shredder: Everyone thinks of a branch shredder as needing to come with a storage truck which has to be emptied. What would actually be far cheaper to operate would be a add on package (or whole new design) that catches the flung chips and sends them through a second pass operation which just grinds them fine enough to blow out on to the ground ear glows: This would be a stupid fad - only for night time. A little head band has bright LED's behind your ears which make them glow. It would look pretty freaky summer ski: Adapters for ski boots that have a 8 inch pneumatic wheel right in front and behind your boot. The adapter allows your boot to be an inch off the ground. - like roller blade - back leaning force allows braking. This would only cost a few thousand to develop, but could be worth a 100 million. Prior attempts at this failed only because grass got clogged in the bearings of rollers that were right underneath the boot. roller-to-ice: adapters (I already made a pair) that go in the roller blade track after you remove the wheels to allow ice skating. roller slippers: many roller bladers like to go into buildings - but it's bad for floors to roll right in. A special pair of hard bottom slipper-socks could allow you to easily make the transition without extra foot wear. cell hat: This would be a cell phone you just wear on your head. It would have voice activated calling. You could more safely jog, work on the lawn or even commute while doing your catching up with family.