I, Chris Raine, humbly submit to the thousands of eHub readers ten ideas that will, in all likelihood, have a major impact on the lives of you and those close to you, and will quickly and drastically alter the ultimate destiny of humankind forever.
Idea One: Graphic Emoticons for Text Messages. For far too long, text messagers have been unable to fully convey the emotional impact...OK, I'm kidding. Here are the real Ten Ideas.
1. A Facebook application that incorporates the Blackboard Virtual Classroom into students and professor's Facebook profiles.
2. A Facebook application that incorporates a "news" section into a profile, allowing Facebook users to get news on certain topics or from certain geographies while browsing their profiles.
3. A program that allows schools to send alerts and messages, like "Enroll today!" or "Gunman on Campus!" to a student's Facebook profile.
4. A Facebook app that allows users to post information about local bars on their profiles, including the ability to rate drink specials, bartender efficiency, how crowded the bar was, the guy/girl ratio, etc. I feel this is a very, very important issue.
5. A website or service that would allow people to communicate with doctors and get medical advice and information without scheduling a doctor's appointment. This would likely be aimed towards lower-income people or those without health insurance.
6. A wristwatch with a wireless digital news feed that scrolls across the face. The news feed could be customized to deliver the news you want. Where cell phones are tacky, watches still ooze class.
7. A feature for Google Maps that allows users to plot "mass-transit-only" travel plans. This feature could also quickly expose the lack of good mass transit in most American cities, particularly when a user gets the "Get off bus - walk 5 miles" message.
8. A program that distributes very cheap digital video cameras to citizens in certain trouble areas of the world - Baghdad, Beirut, New Orleans, etc. These cameras could be used to record everyday events, then dropped off at kiosks where worthy videos are uploaded to a website and shown to the world.
9. A website/service that aggregates and provides exercise and workout information. Users could enter their workout goals, how long they can spend exercising, their desired "stress" level, etc. and the program would produce a workout program for them. This probably already exists in some form, but mine would be free!
10. A flying car that uses a personalized digital character that knows everything to tell you where to go and what to do. The car also contains a "language service" that will translate any language, anywhere via a wireless connection, as well as a 3-D display of your destinations that allows you to virtually visit somewhere before actually going so you can figure out if there are bars or "neighborhoods with graffiti" that you'll want to avoid. Oh, and the car actually produces fuel when you travel, and the fuel can be used to cure cancer and heal sick babies. Its only exhaust is beautiful rainbows.