Robots to fight poverty?

I read this article about this guy named Wu Yulu in China that figured out how to build robots that do the work for him. The amazing part is that the guy has not even finished highschool.

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Un-tighten sheets in hotel bed corners

They can cause crams on the legs as they leave very little space for moving toes and feet freely. Every hotel has a customer questionnaire in the room, so if we all mention this idea and recommend it to the management, it might happen. It's simple but maybe the reason most hotels, including 5-star ones, have bed sheet corners tightened so strong is because people don't ever mention it. While most people won't think it is a major thing or don't notice it, I am sure they will if suddenly hotels loosened the bed corners.

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burning smell in fire drills

most people walk slow, slouch, take time to talk and finish what they are doing before they decide to make their way to the exit. this doesn't really make anyone ready to respond well to a real-fire situation. the experts can not see what problems will be created in a real-life emergency evacuation. people need to be concerned and hurry in order to test the building. an attack on the senses would help do the trick by letting the fire alarms release a pungent smell of something burning. smoke-simulator machines and bright red and yellow lights can also be used to alert everyone that the drill must be taken seriously.

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spiderman/batman sky scrapper tours

a fun way to make use of tall buildings and sky scrappers in big cities. allow sky scrapper-hopping games to give people batman or spiderman-like experiences. i imagine it as a new kind of parcouronly with ropes, uniforms and equipment added for use in sky scrappers. obviously there will be safety measures and licensing and training will be required. if popular as a sport it can spawn a new tourism industry, visiting big cities around the world and staging games and competitions or simply touring.

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madoff hitman fund for companies

the name for a hitman fund after bernard madoff. basically investors and shareholders in a company set aside money to pay hitmen to take out swindlers, crooks and fraudsters. make it a requirement for banks, hedge funds, insurance and investment companies of any kind. benefits? delivers swift justice and guarantees efficient functioning of the markets as fraudsters must think about their life before they decide to swindle.

usually the real culprits behind big-time frauds tend to write books, give seminars, stay famous and continue to live in luxury a few years after the scandal. so instead of innocent investors who have been defrauded committing suicide, how about the real culprits get punished for a change? the current state of affairs is pitiful. hitmen contracts must be written in the bylaws of companies and kick-in automatically. if they don't prevent people from committing fraud, they will apply rightful justice after!

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baby stroller racer

maybe motorized baby strollers already exist. i was thinking of a remote-control baby stroller with 2 soft pedals on its end (brake/accelerator) for the baby to play with its feet and train as a racer. The stroller is motorized which makes it easy to use on uphill slopes. The max speed of the stroller will be no more than 2-3 miles/hour and the parent can jog or walk next to it hands-free. it will also be mp3/mobile phone/iPod compatible to allow parents to turn it left and right by using the navigation buttons of their device. just don't let kids use it without supervision :)

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toilet paper thoughts here

do you ever think of toilet paper? we use it so much it's a necessity. we love to abuse, scratch, stain, scrub and tarnish it, don't we? we molest rile and rag its lovely white color on a rolling basis every single day...if products had rights, toilet paper rights would by definition of use be absolutely shitty and toxic! perhaps if we could reverse the effects of use by coming up with a new kind of toilet paper that comes in crap color and switches to clean white after use. you know, it goes from maculate to immaculate and from molested black to extra virgin white. imagine swiping your... black with it and the paper comes out white instead. that would be The revolution in toilet paper rights!

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