As the world becomes more digitized, the need to have products to cater for the growing trend is increasing as well. Therefore, entrepreneurs who came up with an innovative product to cater this market will gain first mover advantage.
Consider a rather recent product called Digital Photo Frame. This product allows someone to view their pictures taken with a digital camera without using a laptop or through the camera. The unique thing about this product is that it actually looks like a picture frame and therefore you can actually leave it on a table. The picture than changes every few seconds so it feels like you having a slideshow minus having the need to have a projector and a computer.
What a neat idea.
Website: www.framereviews.com
Sometimes being a geek can make you feel miserable but if you can capitalize on that, you might just an end up being someone’s role model. There are many geek-entrepreneur out there that has made it big.
If you have a burning desire for gadgets, why not consider opening a gadget shop. You can operate it either as a retail or online. Take for example Gadgetshop, an online retail selling cool gadgets. You can practically get anything from cool flash drive, toys, and etc. They focus their energy in sourcing for the most innovative contraptions from all over the world.
Now that’s one smart geek.
In some parts of the world, stairlifts is a common household item. A stairlift is basically a mechanical device for lifting people and wheelchairs up and down stairs. A rail is mounted to the treads of the stairs and a chair or lifting platform is attached to the rail. A person on the chair or platform is lifted as the chair or platform moves along the rail.
Consider Stannah, a British family owned and run company. Their products include stairlifts, passenger lifts, platform lifts and goods lifts all distinguished by the innovation, design and technical excellence that lie at the heart of our business.
If you are interested in this idea, you can find out more in their website. I wonder whether Stannah will come up quicker and easier installation method in the future, maybe by using industrial clamps so end users could install themselves.
Website: www.stannah.com
A new frontier has arrived. Robots replacing humans doing household work. An innovative company came up with the idea of using robots to do common household work that seems and making a difference in people’s lives. Founded in 1990 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology roboticists, iRobot Corp. has sold millions of consumer robot helping people to do tedious household work such as vacumming, mopping, sweeping and etc.
Let see what else will be coming up next.
Website: www.irobot.com/
With rise of equality and technology, many women are beginning to penerate into the men’s market. Once seen as careers only for men are slowly diminishing e.g. contractor, technician and roof cleaner. Manufacturing companies who detect this new trend will capitalize on this opportunity.
Take for instance the power tools business. Most power tools that are available in the market caters mainly to men. However, there is one company which actually provides tools for women. The founder, Barbara first designed and launched her initial product line of high quality tools, toolkits and accessories in May, 2003. Working in the construction business taught her that most tools can be challenging for a woman to use and so she designed hery own to better fit a woman’s size and strength. Her tools weigh less and the grips fits better to a woman’s hand. Extra features are built-in to make them better suited for women such as patented spring-loaded handles on pliers and built-in thumb rests on screwdrivers.
This is one example of creative ideas that just require us to think a little harder.
Website: www.barbarak.com
