What are some out-of-the-box ideas you've heard of?

Submitted ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨q1p_@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

Hello,

I’m looking for inspiration to build something new in terms of software/hardware. I wrote down over 25 ideas in total, and by my own standards if I saw someone else building them I’d consider these ideas cool, some are innovative, but not exactly what I’m looking for.

I’m looking to invent something and leveraging existing technologies, for example blockchain -> btc or neural networks -> ml/llm.

Some ideas I had:\

A streaming-service for indie movie makers\
Sleep optimizer that monitors sleep and changes room temperature, light, etc for better sleep\
A half-digital scavenger hunt game (some parts are online, some offline)\
A skillswap marketplace, instead of buying a service both parties exchange skills\
A website that asks user what challenges they face in their every day life
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What are some out-of-the-box ideas you’ve heard of? How can I check the viability without building the software or hardware?

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Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
“out-of-the-box” means standard
(it’s what came out of the box—just the way it was)

“outside-the-box” means unconventional or innovative (it was never even inside the box)

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Asetru@feddit.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

for example blockchain -> btc or neural networks -> ml/llm.

Oh god.

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Kenny2999@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Software that can: 1.map things around you and 2.enhance your aural environment discreetly to eventually enable seeing with your ears (i.e. impact sounds reflect from nearby objects, continuous sound is filtered - this is the tricky part)

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Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I have this whole augmented reality game set up on paper that’s the modern progression of those pocket pet toys from the 2000’s. Unfortunately I have no ability to program, otherwise it’d be on the playstore already.

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princess@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
How can I check the viability without building the software or hardware?

see if the thing already exists

if it does and is successful, great, viable idea. now figure out how the existing thing sucks (see 2)

if not, great, maybe an untapped niche

figure out who the intended users are and talk to them

build a basic version, get feedback, iterate

it helps when you are an intended user since that’s a tighter feedback loop
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- q1p_@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  thank you <3
  
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ComradeMiao@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
My number one wish is for a good FOSS notetaking app. Essentially obsidian but FOSS.

Joplin - boring few plugins Trilium - good but online only no mobile apps Logseq - VC funding

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- Nibodhika@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  What’s wrong with silverbullet.md ?
  
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- fizzle@quokk.au ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  team plain folder here.
  
  ☑️ no lock in ☑️ any data type ☑️ sync any way ☑️ encrypt any way ☑️ any client or other tool ☑️ platform independent
  
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- ace_garp@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  NeutriNote.
  
  It’s only lacking a settable template for new note titles. Something like ‘Note - %d’ to set the current date and time in a new note title would be excellent.
  
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- Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Anytype might be better. I think it’s vc funded now, but it can be self hosted
  
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- JerryMerweather@piefed.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  For notetaking, I use butterfly, very recommended.
  
  Give it a try, I am sure you will like it, especially after the 2.4 update, the dev fixed alot of bugs.
  
  For pdf annotations, I use samsung notes (butterfly isnt as good for that in my opinion)
  
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thericofactor@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
A messaging platform based on irc. Extend the syntax to include markdown or html like extensions to plain text to make rich clients possible. But use existing irc infrastructure (servers) as the base.

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- trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The problem with that is that irc is from a time when security wasn’t just an afterthought, it just wasn’t there at all. Irc by itself has no user accounts, the first one in a room to claim a name gets it. There no encryption at all, so no secure identity verification is possible. By the time you’ve fixed those things out won’t look like irc anymore.
  
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ace_garp@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Software to remotely control wall-mount airconditioners(sometimes called reverse-cycle AC, or a heat-pump).

Making some modular units that use off-the-shelf components, that can send the correct IR codes to run an AC at predetermined times. Maybe a wifi connection so it can accept remote commands or relay state info about current room temps etc.

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- q1p_@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I remember Logitech had something like this
  
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TehBamski@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

What are some out-of-the-box ideas you’ve heard of? How can I check the viability without building the software or hardware?

I’d recommend checking out Product Hunt’s catagories as that will help you narrow down your search for similar ideas.

A streaming-service for indie movie makers\

app.sundancetv.com/home

mubi.com/en/us/showing

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- q1p_@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I will check out the categories, thanks for letting me know
  
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