product ideas

Chris wrote:
I am in the final year of a technology education degree course, part of
which involves designing a product and manufacturing it to prototype stage.
The product has to be original, or better designed, than any similar product
on the market. I am posting this message to a number of newsgroups in the
hope that someone will have a problem with a product they use, or can't find
a product to suit their requirements in the market place. I would appreciate
any (sensible) suggestions.


How about a lawnmower that cuts wider than its wheels, so that you can
cut right to the edge of a lawn? If you go over the edge with a hover
it sinks.

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Please point to the law / section of the Highway Code that outlaws
'undertaking'.

It's acceptable to "undertake" if the traffic stream in your lane is
moving
faster than the traffic streams in others.

If the knobs on the Brum section of the M6 want to sit bumper-to-bumper,
and
get sunburnt by flashing brakelights that's their choice - me? I prefer
sitting in that "empty tract" of an inside lane at a pleasant 55mph
(rather
than an erratic 20 - 65 in the other lanes) until I'm well clear of the
West
Mids.

To the original poster: perhaps we need some sort of device that shoots
farm
silage from bonnet mounted cannons at anyone on a mobile phone while
driving? Or, a little sticker (or anal cattle prod) reminding drivers
that
the use of indicators is mandatory, not optional.

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Good idea! We also need something to remind drivers about stopping at red
lights instead of ignoring them!

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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 May 2004 21:22:31 +0100, "Chris" wrote
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I would appreciate any (sensible) suggestions.

Something to make bikes visible to car drivers? A transparent car
windscreen, for example?

IGMC...

Guy
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How do you cope on the 'bent, Guy? You're a bit closer to the ground than
the rest of us!

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Pete W.

Pete White wrote:

How do you cope on the 'bent, Guy? You're a bit closer to the ground
than the rest of us!

You use the WTF? factor :-)

ps - prefacing all your replies with -- has an undesirable effect on some
newsreaders.

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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message
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Pete White wrote:

How do you cope on the 'bent, Guy? You're a bit closer to the ground
than the rest of us!

You use the WTF? factor :-)

ps - prefacing all your replies with -- has an undesirable effect on some
newsreaders.

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Erm.... Sorry!

Outlook Express and all that! (no, nothing to do with me, honest...)

While we're on the subject, can you recommend a decent freeware email
program, seeing as you're an internet wizard? PLEASE!!! I thought I'd lost
all access to usenet a few weeks ago, till a friend told me that theres an
error with OE which forces you to reset any groups you suscribe to.

Before you tell me that MS programs are rubbish (or ****e, or wank, or any
other expression) I'd just like to defend Microsoft on the grounds that they
make the best games console. I'll put up with XP, IE6 and OE just because
Halo is fantastic and PGR2 is wonderful.
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Pete W.

On Thu, 27 May 2004 17:44:59 +0100, "Pete White"
wrote in message
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While we're on the subject, can you recommend a decent freeware email
program

For Newsgroups, Gravity and Free Agent are both known to be good. For
email I use PocoMail (which I paid for, but a trivial sum); other
contenders include Eudora and the mail component of Mozilla (which of
course also does news). Others will have more recommendations (count
on it!), I use Agent and PocoMail, both paid for and both worth every
penny IMO.

Before you tell me that MS programs are rubbish (or ****e, or wank, or any
other expression) I'd just like to defend Microsoft on the grounds that they
make the best games console.

If only they wouldn't pretend to be an enterprise software company and
concentrate on the toys, I think we'd all be a lot happier (apart from
the antivirus firms).

I'll put up with XP, IE6 and OE just because
Halo is fantastic and PGR2 is wonderful.

Opera is better than IE by an order of magnitude, IMO.

Guy
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Mark South wrote:

Well, a practical horse carrier for a bicycle would be a boon.

You could resort to the horse when you get a puncture. (The horse would also
need to be equipped with a cycle carrier, but the desing will take that into
account.)

When encountering horseriders on bridleways they will not be able to make smart
remarks unless they want the obvious retort.

Morons encountered can be administered a jolly good kicking by the horse.

Some kind of system for combining the two modes of travel would be
handy; horses definitely go better up hills than down, and bikes tend to
the reverse (especially long draggy climbs and descents) so some kind of
optimisation seems a possibility worthy of investigation.

Roger

I would like a back window dign too..though i think the one i'd use most is
'Back off!!'



"Nathaniel Porter" wrote in message
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"Jon Senior" jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk wrote in message
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Nathaniel Porter opined the following...
How about an effective means of delivering courtesy messages to other
road
users? (i.e. I'm am ceading my priority, thank you and so on.)

Mostly needed on motor vehicles (other users can use hand signals to
much
the same effect), but could be developed for use on other vehicles if
demand
is there.

Would help make using the road easier and more pleasant.

On some occasions I have felt the need for a large sign across the back
window which could display messages to other drivers, such as "Sorry,
being a tit there!".


Absolutely. We all make mistakes - and everyone feels better if we all
acknowledge when we balls things up :-)

It could also be used to suggest to some drivers that they might wish to
use the vast and frequently empty tract of tarmac known as the inside
lane!


Indeed :-)

This is true. Over taking on inside was part of an offence of dangerous
driving I had to write a report on.
We don't have fast lanes..we have over taking lanes..if your not over
taking..get over to the left : )


"Brendan Murray" wrote in message
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"Jon Senior" jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk wrote in message
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Nathaniel Porter opined the following...
SNIP
It could also be used to suggest to some drivers that they might wish to
use the vast and frequently empty tract of tarmac known as the inside
lane!

Apart from the fact that overtaking on the inside has been identified as
being a major cause of motorway accidents as well as being an offence. As
far as I can remember the law states you're supposed to drive on the left.
Always!

B=


Jon

Undertaking is an offence..trust me on this. Unless in a traffic jam or
split lane situation (ie 2 lanes stay motorway left lane changes to A road
type thing)


"Richard" wrote in message
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Brendan Murray wrote:

Apart from the fact that overtaking on the inside has been identified as
being a major cause of motorway accidents as well as being an offence.

It's not illegal per se.