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New product idea: bUcket. A powered bucket that you toss all your crap into to wirelessly charge all the electronics you're carrying around with you. Room for

by bane 11y ago

New product idea: bUcket. A powered bucket that you toss all your crap into to wirelessly charge all the electronics you're carrying around with you. Room for at least 1 mobile phone, 1 bluetooth headset, 1 smartwatch and 1 wearable hud-like device. Notice the "u" in bUcket is uppercase since it looks like the product, making it easy for people to write about in facebook and twitter without having to past the logo everywhere. In fact the logo is just the simple text version of the product name. Useful and a viral marketing plan all at once.

cm2187 11y ago
And it will even microwave your popcorn if you throw it in the bucket! [edit] And you will need a bucket next to every bed, any hotel. I wonder what Borat would do with them. Reminds me of this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdnuOa7tDco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdnuOa7tDco
- coldtea 11y ago
  >And you will need a bucket next to every bed, any hotel. So? Most hotels managed to keep up with stuff people need over the decades -- phones, air-conditioning, TVs, microwaves, cable, ethernet-based internet access, wi-fi, movies on demand, frequently USB charging ports, etc.
petra 11y ago
In 2014 , Intel talked about a charge bowl. But nothing came of it.
blisterpeanuts 11y ago
Why not a toIlet®? A small charging bowl shaped like a toilet (cap i to indicate i-gadget). Toss your gear in, hit the little lever, and it charges everything. Makes a flushing noise when done.
- chris_wot 11y ago
  What a truly crap idea.
MrQuincle 11y ago
Wireless charging IS gonna be a game changer. Over time I had a couple of watches and wrist bands. I got tired from charging them. The Pebble might not need it every night, but it is even more likely that I forget if charging is irregular. Ikea has now furniture that charges wirelessly. In the end it will be in our walls, floors, coat hangers, beds, doormats, etc. The only other option is that the chips we put in our stuff are not gonna need energy. The current need for more and more powerful chips needs then to be stopped. The next algorithm won't be able to run on it or it wouldn't be able to have a voice interface. My bet is that these things will all need to get lots of energy out of their environment and that wireless charging will play the biggest role in that.

by bane 11y ago

cm2187 11y ago

And it will even microwave your popcorn if you throw it in the bucket! [edit] And you will need a bucket next to every bed, any hotel. I wonder what Borat would do with them. Reminds me of this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdnuOa7tDco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdnuOa7tDco

coldtea 11y ago
>And you will need a bucket next to every bed, any hotel. So? Most hotels managed to keep up with stuff people need over the decades -- phones, air-conditioning, TVs, microwaves, cable, ethernet-based internet access, wi-fi, movies on demand, frequently USB charging ports, etc.

petra 11y ago

In 2014 , Intel talked about a charge bowl. But nothing came of it.

blisterpeanuts 11y ago

Why not a toIlet®? A small charging bowl shaped like a toilet (cap i to indicate i-gadget). Toss your gear in, hit the little lever, and it charges everything. Makes a flushing noise when done.

chris_wot 11y ago
What a truly crap idea.

MrQuincle 11y ago

Wireless charging IS gonna be a game changer. Over time I had a couple of watches and wrist bands. I got tired from charging them. The Pebble might not need it every night, but it is even more likely that I forget if charging is irregular. Ikea has now furniture that charges wirelessly. In the end it will be in our walls, floors, coat hangers, beds, doormats, etc. The only other option is that the chips we put in our stuff are not gonna need energy. The current need for more and more powerful chips needs then to be stopped. The next algorithm won't be able to run on it or it wouldn't be able to have a voice interface. My bet is that these things will all need to get lots of energy out of their environment and that wireless charging will play the biggest role in that.