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• I was working as an assistant at the hospital

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• Ankle monitors should be the "default" for enforcing a restraining order, with a lawyer / judge having to approve any exceptions

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• For a product that the MFG has noticed a counterfeit / knockoff problem, the MFG could add things like lenticular brand labels, or heat-sensitive things that momentarily disappear with the heat of your finger, so consumers could spot them

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• Do any motherboard brands show the shipped-with BIOS version on the box?

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• A man calls his office's tech support for his computer......

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• I got a detention at school because the teacher saw me doing those calculator tricks

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• Below the weight capacity sign for an elevator, it should have a "for the comfort of passengers, please limit occupancy to x people in the elevator"

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• On sites / apps with a "karma" system, have a limited "held for mod review" queue with a CAPTCHA on low karma users only, to avoid the catch-22 that a lot of new users face

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• Most departments had a door that required a PIN to enter

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• The red buttons at the power plant used to be labeled "Emergency Stop"

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• Automatic Schematic-O-Matic

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• On elevators with a "phone door" covering the emergency intercom, there should be a sticker explaining the "fall protection" features on an elevator to avoid panic.

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• Our new printing press isn't just for paper!

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• When a printer *doesn't* block refilled cartridges or 3rd party cartridges, the MFG should put a big gleaming advertisement stating as much, to attract people who have been screwed in the past.

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• A repair shop that also sells new electronics, but only those where the MFG *does* sell replacement parts to independent repair shops, or someone who wants to do a self-repair

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• I was doing a video about one of the first computers to come with an internal CD-ROM drive, but I forgot to mention one of the most iconic CD games of the time

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• Two guys were caught by the police....

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• When a digital "movie store" where you download one time purchased digital copies, DOESN'T have DRM / copyright protection, it should advertise that as a feature on the front page

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• When a video arcade game or video slot machine has an error where the screen still works, have an error message that somehow fits the theme of the game while still getting the point across.

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• Add central PoE for the new digital phones, in areas that are discontinuing traditional analog land line service.

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• One of my classmates in computer class said "microscopic applications" instead of "Microsoft".

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• An annoying coworker avoidance app, that when their phone gets within X feet of yours, your phone vibrates with an arrow on the screen so you know which direction to go to avoid them.

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• Someone who's a cashier, should have the option to pull out a notebook and tally up how many customers say "I just printed that this morning" and "It didn't scan? It must be free!" right in front of the customer.

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• Given the current industry trends for consumer items, when a company does make a device more repairable and offers replacement parts, they should advertise that as a feature.

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• If the store wants to lock things in glass cases, then operate on a skeleton crew, they should install vending machines for the items they find to be "theft-prone"

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• Continue to allow drop shipping, but a US based online store would have to do safety testing if the manufacturer doesn't identify themselves or where they are.

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• Copyright protection method that has the "key" on both the distribution service server, and the actual copyright holder themselves, and only requires verification every 7 days or 30 days

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• Pagers still exist? Part 2

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• Elevator "door held open too long" buzzer should instead be a sound clip of Panic At The Disco that says "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the God D@M door?"

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• For sites that have a "karma" system, have a "held for review" queue for the moderators to approve lower karma user posts. Since they only have so much time to review so many, just limit the "held for review" queue to a more manageable number like 10 or something.

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• Tax credit or tax break for device and software makers, if they give the owner / admin more control over when an update is installed

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• I was playing the Nintendo Wii with a friend of mine, and every time one of us, or a game character, said a swear word, the game would beep at us.

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• A man comes back to the dealer with his new car and says....

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• I didn't know computers could miss their previous owners

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• A programming teaching tool where they give you a simple game that isn't "finished" due to a game breaking bug or code omission, and your goal / job is to fix the game so that it works

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• In a parody-style video game, have a "trombone" item pickup whose only function is to do a "fail trombone" sound effect when the player character dies or fails the mission.

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• Printers with a beeper and then there's a "locate printer" button in the printer selection dialogue box that makes the printer beep

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• A new standard form factor for "front panel accessories" on a desktop tower

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• This one brand of TV had the high-voltage circuits marked with stripes on the circuit boards. I thought they were all made that way, until I discovered another brand where they didn't do that.

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• A secondary "hang up" button that plays a simulated "phone receiver slamming down" sound to the other person before disconnecting

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• A man was trying to sell me his grandma's phone.

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• Traction sand stored near the tires that automatically drops when a skid or slide is detected

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• Air quality sensors both inside and outside a building, connected to intake vents that "decide" when to take more outside air in.

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• Phone / SMS option: only accept picture messages from those in your contacts list, or selected contacts / favorite contacts

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• Pagers still exist? Not only that, there's still tech support for their central hubs, so to speak.

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• Hybrid slot machine type thing where you have a minute of Breakout or Space Invaders, to win up to 5 "free" spins depending on how well you do.

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• Standardized laptop battery with a positive incentive for the laptop MFGs to use it

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• With almost every operating system having it's own automatic backup feature, there should be an additional scheduling option that says "backup before major update"

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• A standardized "smart card slot" with matching "smart cards" to add Internet streaming capabilities to TVs.

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• I tried to wire a battery powered clock to the wall socket.

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