The entrepreneurial idea that I have decided to come up with, is an intercom system that would send a call to your cellphone when someone is at your door. For example, let's say that you're in the bathroom, or you're not home, but are expecting a package of some sort. As soon as the person or delivery man rings your intercom, you immediately receive a phone call and are able to hold the conversation through there. Also, when you're in the bathroom, you can tell them that you will be right there without having to rush. In today's day and age, it is safe to say that almost everyone carries their cellphone with them everywhere they go. Of course, this idea is still very premature, and I hope to further develop it within the upcoming weeks, but it ideally seems as a useful device that would help many people.
This idea definitely coincides with what we spoke about in lecture last week. Last week's lecture had to deal with the rise of social networking sites and how they affect our every day lives. Also, how companies are starting to promote themselves on these sites as well, since every one is constantly updating their statuses and every one is constantly checking other people's statuses. This goes hand in hand with the intercom system because, basically, technology has taken a huge part in people's lives. With this being said, just merely 20 years ago, cell phones were an extremely rare device, and in such a short time, almost every person owns a cell phone. The fact of the matter is that with technology changing almost instantaneously, there will always be updates and improvements that will make each program, device, application that much better. The audio intercom is premature, but with constant updates, I definitely see this idea positively affecting people's lives.
Currently apartment buildings are starting to integrate larger systems like this. For instance, if a person comes to my apartment building they can scroll through the list of tenants by last name and then when they come to my name they can have it dial my phone and i can talk to them and even buzz them in through my cell phone. I think your idea is interesting though to incorporate it into homes though. I could see this being used for a wide variety of customers from everyday people to even those with disabilities that can't immediately get to the door so they could at least tell the person that they were on the way or elderly that don't always hear the doorbell. It could also be good if you are away from the house you could know if people are coming to the door or not.
ReplyDeleteThis idea could be very useful for receiving packages. Multiple times i have wondered when my package has been delivered when I'm not home for a long period of time. Also the tracking system on the internet sometimes says my package has been delivered and it wasn't at my front porch. I later found out UPS dropped in on the side entrance and it was there for three extra days. I think this could be very useful in every day homes. Great idea!
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great idea! I sometimes did not received a package (when I was young) because none of my family member was not at home. Anyway, today by sending and receiving the data a lot for the internet, people usually able to comments on the packages; for example, put the package next house if the person is not in home. By notifying of delivery is good idea, and I want to think it can be improved by first text and then connect. For example, if I am at a business meeting, or in the lecture, the call might be unapproprate; so people get the text message first, then gets calls when they want to connect with the dilivery guy. Also, i think if there are the company where every delivery guy got connected to the server with intercom, that might very great!
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