Too Much

All I want is a simple texting service for my home phone.
As home phone service becomes obsolete - a new niche for providers must be created.

Caption Phone does just that - but for deaf clients... and at a premium.

Wouldn't a simple home phone texting service do the same thing, and for less?

Desirable services are supposed to make things easier - not more complex.
Verizon effed up in thinking that the world would buy a hybrid telephone/computer.
What is really needed is a simple texting service for home phones for those days when you don't really feel like talking to the person with whom you're trying to keep in touch

Secure Kid

Secure Kid is a service that provides GPS ankle attached tracking devices for rent at theme parks, county fairs, beaches and cruise ships - anywhere a parent might be concerned about losing contact with their children.

The devices come in bright colors (or black) and an ink packet explodes if forcefully removed without the magnetic release device. (Think; Those little white anti-theft tabs on clothing.)

A parent can locate the whereabouts of their child by punching in their code and viewing one of the many maps placed throughout any venue (or by punching in their code on any Internet accessible phone).

Nenoncee' Chair

Take a basic design like Karim Rashid's Blob chair,

And add some extra cushion to get the Nenoncee' chair.

(Just some quick sketches of chair concepts.)

"The Nenoncee'" (chair number 6) chair is made of molded and upholstered polyurethane foam with a metal frame.

Half a Tree

(View from above and not to scale) Okay Pitts...
Instead of producing half of a Christmas tree,
What about just making a product that works with one's own artificial tree.
Made from either a heavy duty plastic or some inexpensive metal.

The C-clamps would fasten to the support pole of the tree and the flat plate (About 4"x9") would rest on the wall.
The pin holes on the side would allow for adjustments for the distance between the tree and the wall.
Two could be used for corner applications.

The product could be marketed for apartment owners or those who don't have the space for an entire tree and sold for $9.99.

Nope, nothing yet