Tom Walma

Fitbit Reward Mystery Box Service

Business Idea, App, HealthTom WalmaComment

Idea: A service that delivers you customized candy/rewards inside clear locked boxes which you can't open until you meet your exercise goals, as determined by your Fitbit (or fitness tracker). Or you can choose for the rewards to be "mystery boxes", including possible cash prizes, but if you don't exercise enough to unlock the box within a few weeks, you have to ship it back, not knowing if you would've been a millionaire

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 75

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Ken Witzgall (Twitter: @KenWitzgall42)
Scott Gaughan (Facebook: @scott.gone)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Chivalry Device

InventionScott GaughanComment

Idea: A device called the "Chivalry Device" which holds open your car door and "locks" it in one place, so elderly or disabled people can use the car door to help them stand up, and also hold open the door if you're parked on a hill. Hopefully it doesn't fail so that the car door is stuck open, because you might get pulled over for that

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 75

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Ken Witzgall (Twitter: @KenWitzgall42)
Scott Gaughan (Facebook: @scott.gone)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Nuclear Powered Snow Machines

Environmentalism, Futuristic, TechTom WalmaComment

Idea: Launching steam created by nuclear power plants straight up into the air in cold areas such as Alaska or Antarctica, to make it snow onto land, to counteract sea rise due to glaciers melting and falling into the ocean

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 74

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Robert Schneider (Facebook: @thecommanderawesome Comedy Show: Comedy At The Comic Shop)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Telemarketer Punching App

Evil, SciFi, PrankRobert SchneiderComment

Idea: An app with the supernatural, comic-book-like ability to punch telemarketers through the phone as revenge for annoying you. Since most of them are located overseas and outside the jurisdiction of US criminal courts, there probably wouldn't be any legal ramifications

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 74

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Robert Schneider (Facebook: @thecommanderawesome Comedy Show: Comedy At The Comic Shop)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Futuristic Tiny Houses

Business Idea, Environmentalism, Futuristic, Invention, Tech, Tiny HousesTom WalmaComment

Tom's idea for a futuristic tiny house where most (or all) of your stuff is wheeled in and out by robots. The idea also solves gerrymandering, makes "universal basic income" feasible, solves the Flint Water Crisis, and gives people the freedom to escape their miserable 9-to-5 office jobs and live nomadic lives of leisure. But everyone opposes it because it involves sharing toilets

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 73

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Louis Michael (Twitter: @LouTheSurgeon)
Nick Leydorf (Podcast: Free Consultation)
Matt Hamilton (Podcast: Moist Definately)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Recorded live at Crossroads Comedy Festival in Indianapolis

Quantum Leaping into Movies

Futuristic, Robots, SciFiMatt HamiltonComment

Matt wants to "quantum leap" into movies and experience the events of the movie as one of the characters. He also accidentally re-imagines several other plot points of the book "Ready Player One", which he'd never read because he considers it too nerdy. Tom proposes a gruesome, "mad science" way to approximate this idea in the real world

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 73

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Louis Michael (Twitter: @LouTheSurgeon)
Nick Leydorf (Podcast: Free Consultation)
Matt Hamilton (Podcast: Moist Definately)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Recorded live at Crossroads Comedy Festival in Indianapolis

AirBnBnBnE

EvilLouie MichaelComment

Louis accidentally locked himself out of his AirBnB. He then used YouTube lockpicking tutorials to break into his AirBnB, which was so easy, he succeeded on his first try. This incident inspired his idea, which is an app to help you find wealthy people in nearby AirBnBs to burglarize

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 73.

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Louis Michael (Twitter: @LouTheSurgeon)
Nick Leydorf (Podcast: Free Consultation)
Matt Hamilton (Podcast: Moist Definately)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Recorded live at Crossroads Comedy Festival in Indianapolis

Individually Adjustable Window Blinds

App, Invention, TechTom WalmaComment

Tom thinks that window blinds are designed wrong, because when they are half open, they expose your groin to your neighbors and block your eyes from seeing out the window. He'd like individually-adjustable window blinds controlled by an app, that way you can choose what you can see (and which body parts to expose)

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Adam Walsh (Knuckleheads Comedy: IG: @khcomedy313 Twitter: @KnuckleheadsC)
Steve Kaz (IG: @kazthecomic)
Brandon Ponke (IG: @bponke Twitter: @BPonke)
Dale Murdock (IG: @dalelerious)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studio in Waterford, MI

Personality Bracelet

Futuristic, TechTed MossComment

Idea: A bracelet (or a hologram of a bracelet projected by a smart watch) which, when you shake someone's hand, (optionally) shows them your personality quiz results, and (mandatory, by law) shows them your criminal record. That way, when you meet new people, they instantly know if you're a good person or a bad person

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 72

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Alwin Sheriff (Twitter: @AlwinTheSheriff YouTube: @jerk4eternity)
Ted Moss (Twitter: @TedMossComedy)
Justin Siekierka (Facebook: @justin.siekierka)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Club Ugly

App, Social MediaAlwin SheriffComment

Idea: A dating app where people who previously dated someone provide feedback and rating(s) that you can see in the dating app before you date them. The app will match people up based on these ratings provided by their previous dates

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 72

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Alwin Sheriff (Twitter: @AlwinTheSheriff YouTube: @jerk4eternity)
Ted Moss (Twitter: @TedMossComedy)
Justin Siekierka (Facebook: @justin.siekierka)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Just-In-Case Pillowcase

Invention, Parenting, NSFWJason PattersonComment

Idea: A special pillowcase which contains a pouch to hold a condom, to use as a backup if you forgot to carry one in your wallet or keep one elsewhere in your house. Also, a great gift to awkwardly give your child on the day they move out of the house when starting college

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 71

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Kevin Smith (Twitter: @CrassHeart Podcast: Crass & Heartless)
Jason Patterson (Facebook: Jason Patterson)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Time Tube

Futuristic, SciFi, NSFWKevin SmithComment

Idea: A sci-fi device and Netflix-like video streaming service to allow you to watch video of the past, anywhere and any time throughout history. Although, maybe it should be limited to stuff that happened more than 200 years ago, so you don't need to live in Stepford-like tyrannical politeness because people could catch you lying and/or watching pornography

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 71

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Kevin Smith (Twitter: @CrassHeart Podcast: Crass & Heartless)
Jason Patterson (Facebook: Jason Patterson)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Cars Without Batteries

Invention, Doomsday Prepping, CarsTom WalmaComment

Idea: Cars don't need batteries. Brakelights can be LED lights with batteries built into the bulb. The speedometer and console (except the fuel gauge) can be a phone app. The electricity needed to start the car (i.e. ignition) can be obtained by electric car charging stations which are being added to parking spots.

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 70

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Derek Brand (Instagram: @brand9470)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit