I have a 15 month old and I’m not so sure about that lol. Our pediatrician seems to mostly be on the lookout for serious illnesses, which is fair enough I guess? Maybe if we got concierge or lived in another country.
There's a diminishing (and potentially hazardous) return to health screening past a certain point. At the very least, more screenings raises costs without necessarily improving outcomes. At worst, it can generate false positives that lead to unnecessary interventions, or false negatives where a serious issue is ignored because "the doctor didn't bring it up".
Maybe a dumb observation, but pressure pads wrt beds are great for sleep monitoring. As babies stereotypically spend a lot of time in cribs, wouldn’t something similar have potential for noticing unusual behavior?
A bit of a tangent, but I liked the Rdio model where you could configure how "close" did you want music suggestions to be. Sometimes when I play a band I want to only listen to their music and some very similar music, othertimes I want to discover something different.
Another great functionality is what Last.fm had way back in the 2003-2004 where you could input 2 or 3 different artists and it will generate a "radio" playlist of music similar to them. The closest thing I've found so far is https://www.gnoosic.com/, alas, they don't generate a playlist.
Those solutions (car battery storage like a Tesla powerwall) is not what comes to mind with the words "rent out your car's battery". More like: I'm not using my car, here's its battery for you to do whatever with.
I’m not convinced that’s true, and if they are they’re heavily curated, and come from a small enough pool that I see regular repeats. I’d expect at least _something_ interesting to pop up if these were truly raw model outputs.
> A website that lets people order their groceries online and then pick them up at a central location.
Side note, there was one time I "sold an idea" to a website unrefundable for $99 that was hilarious, in the process I overdrafted my bank account too, ahh. Props to the person that made that site.
Judging by these comments and my own results, perhaps this is a joke. We see these ideas turned into enterprises/ventures all the time. It's as if the people who come up with them are unaware of the fact that these things have been done many times before. Even with that knowledge, some people have motivations to do the same thing again - maybe because it looks like it could be profitable, maybe for the prestige, who knows? At face value, some "launches" seem more like "rehashes", but I can't tell if that's the author's cynicism or my own.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 78.6 ms ] threadI think that idea exists. It's called a pediatrician.
See also https://thisxdoesnotexist.com/
Also, I think the literal HN audience may be missing the point that this is an ideation tool. A starting place.
Dang, not so catchy eh? But transparent and honest.
Which do you prefer: Catchiness or Honesty?
For example, it thinks there’s no website which, given available ingredients, suggests recipes.
Yea, I think that has been done.
So the idea exists, but maybe the person reading it can implement a better solution for the idea.
Youcansolveitbetter.com they could call it
After seeing your comment, I tried another 9 out of curiosity... and they all exist.
"It's like Spotify for Spotify."
Another great functionality is what Last.fm had way back in the 2003-2004 where you could input 2 or 3 different artists and it will generate a "radio" playlist of music similar to them. The closest thing I've found so far is https://www.gnoosic.com/, alas, they don't generate a playlist.
(looks up school textbook publishers.)
> A company that lets you rent out your car's battery when you aren't using it.
I don't see that one happening. Ever.
> A website that lets you order and purchase local food in your area.
You don't watch TV, do you?
> I don't see that one happening. Ever.
It is happening, e.g. https://www.octopusev.com/powerloop
Sounds like great fun if it's open to the public :D
Side note, there was one time I "sold an idea" to a website unrefundable for $99 that was hilarious, in the process I overdrafted my bank account too, ahh. Props to the person that made that site.
“A website that lets you easily buy the best local daycares.”