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Soft Innovations Part 2
Quick Laundromat
Lamp Alarm-‐Clock
Ge6ng into a Car
Upside down Waffle/Pancake
Amanda Garcia, Team No. 504-‐4, Los Amigos Invencibles An Aggie does not lie, cheat or steal, or tolerate those who do
Quick Laundromat
The consumer for this product would be anyone who has to do Laundry, which is everyone.
Quick Laundromat
Quick Laundromat
Instead of having to walk to the laundry room here on campus in the dorms, one could have a hamper that automaLcally sterilized and cleaned the clothes. Once the dirty clothes were put it, a powerful UV light would sterilize the clothes. This would only work for clothes that aren’t completely soiled. This would also be convenient because clothes would be cleaned immediately.
Needs
I began thinking about this when I never get to the laundry room first here in my dorm, I knew there had to be a beRer way. I also hate when I wear, for example, my work out clothes to the rec, and then the next day, I want to wear the same shorts and I can’t because they are dirty. I also don’t want to do a whole load of laundry for one pair of shorts.
Resources
This product would need to be manufactured and would need a UV light sterilizer tube for the clothes to be deposited into. One would also need a place to store this item, but it would as easy as storing a laundry hamper as they normally would.
Precedents
A laundry hamper
A UV sterilizer
A Washing Machine
This process/ invenLon would be used by people who have trouble ge6ng up in the
morning.
Lamp Alarm Clock
Lamp Alarm Clock
You’ve got an 8 am on Friday morning and you know that no maRer how many alarms you set, you just won’t get up
because you were out to late last night. Well, instead of se6ng your phone alarm that has a snooze buRon that
you will hit many Lmes, you need a “Lamp Alarm Clock” to get you up on Lme. It will shine a bright light on your face so that it simulates the sun and your body recognizes it as
morning and wakes you up. It can also have sound associated with it as well, but more of a peaceful “morning” type of essence. But it would have a
randomized sound every morning that way your body doesn’t program itself to only hear that one sound every
morning, and choose to ignore it.
Lamp Alarm Clock Narrative
I came up with this when I started thinking of processes that need to be improved. I began with my daily rouLne and started
making a list. The first thing on my list was “waking up.” Then it hit me that there must
be a beRer way of ge6ng up in the morning. Then my idea started developing and I had
the “Aha!” moment because I knew that the same rouLne I’ve been following has not
been working very well.
Needs
The product would need to be manufactured and would be made from plasLc and would need a light bulb (sold separately) and could either run off rechargeable baReries or be
plugged in to the wall.
Resources
Alarm Clock
Lamp
Cell Phone
Radio
Precedents
Getting into a car
Anyone who drives a car, would be at use for this innovaLon.
Getting into a Car
Getting into a Car Narrative
Instead of having to go through the rouLne of opening a door and then configuring your body to get into a car, you would simply have to press a buRon on your keys (or buRons for mulLple passengers) and the chair(s) would eject slowly out from the sides of the car (where the doors would normally be) and could be pre-‐adjusted in height so it is the most comfortable for you. Also when you arrive at your desLnaLon, you would simply have to press the buRon again.
Needs
For some people, it is very difficult to get in and out of their car because it is too low, or too high. Also, when parked in a Lght spot, it is oben hard to open the door to get in.
Resources
When building a car, this would have to be programmed into the vehicles technology. This would require many tests and many technological developments. Parking spots also might have to be widened to compensate.
Precedents
Airplane ejecLon seats
BuRerfly doors
Upside Down Waffle/ Pancake
Anyone that makes/ eats waffles or pancakes
Making a Waffle/Pancake
Upside Down Waffle/ Pancake Narrative
Normally, one has to fight with the buRer or peanut buRer, or jam, or whatever one wants to put on a waffle/pancake to actually stay on the waffle pancake without making a mess or having a ton of it leb on the knife or fork. By changing the process to pu6ng the fixin’s on the plate first, it is easy to just simply place the waffle/ pancake on top of it and not having to struggle to get all of the buRer off the knife in the grooves of the waffle or tearing apart the pancake.
Needs
I always tear up my waffles and pancakes trying to put buRer on them, and then it hit me one day at Sbisa, why not put all the stuff on the plate first, and then put the waffle/pancake on top? It’s the same flavor, just a sort of “upside down.”
Resources
One would only need a plate, a fork, a knife, a waffle/ pancake, and what ever toppings (now boRomings) you want.
Precedents
Making soup (first you make the broth, then you add the meat/ veggies)