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Andrew Bakke
Team 22
Soaring Orcas
“An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate
those who do.”
Wall Resistor
Empty Pocket Reminder
University Segway Transit
Insta-Sober Business Model
Forget Your Car Day at Texas A&M

Wall Resistor
Having trouble finding a simple
way to workout? Get the Wall
Resistor installed in your house
today!
Don’t want to deal with a ton of
resistance bands?
The Wall Resistor is a built in resistance
exercise band that can retract all the
way back into the wall and be
completely out of the way! The user
can simply spin a dial and set their
desired resistance and length of band
that they want to use. This means the
user only needs ONE resistance band.
With a push of a button the band
retracts back into the wall!
With retracting cable
technology in the
wall, the resistance band
will be completely out of
site when it’s not being
used!

Wall Resistor– Product
 Who might/would use it?
 People who work out with resistance bands or gyms.
 What does the soft innovation do? How does it work?
 The Wall Resistor is essentially a resistance band inside of a wall. A resistance band
handle will on a wall mount, which may slide up and down for change of height.
The band itself is wound up in the wall; kind of like a yo-yo. Before using it, a person
can spin the dial (on the outside of the wall mount) to select what resistance they
want, and a second dial to select the length of the band they want. The device will
allow the selected amount of slack and set the resistance for the user. It will stay like
this until the user presses the retract button, which retracts the band to its original
position, completely in the wall.
 What does the soft innovation look like?
 A resistance band wound up like a yo-yo inside of a wall mount that can slide in the
vertical direction. The wall mount would be a circle (for the dials) and feeds directly
into a section of the wall where the wound up resistance band would go.
 What prompted you to develop this soft innovation?
 This would be an easy, quick way to work out without large equipment or much
preparation.
 What will you need to develop this soft innovation?
 Someone to install the product, resistance band, wall mount, retracting technology

Patent Search
Sources Used Keywords Results
Google Search Built in resistance
band
YouTube videos showing how to use resistance
bands
Google Search Built in resistance
band
Resistance Band Workout – Men’s Health:
http://www.menshealth.com/travel-
center/resistance-band-workout
Google Search Resistance
band+wall mount
Similar wall mounts such as this:
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Systems-Mount-
Strength-Bands/dp/B0065W0Z0C
Patent Search Resistance AND
Band
1,198 hits - Exercise Resistance System (#8,403,818)- this
patent deals with the use of resistance bands that are
"secured to any achor structure, preferably a movable
structure, such as a flat board…"
Band
Exercise resistance band (#D670,345) - "CLAIM The
ornamental design for an exercise resistance band,
as shown and described."
Exercise
Resistance Exercise Device (#7,931,572) - "Includes at least
one stretchable resistance loop, a pair of handles having
openings extending longitudinally there through, and a
support portion having a pair of openings extending there
through along opposing edges of the support portion"
These are just a few of the patents and results found; these were the most like my product.

Empty Pocket Reminder
Tired of ruining your
clothes after leaving pens
in your pockets?
Devastated after leaving
your iPod in your pocket
when you put it in the
washing machine? The
Empty Pocket Reminder is
the solution!
The Empty Pocket Reminder is
an addition to a normal
washing machine that is simply
a gentle pre-recorded
reminder. It is a voice that
reminds the user to empty
his/her pockets before putting
his/her clothes into the
machine.
This innovation is so
easy! The technology
already exists; it is just
a simple reminder
that will prevent
annoying problems
while doing your
laundry!

Empty Pocket Reminder–
Process
 What is the name of your innovation, and who might/would use it?
 Everyone who uses a washing machine
 There are already washing machines made today that can talk and make noises
letting you know that your clothes are ready. This innovation takes it a steps farther;
when someone opens his/her washing machine to put clothes in, a ore-recorded
reminder will sound reminding them to make sure all their pockets are empty of
valuables and pens.
 What does the soft innovation look like?
 Just a washing machine that can play a recording.
 I have ruined multiple pairs of paints and shorts since I have started doing my own
laundry. I have also destroyed valuable that were left in my pockets.
 A washing machine that can playback a pre-recorded warning.

Patent Search
Google Search Talking Washing
Machine
Talking Washing Machines for the blind:
http://www.blindcanadians.ca/publications/cbm
/15/german-company-invents-talking-washing-
machine
Google Search Washing machine
reminder
Washing machine sound reminders:
http://technabob.com/blog/2009/01/02/geek-
washing-machine-sends-techie-reminders/
Google Search Empty Pocket
Reminder
Random definitions:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term
=Empty%20Reminder
Patent Search Talking AND Washing
No Results
Patent Search Washing AND
Machine AND Talking
No Relevant Results: Clothes drying machine with
improved vapour injection arrangement
(#8,082,678)
Patent Search Washing AND
Machine AND
Reminder
No relevant results: Hand washing compliance
detection system (#7,978,083)

University Segway Transit
Tired of walking across campus every day
and being late to class? Take the University
Segway Transit!
There will be a holding station
outside every building on
campus where multiple
Segways will be held. When a
student who has a Segway
card wants to use one, they
swipe their card in the
designated area to unlock
one, take the Segway and ride
it to their destination on
campus. Once they get to their
destination, they can lock up
the Segway in the holding area
near the building their class is
in.
Segways are a great
alternative to having
to maneuver a bike
through the
crowded walkways!

Segway Transit – Service
 My classes are very far away from each other and riding a
bike is annoying and difficult. A Segway is smaller than a
bike and is much faster than walking and less tiring.
 Many Segways purchased by a university; someone to
train potential Segway-ers; swiping/unlocking system that
will allow a student or faculty member to obtain a Segway
from the holding area.
 What products, processes, services, business models, or
unique experiences/artistic creations exist, which are
similar to your soft innovation?
 http://www.campusecology.wsu.edu/page_026.htm
 Car2go – a similar system at the University of Texas;
however it deals with cars.

Patent Search
Google Search Segway transit http://www.slate.com/articles/life/transport/2009/0
7/smooth_segway.html
Google Search Segway university
transit
http://www.transportation.psu.edu/transportation/
alt-transportation/bicycles/rules.cfm
Google Search Segway university
rental
Segway tours:
http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/091009/
segway
Patent Search Segway AND
university No Results
Patent Search Segway AND transit
No results
Patent Search Segway
Segway with golf improvements (#7,958,961)

Insta-Sober Business
Car accidents happen too often
when someone makes the bad
decision to get behind the wheel after
they have had too much to drink.
Insta-Sober is an EpiPen-
like product that gives
the intoxicated user a
shot of adrenaline that
will allow him/her to
soberly drive home and
help prevent drunk
driving accidents.
With this new product, a new business
model is needed to market it. The main
target would be bars and clubs, who could
sell the product to prevent their customers
from driving home drunk. We would have to
work closely with alcohol distributors and
EpiPen developers to get this product
working and distributed.

Insta-Sober – Business
Model What is the name of your innovation, and who might/would use it?
 Insta Sober Business Model
 This would be used to market the Insta-Sober product.
 The Insta-Sober product is essentially an EpiPen that will give the user a certain period of
sobriety so that they are able to drive home. The technology used here is similar to that
of an EpiPen (which is a shot of adrenaline to keep someone breathing), except it
would be altered to counteract intoxication of alcohol. The business model associated
with this is a way for the inventors to market it; often with new products, comes new
business models. The Insta-Sober company would distribute the product to alcohol
vendors and/or pharmacies, who would then distribute the product to the public.
 Hearing about drunk driving accidents and wanting to come up with something that
could prevent that.
 Research, EpiPen technology
 What products, processes, services, business models, or unique experiences/artistic
creations exist, which are similar to your soft innovation?
 The EpiPen is a similar idea, but used for a different purpose

• EpiPen
• Bars
• Clubs
• Insta-Sober
Production
• EpiPen
• Bars
• Clubs
• Insta-Sober
Product
• Less Drunk
Drivers
• Drive yourself
to the bars
• More money
for the vendors
• Vendors
• Users
• Researchers and Product Developers
• Employees
• Sales from Insta-Sober
• Pharmacies
• Bars
• Alcohol Vendors

Patent Search
Google Search Instant sober New drugs that could make you sober:
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/heal
th/a-new-drug-may-get-you-sober-neutralize-a-
hangover-and-break-addiction-to-alcohol
Google Search Sober epipen Directions to use an EpiPen:
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-an-Epipen
Google Search Instantly sober Tips to sober up:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4510652_get-sober-
after-drinking.html
Patent Search Epipen
No Results
Patent Search Sober AND Instant Sobriety Monitoring System (#8,381,573): A system
and method of monitoring sobriety using a hand-
held breath testing device.

Forget Your Car Day
at Texas A&M

Forget Your Car Day at
Texas A&M
Want to make a difference in the
world and help our environment?
Participate in Forget Your Car Day at
Texas A&M and you can do just that!
On a designated day each
year, all students will be
encouraged to not drive to
school. Whether the alternative
is riding a
bike, running, walking, or riding
the bus; students will leave their
cars at home and save some
gas money while helping the
environment at the same time.
A daily commute by car
can actually leave a
larger carbon footprint
than flying on a plane
once every few years!
We will be out at the
main bus stops
giving away free t-
shirts and prizes to
people riding bikes
or getting off buses!

Forget Your Car Day at Texas
A&M– Unique Experience
 Essentially the entire student body would be encouraged to only walk, run, ride a bike to campus to
help the environment and raise awareness for the environment.
 Less driving means fewer emissions. Besides saving gasoline, walking and biking are great forms of
exercise
 This innovation helps the environment, saves gas for students, gives the city an opportunity to do
quick road work, and possibly even drives gas prices down.
 Cars give off fumes that can be harmful to our environment if there is too much of them and that
means that cars are adding to the air pollution. It will cost a lot less money to ride public transit than
to pay for parking and gas for the day.
 Advertising, student body participation,
 What products, processes, services, business models, or unique experiences/artistic creations exist, which
are similar to your soft innovation?
 The 10 Days Wells Project is similar: college students across the country will choose water as their only
beverage for 10 days. The money they save from not drinking coffee, soda, etc. will be used to
provide 10 Rwandan communities with clean safe water.
 A Day Without Driving
 No Drive Day at James Madison University
 Don’t Drive Day

Patent Search
Google Search Don’t drive for a day
DDD in Charlotte: http://www.dontdriveday.org/
Google Search Don’t drive day
university
North Charlotte -
http://universitycity.wbtv.com/news/75457-plan-
ahead-dont-drive-day-Thursday
Google Search Don’t drive to school
day
Driving Schools -
http://www.dontdrivescared.org/schoolspreviously
cited.htm
Patent Search Drive AND Day
No Results
While I found a few results that were very similar to my idea, our school does not do this and I
think it is a very important thing that we could do as a university.

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