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Who: So, I spoke to a few people at work and was able to find a few that have said they wouldn’t buy the product. The first person I spoke to said that she didn’t need a product like that because she never intends on having kids. She however feels that there would be a benefit to having the item but only if people use it properly. People cannot even remember to charge their phones so maybe they would forget to charge a car seat. She feels that a lot of people out there also buy gadgets but just to say they have them and not actually use them correctly.  The second person I spoke to also doesn’t have kids so she wouldn’t need a car seat but she suggested that it is not only children that suffer heat strokes in cars but animals as well. Saying maybe a similar device but for animals should be created. She said she would buy an item like that for her dog crate she has in her car.  Another person I spoke to has grandchildren says that if the kit is inexpensive enough they cou...

There are children across America every year who suffer heat strokes and some that have even died from them. There is a need here, in order to help prevent any more children from being harmed. There are many tricks you can find online about how you can remember to take your child out of their car seats. Some include leaving your bag near the car seat so that you automatically remember to grab it or I have even seen one that involved placing a shoe in the back-seat floor so that you remember. But in this age where most people have smart phone, tablets and cars that can speak to you, I believe it is time for a more advanced way of reminding you. I have a created an option for a wide variety of people. With proper use this should be able to reduce the amount of heat strokes children suffer when left in the car. 1. Smart Car Seat: A car seat with a pressure plate at its base that is able to tell if there is a child strapped into the car seat. The car seat has Bluetooth capabilities that a...

Children vs. Cars – Heat Stroke Prevention  Opportunity: Since 1998 there has been an average of about 39 children who have died as a result of heatstroke due to being forgotten or simply left in the car. That number doesn’t even include the countless number of close calls that occurred where a child was about to survive. What is sad is that most people believe it would never happen to them but in reality, it is something that could happen to anyone of us. The who: Parents of American children under the age of 6.  The what: Leave children in the car resulting in a heatstroke.  The why: In most cases, parents are forgetting about the children.  Testing the Who: I believe that this opportunity is available anywhere in the world. It isn’t just restricted the America. And it could be parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles, males or female. Anyone runs the chance of forgetting a child in the car. And although heat stroke can happen at any age, according to the st...

Economic Trend: Uber Loses License to Operate in London Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/business/uber-london.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbusiness&action=click&contentCollection=business&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront I believe an opportunity exists here because, by not allowing Uber to renew their license to operate in London, this would open the door to a new company to offer competitive services. Uber is one of the most widely used public transportation service and with it out of the way that will force people to use other services that may become available.  People who might highly depend on public transportation prototypical customers. This could be people who may not know how to drive, who work odd hours whereas the bus/trains might not be convenient for them. I would also say tourist would as benefit because it is often the cheap mode of transportation.  I woul...

"Kissimmee's police chief driving change - After 3 officers' arrests, new policies set for accountability"  infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/16645B92927A2DC8?p=WORLDNEWS Summary: The article was about the new policy and training that they Chef of Kissimmee Police has recently been working on for the safety of the community as well as the officers. These policies are in place in the hopes of having better trained officers and to give the community a sense of relief, which they currently lack because to the recent shootings of unarms black men. The trainings include videos of multiple situations and use it as a learning tool to teach the officers how to properly respond.  Problem: The problem is that when mishandled situations occurs, it usually occurs with other officers around. Officers that are watching the situation go down are not speaking up against the officer that is crossing the line. The chef wants to make sure that other officers speak up an...

I believe there is an unmet need that exist in the automotive industry in regards to the signal light, also known as the blinker. The blinker is a tool that allows those around you to know when you have an interest in moving into another lane. The problem that we have is that people don’t use this tool and cause accidents because they are not paying attention. If there is technology to automatically stop a car before it collides with another car, then I think there is an opportunity for a technology that can either prevent the merging of a car into another lane without signaling or prevent you for merging completely if there is a car right next to you. I think that any and all drivers have this need. No driver is perfect and there is always that chance that you forget to signal or merge into a lane that already has a vehicle. This need has always existed. I think it has been around since the first vehicle was created. With technology constantly progressing and people using portable dev...