Nicotine or Caffeine Infused Tooth Brushing Sticks

Idea: To infuse a miswak stick (a tree stick traditionally used in the Middle East to brush your teeth without toothpaste) with nicotine or caffeine. Also: the miswak stick could replace the "cigarette break" and allow everybody (not just smokers) to stand outside and waste time at work; cleaning your teeth by eating a toothpaste sandwich; shampoo, chap stick, and toothpaste are all scams

Dani HaHa (Instagram: @comedian_dani_haha Web: danihaha.com)
Jimmy Slims (Instagram: @jimmyslimscomedy Twitter: @jimmy_slims)
Bart Dangus (Twitter: @bartdangus Podcast: Big Time Garbage)
Tom Walma (Web: creativitywasted.com Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Cigarette Storage Shiv

Idea: A small case for storing a cigarette which also functions as a shiv, because it can be dangerous to smoke outside in the dark. It would have a tight seal so you could stab somebody without getting their blood on the cigarette inside. It might also contain a cigarette holder/clasp which holds onto the cigarette when you open the case so you can smoke the cigarette without touching it with your blood-covered hands. Also: other ideas for drug-related items that could double as self-defense weapons, such as a bong dart gun; not getting high from smoking but getting floored by edibles

Dani HaHa (Instagram: @comedian_dani_haha Web: danihaha.com)
Jimmy Slims (Instagram: @jimmyslimscomedy Twitter: @jimmy_slims)
Bart Dangus (Twitter: @bartdangus Podcast: Big Time Garbage)
Tom Walma (Web: creativitywasted.com Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Black GPS

Idea: A GPS system for your car which has special features for Black people and which has a strong voice personality, such as Samuel L. Jackson, who yells at you to ensure you don't ignore important warnings (like to avoid dangerous areas). Also: instead of warning you about speed traps, it'd warn you about "trap houses"; instead of warning you about a "disabled vehicle ahead", if you're approaching a broke ex's house, it'd warn you of a "disabled man ahead"; letting you know if cops are nearby; the GPS system could use a megaphone to yell at potential carjackers outside your car to scare them off

Dani HaHa (Instagram: @comedian_dani_haha Web: danihaha.com)
Jimmy Slims (Instagram: @jimmyslimscomedy Twitter: @jimmy_slims)
Tom Walma (Web: creativitywasted.com Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Stuff-On-Demand Mini Cruise Ship Clusters (Tom Walma)

Idea: To have many tiny cruise ships (from family-sized to max size of appx 200 people) that travel in clusters, along with giant supply ships, with drones and rowboat-sized supply boats to move food and other supplies between the giant supply ships and the tiny cruise ships. Also: tiny cruise ships could dock in ports which aren't big enough to dock giant cruise ships; putting people on separate tiny cruise ships instead of one giant cruise ship could dramatically reduce the spread of COVID and other viruses; activities like rock-climbing walls which aren't feasible on tiny cruise ships could be located on the giant supply ships and drones could take people from their tiny cruise ships to the giant supply ships

Brandon Ponke (Instagram: @bponke Twitter: @BPonke)
Peggy Beattie (Instagram: @peggy4859 Podcast: Go Ahead, Cancel Me)
Tom Walma (creativitywasted.com Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Stuff-On-Demand Modular Tiny RVs (Tom Walma)

Idea: Pickup-truck-sized RVs which have flat truck beds which are divided into four rectangle segments onto which modular "RV cubes" containing your stuff (or stuff that you rent) can be popped on and off on demand at rest stops. Also: "RV cubes" containing beds, tables, jacuzzis, or gear for outdoor activities; ordering stuff from Amazon and shipping it to a rest stop which puts it into an "RV cube" so it's ready to pop onto your vehicle when you arrive; a "bathroom RV cube" with a toilet that's emptied and cleaned at the rest stop; "RV cube" speed dating; designing the future of the world like we're all in the movie "Speed"

Brandon Ponke (Instagram: @bponke Twitter: @BPonke)
Peggy Beattie (Instagram: @peggy4859 Podcast: Go Ahead, Cancel Me)
Tom Walma (creativitywasted.com Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Deathbed Betting Pools

Idea: To make bets with your friends/family on when a loved one on their deathbed will die (as a distraction from the grief and awkwardness of waiting around for long periods of time in a hospital). Also: betting over the will or the leftover drugs; inappropriately celebrating if you won the bet; trying not to die yet to prevent someone from winning the death bet; side bets on whether alcoholism damaged their liver to the point that it's ineligible for organ donation

Brandon Ponke (Instagram: @bponke Twitter: @BPonke)
Peggy Beattie (Instagram: @peggy4859 Podcast: Go Ahead, Cancel Me)
Tom Walma (creativitywasted.com Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Remote-Controlled Fast Food Robots

Idea: To replace fast food workers with robots which are controlled by real people working remotely from home, and also to prepare fast food for delivery via pneumatic tubes in "ghost kitchens" in apartment complexes and dorms. This would give the workers more job flexibility and would allow the restaurants to stay open if there was a more deadly virus outbreak. Also: opinions on "gig jobs" and working from home; controlling robots that cook real food for real people as a "loot grind" task in a videogame; remote-controlled robotic cats to catch the rats that eat the food dropped by the food-cooking robots

Brandon Ponke (Instagram: @bponke Twitter: @BPonke)
Peggy Beattie (Instagram: @peggy4859 Podcast: Go Ahead, Cancel Me)
Tom Walma (creativitywasted.com Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Drone Food Delivery To Moving Vehicles

Idea: To have drones deliver food to people in moving vehicles, such as cars stuck in traffic. Also: how some technology of today would seem insane and/or ridiculous to people in the past; holding out bags of food on hooks which people on trains can grab as the train drives by; having drones swap your normal helmet with a "beer helmet" while you're driving a motorcycle

Gimmy Cipriano (YouTube: ABitTooMuch)
Kara Coraci (Twitter: @KaraCoraci Web: crotchie.com)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Plug-In Liver

Idea: An extra liver that you can plug in to your body after drinking heavily to reduce your hangover and/over reduce the long-term harmful effects of the alcohol. Also: crazy medical devices which actually exist (or could exist) but aren't made available because they're only for recreation (i.e. they don't improve your health); why dentistry is a scam; learning how to make illegal drugs while serving as a juror in a trial

James Couture (Instagram: @secretbeefcake)
Justin Siekierka (Comedy Shows: Liberty Street Brewing Co Rusted Crow Canton Village Theater)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

GoZebos and Snap-In Windows

Idea: Gazebos and other structures (yurts, sunbathing pods, dune buggies, pontoon boats) which can be converted between "open-air structures" and "enclosed shelter-providing structures" by snapping in/out modular clear plastic windows. The idea is, instead of living in a "house", to instead live most of your life in the open air, and only enclose yourself "indoors" (i.e. within walls and windows) for brief moments of shelter, such as sleeping, avoiding cold or rainy weather, using the bathroom, etc. Also: robots transporting most of your stuff between the structures and a neighborhood warehouse on-demand; the increased danger of bear attacks; a music festival where people construct small temporary shelters around the stage and live there for days or weeks

Dave Wellfare (The AM Mayhem Podcast with Mojo and Dave)
Justin Siekierka (Comedy Shows: Liberty Street Brewing Co Rusted Crow Canton Village Theater)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

A Taste of Reality

Idea: Chocolates which (unlike Dove) don't display unrealistically positive messages on the wrapper. Instead, they display realistic messages, such as reminders to perform errands ("make sure you have AA batteries") and comedically dark/demotivational messages ("your spouse probably settled", "you're too old to achieve your dreams"). Also: some of the chocolates could taste bad on purpose to remind you of the harshness of reality; the messages could be tailored to you based on a scan of your social media; positive messages should be reserved for healthy food like vegetables (instead of chocolates) to lure people to better health instead of to obesity and diabetes

Dave Wellfare (The AM Mayhem Podcast with Mojo and Dave)
Justin Siekierka (Comedy Shows: Liberty Street Brewing Co Rusted Crow Canton Village Theater)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Tranq Chair

Idea: A "smart chair" with a tranquilizer device to knock out annoying people at a movie theater. It would vibrate once or twice as a warning before tranqing you, unless you answer your phone and start talking, in which case you'd be tranq'd immediately. Also: Getting tranq'd on purpose if the movie is boring or you want to relax before a job interview; trying to make your friends laugh inappropriately during a sad movie to get them tranq'd; tranqing young kids who freak out at a scary movie

Dave Wellfare (The AM Mayhem Podcast with Mojo and Dave)
Justin Siekierka (Comedy Shows: Liberty Street Brewing Co Rusted Crow Canton Village Theater)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Ice Dogs (Robotic Medical Rescue Dogs)

Idea: To use Boston Dynamics robotic dogs to save the lives of people whose hearts have stopped by jumping on their chests and rapidly cooling their bodies, thus giving rescuers an extra hour or two to revive them. Also: "ice dogs" roaming the neighborhood looking for medical emergencies and, in the meantime, serving as police dogs and package delivery dogs; the risk of "ice dogs" sticking to your body like a frozen flagpole; robotic "hot dogs" to prevent malfunctioning "ice dogs" from freezing healthy people to death

Matt Harper (Twitter: @MattHarperJokes Podcast: Another Episode Twitch: @mattopoly83)
Brett Mercer (Twitter: @brettmercer_ Podcast: Big Time Garbage Twitch and Web: @Brettmercer)
Johnny Mocny (Twitter: @JohnnyMocny Podcast and Web: @wearemoviespod)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Action Dads

Idea: A reality TV show where a family temporarily replaces the dad with a washed-up action movie star, such as Steven Seagal or Brian Bosworth. The action star would complain that his whole body aches and begrudgingly participate in family-oriented events organized by the reality show. He could be so horrible that he makes the family more appreciative of their real dad, or he could sleep with the mom and destroy the family. Also: action moms; solving every family problem using violence (for example, beating up a hostile neighbor); the family could help the action star more than the action star helps the family; the dad could temporarily live the action star's life and act in a SyFy channel B-movie involving a natural disaster and a random predatory animal

Brian Bosworth photo by jondoeforty1 license CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (photo has been modified)

Matt Harper (Twitter: @MattHarperJokes Podcast: Another Episode Twitch: @mattopoly83)
Brett Mercer (Twitter: @brettmercer_ Podcast: Big Time Garbage Twitch and Web: @Brettmercer)
Johnny Mocny (Twitter: @JohnnyMocny Podcast and Web: @wearemoviespod)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Good Netflix

Idea: A redesign of Netflix which is actually good. It'll be good because a) the shows are better (obviously), and because b) it'll offer a much more immersive experience. It'll support immersion into a particular movie or TV show by including commentaries, Arsenio Hall talk show promotional segments, bloopers, and other bonus content related to the movie or TV show. It'll also support immersion into the time period of the movie or TV show by showing TV commercials from the time period (and allowing you to buy the old-timey products in the commercials), by enabling censorship rules from the time period, by simulating audio/video quality problems of the time period (such as tracking issues), and by simulating other inconveniences from the time period (such as stopping the video stream at 1:00 AM to simulate the local TV broadcast tower shutting down for the night)

Matt Harper (Twitter: @MattHarperJokes Podcast: Another Episode Twitch: @mattopoly83)
Brett Mercer (Twitter: @brettmercer_ Podcast: Big Time Garbage Twitch and Web: @Brettmercer)
Johnny Mocny (Twitter: @JohnnyMocny Podcast and Web: @wearemoviespod)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Covid-Era Wedding DJ In A Box

Idea: A DJ-in-a-box for a Covid-era wedding (or other social event). It'd be extremely cheap because the socially-distanced event would only have around 10 people in attendance and therefore wouldn't justify the cost of a normal human DJ. It'd consist of an oscillating fan with some laser pointers taped to it, a pack of three "smart light bulbs" to put around the venue, and a Spotify playlist which you say is customized but is actually the same playlist for every wedding. Also: a self-hating DJ; optional add-ons like a holographic DJ, a celebrity Cameo for a wedding toast, and an entire wedding-in-a-box; a sad single person ordering a DJ-in-a-box to use alone in his apartment

Matt Harper (Twitter: @MattHarperJokes Podcast: Another Episode Twitch: @mattopoly83)
Brett Mercer (Twitter: @brettmercer_ Podcast: Big Time Garbage Twitch and Web: @Brettmercer)
Johnny Mocny (Twitter: @JohnnyMocny Podcast and Web: @wearemoviespod)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Table Pet Barrier

Idea: A barrier that surrounds a table or desk to block pets from jumping onto the table and eating your food. It would have sliding doors on your side of the table to either allow you to access the table, or block the table when you need to leave the table to go get ketchup. It would have a hand crank to allow you to lower it below the surface of the table when its not being used, so you don't have to store it somewhere. Also: Taking the Mark Rober creative engineering online course and trying to convince teenagers not to do dangerous things with motors and knives which might cause them to lose fingers; dogs eating poop and then breathing their stink breath onto you with the intention of making you lose your appetite so you'll give them your food

Joe Bates (Twitter: @JoeBatesComedy Comedy Album: Joe Bates Joe Bates Joe Bates by Joe Bates)
Jason Alt (Twitter: @JasonEAlt)
Joseph Johnson (Twitter: @JJohnsonComedy)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Virtual Commute

Idea: A virtual-reality simulation of your daily commute to work, to help make you feel like your life has returned to post-Covid normalcy. You'll get the sensation of moving a couple hundred feet every few minutes, just like a real commute. You can simulate driving inconveniences such as stressful traffic jams (by locking the virtual-reality helmet onto your head until you're late logging onto your real work computer), cracked windshields (the crack appears to slowly grow on the VR headset's screen until you pay $65 in real money to get it repaired), and lifespan-reducing smog (by breathing through a pipe which is hooked up to your furnace). There could also be a bus simulation for kids to simulate their daily commute to school, which could include a gadget that throws real spitballs at them to simulate being bullied on a real bus

Joe Bates (Twitter: @JoeBatesComedy Comedy Album: Joe Bates Joe Bates Joe Bates by Joe Bates)
Jason Alt (Twitter: @JasonEAlt)
Joseph Johnson (Twitter: @JJohnsonComedy)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Health Insurance Game Show

Idea: A dark and exploitative game show where poor or jobless contestants compete for basic human needs, such as health insurance, basic income, or citizenship. Also: eliminating taxes for game show winnings because the poor depend on those winnings; the British game show called "Beat the Crusher" where they crush your car if you lose; an idea for a celebrity game show called "Loan Shark Tank" where celebrities break your legs if you lose and can't pay; a jobless future based on building/crafting competition shows like "Forged in Fire" instead of full-time jobs

Joe Bates (Twitter: @JoeBatesComedy Comedy Album: Joe Bates Joe Bates Joe Bates by Joe Bates)
Jason Alt (Twitter: @JasonEAlt)
Joseph Johnson (Twitter: @JJohnsonComedy)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Food Circus

Idea: Traveling "food circuses"which are each based on a specific genre of food (Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Greek, etc.). Cooks and market vendors from that country would serve/sell food of every class of that food genre (markets, street food, normal everyday restaurants, fancy 4-star restaurants). The food circus would have scheduled activities, like speeches from famous chefs or cooking lessons. It would be designed to allow walking around, but also designed to enable quick entry and exit so people can go during their lunch hour at work

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 57

Melanie Gresham (Twitter: @mel_gresham)
Adam West (Facebook: @adam.west.73307)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit