Creativity Wasted Podcast

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In 5 Hours Energy

Health, ParentingJustin HicksComment

Idea: A delayed-release pill or drink to give you energy in 5 hours so (for example) you can wake up with full energy instead of having to make coffee and wait for it to kick in. Also: it could also contain instant-release Melatonin to both help you sleep now and help you wake up later; springing up when you wake up like Bruce Willis in "Pulp Fiction" and sending the pet who was sleeping on your chest flying across the room; using it on your shared-custody kids so their energy kicks in shortly after you drop them off; similar products called "In 5 Hours Alcohol" to mellow you out during an early afternoon work meeting and "In 5 Hours Nicotine" to help you cope with the stress of a visit to the in-laws

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Niko Lukoff (Linktree: @LaughYourLukoff)
Justin Hicks (Facebook: justin.hicks.92798)
Skippy Rose (Instagram: skippyrosecomedy YouTube: @SkippyRoseComedy)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

(Meno)Pause Pal

App, Health, TechAngela VergesComment

Idea: A smart watch that monitors a menopausal woman's body and alerts her (and optionally her husband on his "Man-On-Pause" device) if her mood or body temperature is about to change. Also: things that bring on hot flashes; the device could include controls for (or it could automatically adjust) the temperature of a room or matress, play calming music, etc.; a menopause-themed party game; a horror movie where social media accidentally causes the menstrual cycles of all the women of the world to sync up

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Mark Hamilton (Facebook: @mgamarkhamilton Instagram: @markhamilton6352)
Tommy Cook (Instagram: @tommycooklol Web links (like LinkTree): tommycooklol.carrd.co)
Angela Verges (Facebook: @angela.verges Linktree: @HottFlash)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Sickness Commercials

Futuristic, SciFi, Silliness, HealthTom WalmaComment

Idea: To use a futuristic Neuralink-style brain implant to make you briefly feel a disease when you watch the corresponding drug commercial on TV, to help you self-diagnose whether or not you have the disease. Also: making you feel worse if you have Covid or a transmittable disease to dissuade you from leaving the house and spreading it; making you feel the pain of a starving person or to lose a child to gun violence during a charity commercial or PSA; giving people universal basic income only if they submit to allowing TV commercials, the government, your doctor, etc. to use your brain implant to cause you pain with the goal if making you a good citizen (ie teaching you empathy, reduce spread of viruses, etc.)

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Kim Cook (kimcookcomedy.com)
Dan Brittain (Facebook: @danbrittaincomedy YouTube: @danbrittaincomedy2301)
Jasun Pierpoint (Facebook: @Beerplug Comedy at the Creek)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Calorie Counting Device

Health, Food, TechKim CookComment

Idea: A wearable device, like an Apple Watch or patch, that is somehow able to count the calories of the food you eat without any effort on your part, because keeping a food diary, even with an app, is annoying and time consuming. Also: using a combination of sensors and devices to estimate your calorie intake, including the Apple Watch to measure your blood sugar, some sort of implantable device in your stomach or nasal cavity, and a smart toilet to weigh and/or analyze your poop; using a "buttprint" or your DNA to automatically figure out who's using the toilet; an embarrassingly lazy way to count calories

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Kim Cook (kimcookcomedy.com)
Dan Brittain (Facebook: @danbrittaincomedy YouTube: @danbrittaincomedy2301)
Jasun Pierpoint (Facebook: @Beerplug Comedy at the Creek)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Physical Fitness Challenges in Dating Apps

Health, App, Social MediaDustin ColeComment

Idea: A dating app like Pokemon Go where you have to walk around and/or perform a physical fitness-oriented scavenger hunt to find and meet up with your date. Also: questioning the morality of dating apps allowing you to filter potential dates based on physical fitness test results; an online date that turns out to be a surprise competition against 100 other people; an absolutely insane online dating lie

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Dustin Cole (Facebook: @dustincolecomedy Instagram: @dustncole)
Casey Curran (YouTube: @Squavipwn Facebook: @casey.curran.54)
Darius Walker (Facebook: @darius.t.walker.1 Instagram: @the_dariuswalker)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Ice Cream Headache Machine

Food, Silliness, Tech, HealthTom WalmaComment

Idea: A machine which is surgically implanted into your nasal cavity that detects the smell of candy or other unhealthy foods and then rapidly cools down to intentionally give you an "ice cream headache" (aka "brain freeze") to punish you and dissuade you from eating the unhealthy food. Also: its battery could be charged by a wind turbine in your nostril; you could put other gadgets up your nose, like an anti-snoring device or a pepper-spray launcher; the humor of watching thin, classy women digging into their noses in public because of this machine

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Haleigh Potter (Instagram:@haleighpotter Music: linktr.ee/haleighpotter)
Andrew McFarland (Facebook: @amacproductions)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Mental Health Medication "IUD"

HealthMic GimbyComment

Idea: Mental health meds that can be inserted *somewhere* in your body like an IUD, so you don't have to take pills or deal with mental illness for long periods of time. Also: worrying that it might have stopped working or trying to dig it out of your body to make it stop working; Neuralink having to wirelessly recharge batteries located in your chest cavity (with wires leading up to your brain) every few weeks; placing the mental health medication "IUD" in your rectum

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Mic Gimby (Facebook: @devonaugust.gimby.1)
Amy Jo “Blondie Jo” Ezel (Instagram: @blondiejoezel)
Benjamin Cheek (Relentless Comedy; Facebook: @benjamin.cheek.14)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Stairbags

Invention, Silliness, HealthTom WalmaComment

Idea: A service that uses artificial intelligence to detect if you're falling down the stairs and quickly deploy a safety mechanism to minimize your injuries, such as inflatable bags that shoot forward out of the vertical portion of each stair ("stairbags"), walls that swing out to block your way before you gain momentum, or stairs that turn into a slip-n-slide with a soft landing of some sort at the bottom of the stairwell. Also: using a vat of pudding or food at the bottom of the stairs, so if you're injured and you can't get up, you can survive on the food for days or weeks; safety concerns about using a vat of alcohol at the bottom of the stairs; using slip-n-slide stairs as a security mechanism to keep burglars from going up the stairs and (optionally) to impale them at the bottom of the stairs

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Avery Sommerfeld (Facebook: @crazeecomedy, YouTube: Funny News)
Lisa Semerad (Facebook: @lisa.semerad.1)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Time-Release Caffeine Pills

Food, Invention, HealthLisa SemeradComment

Idea: A caffeine pill that you take before going to bed at night which kicks in and wakes you up at a specific time in the morning, so you don't have to fight against your tiredness to get up and make coffee in the morning. Also: are classic sleeping pranks real or myth?; a robot which throws a cold, wet washcloth on your face to wake you up; a revelation that requiring stimulants or gadgets to wake up could be a warning sign that you should lead a healthier lifestyle

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Avery Sommerfeld (Facebook: @crazeecomedy, YouTube: Funny News)
Lisa Semerad (Facebook: @lisa.semerad.1)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Exercise Machine Videogame Controllers

Business Idea, Invention, Health, TechTom WalmaComment

Idea: Handles for an exercise machine (such as a treadmill, bicycle, rowing machine, or even free weights) which contain a game controller for XBox/Playstation/Steam to allow you to play A-list videogames while exercising. The handles could be swapped from exercise machine to exercise machine to allow you to perform a type of exercise which doesn't interfere with your gameplay at any given moment. The actual exercise (the pedaling of a bicycle, for example) wouldn't impact the gameplay, although maybe that feature could be added later as an enhancement. Also: gyms are like medieval torture; almost falling off the back of a treadmill when preparing to jump in a videogame; playing a videogame while exercising to improve your fitness training; nerdy details on Tom's prototype treadmill videogame controller and how exercise equipment manufacturers could incorporate videogames into their devices

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Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Shallis M
Gus

Nicotine or Caffeine Infused Tooth Brushing Sticks

Health, InventionTom WalmaComment

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

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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)

Plug-In Liver

Silliness, HealthJames CoutureComment

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

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

Ice Dogs (Robotic Medical Rescue Dogs)

Futuristic, Pets, Robots, SciFi, Health, TechTom WalmaComment

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

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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)

Russian Roulette Diet

Health, Silliness, EvilTom WalmaComment

Idea: A diet where you'd still eat like a pig, but you'd go on a cycle of cocaine, bulimia, Fen-Phen, and other unhealthy (but effective) ways to lose weight, and an expert would manage your diet cycle to ensure that you don't do any one unhealthy thing for a long enough continuous period of time to get addicted or to cause permanent health problems

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 53

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David Otis Van (Twitter: @davidotisvan)
Dan Turco (Twitter: @Dansplaining)
Chris Lazar
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Shake and Shock Alarm Clock

Invention, NSFW, HealthSpruce RiceComment

Idea (NSFW): An alarm to shake your bed or shock you to wake you up. It could also defibrillate you, scare you during horror movies, and pleasure you. But don't use it if you're pregnant (wink wink). Also: it would hurt coffee sales; gradually shaking you more intensely until you wake up; hacking it to strengthen the shock

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 50

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"Spruce Rice" (Twitter: @LordBluntsWorth)
Avery Sommerfeld (Facebook: @crazeecomedy, YouTube: Funny News)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Frankenburger

Business Idea, Animal Rights / Vegan, Food, HealthTom WalmaComment

Idea: A healthy fast food restaurant which proudly proclaims that its food is not natural and that its veggie and/or lab-grown meat doesn't taste as good as real meat. But it's the same price, is humane to animals, is half the calories, and (unlike normal fast food) is reheatable. And the taste is constantly improving (multiple times per year), which encourages people to come back and try it again. Also: encouraging people to cook their own food is a poor design for society; health food snobs contribute to the obesity crisis by refusing to eat healthy food at fast food restaurants

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 49

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Seth Addison (Instagram: @sexaddictson)
Pat Sievert (Twitter: @patsievert)
Josh Courtnay (Twitter: @JoshCourtnay)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Rabid Fandom Extraction Service

Health, SillinessPat SievertComment

Idea: A service to help you get rid of an unhealthy or unwanted fandom. In other words, make you hate what you don't want to love anymore. Also: The service is not reversible, but it can make you dislike everything else more, so you're more depressed overall, but you feel like the fandom has returned; using your rabid fandom to annoy less rabid fans out of their fandom and then collecting their fan memorabilia in victory; inducing food allergies to discourage unhealthy eating

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 49

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Seth Addison (Instagram: @sexaddictson)
Pat Sievert (Twitter: @patsievert)
Josh Courtnay (Twitter: @JoshCourtnay)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

FartLogger

Tech, Health, Invention, App, SillinessTony VasekComment

Idea: A bed that counts and analyzes your farts for health purposes. Also: comparing your fart count to the foods you ate to figure out which foods cause you to fart; taffy-induced stomach gurgling masking the sounds of a potential burglary; keeping drugs on hand so if you accidentally shart in your girlfriend's bed you can lie and say that you muled the drugs so you can party

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 40

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Lauren Uchalik (Twitter: @loyooch)
Misho Shakur (Twitter: @mishoshakur)
Tony Vasek (Facebook: @tony.vacek.33)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Chill Pill for Women (By A Woman)

HealthMyles De LeeuwComment

Idea (NSFW): A medication for women to allow them to "chill out". Also: how difficult this idea is for men to talk about; would it be immoral to give it to someone without their knowledge; behavior changes in elderly men and elderly women

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 39

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Myles De Leeuw (Twitter: @mylesdeloser)
Jon Mullinix (Instagram: @mullinixjon)
JR Williams (Twitter: @jrstandsup)
John Sopkowicz (Twitter: @sopkowits)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit