Announcing the Best Buy College Innovator Fund
Do you have an idea but need a little help to get it off the ground? Best Buy wants to help!
Best Buy is on a national search to find, mentor and advance the next big innovators in the areas of technology, sustainability, education or related field. Best Buy is looking for consumers that have created a product, service or piece of software that may change the way we interact with the world around us. Winners will be chosen by an exciting line up of judges including Stephen Gillett, President of Best Buy Digital, Global Marketing & Strategy, and Tim Westergren, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Pandora.
To enter all you have to do is head to Best Buy’s Facebook page, submit a video of your innovations, and then you are eligible for one of four prizes totaling $100,000 (official rules can be found here)!
What are you waiting for? Go make that video!!!
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I have thought there has got to be a better way to hold a capri sun lol
No unique innovations here…but with that kind of money I’m going to start thinking of something! LOL!
Ive had lots of ideas but you just put me on the spot and cant think of any…..
Love that they’re doing this for a competition. Now excuse me while I go put on my thinking cap!
I can’t think of any off hand.
I don’t think I’m nearly creative enough to have thought of innovations on my own. I’m one of those who goes,”No Duh!” whenI see simple genius 🙂
Yes, I have, but I can’t say because someone may take my idea!
i’m usually behind the times on technology so if i do come up with something usually someone else turns to me and says duh that’s already here its such and such. I’m like oh yea
No, I’ve never really had any ideas for a new product or innovation. Wish I was more creative!
not really, i am not very creative
I really haven’t thought of anything inventive to pursue. But, anything that would help animals, namely dogs and cats, would be something I would wish for.
I really am not a creative person but if I was it would be an idea to help the poor or disadvantaged
especially children & the disabled.
Thanks for the giveaway!
a coupon organizer!
I have had ideas but nothing that would be too neccesary.
No! Sorry to say I am not the inventor in the family. Just a mom/ babysitter/ grandma/ wife.
I’m not really that creative. But would love to be.
I have…. I had been thinking of a better way of getting those little papers off of bows (that come in a bag at Christmastime).
a ladder for the house which is motorized and can move sideways without having to get off and reposition it
I don’t have any ideas for a new product. If I did, I wouldn’t be entering giveaways for cash.
A papershredder that also contained a solution to breakdown paper so it can be recycled
I have thought that for people who have to wear oxygen at home that their oxygen cord should have a wind up mode so that they don’t get tangled in it.
A device that can harness wind, water, and solar power together. Thanks Heather!
Catapult on the front of my car move cars going slow in front of me behind me. Not the nicest idea… but nice to think of when stuck behind someone.
I can’t think of any off hand.
I haven’t and if I had it was alway’s something already made lol
chrissylea1979 (at)gmail(dot)com
No, never.
Thanks for the contest.
Not yet… but give me some time! 🙂
I must be the non inventor type, never came up with such an idea
I really can’t think of any.
No, I never have that hasn’t already been done.
2dogs5catscrew@att.net
I haven’t had any revolutionary ideas…wish I had!
The ideas I think I have… well there’s usually something already in place for them LoL.
never had the creative mind but when I see something unique I’m like “why didn’t I think of that??!”
sweetheart4171(at)yahoo(dot)com
Not creative enough to have any type of innovated idea!!
No inventive ideas here, I have friend that constantly thinks up strange things though lol
I have wanted to create a sippy cup with straw that was actually easy to clean, take apart and put back together! I can’t stand the ones on the market now!
No I have not as of yet.
nope- none here
tcogbill at live dot com
nope, I’m not so innovative
No, I’m not very innovative!
No, no new inventions here!
no, never
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I don’t have the right mindset for envisioning new and different processes. I can certainly let you know when I don’t like how something is working or rather not working.
I’m sure I’ve had some minor ideas before, but I can’t think of any at the moment.
I have not. I leave that to the professionals
I haven’t really ever thought of anything but every now and then I wish I could sit down and just invent something
I think I have but I can’t think of any on the spot. Thanks for the giveaway!
A pager for the remote, hate when I can’t find it
My idea was to make covers for video game consoles since they get so dusty
I have no ideas.
I have an idea that I think is great but I’m not going to give it up! I need to talk to some experts about it.
no, not very creative/innovative that way
i have not.. i wish!!
I have often thought of things but realistically none are that great.
I have great ideas all the time, but not for tangible things. Song lyrics and poems are my specialty.
Can’t think of one offhand!
No, I haven’t. I’m not that clever.
I had an invention for a cake slicer but I guess it’s already made. :/ just never seen one
I’ve never heard of it (I assume it exists already though) but I would *love* a “robot” lawn mower. Like one of those Roomba things! Our yard is really big, and it is sooo hot here.
No, I haven’t had any product ideas
I live on the third floor of an apartment complex and I have thought about making some extravagent contraption where I can have something to lower my little puppy down from our deck so he can go potty and then lift him back up! haha, but I am not sure how to go about doing so!
I do, tons of them, they all come to me before I go to sleep. I swear this is true! I come up with the concept, how it would be useful and practical and how to market it then when I wake up I can never remember what it was 🙁 My hubby says I must of been an inventor in a past life lol
No I haven’t had any good ideas for innovations.
I worked on a team and we worked to design the basic plans for a fully above ground mass transit system fueled buy a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. Each Car would hold 16 passengers they are small because this was for a college campus and frequency of stops was more important than size and the campus was really really small
I worked on a team and we worked to design the basic plans for a fully above ground mass transit system fueled buy a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. Each Car would hold 16 passengers they are small because this was for a college campus and frequency of stops was more important than size and the campus was really really small
I’ve never really had any ideas for products
I’ve never had one but my husband has. He came up with an idea for new CNC design of tires and rims. He drew up the design but never went anywhere with it. Thanks.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
I’d never had a good idea- 🙂 but my sister thought up a new tool to be used in photo development. It made her job easier.
The email address where I subscribe is janmessali (at) gmail (dot) com
I have had many ideas, but forget them nearly as quickly as I come up with them
I’m sure there are products that exist that function in this way, but I’ve never seen one… I would love to see an adapted cell phone that is specifically made for teens/adults with disabilities… Ease of use and functions made simple taken into account.
I haven’t ever had any great ideas or innovations
I have had a few good ideas for products only to find out that someone else had just started making them. There was one really great idea that I had back in the early 90s. I wrote to Lorne Michaels at Broadway Video and suggested that he put out some music videos from performances on SNL. The letter that I got back said that it would be too hard to get the rights to all the various artists. Well, apparently they worked that out enough to be able to put out whole seasons of the show.
Nope – never had an idea for an innovative item
I haven’t but my husband and son come up with really great ideas all the time. Then we find out that someone has already done it. 🙂
Well, I had an idea for a dry erase board that allowed you to print off what was written on it or save it to a computer, but it turns out others beat me to the idea and the product is already for sale. Bummer!
a bag of endless popcorn. just keeps re filling
I have this idea for a a cold compress that attaches to your feet for plantar fascitis
I wish that I was creative enough to come up with a new invention, but I appreciate those who have
None, I’m not usually super innovative.
I have said lots of times, oh we should patent that and make a million dollars, but right now I cannot think of one thing that I said that about. LOL brain farts 😉
Nope never had any invention ideas
not lately, to burnt out to think these days
No, I’ve never had any ideas for a new product or innovation.
Having a credit card slider thing at home so I don’t have to keep typing my card #
when i was little i had alot of ideas, mostly of different kinds of toys lol
A pager button for the tv remote.
Have you ever had an idea for a product or innovation? What was it? Tell me in the comments section (below) on the blog.
i wanted to build a time machine,but i never found the time
My husband and I came up with the idea of a portable reading device…. right as Sony released theirs. I’m sure it was in the works for years prior but we were so mad!
Sadly I haven’t, I’m not the most creative person. 🙂
no ideas from me
I had an idea for a digital pen
Speed sensitive speed bumps = if you are going slow they collapse and don’t wreak havoc on your car.
I have never done this, i prefer to enjoy the innovations of others
I am always thinking” I wish someone would come up with …… to make this easier” but I can’t think of anything off hand.
No – I’m not very creative.
Can’t say that I have.
I’m not nearly creative enough to have thought of innovations on my own
I can’t remember specifically but I have thought about ides but found out they already existed.
I haven’t had any ideas. I’m not that creative but every time I see something new, I think wow, what a great idea!
I haven’t really had any ideas on anything to invent
i had an idea for a blender that was able to release the air bubble and not make a huge mess when i try to pour
no, but my brother did….it was some cell phone pouch to hold credit cards
yes, but not sharing….lol.
I never have, I wish I was that creative 🙂
A bar that comes out of your car’s front grill when you pop the hood button inside to save us from having to reach our hand under the hood to find the latch to open it.
I wish I had, but I have not.
While at school, I lived in a dorm, and we had to take our laundry to the laundry room, which could be a far walk. It was so hard to carry a heavy hamper full of clothes, so I thought that someone should make a hamper with wheels. I looked it up , and it’s already been invented though 🙁
I don’t have any exciting ideas to share. Not that innovative I guess!
Have not thought of anything creative for an innovation
kport207 at gmail dot com
Not me, but my husband won one of the top 100 inventions of america once. His idea involved making something from a dental drill piece.
I’ve had a couple but can’t think of them now – thank you.
I have, but I am patenting it.
I’ve had some great ideas, but then I forget to write them down
I have thought of a way to keep the carseat on the grocery cart. Just some way where it fits snug in place. I do not like using the ones provided bc of the germs.
I had an idea for a home laser removal device but unfortunately that has been done many times over by now lol
I thought about pens with whiteout in the tip.
I have try new recipes and thats about it
I have thought of a couple of things, but then found there was a product already out 🙂 I’m sure i’ll think of more things once i have my baby (he’s due in 6 weeks) and a mom always is thinking of things to make life with a newborn easier!
no but i wish i did
Can’t think of any at the moment.
The only invention I would like to make are brakes for shopping carts so they don’t run away into my car.
A car that would run on water and ar!!
I’m really not on the creative side.
No I haven’t unfortunately
No I really haven’t had an idea
A TUNA CAN PRESS
No unique innovations, just thinking of other people ‘s and wondering why i didn’t think of it…lol
they they should make a glow in dark pacifer
I really dont have a new idea but to make swiffer better have an extra button for some strong cleaner for tough messes.
Not much of an inventer but did think of the magnet nail polish many years ago
No, but my husband has thought of some things. He bow hunts and likes thinking up ideas for bows and broadheads.
a product would have to be something that makes life more simplier c; i just dont know what
wish i were more creative! no, i’ve haven’t thought of a unique innovation.
I have, but I never think to write them down an usually forget!
Yes I have but I can’t tell you unless I patton it! It is for arts and crafts though!
My idea was to organize all items of clothing/shoes/accessories on the computer/ipad for each family member….which has been created for awhile.
I have not really but my son is always coming up with little things he loves to do that.
no i haven’t i am not a very creative person that way.
I often come up with ideas for new inventions but I don’t know how to follow through.
I always think that disposable containers for food should always have a spot on them to write a date.
I was actually thinking the other day that someone should invent a motion sensor for the backseat of the car if the key is off. (To prevent people accidentally leaving their kids in cars.)
But I looked it up, and there already is one.
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the only idea i’ve had is for a lego organizing system based on color
nannypanpan@gmail.com
I’ve come up with stuff but usually just destroy it for fun
Yes Had an idea for a automatic raising umbrella !
yes I have. When I was little and my great grandma had a cane I wanted to invent one with a push button spike so when it was icy outside she wouldnt fall.
I’m sure I have, but can’t think of any now.
Never really had one but my kids could probably think of something 🙂
When I was young and played baseball, I came up with an idea of an extra piece of catcher’s equipment that strapped to the back of legs to make crouching behind home plate more comfortable. I wish I had pursued it, because now lots of catchers use them.
I came up with so many ideas when my kids were babies but I have since forgotten them all.
No I have never had a idea for a product invention, but I wish I did!
i am not very creative, I dont think i have ever thought of something unique
No, I haven’t, but when I see one on TV I think to myself…why didn’t I think of that!
A small, removable LED lite for the inside of purses.
to save packaging a supermarket would be like a gas station we bring our own reuseable containers and fill up with cereal and pastas and rices the non perishables
Yes I have… but not so much with something that would better the world…more along the lines of creative advertising 🙂 lol Thanks for the contest
jessica
I’m not the great idea type, so no.
No I haven’t idea for a product or innovation
If I had an idea I’d sell it by now 🙂
What about phone that can work as a coffee-maker?
I usually have the ideas AFTER I see them on a Made For TV or informercial! Ugh!
I can’t think of any right now! 🙁
-Ashley Marie Morrissey
ashummz05@yahoo.com
Automatic diaper changer… wait.. am I thinking about robotics..lol
A non-toxic, non-addictive, completely safe sleeping med for kiddos (joking, kind of . . .)!
I think I got messed up on the entries, but I did enter: cheers, dali, safeskin,phelps and mouse
I’m not that creative but I think digital coupons would be great instead of paper coupons
No, Not that innovative.
none come to mind
I’ve designed a few of my own fishing lures.
My husband is the one who is always coming up with good ideas for inventions!
I had an idea for a machine that dispensed medicine in little cups with a reminder alarm. (My son is disabled and often forgets his meds), but when I looked online, there are many medicine dispensers.
Nothing that would be successful or wanted.
I never have… though I’d love someone to create a better sippy cup that doesn’t spill.
I have never had an idea (that I can remember).
I thought of years ago when I was a kid the fonzie comb I thought it would be big. Thankyou, Ken
No, I am not very inventive- I have never had a product idea.
I’ve had so many ideas. One is a more innovative way to block sun from a parked car.
No great ideas, Yet.
I’ve thought of making eco-friendly [vegan?] edible cupcake wrappers.
I had an idea once for a better solution to bookmarking a page!
I have not had any new product and innovation for new products
I have awesome ideas all the time! Then I google them and find out they exist already. I guess the mini keyboard will have to fill someone else’s pockets, lol
No, I wish I had.
I have thought of a few ideas for around the kitchen but I don’t want to say what they are someone may steal it.
No real ideas… I would always love to have an extra momma hand though!
No, but I wish I had.
Anything I’ve thought of, they already have something for.
No, I can’t say that I have. I do fiddle with recipes and that is about as creative as I get.
I would love to see a step stoll that can be folded up small enough to fit in a purse or diaper bag.
Yes I want to make a fold button for my laundry!!
A device that will beep that can be clipped onto keys, remote, ect. (anything you lose alot) that will have a “home base” where you can push a button to set off the beeps. (Kind of like with a cordless phone reciever)
I have an idea for an alternative teen magazine that doesn’t focus so much on beauty, having the perfect body, clothes etc. There are lots of other things teen girls would be interested in reading besides how much they need to improve their looks.
No inventions here!
no, sadly. I wish I did!
I thought of a better way to dispense kids antibiotics 🙂
Don’t have any ideas.
No, I’m not that creative!
I had a startup idea for a storefront of sorts. I made it. I am trying to sell it now.
No, unfortunately I never have 🙁
No, I’ve never had any ideas for a new product or innovation.
nope. i am not that creative.
No really good new ideas yet that someone has not already invented.
When I was little, I told my mom I they needed to make a way to split a garden hose pipe into more channels. Of course, I, myself didn’t market it, but someone did come out with it. I’m not sure when, but of course I didn’t know it existed at the time.
No I have not had an idea for a product , but I have often commented to myself ” I wish I would have thought of that”
I had an idea for a device that really holds sheets in place.
chrisdeglen(at)gmail(dot)com
No, I’m not very creative when it come to stuff like that.
We could use this to start Christmas shopping
Nope, not really…
No I have not had an idea for an invention.
Since I have friends and family who are either hard of hearing or deaf, I had an idea that instead of a door bell that chimed I thought it would be great to have one that either lights up or have something like a flashing red light that would blink when someone is at the door.
kat_emerick@yahoo.com
I have come up with an innovative idea, but I don’t want to share. Gotta keep it under wraps. lol
no sorry, I have never thought of any good inventions
not really I wanted to make the thing that holds a salad w/dressing and freezy in the lid but someone already made it
I havent had any ideas or inventions. I guess Im just not that creative.
Everytime I think I have an idea I come to find someone else has already done it
i had an idea of candles for men, then somebody actually did it
When I was in 4th grade I entered my idea of a bird diaper into the science fair!
I have had lots of great ideas, but unfortunately everyone here must be able to read my mind, there we go, a thought blocking device, that’s the ticket!
medictom@gmail.com
Unfortunately I’m not that creative so no ideas
I’ve had flashes of ideas, but nothing significant.
Unfortunately I haven’t had any great ideas that could be the next big thing….yet!
no ideas or innovation
No, i’ve never thought of anything.
I’ve never really had an idea for an invention…and if I did…it was something goofy and stupid!
No I haven’t has any ideas for a product
I am not very creative to think of wonderful innovations. The only thing that comes to mind is a product that would help scoop ice cream without waiting 5 to 10 minutes for it to soften up. We have our ice cream in the deep freezer and its a pain to scoop unless you have it set out for awhile. If there could be a product that could help you scoop ice cream the moment you take it out of the freezer that would be nice.
In the past, I have thought of an idea called ‘build a bra.’ Most of us women have two different cup sizes. I think it would be cool to have cup attachments where you can piece together and build your own bra. One cup piece for the left, one cup piece for the right, straps, and connecter hooks in the front.
I ahve but couldn’t tell you what they are- they come on spur of the moment! lol
I’ve had ideas before, but never followed through on them.
Yes, back before fruit salsas got big I wondered if that would take off. Unfortunately I just talked with some friends about it.
I’m always thinking up craxy ideas for things but I can’t remember any now so the ideas must’n’t ever be that good!
I have tried to think of innovations, but haven’t had any luck so far.
cweller75@gmail.com
Not really. I create stories, not products. But I did suggest at my work that they offer the software to individuals and not just businesses. They refused, saying people would have no need for it like businesses did. Well, the company is failing and on tv, there is an infomercial that advertises the very thing I suggested to individual people. Should have listened to me!
For a school project one year I cam up with colored salt – so you could see how much you were putting on your food:)
I know that I’ve had ideas for silly things in the past but I can’t remember what they were right now. I know it was nothing that would actually take off. lol thank you!
I can’t say that I have. I wish I was more creative.
not off hand,sorry
amy16323(at)gmail(dot)com
Yes, but someone else has already thought of it usually.
I love those Cake Babies small appliances. I would love to invent one that had interchangable plates so you didn’t have to buy 10differnt appliances. Who has room for all that?
Not that I can think of. Thanks for the giveaway.
no i am not Realy that creative
So many of them! Mostly things to assist with folding the laundry. 🙂
Nope, still waiting to think up the next big thing.
I had an idea for a big lint roller for rugs. Apparently it already it exists, I tried it and it is terrible.
Well, if there is anything to make cleaning around the house easier, then any ideas are welcome. Perhaps a device that will help me find the things I seem to lose?
yes, i think that clear coffee would be an amazing invention but i have no idea how to make it!
I haven’t ever had an idea, but my brother-in-law is always coming up with things. At Christmas, its pretty much all he ever talks about. But he never follows through with anything.
An answering machine with different message for different callers (nice for friends, nasty for telemarketers)
Just when it comes to putting my own spin on recipes…in other aspects of life no.
no no ideas here im not that clever 🙁
No. I sure wish though
I have had a few, I love coming up with ideas. I wish I could share them, but I plan to put them into motion in the near future!
Not really–have often wondered why I didn’t think of some of the ones I have seen though!
I work on a school bus. It would be great to have an automatic counter, so every time a child gets on and get off, it would keep track of it. We are always looking for kids left on the bus, especially sleeping children.
No I have not had a idea for a product or innovation
Me? Not really. But my husband is always coming up with new ideas. He likes to make innovative ideas for fishing like carts and pole holders and stuff like that.
No, but I wish I did.
No, I haven’t had any ideas on new products or innovations.
When I was little I always thought that cars should have cooled glove compartments for drinks and what not.
I have not had an idea for a product or an innovation.
I had a idea once for a bath sling you would use in the bathtub for babies
Nope..never came up with any bright ideas.
Nope, I haven’t.
I’ve not really been all that innovative, just work all the time. 🙁
I have not really had any new ideas or inventions per se…..or just cant recall at the moment
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i would love to win and buy a new movie
I haven’t come up with anything yet
I wanted to make safer kids toys.
no, I havent thought up an idea yet.
No, I never have.
When I was little I always envisioned a kindle type of product kicking myself now!
I had an idea for a baby food saver for the refrigerator. Never followed through with it though.
I wanted to make wrapping paper that kids designed themselves.
I wish I did have an idea for a product or innovation but I haven’t (as of yet).
longbarb1@aol.com
I don’t have any now.
When I was younger I had my own board game