In 2009 CF Labs ran a 'Call for Ideas' to gather ideas for tools we could build to make lives easier.
The call for ideas has now closed.
14 June 2010 by lynne kellichan. No Comments.
Describe your idea: Set up an easy to use listings of how much power each product uses per hour so can compare costs. eg.1 Listening to radio programmes cost of listening on radio cost of listening on tv cost of listening on internet eg.2 Boiling 2 cups of water cost of boiling in kettle cost [...]
14 June 2010 by Steve Pett. No Comments.
Describe your idea: If everyone had a unique postal reference, post could follow them for life. What problem does it solve?: Friends wouldn’t lose contact, shareholdings would continue to send dividends to the right address and executors would have an easier job. This would be simple with modern technology!
14 June 2010 by german posada. No Comments.
Describe your idea: create an App. when Phone is more than 200 feet or more make it call forward automatically in & out for both cell phone & home phone What problem does it solve?: forgetting to call forward & missing important business calls & emergency calls
14 June 2010 by Phil Bradley. No Comments.
Describe your idea: simple really: companies that profile users must have some really detailed info – the business model revolves around it. Get them to send you it! What problem does it solve?: see above
6 April 2010 by Andy Butler. 1 Comment.
Describe your idea: I would like to propose a Consumer Focus Checked company status /chartermark / certificate for data recovery companies. What problem does it solve?: There are a number of companies which claim to have the skills and facilities needed to carry out the repair and rebuild of hard drives, but in reality they [...]
3 December 2009 by Tom L. No Comments.
Describe your idea: Better Post is a web service for people in the UK to find out if postal mail for them is still getting sent to the places they used to live, and for the people now living there to find out who to forward it to. I propose a highly usable, free website [...]
14 October 2009 by Sarah. No Comments.
Describe your idea: Set up a website to provide consumer info on mobile and fixed line phones, to enable consumers to shop around for the best service. Information would include mobile phone coverage in your area, price of service plans and ‘add ons’ to service plans. More demand for info on mobile phones, as more [...]
5 October 2009 by Ceri Williams. No Comments.
Describe your idea: Company directors exert a great deal of power over the operations of the companies they run. Despite the information being in the public domain on the Companies House website, it isn’t immediately clear which directors sit on the boards of which firms. In the US, the website http://www.theyrule.net/2004/tr2.php provides this info. Could [...]
19 August 2009 by Gill. 1 Comment.
Describe your idea: Provide an online resource for consumers to submit the names and locations of shops/businesses which are wasting energy by heating their premises during warm weather. The worst offenders could then be identified and encouraged to change their unsustainable behaviour. What problem does it solve?: This would make sure that the views and [...]
4 August 2009 by David Ellis. No Comments.
Describe your idea: Create and maintain a database of the ingredients of all products available for purchase in the UK. Separate databases could be established for different types of products such as food, health foods, processed foods etc. or databases for all products that contain such and such an ingredient. What problem does it solve?: [...]
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