The new umbrella will let you text in the rain, and will also offer a comfortable option for arthritis or carpal tunnel sufferers. The new umbrella difference will lie in its unique grip made up of four finger holes and a soft, ergonomic handle. The rubber material of the hand will conform to the user's hand for maximum comfort and will be strong enough to hold up to stormy conditions. The grip will also leave both thumbs free for texting, because texting doesn't stop just because...

I suggest using a new tactic to encourage people to shop by using QR coded clothes and automated dressing rooms. The store will contain multiple styles of clothes, but only one item in each style will actually be on display. The items will be hung on racks so customers can check the brands and styling, and will each be tagged with a QR code. When the customer scans the code with the store's app, they will be directed to a dressing room where the item in their size will be delivered...

The jacket will be basically a wearable bag, carrying your gear and clothing and leaving your hands free. The jacket will be a lightweight vest with twelve pockets hidden in the lining and two zip pockets on the outside. The jacket will hold up to 11 pounds of clothes, including a pair of jeans, a sweater, and four t-shirts, and will be made of durable ripstop Nylon and polyester with a microfleece- lined collar.

The suitcase will communicate with a smartphone to automatically follow the user, even locking itself and sounding an alert if it gets lost. The suitcase will move about on small set of treads powered by compressed air and will include a microcontroller able to identify and triangulate signals from the user's smartphone. It will follow at a constant distance, and will lock itself and send a vibration alert to the phone if the signal is lost. The bags can also be programmed to follow...

A new method of manufacturing blue jeans is making them greener while saving energy and materials. The advanced denim process will reduce the amount of water necessary to make a pair of jeans by up to 92 percent while also generating 87 percent less cotton waste, and producing less greenhouse gasses and waste-water. The process will use a single dyeing vat and replace conventional indigo dyes with eco-advanced liquid sulfur dyes that will require only one sugar-based reducing agent. ...

The shopping trolley handle will use LED's to let shoppers keep track of each item's food miles. The handle mounted device will be able to scan a product's barcode and determine its food miles, or how far it has traveled to reach the store. A series of LEDs will light up in relationship to how many food miles each item costs, with a larger number of lights indicating more miles. The handle can also be calibrated to measure factors such as fat, salt, and seasonality.

A method of gathering crowd density data using already installed cameras could lead to a new way of monitoring people's shopping habits. The software method uses installed surveillance cameras to monitor the number and flow of people throughout the day. Each person appears as a colored disc, making it easy to determine how people move through the area and where they choose to linger. It is designed to keep each person unidentifiable, and cannot track individuals. The technology...

A new LED technology will be paired with a smart phone app to help customers find specific items while shopping. The technology will involve the use of radio frequency tags that will be applied to the merchandise. Upon entering the store, the customer will use a public computer or their own smart phone to pinpoint the location of the object, which the system will able to determine by reading the flicker rate of the overhead LED lights. This flicker system will allow the tags to...

The suitpack will make it easy for biking businessmen to transport their work suits wrinkle-free. The suitpack will feature a compact outer shell with storage compartments for toiletries, laptop, and a roll-fold suit. It will be designed to hang easily in a locker room and include a solar powered integrated LED safety light.

I wish there was a chef jacket with nano-fabric. It would be water resistant, stain resistant, anti-microbial and moisturize release & breathable. Nanotechnology is a technology based on the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules to build structures to complex, atomic specifications. These proprietary technologies would alter fabrics at the molecular level, creating advanced performance and durability through the life of the fabric.