New Ideas Everyday…But Are They Really New?
In my infinite search for new wisdom, I am subscribed to an interesting site called Idea a Day. Today’s idea was something of obvious interest to me: vacuums. The author of the site made an interesting suggestion for a new kind of vacuum. Check out the idea below:
“Manufacture a vacuum cleaner with an integral carpet freshener function. An adjustable switch or trigger on the handle would dispense the user’s preferred brand of carpet deodorizer through a series of wide-spray nozzles on the front of the device. A dial mechanism (similar to those used on steam irons) would allow the user to adjust the intensity of each burst of the good stuff.”
After summoning the more mechanically and technically inclined members of the GoVacuum team for an emergency vacuum invention meeting, I realized that this technology already exists. Actually, I didn’t realize anything, I was reminded by GoVacuum’s CEO Bill Anand that this technology already existed. He reminded me of his early days of entrepreneurial activities where he sold Rainbow vacuums.
As it turns out, through the use of the Rainbow’s water filtration system, you can add fragrances into the machine so that your vacuuming efforts leave your carpets clean and smelling like your favorite fragrance. I believe the only part missing from fulfilling the “Idea a Day” dream is a nozzle that controls the level of fragrance output.
In the end, it was nice to see a dream come to fruition, albeit a partial fruition. It did leave me wondering, however…do any of our readers out there have their own vacuum invention dreams?
