Structure
Substitute
Product: Cell Phone
1: Hologram chat instead of facetime
2: Ergonomic, shapes to cheek while talking
3: Solar powered battery for longer talk time
4: Hovers next to face to allow for hands free use
5: Connects directly to other phone instead of through satellite
6: Small attached mind turbine to generate power while moving/walking to increase battery life
7: Completely voice activated for ease of use
8: Automatically calls significant other when they are in need of attention or want to talk
9: Automatic daily text messages
10: Ear attachment mechanism for hands free use. Holds your phone to your ear.
Combine
Product: Cell Phone
1: Solar energy charging for outdoor use
2: Phone built into a hoodie
3: Phone built into a hat
4: Glasses with phone capabilities
5: Pen you can talk through
6: Toilet phone
7: shower phone
8: “home” phone. Speaker/microphone system set up throughout the house
9: Phone built into pillow
10: Necklace with microphone and speaker
Adapt
Product: Skype
1: Hologram chat
2: Virtual Reality chat
3: Screen built into steering wheel for on the go chat
4: Always on feature. Camera can be turned on by significant other so they can see what your doing
5: Skype in your watch
6: Window that has a screen you can chat through
7: Glasses that display what your significant other sees
8: Bust of significant other that moves when they talk
9: Home window system where your windows act as the screen. When you walk into a different room the window in that room turns on/off to continue chat
10: Mirror TV screens so you can watch the same movie at the same time
Magnify/Modify
Product: Cell Phone
1: Heart beat sensor that makes the other persons phone vibrate at the pace of your heart beat
2: Phone that automatically calls your significant other when they are need of attention
3: Long-range-always-on walkie talkie
4: Make phones smaller and more compact to allow for easier transportation
5: Personal satellite so you never lose reception
6: Displays hologram projection of other person while talking n the phone
7: Attachable large antenna that dramatically increases coverage
8: Airplane mode where you can actually use your phone on airplanes
9: built in protective surface for added protection
10: larger screen for clearer face time
Put to other use
Product: Skype
1: Live security monitoring
2: Sharing experiences through a camera on ones chest
3: Phone call where you can send little bits of video during the call
4: Live sex game between partners
5: In-car use
6: Modify to be hologram Skype
7: Could be used for a two way window system
8: Glasses lenses that run Skype
9: live gaming
10: Scans face and gives other screen emotion updates
Eliminate
Product: Cell Phone
1: Take out smart phone features to conserve battery and serve as a tcommunication device
2: Single piece shell to reduce cost
3: Take away dialing. Calls significant other as you raise to your ear
4: Eliminate the volume button. Automatic volume
5: Eliminate text messaging for couples in long distance relationships to encourage talking
6: Ear phone only calling for clearer calls and no extra noise
7: Eliminating a screen and only having buttons would add simplicity and ease of use to the phone as well as save battery life
8: Eliminate ability to have multiple contacts. Focused on communication with one person
9: Black and white screen to prolong battery life
10: heart beat unlock instead of fingerprint
Reverse/Rearrange
Product: light pillow
1: necklace that lights up when both people are wearing it
2: bracelet that lights up when both people wear it
3: blanket that lights up when both people use it
4: blanket that lights up and heats up in the place where your partner would be
5: Lamp that turns on when partner uses it
6: blanket with a mechanical aspect that wraps itself around you when your partner uses it
7: vibrates to simulate partner breathing instead of lights up
8: shirt that you wear to bed that warms up as your partner wears it
9: instead of normal pillow, body pillow that hugs your body
10: shoes that light up when your partner wears them
Table based tool or TRIZ
TILMAG matrix for a cell phone
1: one click calling, like clicking a pen
2: clips to shirt like a clothes pin
3: sticks to wall like a post it note
4: requires a physical key to unlock
5: automatically calls partner at a certain time each day
6: phone with a car battery. might be a bit large but it would last a long time
7: ergonomic phone like a gaming controller
8: small cylindrical phone you can clip to your shirt pocket like a pen
9: screen that you can peel off to reveal a new one if you scratch it. like peeling off a post it note from the pad.
10: phone with buttons like a remote control
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