NU2 by Maica Sy

NU12 IDEA#2 New Spending Habits by Maica Sy Our spending habits usually and typically influenced by the people around us. How familes and friends spend their own money may also affect and influence us. Do you think you were influenced, for better or worse, by their example? Get a piece of paper and list your money habits by two categories: Good and Bad. Examine your list carefully. What works for you? What gets you into trouble? Your list of good habits might include never borrowing from friends or your ability to set aside money to build up an emergency stash. Then, consider what conditions create the bad habits. How often do the bad habits get you into trouble? What could you do to change? Write out a plan that will help you stop repeating the bad habits. Be sure to give yourself several options, in case one of your strategies fails. Not all plans work out, so be flexible and ready to try another approach. Be creative when coming up with your plan. Many options are often available for getting what you want without spending money. Is it possible that you have time for a part-time job that would expose you to a hobby you enjoy? For example, while scuba diving is expensive, you might consider a savings plan to pay for training as a dive instructor so that you could eventually afford the sport by becoming a paid instructor. Think that's a daydream? Hardly. That's how you will develop good habits and discard the ones that hold you back: one small step at a time. 2.5

NU4 by Maica Sy - pothole detector apps

NU12 IDEA#4 POTHOLE Mobile Application by Maica Sy Being able to have GPS in the Philippines as well as the traffic mobile navigators is definitely a big help to motorists nowadays. Innovation takes something extra to make this process automatic and address the problem of those potholes along the main streets and highways in the Metro. The app takes advantage of the sensors on smartphones to report potholes automatically while users are driving the streets. Developed in partnership with a local professor, the Android app uses the accelerometers and GPS technology in users' phones to register when and where the user's car has experienced a pothole — allowing local authorities to map issues and take action more effectively.  4

NU5 by Maica Sy thermodynamic stones

NU12 IDEA#5 Thermodynamic Stones by Maica Sy I am always excited to see a variety of new product innovation. The simplicity of this product aims to help keep coffee at the ideal temperature for longer. These stones can be immersed in hot drinks— cooling them while they're too hot, and then heating them as they cool down. By using this, reheating hot beverages wouldn't be necessary anymore. <lack details>

NU 12 by Melanie Silverio : Sliced Fruit Kiosk

NU #7

Melanie Silverio

Sliced Fruit Kiosk

There are people who like to eat something while they go around shopping. My mother sometimes has this habit of buying fruits whenever we pass by a fruit station and eat it while we go around the place. However, it is hard to eat it sometimes because she has to peel it while walking around unless these fruits are like apples, grapes or any fruits that you don't need to peel before you eat.

It would be better if there will be a sliced fruit kiosk. Fruits are already sliced in small chunks and are skewed in a barbecue stick. For those fruits that are too soft to be skewed in a stick, they could put it in a small container. This would make it easier for people to eat while they stroll around or go shopping. Also, it is not that messy to eat. 3

NU 12 by Melanie Silverio - Glow-in-the dark colored Flashlight

NU #8

Melanie Silverio

Glow-in-the dark colored Flashlight

A flashlight is one of the important must-have in our house. It is very useful especially during the rainy season since that's the time that we experience brownouts. However, I've noticed that flashlights usually come in colors like black or red so when the lights go off sometimes it's really dark that you can't really see a thing. People often struggle looking for the flashlight. Manufacturers should change the colors of the flashlights to a color that glows in the dark. By doing so, people won't have a hard time looking for it since it will be very visible when the lights go off and it will also minimize accidents. 3

NU 12 by Melanie Silverio E-Pass for Parking

NU#9

Melanie Silverio

E-Pass for Parking

Sometimes when I go out of the parking lot and pay for the parking fee, the line is so long that it takes several minutes for me to go out. It can be a hassle for me sometimes especially when I have an important appointment to go to.

A thought came into my mind while I experience this situation, if cars can go through express lane in toll gates via e-pass, why not do the same thing for paid parking lots. They could make an e-pass that can be used not only in toll gates but also in parking lots. Places that have paid parking lots can have an express lane as well for cars with the said e-pass. This is very convenient especially for people who are always on the go and also for those who dislike waiting in lines for a long time. Procedure is just the same as usual, from buying the e-pass to loading it. 4

NU12 by MS - Tracking Device for Kids

Melanie Silverio
NU12




My sister already has two kids and whenever they go to the mall, the kids would be all over the place so it is really hard for her to do her shopping and watch her kids at the same time. I'm sure that most moms can relate to this. So what they would normally do is hire a "yaya" or babysitter to watch over their kids when they go shopping or busy with something. From this, I thought of a product (tracking device) that would be useful to this situation. Adults would have this cellphone-like tracking device with them while their kids would wear a watch or bracelet that is connected to the tracking device.

Here are the features of the proposed tracking device:

1.  When the child goes beyond 6 or 7 feet away from you the device would alarm to call your attention just in case you are so busy with something and did not notice that your child has already tried to go somewhere. 

2. It is also like a GPS wherein you will also be able to monitor the location of your child.

3.On the child's watch or bracelet, there is an information that has the name of the child and his/her parents and contact no. as well. 

4. This device is also rechargeable. 

I think that this device would also help lessen the incidents of missing children in our country. 4

NU12 by Melanie Silverio - Reserved Parking at Malls

Melanie Silverio

NU12

Whenever I go to a mall, it's so hard to look for a vacant parking space most especially during weekends and holidays. Sometimes I wait for 20 minutes or so just to park my car. For sure a lot of people can relate to this. The first thought in my mind was, if people can reserve their tickets online to avoid waiting, why not do the same for parking? This is where E-Commerce would come in the picture. Malls can include online parking reservation to their website or create an online parking reservation website. It is basically similar to reserving a movie ticket online. The website must contain a list of shopping malls, no. of vacant parking and time indicator.

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     1. Shoppers will have to sign up first before they could make a reservation.

2.    2.   After they sign up, they will have to choose from the list of shopping malls and check for available parking space.

3.    3. They will also have to indicate what time they will most likely be arriving at the mall. If they have not arrived after 20 minutes of the time that they have indicated, their reservation will be forfeited.

4.    4.  After making the reservation, they will receive a confirmation code that they will show upon entering the parking lot and from there they will receive the number of their parking space.

5.    5. Confirmation no. may be printed or sent to their mobile phone.

There will also be a parking area for those who did not make any reservation. 4

NU 12 by Melanie Silverio - On Line Grocer

Melanie Silverio

NU12 (Week 1)

Online Grocery

A lot of people nowadays are having a hard time to fit grocery shopping in their daily itinerary due to their tight and busy schedule. In addition to this, when you go grocery shopping during weekends you are most likely going to experience long lines, crowded supermarket and full parking. I personally have experienced all this and sometimes I end up not going instead. Even with buying clothes, lately I buy my clothes online because it saves me time and the hassle of going to the mall. Because of this, an idea occurred in my mind, if i can buy clothes and fashion items online then there is also a possibility of supermarkets having an online grocery stores. We can experience doing grocery at the comfort of our own home and we can even monitor the total amount of all the items that we have chosen and keep it within our budget. 

Here's how we can do it:

1. Select a supermarket and the location.

2.You will then choose items subject to availability. Total amount will be seen simultaneously as you choose the items that you want to buy.

3. Once you're done grocery shopping, you have the option to have it delivered or if it's near your home, just drop by and get it (already prepared).

4. You can choose credit card as mode of payment, and if you're going to pay in cash you will have to drop by the supermarket. 3.5 <please check Mike's latest Nu 12)