Hello Friends,
I am planning to build an electronic toothbrush for lazy as well as busy people. Not joking. Want to implement the same mechanism behind vehicle rain wipers, by using some gear motors,robotic hand and circuitry programmable micro controller based. Any design concepts
I am searching for a 32bit PIC. How'er the programming will be tough. Because each persons brushing style is different. There should be a user interface also I think...
I am searching for a 32bit PIC. How'er the programming will be tough. Because each persons brushing style is different. There should be a user interface also I think...
hi,
This is a common problem with patents, you need the financial muscle to protect them else you are easy meat.
There is used to a magazine called Research Disclosure where you could publish new ideas and get some level of protection.
Dont know if it still exists.
hi,
This is a common problem with patents, you need the financial muscle to protect them else you are easy meat.
There is used to a magazine called Research Disclosure where you could publish new ideas and get some level of protection.
Dont know if it still exists.
I heard of a guy who thought up an invention and he was producing it and making some money.
A large company stole his idea and then sued him for infringing on their patent.
In general, the "Captains of Industry" are supposed to suffer from this: https://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html
so I guess it is to be expected.
If you get Statutory Invention Registration for $10 or so, they can still steal your idea but at least they can't sue you for infringement.
I can't imagine anything else that could be done with a toothbrush. They pulsate, vibrate, light-up, play MP3 files, time you, "ultrasonic clean", self dispense toothpaste... Aside from some manufacture taking your idea from a Google search, there are some medical and safety considerations. Not only must your design conform to some standards (I would hope), but you need to make sure it can't be mis-used, and cause injury. It's a very risky project, too many people looking to snatch up your profits, mostly lawyers...
Smells bad.You all have to brush up ur teeths once more! Thats y I want to tell I'm not going to implement a handy electronic toothbrush as what already in the market, and I dont think that its going to be a successful product. In our busy world we r not getting much time to clean up our teeths...so my application will be a complete brushing station with a robotic hand and face detection technology! People can use it daily if they want or most applicable will be to use weekly on a sunday. Just insert ur face into the machine. thats all! It will detect automatically and do cleaning with paste,mouthwash etc...On monday u will be going to office with a white,glittering set of teeth..Again u can lead a lazy brushing for one week. It will be a complete dental solution!!!Ahh.....What's the problem with most of our teeth is that we r leading a lazy brushing for months and months..correct? So this weekly tooth brushing station can easily find customers on developed countries. And regarding patent and all, once we register a patent for our implementation, stealing is not possible I think. The brushing station will be introduced on market after getting a valid patent only.