HR portals mushroom out in the Internet. They are almost as popular as dating sites. To attract visitors, the organizers of such portals often suggest original ideas. For example, the main feature of Jobsket site is that all CVs are evaluated by a special program reasoning from the experience and education of candidates, i.e. each candidate can find out his real value on the market. The main objective of the South African GetaGreatBoss resource is to help job seekers to find a good boss....

Heart rate monitor watches are widely used. My idea is to improve such watches so as they are able to monitor the heart rate as well as calculate calories burnt. They can also have the capability to scan products' bar codes and provide the information about how many calories were consumed versus how many calories were burnt. I think such watches could help people who intend to lose weight.

For decades, rag-pickers have been marching up and down the city's railway tracks gathering empty plastic bottles, wrappers and other garbage discarded by commuters. The solution for this has already been found in India. Central Railway engineers there modified an old engine into a massive trash can able to pull in all the garbage as it chugs along the tracks.

Torque vectoring gears for wind turbines eliminate the need for the twofold conversion process required before the current is fed into the grid. The process of converting the current produced by the turbines into an alternating current of the right frequency results in a loss of almost five percent. To prevent this loss, I suggest developing an active torque-vectoring gear that can operate at exactly 1500 revolutions per minute regardless of the rotational speed of the motor. This...

My idea is to design a self-balancing walking stick. Such a stick will address a seemingly innocuous problem that plagues many seniors: having to pick up their walking sticks. The whole purpose of a walking stick is to aid in walking and balance, so if it fails down picking it up can be equivalent to a dance with death. The stick will be designed to always stay upright.

Do not fill an aquarium with water just after the purchase. If an aquarium has a frame and glass junctures are covered with putty or sealant, then let such an aquarium settle for a couple of days, change the water once a day. During this time, all toxins from putty are supposed to dissolve in water. Then wash your aquarium thoroughly, fill it with water and leave for at least a day. And only then put fishes into it. The water level in the aquarium drops over time... this is...

It would be cool to change bar codes on the goods with RFID signs. This will eliminate the necessity to take out all your staff from a shopping basket so as a shop girl can calculate the total price. With such a change a cash terminal detector will send electromagnetic waves to exchange data with each product in your basket (and not only in the basket!!!) and provide the total sum value to be paid.

Why not create a rifle that can be converted to a fishing rod, providing a lightweight and compact option for backpacking hunters? Rifle that transforms to fishing rod The rifle will weigh under 15.5 oz, and will be quickly broken down into two pieces, which will make it easier to pack. The rifle itself will be a single shot, .22 caliber made of aluminum and carbon fiber. It will convert to a fishing rod by extending the butt stock tube and attaching a reel to the handle.

It would be cool to have ear plugs able to filter noise electronically. Using such ear plugs, you can easily talk to a co-worker, while filtering out background noise, by simply twisting the adjustment knob.

It would be cool if our mobile phone or PDA beeped when there was our friend nearby. It seems to be possible using Bluetooth technology.