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Editor’s note:
With no disrespect to
the Revd. Peacock,
who got in good and
early with this idea,
the concept of a gym
powered by its
members’ muscles
must have been
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Employ the energy expended on exercise equipment in
gyms to power the gyms themselves. Cycling, rowing
and other equipment could be connected to dynamos
and a generator, producing enough power to provide
electricity throughout the complex.
Revd. Graham Peacock
23 October 2000
or 30 times since. It’s
not far from becoming
a rite of passage for
all new Idea A Day
contributors.
Develop software that allows users to customise generic
literature such as romantic novels. Mills & Boon would be
the perfect partner in a website hosting the service.
Users would enter the names of friends as characters and
base the stories in places and scenarios common to their
own lives. Customers could download a digital version of
58the novel or, for a premium price, order a published
version complete with artwork, which would make a
unique gift. Mills & Boon would have an option to publish
results which proved to be particularly successful.
Becky Clarke
26 October 2000
