Ideas catalog
Every idea we've derived from recent research — the ones marked “Prototype” come with a live demo you can try.
A meeting tool that tracks who is staying silent during a remote data review and reminds the leader to include them.
Backed by 2 papers
A mobile app that teaches freelance and gig workers their legal rights and helps them track their work skills.
Backed by 2 papers
A high-capex infrastructure play that leverages a specific efficiency finding but lacks a scalable 'kit' or product-led growth strategy.
History and data packs for the sites of Ireland's 22 former district asylums.
A high-risk bet that attempts to productize a 60-year-old sociological theory into a corporate tool, lacking a clear mechanism for data collection beyond generic surveys.
A high-utility but over-scoped proposal that attempts to bundle three distinct infrastructure domains into one platform, weakening its immediate commercial viability.
Backed by 13 papers
A socially valuable but commercially weak concept that repackages well-established task-shifting practice under a common-factors frame, without a clear revenue model or defensible differentiation from existing programs.
A generic EdTech wrapper around well-known pedagogical theories that lacks a specific technical moat or a high-urgency commercial wedge.
A well-reasoned application of a classic psychological framework that avoids overclaiming by treating the model as a heuristic, though it faces a crowded market of generic wellness apps.
Backed by 5 papers
A niche, high-concept intellectual product that transforms sociological theory into a risk metric for defense analysts, though it relies more on qualitative interpretation than hard data.
Backed by 2 papers
A technically sound but commoditized application of standard CV models that lacks a unique moat and faces significant procurement hurdles in the public sector.
A niche ed-tech tool with a clear wedge, though it relies on a general academic survey rather than a technical specification for speech-to-drum mapping.
A well-reasoned pivot from 'divination' to 'decision-support' that leverages a specific psychological mechanism (safety over accuracy) while proactively addressing cognitive atrophy risks.
Backed by 4 papers
A blood test for autoimmune patients to check if exercise is successfully removing harmful immune cells.
Backed by 2 papers
A conceptually rich but practically weak proposal that attempts to turn 1930s philosophy into a software tool without a clear technical bridge or urgent market demand.
Backed by 4 papers
A church-based coaching program for women that uses saliva tests to track stress hormones and coping.
Backed by 6 papers
A high-potential clinical model for treatment-resistant depression that leverages strong efficacy data, though it faces significant regulatory hurdles and high operational overhead.
Backed by 11 papers
A professional service that helps medical groups rename stigmatizing diseases using a rigorous, fair process.
A niche SDK for server self-optimization that leverages a specific design-pattern composition to reduce server load, though it faces significant headwinds from modern cloud-native orchestration tools.
Backed by 2 papers
A niche editorial tool that applies a specific literary framework to conflict reporting, though it faces significant headwinds regarding newsroom adoption and the subjectivity of 'myth' detection.