Marketing question

06-18-2007, 03:10 PM

Working on that invention I was talking to you about.
At first I was thinking of marketing it to stars, making it impossible for paparazzi to take their photos.
Now, I'm thinking, I could do that at first, with a higher price until the market saturated.
Then, what if I went to a broader market. Longer battery life and a longer lasting and lower emittance ... well that's enough.
The back of people's cars so cops could not record their license plate.
Walking through downtown London, no face recognition, at an ATM, etc?
Hmmmmm?

Flint · 06-18-2007, 03:23 PM

Sounds neat. What's the question?

06-18-2007, 03:43 PM

Would you buy it, why, any marketing suggestions?

Sundae · 06-18-2007, 03:46 PM

Hmmmm. Sounds like a boon to the criminal fraternity as well as celebs.

I don't know about the US, but in the UK it is illegal to obscure your number plate. My ex was stopped by the police for having mud all over his numberplate - it was genuinely just muddy (we'd been up to the woods) but it gave them the chance to check his tax and breathalyse him - we'd been to the pub afterwards and the car probably smelled of the booze on my breath at least.

This suggests a product that has the same effect (however it is achieved) would probably be outlawed.

Flint · 06-18-2007, 03:50 PM

It does sound illegal, but that doesn't stop anybody else from selling gadgets in the back of Popular Science etc.

Cloud · 06-18-2007, 04:21 PM

you developed a cloaking device?

glatt · 06-18-2007, 04:29 PM

So you invented something like this camera blocker invented at Georgia Institute of Technology, but portable?

06-18-2007, 04:37 PM

Why illegal, no one has a right to take your photo? In no way would it obsure the plate, just make it impossible for anyone to take a photo of it. Not the same thing at all.
I have not developed that aspect of it yet, anyway. Still working on the still camera aspect, video is a long-term goal. But, once I get my stuff done, others will expand on it, no doubt.
I am working on it.
I e-mailed the guy from GA... thanks.

It would not be a cloak, but to those monitoring me in London, I would be a big blank spot or ... well, "other". It would be SWEET.
The more I think about it, the more I think I could input images, like a panda, big middle finger, etc, onto the immage that does get recorded... hmmmm....?
I'm probably giving it away to those who understand.

Rexmons · 06-19-2007, 07:28 AM

if you're an a public place they have the right to take your picture.

Happy Monkey · 06-19-2007, 10:53 AM

Well, they have a right to point the camera and shoot in your direction, at least.

DanaC · 06-19-2007, 11:07 AM

I saw a programme the other night, part of the BBC4 'Birth of Now' series, looking at the Edwardians. Once cameras started to become more portable, and ceased the need for the subject to sit still for an hour, the Paparrazi were born

06-19-2007, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Well, they have a right to point the camera and shoot in your direction, at least.

And I have a right to stop them... and if I place "fuck-you" or something like it on their image, good for them.

06-18-2007, 03:10 PM	#1
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Marketing question Working on that invention I was talking to you about. At first I was thinking of marketing it to stars, making it impossible for paparazzi to take their photos. Now, I'm thinking, I could do that at first, with a higher price until the market saturated. Then, what if I went to a broader market. Longer battery life and a longer lasting and lower emittance ... well that's enough. The back of people's cars so cops could not record their license plate. Walking through downtown London, no face recognition, at an ATM, etc? Hmmmmm?

06-18-2007, 03:23 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Sounds neat. What's the question? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-18-2007, 03:46 PM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Hmmmm. Sounds like a boon to the criminal fraternity as well as celebs. I don't know about the US, but in the UK it is illegal to obscure your number plate. My ex was stopped by the police for having mud all over his numberplate - it was genuinely just muddy (we'd been up to the woods) but it gave them the chance to check his tax and breathalyse him - we'd been to the pub afterwards and the car probably smelled of the booze on my breath at least. This suggests a product that has the same effect (however it is achieved) would probably be outlawed. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-18-2007, 03:50 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	It does sound illegal, but that doesn't stop anybody else from selling gadgets in the back of Popular Science etc. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-18-2007, 04:21 PM	#6
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	you developed a cloaking device? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-18-2007, 03:43 PM	#3
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Would you buy it, why, any marketing suggestions?

06-18-2007, 04:29 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	So you invented something like this camera blocker invented at Georgia Institute of Technology, but portable?

06-18-2007, 04:37 PM	#8
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Why illegal, no one has a right to take your photo? In no way would it obsure the plate, just make it impossible for anyone to take a photo of it. Not the same thing at all. I have not developed that aspect of it yet, anyway. Still working on the still camera aspect, video is a long-term goal. But, once I get my stuff done, others will expand on it, no doubt. I am working on it. I e-mailed the guy from GA... thanks. It would not be a cloak, but to those monitoring me in London, I would be a big blank spot or ... well, "other". It would be SWEET. The more I think about it, the more I think I could input images, like a panda, big middle finger, etc, onto the immage that does get recorded... hmmmm....? I'm probably giving it away to those who understand. Last edited by rkzenrage; 06-18-2007 at 04:44 PM.

06-19-2007, 07:28 AM	#9
Rexmons - Kavkaz United - Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 613	if you're an a public place they have the right to take your picture. __________________ "Life's a bitch but God forbid the bitch divorce me..."

06-19-2007, 10:53 AM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Well, they have a right to point the camera and shoot in your direction, at least. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-19-2007, 11:07 AM	#11
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I saw a programme the other night, part of the BBC4 'Birth of Now' series, looking at the Edwardians. Once cameras started to become more portable, and ceased the need for the subject to sit still for an hour, the Paparrazi were born

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