Dragons Den Starts Again Tonight

It gets better and better.

Last nights gems had to be the self rotating washing line from the nutty grandad and the

Don't dis the wheelie bin..........they were from my home town

I'd definitely use on of these bin things for shopping

The patent they have is pretty cool, if its true, but I think some thought needs to go into the application of the idea.

It does visually look like a wheelie bin, which cheapens the product. Why does it need wheels? You'll never try and get that through the frontdoor, and kids will nick it.

If its got a lock on it, who has the key? Will the tesco delivery man have a huge bunch of keys, or will it be a standard key? Which will get copied and then makes the lock pointless.

Assume it needs power, so it needs to be plugged into your house, which can be awkard for a lot of homeowners if there is no obvious nearby socket.

Interesting idea, tough one to bring to market IMHO. Until then its a very expensive electric wheelie bin

Surely the most sensible way to do the lock would be a keypad with a single-use code. When the receipt for the shopping delivery is printed, it will include a new code for the delivery driver... when he uses that code, delivers the shopping, and closes the lid, a fresh code is generated and sent by text or email to the customer. Yes, it would be hackable, but it would not be worth hacking for

Now theres a thought for the school holidays

Do you reckon they could be soundproofed as well

Hey Steve, we could be on to a winning invention here?! A lockable, soundproof box stored outside to put the kids in at school holiday time......

Have a mental list of parents wanting one of these in my head already

We could target and market to home workers - make a ruddy fortune we would

I'm in!!! Need a better name for it, mobile childcare container?

Can we stick an LCD touch screen in there so I can pipe her home work through to her (yes I do make her do homework in the summer holidays) then count me in.

P.S.

and one of the water bottles you had for you hamster.

A hamster wheel would take up too much by way of space, but I daresay we could manage some sort of set-up with some pedals... faster the kid pedals, more power they have for the computer, once homework is complete, computer will allow games to be played.