Wireless Battery Charging

It's coming soon.  But just to paint a picture of what I'm hoping for...

Imagine your ipod has a plain black iPod shaped "pad" that it can be laid flat on - just like when you set it down on a desk or table.  Ok - now imagine that the iPod battery recharges through a proximity transfer of energy from this pad (which would obviously need to be plugged into an outlet).  Now no more wires & plugs to connect / disconnect.

If the iPod connects to the computer wirelessly to transfer data - then no more need for a connector!   

You can see something sort-of like this (prototyped for a car) on cnet here:

http://www.cnettv.com/9742-1_53-31323.html

In-line links

Everyone's been there: you're reading a paragraph on a website and
it's SO full of underlined words (links) that you find it difficult
to just read the text.

You should be able to toggle those on/off.

Banner Ads

So everyone agrees that banner ads are annoying. And yes, I agree with everyone. BUT (and hear me out please) - wouldn't it be cool if you could click / slideshow through banner ads like photos in flickr?!

So here's the scenario: I'm on a site that I like. Google is serving up banners related to the content that I like. But I don't care about the product in the banner. I MIGHT like something else though. Maybe I'm interested in finding a sale. Or perhaps I feel lucky (and bored). I click on a "next" arrow (or something similar) at the bottom of the banner ad box, and in slides a new ad.

Ideally, these would be quick loading, and simple. Let me scan quickly and do a cursory yes/no decision. I'd me MUCH more likely to click through if I sorted through 10 ads and suddenly thought "oh, I like that one." Plus it might become a lazy / curious way to travel between sites (and find deals)...

First off...

Often, I wish there were things, things that don't exist yet. Most of them could, just no one has put them together yet. Since I won't do much to make them happen, I'm going to start putting the ideas down here. Please feel free to steal. Just let me know how it works out. And if you make millions - maybe throw me a bone (no obligation - and you probably won't make millions off my ideas. but just in case :).