Imagine it's that festive time of the week. You want to pop open that bottle of wine or that bottle of sparkling cider (for those of us under 21) Enter the problem. You don't have a corkscrew to open that cork. Enter the CorkChain. The CorkChain is an idea inspired by the laziest of all human beings. The keychain bottle opener has become almost a necessity these days. Why not have a corkscrew on your keychain? A corkscrew is the preferred way of opening bottles with corks these days. It is safe, efficient, and does no damage to the glass bottle. The CorkChain will further simplify opening bottles and soon eliminate the need for a household corkscrew. The CorkChain is a portable corkscrew that clips onto your keys and stays clipped on for easy access.
This past week, we learned about the power of social networking in IST 195. I have only come up with this idea because I constantly see my Facebook "friends" posting about how they don't have a corkscrew and they need one. Through the power of social media, I have put this idea out on Twitter and have received a general positive response. While I doubt that I will actually produce a physical model of this, I really do like the idea and through the power of the internet, I feel as if I will be able to make this widely popular.
I have realized that through the power of social networking, I am able to contact others who share the same interests as me. I'm willing to bet that I will be able to find many other people who will support this idea. The main design oaf this will be a retractable corkscrew with foam padding on it so it is comfortable in pockets/purses/carrying cases. I plan to get this idea out and hopefully this idea can turn into a successful entrepreneurship project. That's my introduction. Goodnight and good luck. Maybe this can become something. Who knows? Till next time.
-Jordan Elkin
I think i follow the idea, but i am not sure about the details. Is it like a corkscrew that you would find on a swiss army knife? I could see this being popular with the college crowd for sure.
ReplyDeletefinally getting around to a response. i'll try to explain more on wednesday but it is pretty much a padded corkscrew that fits around your key ring along with a bottle opener that multitaks and can open both bottles and corkscrews.
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ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great idea! With people seemingly getting lazier and lazier everyday, having a corkscrew on a keychain would be useful to people who want to drink wine yet are too lazy to get up and find one. I can definitely see many people using this invention.
One question: won't a corkscrew hurt if you just walk around with it in your pocket?
Jordan:
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Every college student will at some point or another need a corkscrew for something or another. What set's yours apart is that it will be retractable, I know a lot of my friends who have one always complains about it getting snagged on something or poking them at odd times. I think that if you were able to work out all the logistics of it it could really kick off in the Sandbox. Yes, it is a very simple idea, but simple is good in this case, and with that small change you will be a true competitor to other corkscrew companies! Good Luck!
Now I am curious, would you use social media networks such as facebook to create ads and pay to have them put on the site?
ReplyDeleteGood idea! Seems very easy to make happen. This would be a cheap product to make and mass produce. This could be something that every person has on their key chain in 5 years.
ReplyDeleteI wish this existed. I have had so many predicaments opening wine bottles...I can open it by banging it on a wall, but that got a lot more frightening after I almost got beaten up by a neighbor once. Anyway, I'm shocked that this doesn't exist already, actually. I think it would be relatively easy to encase it in something that prevents the user from being stabbed while just carrying it around, but I know that sometimes it can be hard for people to just pull a cork out of a wine bottle. Maybe you could also make a "deluxe" model that has the arms on the sides (like this thing http://www.freshpromotions.com.au/products/deluxe-wine-opener1.jpg) for the less strong population. It would be pretty nifty to just unfold one of those from your keyring! Let me know if this ever happens...
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