Michael Gitter

Idea: GO METRIC!

Metric System.  quarts? gallons? inches?, yards? miles?, pints?. Does any of this make any sense? I don’t think so.When I was a kid over 35 years ago, the elementary school was trying to get us to learn metric system. 35 years later and the only people that use the metric system are the local drug [...]

Idea: Gridlock

Gridlock solution.  Traffic gridlock makes up a huge amount of traffic jams.  In highly trafficked crosswalks, add a railroad crossing gate and blinking lights. The crossing gate would go down to prevent people from getting caught driving in the grid. Maybe it can be used only during rush hour?

Ideas: Car Mirrors

Auto Side View Mirrors.  Side view mirrors are bad. There are blind spots. In tight spots, they get hit and break off. They are not easy to see in bad weather. They require you to take your eyes off the road.  Cameras should be mounted in lieu of mirrors and shine the view(s) on the [...]

Ideas: Make Vitamins Covered by FDA

Vitamins and the FDA.  I don’t understand why the FDA doesn’t regulate the vitamin or homeopathic industry? You walk in to a health food store and everything sold there is un-regulated. What gives? There are doses of vitamin requirements in the supermarket on everything we eat. But not in the vitamin store? They sell stuff [...]

Idea: Batteries

BATTERIES. 1. I do not like using disposable batteries. They are bad for the environment. I don’t like throwing batteries into the garbage, but have no idea how to recycle them. 2. And I do not like having to buy multiple sized batteries. 3. Why can’t more products use re-chargeable batteries? 4. You should be [...]

Idea: NO MORE Ugly Buildings

Ugly Buildings.   There are so many buildings that go up these days that are poorly designed. The Javits Center for instance is one of the most poorly designed buildings in NY. Not only did it leak terribly when it was built, but the building is glass and could have been designed to take advantage of [...]