StartupRealities

StartupRealities No 129 SaturnHoops is an equipment maker which designs and produces plastic crinoline -type hoop-skirt frames worn by both men and women for the purpose of adhering to the 2-metre rule of social distancing at outdoor concerts and mass events during the Covid-19 post-lockdown period. The skirt frame, composed of several hoops suspended around the hips, resembles the rings of Saturn which is why both the company and the product were named SaturnHoops. The hoops have a 2-metre diameter and form a protective virtual cylinder around the body that guarantees the person wearing it 2 metres of personal space when everybody else is wearing one. The company has patented its invention as both a garment and a wearable device. USE AT EVENTS Wearing #SaturnHoops is mandatory at music gigs, concerts and political rallies as this simple piece of equipment is the only mass device that can guarantee that the 2-metre rule will be maintained. As a result, concert organisers normally...

StartupRealities No 111 HomeConstitution is a subscription service that arbitrates and adjudicates on family issues and helps discipline children, rein in parents and iron out household conflicts. All members of a household (parents and children alike) are required to sign up to a set of pre-agreed rules, known as the #HomeConstitution, and to abide by the ruling of a panel of volunteer judges when their intervention is requested. LEGAL PROCESS To help draft the rules, templates of common rules are provided, e.g. " Mama Bear will give Baby Boo Boo a monthly pocket money allowance that cannot be spent on sweets" ; or " Boo Boo will write his homework every day" . Once agreed by all household members, these rules are framed and shipped to display on the wall as the family's HomeConstitution. In case of conflict, children or parents can request a hearing and adjudication by a panel of three lay judges. The plaintiff and the defendant select one judge each, whi...

StartupRealities No 36 FrameIt is a do-it-yourself framing automation company that allows customers to frame for their wall artworks or maps of any size. Customers bring their selected work of art to a walk-in or drive-through store, select the desired type and shape of frame and front cover, and an automated framing machine assembles a frame around the artwork in less than a minute. CEO QUOTE "Our motto is #YouNameItYouFrameIt because the customer is in the driving seat. We simply facilitate the process," said company founder and CEO Fran Ito. "Artwork framing is so expensive on the high street that our customers simply can't believe what an amazing deal they are getting with FrameIt," enthused Ito. Neo-Baroque picture frame (Source: Wikipedia )