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Re:Ask HN - What's your best startup idea? by DannyDover on Friday October 02, 2009 @03:04PM (#857749)
I have always wanted to create a widget that would go into a dishwasher and change color after the cycle was completed. This way, you would always know if the dishes were clean :-)

It might work based on heat (drying cycle) or via a reaction with soap.

Re:Ask HN - What's your best startup idea? by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday October 02, 2009 @09:59PM (#858384)
Hmmm. My wife is always asking "are the dishes in the dishwasher clean or dirty?" Maybe I'll build one of these when I'm bored and want something to do. Shouldn't take more than a lazy Saturday morning to do.
Re:Ask HN - What's your best startup idea? by madebylaw on Friday October 02, 2009 @03:47PM (#857853)
And this would be better than checking the dishes themselves?
Re:Ask HN - What's your best startup idea? by aw3c2 on Friday October 02, 2009 @04:47PM (#857994)
(Us) Nerds don't like to move their body.