Validate your problems, startup ideas to create products which people want

Personalised medicine for depression #mentalhealth #treatment

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:48:00 +0000

It is not just that depression is hard, treating depression itself is very hard. Due to number of variables for the occurrence of depression like environment, genetics and numerous other factors in the brain; most common treatments available for depression don't work for everyone.

Patients with depression often have to undergo, long cycles of medication to see if the particular treatment has any positive feedback. Current treatment for depression like SRI/SNRI medications do work for many after several weeks but if it doesn't then the long course of medications, usually with side-effects are useless.

There is a need gap for personalised medicine for depression, where the patient can be diagnosed fast, easily and accurate medication be prescribed immediately instead of current trial & error type of depression treatments.

5 points posted by Anonymous

Audio visualiser which can output to CRT monitor #visualiser #retro

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:55:00 +0000

Techmoan (Matthew Julius Taylor), the famous youtube retro tech reviewer has a need gap for a device which take in audio input and outputs a visualiser to a video display. His intention is to convert old black and white CRT display to audio visualisers, so device needs to connect with RF input and perhaps needs a bluetooth receiver for receiving the data.

If anyone knows a solution for this need gap or is interested to work on it, please mention it in the comments.

1 points posted by needgap finder

Enabling hearing aid features on TWS earphones #audio #hearingaid

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 15:03:00 +0000

Hearing aid technology have come up a long way, they are tiny that it's unnoticeable on a person wearing one, highly efficient, customisable from app and can give super human hearing abilities but at a premium price. Luckily TWS (True Wireless Stereo) bluetooth earphone technology has grown exponentially as well and many of its features are synonymous with premium hearing aids but at lower cost.

Ever since Apple removed 3.5 mm audio jack in its iPhones, other manufacturers have been following the suit and fuelled by the demand there's no dearth of TWS earphones at different price range. Though the primary function of TWS earphones are to output what is available to the phone speaker via bluetooth to the in-ear earphones, some of the available tech can be used to enable hearing aid features.

Hearing aid features such as audio amplification can be enabled via the combination of mic in the earphones and audio processing in the app. Ambient noise cancellation can be enabled in the same way, giving us a quiet ambience on demand when we need to focus. All these without any prejudice which comes from wearing hearing aids.

5 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Deep Fake video detection #FakeNews #MachineLearning

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 14:17:00 +0000

Deep Fake video is where the facial expression, speech of the person shown in the video aren't real and is computer generated using Machine Learning. This has profound consequences on how we validate the content, accelerating the fake news problem and even affecting the legal system in the countries which accept videos as evidence.

Imagine a video showing leader of a country discussing pre-emptive strike on another country, only that content of the video is not real but an ultra realistic deep fake video, but in the age of confirmation bias; we cannot expect people to validate everything they see or hear (if that was possible, fake news problem wouldn't exist in first place).

There are ethical use cases for deep fake video but there would be no stopping to exploitation of the deep fake tech for nefarious means. Hence there is a need gap for building tools which can be integrated in the systems for validating information.

5 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Deep Fake video generating SW for ethical usage #DeepFake #MachineLearning

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:39:00 +0000

Deep Fake video is where the facial expression, speech of the person shown in the video aren't real and is computer generated using Machine Learning. Though the generation of deep fake videos fairly simple with right ML tools and setup, it is not yet available as a commercial grade software; though it may change soon.

There's lot of controversy surrounding deep fake videos for right reasons, as it could accelerate the Fake News/ Misinformation problem, but this need gap is for the ethical usage of deep fake (needs better name?) videos.

Online video consumption is growing at unprecedented rate, people spend inordinate amount of time (6hrs-8hrs/week) watching videos. Traditional content formats such as text, has already fallen out of favour. For someone who cannot indulge in the physical effort of creating videos can only rely upon deep fake video tech to generate video for them when a script is fed to it.

Besides, deep fake videos can save video production cost for all.

5 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Transparent property pricing via AR #RealEstate #AugmentedReality

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:07:00 +0000

I want to capture a property (land/house) on the smartphone camera, it's estimated price, features should be overlaid on the property using Augmented Reality. This can avoid brokers, exaggerated pricing, time consumption and get the value of any property in real-time.

I guess this needs to be done by using the data, estimates available with the government and on-ground surveys but I leave the implementation/solution discussion to the comments.

There is a need gap for transparent property pricing via AR.

3 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Why something is trending on the social networks #socialmedia #information

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 07:13:00 +0000

I'm not constantly hooked to social networks, but when I do occasionally use it; I find some topic trending but unable to find the reason until I put some reasonable amount of time in searching for it.

I think there is a need gap for a service which shows what is trending, where and why is it trending as well in one single place. Please let me know if there is any such service already.

5 points posted by Shabeer Ahmed

Skin care cosmetics irrespective of skin colour #skincare #india

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 06:59:00 +0000

This could be an India specific need gap, I would like to have skin care products which doesn't pitch on making skin fairer but just helps with skin care irrespective of the skin colour.

Almost every major cosmetic brand in India is pitching on making skin fairer indulging in extremely false advertising, while rest of the developed world has moved on to skin care products. Skin care is the largest growing segment of the cosmetic industry in the western countries.

There is a need gap for skin care products in India, which doesn't advertise about skin colour but about improving, maintaining quality of the skin whatever colour it may be.

3 points posted by Ellakiya Raju

Wearable low latency display for computers #display #wearables

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 06:26:00 +0000

I want computer output to be displayed as stereo vision on my eye glasses, just like any external monitor. This would be indispensable for anyone with accessibility issues and could improve productivity for even those without any medical issues if they want to operate their computer while lying flat on the bed.

When I was confined to the bed during recovery from debilitating surgery, I scoured for such a device which could help display computer output to my eyes while I lay on the bed but couldn't fine one which fills this need gap.

There are devices which advertise to fulfil such requirement, but fails to deliver their intended purpose. There are wired attachments to eye glasses, which project output from HDMI, but these are limited by resolution of the output and doesn't offer stereo vision i.e. it works on the single eye. There are full-fledged stereo vision glasses which display certain media services, web browser, FPV video feed as Picture-In-Picture (PIP) but not direct output from the computer.

Display and stereo vision optics technologies have grown exponentially thanks to VR, wireless wearable low latency display need gap should be fulfilled.

3 points posted by Abishek Muthian

At which point in the video, users pressed like #analytics #video

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 05:24:00 +0000

'Likes' are the current social currency and are integral part of the online video hosting sites like Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook etc. We can see the number of likes on the video, but we don't know at which point in the video users pressed the like button.

If the user likes are represented as some form of distribution graph overlaid at the bottom of the videos, we can skip to that part of the video directly if needed i.e. skipping to the good part of the video instantaneously.

Thinking about this, skipping to the good part of the video might be exactly the reason why the video hosting sites don't provide this feature as it could be used to skip Ads; then again Ads could be inserted right at the most liked segment of the video nor that I favour such practices or that it is not already happening.

But, this might further add up to the problem of limited attention, instant gratification as people might just watch only the most liked part.

There is a need gap for enabling public 'Like' analytics for videos by the video hosting sites. If you agree with this need gap, do share your opinion and let the video hosting sites listen to you.

2 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Making books interactive via AR and VR #books #AugmentedReality

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 18:02:00 +0000

Imagine for a moment, the world as imagined by J.R.R Tolkien, George R.R Martin, H.G. Wells etc. coming to life before our eyes when the pages of 'The Lord of the Rings' or 'A Song of Ice and Fire' or 'The War of the Worlds' etc. are seen via smartphone or via Virtual Reality headsets.

I feel, we can breathe a new life to the even century old fictional books by making use of the advancement of the Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality technologies. The authors mentioned above are world builders first and authors next. Their worlds, deserves to be seen with fresh technologies as and when it is available.

Besides, in the age of instant gratification and limited attention span an interactive experience when consuming content from the physical books should go in a long way to improve reading habits according to me. So, there seems to be need gap for AR, VR services which could make books interactive.

2 points posted by Abishek Muthian

What part of movie is censored in my country #censorship #movies

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 16:56:00 +0000

I feel censorship on a movie, is against the artistic freedom and against the freedom of expression by itself. In my opinion a film should be rated for its content, to watch it or not should be under the discretion of the adult who pays for it.

Unfortunately, not all countries respect the artistic freedom or freedom of expression itself and so international movies which gets released in these countries are censored for various reasons including but not limited to adult content, gore, violence, language, political etc.

Often, I find that the international movies which are subjected to censorship has discontinuity and the viewers are robbed of the complete experience which their peers from the countries where movies aren't censored get.

I would like to know which part of the movie is censored, for what and how much does the scene(s) affect the continuity of the movie, so that I can decide whether I would want to spend my money in watching that movie in a theatre (or) should I wait for it to arrive in the Netflix or Amazon Prime or where ever the uncensored version of the movie is available.

3 points posted by Yogesh Basu

Identifying letter O from 0 and vice versa #typography #web

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 12:24:00 +0000

Often I come across a situation on the web where I have to spend time deciphering whether the character is English alphabet O or the number 0 but almost always get it wrong. Due to seemingly unlimited number of fonts on the web, websites especially one involving some random alphanumeric codes often suffer from this issue.

I think, this is purposeful for captcha to deliberately put automated tools into misery; but this happens way too often with general text i.e those which are not in captcha as well.

I would like to have some kind of tool, which helps me differentiate 0 from O and vice versa on demand.

3 points posted by Jack Ward

Optimum ambient temperature control in offices #temperaturecontrol #airconditioner

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 06:14:00 +0000

Each individual has their own preferred ambient temperature, this becomes a problem in the offices where individual temperature control is often not possbile and this leaves employees wanting higher or lower temperature than what's set.

This is especially bad for women, research shows that women feel more cold than men and so in an office with more men than women; temperature control issues are obvious.

There is a need gap for a product/service which takes individual temperature preference from each employee in the air-conditioning zone and sets the optimum temperature for that zone. This product/service should take into consideration, the weather and other variable factors and provide optimum temperature automatically.

I think this could also benefit the employers in power savings, improve productivity apart from the obvious well-being of the employees.

3 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Number of rings during missed call in smartphone #phonecall #alerts

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 18:08:00 +0000

Only way to differentiate between a missed call and an accidental call is the number of times the phone rang i.e. one who really called would likely wait till the end of all rings and the one who dialled by accident would likely end the call as soon as it is found.

So, if the missed call alert shows the number of rings (or) the duration of the rings then it would be easier to asses whether someone really tried to call me or was it just an accidental call.

I think, this would be a useful feature to have and hence there is a need gap for such a feature.

4 points posted by Purohit Jaikumar

Decentralized dating platform #privacy #dating

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 12:44:00 +0000

Current dating platforms in-spite of collecting large amounts of data on its individuals, fails to provide optimum results as I think its algorithms are tuned for In-App purchases rather than perfect match.

What I would like to have is an app on smartphone which doesn't connect to a central server but connects to other smartphones with the app. I would load all my dating preferences, down to the minutest detail without fear of judgement or prejudice in the app and when the app notices similar preferences in another smartphone it'll notify me.

So, in a party, in an event, social gathering, community service I can meet interesting people without even having to start a conversion albeit not having to compromise on my privacy.

Hence, there is a need gap for such decentralized dating platforms.

3 points posted by Bakshara

Realtime accent changer without changing voice #language #education

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:02:00 +0000

Learning and speaking a foreign language is easier when compared to mastering the accent of a native speaker. Many, who have thought to have mastery of a foreign language have found that the native speaker of that language don't understand them due to the accent.

Accent is the manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location or nation. Mastering the accent of the native speaker, reduces the friction in the communication between a native and non-native speaker of the same language.

There are numerous intuitive ways to learn foreign languages now a days, including mobile apps; but none I know of provides the native accent of a word or sentence in my own voice. I feel learning a language with native accent in our own voice would offer much more complete experience.

Hence, there is a need gap for a service which takes in our voice and plays back audio of a word or sentence in a language and accent of our choosing. Please do share your experiences on this problem and possible solutions.

5 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Simulation Sickness in VR and First Person games #VirtualReality #motionsickness

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:41:00 +0000

Anyone who's into Virtual Reality or First Person games or realistic simulations (pilot training) would have faced simulation sickness i.e. motion sickness w.r.t display causing nausea. Some report facing it on smartphones/tablets too.

It is believed that it happens as our brain receives the perception that we are moving due to the feedback received from our eyes (from screen) but our vestibular system (or inner ear) doesn't detect any movement; This conflict makes triggers an evolutionary response to throw up because it could have been due to something we have eaten.

Research is being done to confirm the reason for why it happens, but it is confirmed that it happens. Little research done on the subject suggest that the vast majority of us can acclimatise to the disembodied motion of games, but some noticeable percentage of people either never fully acclimate or do so very slowly.

With the towering rise of the VR applications, simulation sickness has become a major bottleneck and hence exists a need gap. Perhaps the solution for simulation sickness could have greater application for motion sickness in general such as during air/sea travel.

5 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Safe, affordable and efficient mosquito control #pestcontrol #diseaseprevention

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:22:00 +0000

Mosquitoes cause millions of deaths each year. Diseases borne by them such as Chikungunya, Zika, Dengue, West Nile virus, Malaria, Yellow fever claim its victims; especially children from underdeveloped and developing countries.

Worldwide incidence of dengue has risen 30-fold in the past 30 years, and more countries are reporting their first outbreaks of the disease due to re-emergence of mosquito vector viruses.

Current prevention techniques is focussed on reducing the adult mosquito populations, controlling mosquito larvae and protecting individuals from mosquito bites.

Mosquito population control revolves around the use of insecticides, introducing predators which feed on mosquitoes and educating the population to avoid creating breeding grounds for mosquitoes; this effort requires large undertaking by the government hence efficiency may vary.

Personal mosquito bite prevention techniques includes Insecticidal nets which affect the mobility, Electronic traps which don't work & kill other useful insects, Co2 based traps which are expensive. Hence there's a need gap for affordable, efficient, mosquito control.

3 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Find your customers by the problem you are solving

Sun, 25 Aug 2019 16:49:00 +0000

This post explains why we should focus on validation, how needgap platform helps with it and how startup community can gain from this platform.

Startup Ideas

A successful startup idea has two main parts, a problem which needs to be solved and a solution good enough that people having the problem would pay for it. Underestimating the need to validate the problem and its solution is the top most reason for a startup to fail, as they end up building something which nobody wants.

The primary reason being, overestimating a personal idea as a startup idea without clear understanding of a problem due to cognitive biases i.e. finding a problem to fit to what we think is a great startup idea; very often it is not.

This problem is very prevalent, contributing to startup failures at a phenomenal rate yet there is no viable solution for this need-gap. Hence I am creating a platform aptly named needgap for anyone to post their need-gap for finding or creating solutions which could become viable startup products.

What does it do

The needgap platform provides a way for consumers, entrepreneurs and startups to collaborate in validating problems and solve them by executing startup ideas.

How does it work

Startup ideas, MVP can be validated only by those who need the product we're building and so needgap being a problem validation platform brings together those who build and those who need what's being built.

An entrepreneur, can submit a problem to validate it. They can participate in the discussions for creating solutions for a problem which could potentially become a startup idea (or) Submit their Minimum Viable Product(MVP) which addresses the need-gap in the comments.

A consumer, can submit a problem which does not have a solution for them and hence there exists a need-gap. They can come to needgap by searching for a solution to their problem on any search engines. Consumers who face that problem or know an existing solution for that problem can vote for the problem and discuss about it in the comments. They can click on 'I WILL PAY FOR THAT' for startup ideas or MVP in the comments to validate it.

A startup, can respond to a problem for which it has a solution or is building a solution. A startup can validate its solution to a problem by interacting directly with those who are facing the problem. A startup can find need-gaps in its own products directly from its customers and fulfill it before someone else do.

Insights through subscription provides number of visits for a particular problem, top 3 countries which tells us how many are looking for a solution and where they are from. Statistics for 'I WILL PAY FOR THAT' is shown besides the comments. Monthly insights can also be received through email.

Validation cannot happen overnight, So needgap gives you all the necessary tools for you to determine whether your problem, startup idea or MVP is validated.

Design Philosophy

The needgap platform is designed with following philosophies ,

Minimalist, needgap is as easy to use like a note pad. Idea is that the user can submit a problem as and when they face it, without any friction.
Performant, needgap is extremely fast. It uses fraction of the data needed to load a single image on most social networks for loading the entire application.
Flexible, needgap can be used by people of different walks of life. The need-gaps across different domains can be discussed on this platform seamlessly.
Cognitive, needgap is a place for robust intellectual discussions which results in practical rewards. Though needgap is not a low attention-span, instant gratification platform; it is designed to be engaging without wasting time or numbing the mind. It has a robust karma system, with upvote and downvote point system to enable this.
Private, privacy and security are of utmost importance in needgap. Even email id is optional in the needgap platform. Passwords are encrypted, hashed and so no one other than you know your password.

Problems, not startup ideas are the first class citizen

By focusing on problems as the primary subject of discussion we are trying to eliminate the cognitive biases associated with discussing the startup ideas alone. Yet, the objective of needgap is for creating validated startup ideas to solve existing need-gaps and create startups for executing it.

Etymology

The name 'needgap' is derived from need-gap analysis or gap analysis, which is a marketing/business term for an approach to identifying the unmet needs of the customers.

In this platform, 'needgap' indicates the platform itself and when used as two separate words 'need gap' or 'need-gap' signifies the term used for defining the existing gap which a startup could fulfill.

In this platform, 'need-gap' is when a problem doesn't have viable solution. So, when a user submits a problem which doesn't have a solution yet; it is a need-gap. When a solution is created in comments, it has potential to become a startup idea.

How do I start

I have a problem, I wish a startup should solve : Search whether the need gap has already been listed and submit a need-gap. Make sure you add needgap to your home screen for using it as and when you find a need-gap.

I will pay for that solution posted in the comments: Click on 'I WILL PAY FOR THAT' besides that comment.

I have a problem, for which I wish to build a solution: Validate the problem by submitting it.

I am facing a problem, which another needgap user has submitted: Vote on that need-gap and comment your opinion. You need karma to vote, contribute via comments on some existing need-gaps to gain karma(read submission guidelines for more information).

I found a comment on the needgap, which accurately offers a solution to the problem: Click on 'I WILL PAY FOR THAT' for that comment. Vote on that comment and reply your opinion. But you would need karma to vote, please read the previous point.

I have a solution for a need-gap: Use the search feature to locate the need-gap and comment your solution to validate it.

I know a startup with solution for a need-gap: Comment about the startup and its solution to the problem.

I found a need-gap in the wild, how to participate in it: You might see a need-gap in the wild when someone shares a need-gap from the needgap platform online. You can either click on it to participate or scan the QR code in the featured image with your favorite QR code scanner on your smart phone for accessing it in mobile.

1 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Legal policy for needgap platform

Sun, 25 Aug 2019 06:23:00 +0000

Who we are

needgap is a idea validation/market research platform for validating problems and startup ideas to create products which people want.

Our website address is: https://needgap.com.

Company: ABISHEK MUTHIAN (Self Proprietorship)

Contact Us

11A, CS NAGAR MAIN ST,

VADAVALLI,

COIMBATORE, TamilNadu, India - 641041

For Support

If you have any concerns regarding the legal policy, please email.

About Us

This platform is run by me - Abishek Muthian, a seasoned entrepreneur aimed at helping makers build things which people want.

Terms and Conditions

Code of Conduct

The code of conduct for the platform can be read here.

Copyright

The content on this website are copyright of needgap (ABISHEK MUTHIAN) unless explicitly mentioned otherwise. The content on this website cannot be reproduced in whole without explicit permission from needgap (ABISHEK MUTHIAN).

Fair use reproduction of content is allowed when its credited with needgap and linked to the original content on this website.

Payments

needgap offers optional subscription service for deeper insights on problems, need-gaps, to understand whether people really want a problem to be solved, Whether they will pay for your solution so you can build a startup product, To keep track of your competitors if you're solving a problem (or) If you are seeking solution for a problem.

Our order process is conducted by a secure Payment Gateway.

Refund Policy

In case you are not happy with the subscription service, you can request a refund within 24 hours of purchase.

Privacy Policy

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Email

Email is used for sending password reset emails, notifications regarding user user activity such as receiving a comment for their post or reply for their comment, notifications regarding their account and occasional information about the platform and for subscription features. The notifications can be disabled in the profile settings.

Email can be removed in the profile settings, but subscription features cannot be enabled, password reset will not be possible if the user forgets their password and there will be no notifications regarding their posts or comments.

Billing Address

When subscription is enabled Billing Address is stored for tax invoice purposes as mandated by the government and for fraud prevention by payment gateway. These details are not shared with anyone else apart from the payment gateway and the tax regime.

Fraud Prevention

IP address of flagged users are stored in one-time hashed format to prevent fraudulent activities and to prevent harm to the needgap platform and our users. This data is not shared with anyone.

Cookies

We use Cloudflare CDN for performance and security. Cloudflare might place an essential cookie to perform its functions. For more information on how Cloudflare uses the data gathered from this website, go to https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ .

1 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Meta Discussion for needgap platform

Sun, 25 Aug 2019 05:47:00 +0000

We can discuss needgap platform's existing features, changes, feature requests in this page. Thoughtful discussions about the platform are welcome.

Do's:

Ask queries about existing features of needgap platform after exploring it.

Do's:

Suggest features for needgap platform after due diligence, but remember all feature requests cannot be entertained.

Report general User Interface/ User Experience bugs here. If the bug occurs after a specific change made to the platform, report the bug by replying to the specific comment mentioning the change.

Don't:

Complain about users. Please mail to the moderators regarding policy violations.

Comment on anything out of context from needgap platform here.

Report security vulnerabilities in this thread, Please mail to the moderators regarding security vulnerabilities. Responsible disclosures are welcomed via mail.

1 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Submission Guidelines for needgap

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Please read and follow the submission guidelines to sustain the quality of the needgap platform and for the wellbeing of the community.

Philosophy

needgap was created for validating problems, startup ideas and MVP to create products which people want.

Language

English is the only supported language of the needgap platform currently. All submissions are required to be in English.

Problem Title

Do post problem, problem faced by you or the problem which you're trying to solve which doesn't have a solution and hence exists a need-gap.

It's encouraged to reduce the problem to its fundamental level in the title i.e. the problem title shouldn't be reasonably broken down further into another problem. Please use the search feature to search for a problem to check whether it has been posted earlier, if so please contribute your opinion on that problem in its comment section instead of submitting the same problem.

Post hashtags along with the problem title, representing the problem domain and the target country if its applicable only to a specific country (or) #worldwide.

Don't post startup ideas as problem title, A problem should include only the need-gap for which a solution becomes the startup idea. Solutions should be discussed only in the comment section.

Don't post jokes, memes, politics, religion, meta-discussion, drama about personalities or moderation on this platform or others. Also please don't flood the platform with submissions of your favorite thing - one post per topic should be sufficient, and respect the dupe filter.

Don't self promote in the problem section, Post your solutions in the comments and Please use the profile section to tell others about yourself.

Please be aware of the character limitations in the problem title.

Problem Description

Do explain the problem succinctly in the description section. It is encouraged to explain how the problem affects you and why the existing solutions if any doesn't work for you.

Don't post startup ideas as problem description, A problem should include only the need-gap for which a solution is needed. Possible solutions should only be discussed in the comment section.

Use the link feature to include factual sources to support your statements.

Please be aware of the character limitations in the problem description.

If You Already Have A Solution To The Problem You're Submitting

If you already have a solution for a problem you are trying to submit on needgap, you can only do so in comments and not in problem title or description. Explain the problem clearly in-detail by following the aforementioned guidelines without mentioning your product and then after submitting the problem comment explaining how you are solving that problem.

Sharing Problem

Do share your problem once submitted or other problems you find interesting to those who might face it or have some opinion on it.

Don't share the problem with your close friends and family unless they face the problem or have some opinion on it, to avoid bias in validation.

Contributing Comments

Do comment existing solutions for the problem if any exists, else discuss about possible solutions for the need-gap.

Do discuss about the viability of the solutions for a startup idea in the comments.

When commenting, please try to imagine you are in a face to face conversation with the person you are talking to or about - respect their point of view, even if you vehemently disagree with it. Comments violating the rules will be downvoted, flagged or as a last resort removed. Comments under your name will never be edited by admins, but they may be removed for spam or trolling.

Some guidelines on comments:

First, do no harm - always be thoughtful, constructive and respectful.
Do post questions, even if you feel they might be dumb ones.
Do respond positively to questions, even if you feel they are dumb.
Do be charitable - assume best intentions, and try to understand those you disagree with.
Do stay on topic.
Do try to contribute something substantial - one-word comments are rarely interesting.
Don't use 'You' in the comments unless absolutely necessary.
Don't be snarky or nasty to others.
Don't use name-calling, this is the lowest form of argument.
Don't make personal comments about others, their motivations, or their integrity. If you disagree do so calmly and politely and directly to them.
Don't complain about moderation, downvotes or groupthink. Reach out to the moderators via the contact below for grievances.
Don't spam or post duplicates deliberately
Don't call for mob justice, boycotts or post personal data.

When offering criticism, make sure you fully back it up and try to see the reasons why certain decisions you disagree with were made.

Tagging

You can tag other users using (@Username) e.g. @Abishek and tag problems, comments using (/problems/[problem number]) e.g. /problems/93 and (/comments/[comment number] e.g. /comments/1125 .

Editing

Problems and comments can be edited only within 1 hour and 3 hours of posting respectively. When editing, you are encouraged to follow it up with the reason for the edit.

Voting

Guidelines on voting:

Do upvote problems which you face yourself and/or think that it needs to be solved by a startup.
Do upvote comments which contribute to the conversation and suggest solutions which can become startup ideas.
Do downvote negative comments and those not contributing to the conversation.
Do downvote problems or comments which doesn't follow the contributing guidelines.
Do be aware downvoting costs karma (1 point per downvote) - use it sparingly.
Don't downvote comments if you strongly disagree with them or feel they are wrong, reply to the comment on why you disagree or feel they are wrong.
Don't ask others to upvote/downvote or brigade votes, or try to downvote everything someone says.
Don't try to spam votes in any way.

If you think a comment has been downvoted unfairly, or have detected cheating, don't complain in the comments, use the moderation contact below.

Note: A up-vote would also add a point to 'I WILL PAY FOR THAT'.

Karma

Karma system is designed to sustain quality of the needgap platform.

Karma of a user is based on the points accumulated by the user in the needgap platform. The karma accumulated by the user is shown besides the user name.

Karma thresholds:

1 point or more is required for submitting comments (which is awarded when the account is created).
2 points or more are required for submitting problems (make a thoughtful comment to gain the required karma).
Greater than 2 points are required to upvote.
Greater than 10 points are required to style text in comments with formatting toolbar consisting of 7 tools.
Greater than 10 points are require to set the user profile and to display them.
Greater than 20 points are required to downvote.
Greater than 30 points are required to style text in comments with formatting toolbar consisting of 17 tools.
Greater than 50 points are required to flag.

Karma lost when using downvote:

-1 point when using downvote.

When Karma of the user becomes lesser than 1, the user looses the ability to post anything on the needgap platform.

I WILL PAY FOR THAT

When you write a thoughtful comment about a possible solution to a problem you might wish to know how many would pay for that. Now you can know that through insights as anyone can click 'I WILL PAY FOR THAT' to let you know what you need.
Visitors can click 'I WILL PAY FOR THAT' to let the comment owner know that they will pay for the solution.

Insights for 'I WILL PAY FOR THAT' will below the comments.

Note: 'I WILL PAY FOR THAT' button will not be shown to the owner of the comment(to avoid self pay), But rest assured it will be shown to others. When 'I WILL PAY FOR THAT' is clicked, it will also add a up-vote to the comment if eligible.

WHO NEEDS THIS

Get insights about a problem like how many have seen it from which countries, How many have clicked 'I WILL PAY FOR THAT' for a solution in the comments. Insights can be viewed on the needgap platform after logging in (besides the title of the problem)and also receive monthly insights through email.

Subscription

When a problem is subscribed (WHO NEEDS THIS), new comments are sent to your email. Ensure that you have your email updated on your profile.

Monthly Insights

You will receive monthly insights of all subscribed problems in your email. Make sure you have your email updated in your profile and it has notifications enabled.

Meta comments

If you have comments on how the platform works or suggestions for features, you can post them on needgap Meta Discussion or email the moderators using the details below.

Contact

Please reach out to me through email if you just want to say hello, or to report spam or posts violating the above rules.

1 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Open-source softwares used in needgap platform

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 05:20:00 +0000

needgap uses the following open-source projects built by wonderful people. The respective projects and their licenses are as follows.

gohackernews by Kenny Grant under following license.

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Mechanism Design Ltd

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

go-qrcode by skip2 under following license.

Copyright (c) 2014 Tom Harwood

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.

Freetype-Go by Golang under following license.

Freetype-Go is derived from Freetype, which is written in C. Freetype is
copyright 1996-2010 David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
Freetype-Go is copyright The Freetype-Go Authors, who are listed in the
AUTHORS file.

Unless otherwise noted, the Freetype-Go source files are distributed
under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.

Freetype is under following license.

                    The FreeType Project LICENSE
                    ----------------------------

                            2006-Jan-27

                    Copyright 1996-2002, 2006 by
          David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg



Introduction
============

  The FreeType  Project is distributed in  several archive packages;
  some of them may contain, in addition to the FreeType font engine,
  various tools and  contributions which rely on, or  relate to, the
  FreeType Project.

  This  license applies  to all  files found  in such  packages, and
  which do not  fall under their own explicit  license.  The license
  affects  thus  the  FreeType   font  engine,  the  test  programs,
  documentation and makefiles, at the very least.

  This  license   was  inspired  by  the  BSD,   Artistic,  and  IJG
  (Independent JPEG  Group) licenses, which  all encourage inclusion
  and  use of  free  software in  commercial  and freeware  products
  alike.  As a consequence, its main points are that:

    o We don't promise that this software works. However, we will be
      interested in any kind of bug reports. (`as is' distribution)

    o You can  use this software for whatever you  want, in parts or
      full form, without having to pay us. (`royalty-free' usage)

    o You may not pretend that  you wrote this software.  If you use
      it, or  only parts of it,  in a program,  you must acknowledge
      somewhere  in  your  documentation  that  you  have  used  the
      FreeType code. (`credits')

  We  specifically  permit  and  encourage  the  inclusion  of  this
  software, with  or without modifications,  in commercial products.
  We  disclaim  all warranties  covering  The  FreeType Project  and
  assume no liability related to The FreeType Project.


  Finally,  many  people  asked  us  for  a  preferred  form  for  a
  credit/disclaimer to use in compliance with this license.  We thus
  encourage you to use the following text:

   """  
    Portions of this software are copyright Š <year> The FreeType
    Project (www.freetype.org).  All rights reserved.
   """

  Please replace <year> with the value from the FreeType version you
  actually use.


Legal Terms
===========

0. Definitions
--------------

  Throughout this license,  the terms `package', `FreeType Project',
  and  `FreeType  archive' refer  to  the  set  of files  originally
  distributed  by the  authors  (David Turner,  Robert Wilhelm,  and
  Werner Lemberg) as the `FreeType Project', be they named as alpha,
  beta or final release.

  `You' refers to  the licensee, or person using  the project, where
  `using' is a generic term including compiling the project's source
  code as  well as linking it  to form a  `program' or `executable'.
  This  program is  referred to  as  `a program  using the  FreeType
  engine'.

  This  license applies  to all  files distributed  in  the original
  FreeType  Project,   including  all  source   code,  binaries  and
  documentation,  unless  otherwise  stated   in  the  file  in  its
  original, unmodified form as  distributed in the original archive.
  If you are  unsure whether or not a particular  file is covered by
  this license, you must contact us to verify this.

  The FreeType  Project is copyright (C) 1996-2000  by David Turner,
  Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.  All rights reserved except as
  specified below.

1. No Warranty
--------------

  THE FREETYPE PROJECT  IS PROVIDED `AS IS' WITHOUT  WARRANTY OF ANY
  KIND, EITHER  EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED TO,
  WARRANTIES  OF  MERCHANTABILITY   AND  FITNESS  FOR  A  PARTICULAR
  PURPOSE.  IN NO EVENT WILL ANY OF THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
  BE LIABLE  FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED  BY THE USE OR  THE INABILITY TO
  USE, OF THE FREETYPE PROJECT.

2. Redistribution
-----------------

  This  license  grants  a  worldwide, royalty-free,  perpetual  and
  irrevocable right  and license to use,  execute, perform, compile,
  display,  copy,   create  derivative  works   of,  distribute  and
  sublicense the  FreeType Project (in  both source and  object code
  forms)  and  derivative works  thereof  for  any  purpose; and  to
  authorize others  to exercise  some or all  of the  rights granted
  herein, subject to the following conditions:

    o Redistribution of  source code  must retain this  license file
      (`FTL.TXT') unaltered; any  additions, deletions or changes to
      the original  files must be clearly  indicated in accompanying
      documentation.   The  copyright   notices  of  the  unaltered,
      original  files must  be  preserved in  all  copies of  source
      files.

    o Redistribution in binary form must provide a  disclaimer  that
      states  that  the software is based in part of the work of the
      FreeType Team,  in  the  distribution  documentation.  We also
      encourage you to put an URL to the FreeType web page  in  your
      documentation, though this isn't mandatory.

  These conditions  apply to any  software derived from or  based on
  the FreeType Project,  not just the unmodified files.   If you use
  our work, you  must acknowledge us.  However, no  fee need be paid
  to us.

3. Advertising
--------------

  Neither the  FreeType authors and  contributors nor you  shall use
  the name of the  other for commercial, advertising, or promotional
  purposes without specific prior written permission.

  We suggest,  but do not require, that  you use one or  more of the
  following phrases to refer  to this software in your documentation
  or advertising  materials: `FreeType Project',  `FreeType Engine',
  `FreeType library', or `FreeType Distribution'.

  As  you have  not signed  this license,  you are  not  required to
  accept  it.   However,  as  the FreeType  Project  is  copyrighted
  material, only  this license, or  another one contracted  with the
  authors, grants you  the right to use, distribute,  and modify it.
  Therefore,  by  using,  distributing,  or modifying  the  FreeType
  Project, you indicate that you understand and accept all the terms
  of this license.

4. Contacts
-----------

  There are two mailing lists related to FreeType:

    o [email protected]

      Discusses general use and applications of FreeType, as well as
      future and  wanted additions to the  library and distribution.
      If  you are looking  for support,  start in  this list  if you
      haven't found anything to help you in the documentation.

    o [email protected]

      Discusses bugs,  as well  as engine internals,  design issues,
      specific licenses, porting, etc.

  Our home page can be found at

    http://www.freetype.org


--- end of FTL.TXT ---

1 points posted by Abishek Muthian