Read this
http://digg.com/gene...do_with_garden_state
Tommy

Further reading:
http://www.apparelse...elcro_definition.htm
T

If this is an actual idea - use magnets with cloth sound buffers on the outside of the magnet. Problem solved.

Or remember slap bracelets ?

http://en.wikipedia....g/wiki/Slap_bracelet

If you could design a way to use that ... (dare I say technology) to form a cinch or clasp that may also contribute to your idea somehow.

"If this is an actual idea - use magnets with cloth sound buffers on the outside of the magnet. Problem solved."
New problem started magnets and your computer.

"cinch or clasp" Now that could work:
You could use something like a change purse clip:
http://www.pierotucc...change_purse_414.htm

That or get a metal case like:
RadTech MacTruck or Zero Halliburton Deluxe

Garden State, I was jealous of that silent-velcro inventing character and his mansion... good idea though.

Good work Tommy... I have no further comment!

Problem solved (but I've never seen it in shops...)

Why not take your lap top out before you enter the board room? ;)

simonyoung,

What you have here is NOT an idea. Its more of a complaint about life. For this line of thought to hold any value, you'd need to...

- Propose an innovative mechanism (hopefully not one already thought up by others) by which 2 items can be silently and temporarily stuck to each other.

- Outline how you could use crowdsourcing (the participation of crowds) to make the idea come to life. Normally, with software ideas we don't worry about that as software is easier to crowdsource. But if the idea involves manufacturing, and requires a lot of capital to get going, you'd want to indicate how this idea can possibly progress into reality.

- Suggestions for how the idea could be used to collect revenue. Or, in the case of manufacturing ideas which are expensive to implement, how to quickly generate revenue from the idea.

I am NOT setting this idea PRIVATE because it illustrates the extreme end of inappropriate-for-Cambrian-House ideas.

Sorry to be so blunt about this. -Gord

One of the hottest new ideas in Materials Science (my field) at the moment is the use of micro- or nano-featured surfaces as adhesives. Geckos can climb walls simply using van der Waals forces because of the fine hairs on their feet, and scientists are beginning to be able to mimic the effect. The result will be a self-cleaning, reuseable adhesive that'll be more than strong enough to replace velcro.

Obviously, unless you're someone who's working in the field your chances of cashing in on it any time soon are rather small but it's interesting, no?

until you have a idea how to make it work there is not business here.

Is velcro that noisy

where are you wearing velcro that the noise is that intolerable?