11-Year-Old Quinn Sheeran Makes Deodorant Stick Play Rocky Theme Song

Eleven-year-old Quinn Sheeran has developed a new way for guys to enjoy their deodorant sticks. Reddit Falls In Love

11-year-old Quinn Sheeran took a simple container of Old Spice deodorant and hacked it so it does something that it should have done since 1976 – it plays the theme from Rocky when you open it. Old Spice, hire this kid.

When the cap is removed from the deodorant stick, the Rocky theme song plays as deodorant is applied.

Old Spice could really capitalize on the “feel great while putting on our deodorant” angle if they ran with it. Heck, we have seen stranger from the men’s hygiene company over the last several years of the firm’s re-invention.

Realizing the coolness of the product Quinn’s older cousin posted the video on YouTube. After Reddit users pushed the product to the top spot on Reddit, he posted another video on August 18 which explains the process. The explanation video has already received 35,595 views at the time of this post.

While we probably don’t need an uplifting theme song to apply deodorant, it might just wake us up during an early morning workday or provide us with the motivation we need to prepare for a run or workout at the gym. For Quinn Sheeran, the invention has landed him on CNN in a spot that will air tonight at 6:55 PM Eastern.

Reddit has a habit of taking cool but useless things and making them popular. Typically, it isn’t even the product or idea that gains the attention but rather the person who builds the idea. In this case, Quinn is being hailed for his hardware hacking skills and on sites like Reddit there is plenty of support for life hacks.

This is what we need more of in America, kid inventors with a bright future in hardware design.

So what cool applications could you see Quinn Sheeran’s invention being used for in the future?

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App for KEY-NYC Startup KeyMe!!!

NYC Startup KeyMe Releases An App That Promises You’ll Never Get Locked Out Again

Iris and fingerprint scanning may be the future of locksmithing, but when it comes to keys, most of us are still using the good old-fashioned brass sort. And that means the occasional lock out.

New York based start-up KeyMe is hoping to solve that problem by creating a secure, cloud-based keychain that stores keys’ cutting instructions and makes it easy to walk into a locksmith to have a replacement made. Their iOS app, out today, enables users to scan and store their keys at any time.

Founded in 2012, KeyMe raised a $2.3 million seed round at the beginning of the year led by Battery Ventures. Coinstar founder Jens Molbak, who sits on KeyMe’s board, also participated in the round, along with a number of other investors. KeyMe Founder and CEO Greg Marsh told us that they are not looking to raise at the moment.

The concept behind KeyMe is surprisingly simple. Using the app, you place your key on a white piece of paper and take two scans, of its front and back. The app then translates that into two pieces of information: the key type and a series of numbers that serves as the depth cutting instructions for any locksmith. That data is stored in your digital keychain, and when you do end up losing your keys, it costs $9.99 to unlock that information plus the price of your local locksmith’s cutting work.

“The locksmith doesn’t need to know anything about us or have any special software. You walk in and pull up a screen on your phone which is the instructions. It has your key type and that series of numbers, which is common locksmith language. Without any precontext they’ll be able to use their hardware and make your key,” Marsh said.

The app itself is free, as is creating an account and storing an unlimited number of keys.

In total, it’s a fraction of the cost and time of getting a locksmith out to your place to make a new key from scratch, Marsh said, which can take hours and cost up to $150. He knows from experience: his fiancée, who frequently locks herself out, gave him the inspiration for the startup.

Some New Yorkers may have already come across KeyMe while out on a Slurpee run this summer. In June, KeyMe installed self-service kiosks in five Manhattan 7-Eleven stores that can both make duplicates of physical keys and scan keys for future lockouts. Marsh said that the kiosks have already done a couple thousand transactions, although he declined to give specific numbers.

Because KeyMe is cloud-based it’s also possible to share keys between friends and family members. If your buddy is staying at your house for the night and you can’t meet him when he gets in, he can make a copy of the key himself. Of course, that does mean putting more duplicates of your keys out in the world, but for now let’s assume that friends are trustworthy.

While other companies like StickNFind and Tile use Bluetooth to track keys to prevent losing them in the first place, KeyMe is differentiating itself by approaching key loss as inevitable and dealing with it after the fact.

As far as scaling goes, Marsh isn’t worried. In fact, he’s hoping to have a national impact from day one.

“The nice thing about the app is that from day one it can address a national audience. Everyone can scan their key, and then if they get locked out we are a million times cheaper and more convenient than a locksmith. Hopefully it’ll help a lot of people quickly.”

More kiosks will also be rolling out over the coming months. Between the kiosk expansion and KeyMe’s option to send away for cheap customizable duplicates, it seems that the start-up is hoping to close the loop on information storage and key production. That’s a ways off, but if KeyMe can convince people that their information is secure, it could unlock the stagnant home key industry in a considerable way.


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