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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Biodegradable Water Moccasins

AcMo's Innovation Week continues to deliver groundbreaking products.  Introducing the newest product in the AcMo Protect line:  the Biodegradable Water Moccasins.  This product was one solution to a problem we have here at AcMo HQ.  The most obvious solution can also be the most compelling.  We find that to often be the case with the products we develop.  In fact, we have an entire department devoted to obvious advancements.  This is the department responsible for street lights that follow you to always keep your path lit, and resistance sidewalks to help those who won't go to the gym get their daily exercise.  None of that has anything to do with today's product announcement.  Since I am the boss and the editor, I decide what gets written and how.

The Biodegradable Water Moccasins are designed to help keep our feet clean and free of bacteria and disease.  They are designed to be worn into the shower to reduce germ/fungus pickup.  This is a concern when staying in a hotel/motel, or when using a semi-public shower, such as in a workout facility.  The moccasins dissolve in warm water and soap leaving behind cleaner feet that touch the ground less.  They are 100% safe on skin and will not clog drains as they dissolve.  The water soluble formulation won't dissolve if the wearer's feet start sweating or are sweating before entering the shower. The moccasins are sold in packages of 10 pairs.  The minimum order is 100 pairs.  For legal reasons, we cannot endorse using these while driving.

We spent more time agonizing over the name than the development of the product.  Sometimes the easiest aspects of a project turn out to be the most difficult.  In the end, we fell back on an old standard.  Several of the AcMo board members are afraid of snakes, spiders, and clowns. The name was designed to evince images of the snake with the same name.  It is possible the particular board member in question will not use the product when he discovers this, but since he doesn't read the AcMo blog, I'm not too concerned about that.  I distrust clowns (who doesn't?  I don't even think clowns trust clowns) and spiders, but only fear spiders when they are on me.  You will never see a product coming from AcMo that is named after any clowns.  That is a promise.

We are recruiting luxury hotel chains now to stock the moccasin packages next to the robes in each room.  We believe that will be the first step to generating exposure for the product while proving it works.  As the market share grows, the plan is to create a full body cover so that the wearer can sleep in any environment without fear of germs attacking.  And just like the moccasins, a shower with soap and water will wash off the body cover.  The biggest obstacle at this point is figuring out how to keep the wearer from suffocating.  The solution to this one has so far proven quite elusive.

The success of the human covers will form an organic path to our lifeblood:  automobiles.  The vehicle protective covers can be applied before a road trip, and then once concluded, a simple wash will remove it leaving behind the finish exactly how it was before the road trip.  We would like to apply this to race cars to reduce their surface friction for greater aerodynamic efficiency, and also to increase the opportunity for multiple liveries during a season.  In a complex maneuver, multiple layers with our patented color changing paint and graphics can create a fast, effective, economical method to switch race car liveries between events.  At this time, the only way to do this is to buy multiple cars and apply the coating to each one.  Then through some "magic" the new car can be substituted for the old car.  We're still working the kinks out on this one.

Some technologies have almost unlimited potential uses.  We think this is one of those, and we are excited to begin testing on it soon.  


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