Hidden High End Equipment Wi-Fi Security

A security module that could be incorporated into high value audio or camera, or automotive or other equipment.  The module would incorporate a Wi-Fi engine, such as Microchip MRF24WB0M radio and PIC microcontroller, and "when triggered" searches for an open Wi-Fi network and then sends information about itself such as gateway IP address, product code, etc.

Initialization (several ways):
1. none
2. connection to home network

Alarm trigger (several ways):
1. none -- always sends data to subscription driven cloud server run by alarm company
2. disconnection from default 'home' network

Alarm service:
* when the triggered unit reaches an open Wi-Fi network with internet access it can send information allowing police to trace location of the unit -- something like a LoJack, but lower cost, but time to recovery is dependant on time for unit to get to an open network

Solar Charger Car Cover

A car cover integrated with solar cells on the top, ideally flexible cells, such as from powerfilmsolar.com.  Such car cover will have an integrated power inverter that would allow connection to the regular mains input (110VAC or 220VAC, as applicable) of an electric car.  This wouldn't charge a car in a very short time, but is meant as a supplimental charge while the car is out and parked at the store or at work.
A premium version could integrate a Microchip MRF89XA (sub-GHz) or MRF24WB (802.11) radio that would allow wireless connection such that an alarm can be built in that monitors the connection to the car battery.  Should an unauthorized disconnect occur, an integrated alarm could go off, or the panic alarm of a built-in car alarm could be triggered.  In the case of use of the MRF24WB0 radio, control can be provided via an iphone or itouch application.

Optimum Wine Age Detector and Method

A system incorporating a control sensor with a white light and a combination of one or more other sensors with color filtered light sources that would be used to detect the peak drinking stage or optimum aged period of wine.  The system would be used first with a calibration step to measure the diffusion properties of the bottle without any liquid -- such as the top of a filled wine bottle.  This would normalize the impact of different glass and colored glass.  Actual measure would then occur at the mid point of the bottle.
The system could be modified with a mechanical apparatus such that a bottle may be placed into the apparatus and the calibration and subsequent actual measure could be done automatically.