Fed up having no job, cheered me up entering!
Re think of the answer phone system.
Problem: The pinncale of flat and boring devices are phones and their answere phones. Sitting\standing infront of a machine listening to messages with that air of uneeded anticipation of who left a message and then having to traipse through messages to get back to the one you wanted to listen to.
Solution: An answer phone system which stores messages in envolopes. open the envelope to hear your message (similar to birthday cards with recorded messages). Each envelope has a dry whipe surface so any details can be jotted down in addition the base displays the number who called and left the message, as well as a small led indicator to let you know there is a message in the envelope.
