This contest is tied in with an iPhone app called BizBreak, which is a boss-punching game aimed at helping you get some much-needed stress relief. All in the spirit of entrepreneurship, the winner of the Limitless VC contest will receive 50% of the profit made from the BizBreak app, which is already up to $3,000. In addition, the winner will receive mentoring from a few very successful entrepreneurs.

You have until April 16th to submit a video. The 8 most viewed videos along with 2 more wildcard videos will be selected as finalists, and there will be a 7-day public voting period to determine the winner. Get to it! Sounds like a great prize for a quick and fun video submission. Check out the promo video for all the other details.

Since this is a new project, we’re looking for feedback and we welcome comments on what you like or how we can make a fun contest even better!

• Bucknell University Venture Plan Competition – Open to teams of undergraduate university students, this contest offers prizes of up to $5,000 for the most promising new ventures.
• Great Lakes Entrepreneurs Quest Business Plan Competition – All Michigan citizens are invited to apply to one of three different categories depending on the nature of the business plan. Cash prizes range from $500 to $5,000.
• Milken-PennGSE Business Plan Competition – Open to virtually anyone, this competition judges educational business plans and encourages applications in every conceivable educational setting. The first place prize is $25,000.

Our list this month features some pretty interesting ideas, in no particular order. If you’ve got some time, click through on each of the ideas, because the comments other members leave are often just as outrageous as the ideas themselves.

Anycolor Pen with ColorPick

“Most paint programs allow you to do two things that are sadly missing from the paper world: 1) Select the color of your brush from a color palette, and 2) Select the color of your brush from an existing color. The AnyColor pen remedies this! The pen contains Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black ink cartridges, and adjusts the flow rate to create the desired color. (These are the same subtractive colors used in inkjet printers) The color can be specified by adjusting three (R,G,B) sliders and displayed on a miniature color LCD screen built into the back of the pen. Alternately, the user can press a button on the side of the pen and tap on any real world object. Photocells in near the tip of the pen register the RGB value of the of the object, and adjust the flow rate accordingly (the back of the pen also turns the appropriate color).”

Perhaps not be most essential office tool, but definitely a fun idea, and useful if you’re looking to match an already existing color. It reminded me of a high-tech version of the old-school color changing click-pens! Looks like it may have already been designed, but is still only in concept form.

Cereal Screen

“This is a half-circled-shaped thin wire mesh with a lip along the rounded edge. When you are nearly finished your breakfast cereal, place the mesh along the edge of the cereal bowl, tip back and the remaining milk passes through as the leftover bits of corn flakes or rice crisps are trapped in the mesh, where they can be collected with the spoon. Saves having to hunt for the last floaty bits at the end of the cereal session, and removes fear of choking while drinking the milk. Mesh would have to be flexible enough to adapt to different bowl circumferences.”

I envision this invention making more of a mess than anything, but this is a perfectly “half-baked” idea, and for you picky cereal eaters out there, this could be just the tool for you!

Toaster Calibration

“A camera/small LCD screen combo device on the front of your toaster where you can take “after” pictures of your toast after cooking at different temperature settings. Subsequently, when turning the burned-ness dial it will display your previous toast pictures, so you can get an early idea of how much tan, brown or black you want on your bread prior to the magical transformation.”

Must be I was hungry for breakfast when I chose these ideas…. This idea aims to to be the solution for anyone looking to get that perfect slice of toasted slice without all the guess work and waste of several severely burnt slices – unless you prefer to eat charred toast..

Clothing Heater

“So the idea is a heating system that fully heats one’s cold clothes. A rack designed to hold ones clothes and fully heat them. Switches on 5-10 minutes before you get out of bed with a timed system, or do it yourself with a switch if you’re a snooze abuser.”

This is one invention that I would definitely invest in if it existed. Waking up in a room that is drafty in the winter is no fun, and this might even make me slightly less reluctant to get out of bed in the morning! There would be the possibility fire hazards, but in my opinion it’d be well worth it.

With New Years approaching, we have decided to wrap up 2009 with several of our favorite posts we have written since the beginning of the Finding Benjamin project. We have learned so much and come so far from those first days back in July when we launched the site. But with a new year comes new ideas, and boy do we have plenty of them, so stay tuned!! Here are the top five favorite posts from 2009…

Finding Benjamin Crib Notes – House Tour

A great video with Dave showing everyone around the infamous House Of Pain. The house was a lot cleaner back then…

From Barista To Blogger

This article was featured on the popular site Blogussion.com. A great article with some great advice.

The Best Of Halfbakery – October Ideas

Maybe it’s just the Lazy River Office that intrigues me, but this happens to be my favorite collection of half baked ideas.

Finding Benjamin Closet Sessions – BEDROC

Our favorite interview of the year with an awesome freestyle at the end. Since this interview, BEDROC has made some big steps. They had their first headlining show a month ago at the prestigious Water Street Music Hall, and they are kickin’ off the new year with a big concert at Water Street again on January 2nd.

10 Ways To Make A Benjamin

In our eyes, this was our best list of ways to make $100 from the “10 ways” series. Lots of great, easy ideas can be found from this list.