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2 mirrors at right angles, like staring at a corner of a room. The
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3 light reflects so that it shows you what you actually look like,
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4 instead of your mirror image.
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6 - remote control wasp :: use computer to drive wings with remote
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7 power/logic.
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8
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9 - public (distributed?) database of email->private-key pairs, to
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10 enable automatic encryption.
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12 - every equivalent creature will see each others eyes as black -- it's
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13 universal. Even of the creatures see in radio waves, and their eyes
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14 are 2m long pieces of jagged metal, when those creatures look at
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15 each other, they will see black, the absence of light and color
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16 (since it's being absorbed by the sensor array).
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17
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18 - intelligent microwave :: it learns where the hot nodes of its fields
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19 are, and uses them to evenly heat any food item. It has an infared
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20 camera or something to keep track of how hot the food is. That way,
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21 you don't get bowls where the edges are boiling, while the center is
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22 still frozen. Requires a little bit of intelligence/vision, since
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23 the exact pattern of heating totally depends on the exact shape of
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24 the food. Wouldn't need a carasouel, and wouldn't need a timer,
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25 just a desired temperature. Could also detect ice, and automotically
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26 defrost the parts which are frozen. Might be able to work much
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27 faster since it can aviod overheating; might have problems with
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28 heating the insides of thick things, might need a weight sensor too.
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29
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30 Would be much cleaner than other microwaves, since food would
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31 "sputter" and splash liquid much less.
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32
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33 Throw in some SIFT+R processing to match previously cooked foods and
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34 learn the exact heating profiles for things that have been cooked
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35 before -- it can get faster the more its used.
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36
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37 - brain-aware image compression algorithm
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38
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39 - Credit card proxy - would be a company which works like paypal
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40 except for real world transactions
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41
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42 - Flesh pillow :: a pillow like the arm or torso of a human, complete
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43 with simulated temperature, bones, and heartbeat.
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44
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45 - super screw :: a screw which has only one or two threads and intead
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46 uses compresion to fit into a hole (the whole shank
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47 of the screw is split into multiple pieces to
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48 accomplish this; the tip is a point, then the middle
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49 bulges out and gets compressed when screwed in.
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50
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51 - light filter :: (like light tweezers) to mechanically seperate
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52 fluids with different index of refraction
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53
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54 - chalk eraser project :: maybe make a directional eraser, for easy
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55 release of chalk dust, like fur, and how it likes to rest in a
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56 certain direction.
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58 silver socks
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59 UROP: magnet gear/metal teeth tape
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60 device to distill urine through evaporation and easily dispose of urea crystals for use in desert -- produce drinkable water.
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61 UROP: Make the LED in line with the flow for the microinjector, so that it may transmit maximum flow.
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62 Motor that changes distance of internal magnet from windings depending on desired speed so as to obtain maximum power efficiency.
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63 web scraper which monitors various lottries, looking for "special" gimmick changes in the rules (like 4x winnings on Wednesdays) and computes expected value...
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64 Memristiors -- make an evolutionary algorithm to make old stuff using all four basic circuit elements.
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65 Conductive concrete
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66 little bitty melting pot
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67 power strip/timer programmable combination
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68 algorthms which learn what their inputs are and in what order, and can adapt to changing circumstances -- they remember previous arguments and adapt so as to respond to different connections.
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69 hear a true pure tone by direct stimultion of the nerves of the ear
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70 mechanical analogue to the electrical op-amp
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71 paper folding device -- make it convienent to fold lots of papers in various ways.
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72 concrete epoxy -- epoxy with sand/ some other solid material.
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73 suspend some ball of material with a high index of refraction and shine light into it so it gets stuck -- would the light stay trapped forever? Could you build up
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74 unlimited quantities of light inside the sphere (which could then be released slowly by frustrated internal reflection?
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75
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76 Me: As it is, light wouldn't be trapped forever, since some fraction would always escape through the walls via absorbtion. But, if you minimized that or slowed the light down, it could
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77 work.
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79 Oct 27, 2009
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81 movie screening. Movies always are too long at first. one way to shorten them ``scientifically" is to record blink rate during the move and then remove / shorten the frames of the parts in which there are a lot of blinking
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82 (average this over multiple people) better yet, put it online and do it across thousands of people. I got this from youtube in which there is an episode of kill bill whih is composed entirely of the parts in whihc opeople
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83 had their eyes closed. slogan: want to make a movie people can't take their eyes off of? Just take those parts out!
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84 explosive thermite epoxy putty
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85 super reading program that teaches people the ideal mental mask to apply during reading so as to read very fast.
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86 capture reading of a scientific atricle via screen capture while people read it, then use it to make the article better. like the movie-pruning idea.
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87 Me: c.f. attention-tracking machines for user interface evaluation
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89 Oct 27, 2009
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91 use the above screen capture routine to make a quiz program tha constructs questions about the content you seemed to gloss over while reading. could be easy if the pdf came with embedded questions.
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92 Me:
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93 automatically generate word-cloud about the parts you found most interesting; help others who read the same stuff by drawing attention to the interesting parts.
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95 Oct 27, 2009
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96
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97 Also, a computer which analyzes the word-cloud could learn a lot about what stuff is important to humans on average, and what stuff is important only to few. Maybe make extrapolations, help with its search
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98 through solution space.
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99
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100 make a samurai sword, but use osmiridum instead of martensite for the cutting part; it should be a better sword.
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101 use the induction technology used to recharge electric toothbrushes with no metal links to send data -- without any metal at all!
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102 reading is a form of synsethesia
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103 Me: imagination is [targeted] self-stimulation of sensory inputs in the CNS?
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104 dreaming too?
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106 Oct 27, 2009
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107
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108 A machine which translates the text eg, "ACTGAC" into actual DNA
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109 Me: a machine which can build a constructor of amino acids with R-chains that do not naturally occur.
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110 a machine which attempts to create constructors of various compounds via biological algorithms in micro-lab instances.
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112 Oct 27, 2009
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114 ferro-fluid magnetic field suspended micro generator to make electricity
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115 Me: Combine with remote charging by induction
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117 Oct 27, 2009
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119 alcohol/fluid flow powered battery
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120 folding razor blade sword
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121 learn perfect pitch using another sense in combination (sight or touch)
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122 kaleidoscope projector
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123 razor blade de-sharpener (for guilt free disposal)
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124 bricks filled with luminescent plant material
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125 metal grids with seeds inside, which grow together and form a durable biological matrix. The metal substrate delivers water. (maybe use plastic instead of metal?)
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126 Me: enrich plants with inorganic compounds; electrical interfaces in cellular plant matter => remote-controlled photosynthetic/bioluminescent structures.
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127 conducting extracellular matrix
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129 Oct 27, 2009
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131 cross-modal memory hashing
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132 flossing thimble-gaurds
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133 integrate lattice learning with rules by generating hypothetical examples
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134 wooden refridgerator to give food a better taste
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135
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136 Me: like barrels for wine, or planks for salmon. Maybe just have "flavor planks" for your pre-existing fridge. Need to mitigate effect of temperature on volatility?
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138 Oct 27, 2009
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140 radioactive transmutation molecule by molecule -- create precious metals or something else economically advantageous.
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141 innolculate food with tons of harmless bacteria so that there's no room for bad bacteria as a method of preservation
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142 pasteur - style holding jar with siphon as a way to store liquids ar room temperature indefinately w/o refridgeration.(7/26/2009)
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143 Throw rude people out of resturant as a matter of course -- make ambiance much better.
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144 make something that mixes soap with firehydrant water (and reduces the pressure a bit) and use it to clean windows of buildings.
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145 make an ocarina out of pure silver
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146 fire pen -- pen which burns words on to the page, thus never needing any ink. Is ther a way to make it runnable from the human's energy?
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147
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148 Me: like kinetic flashlights, shake to generate energy (magnet through a solenoid is how they do it, i think)
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150 Oct 27, 2009
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152 website to design your own soda, and label, and have it mailed to you / sell it from your own online store.
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153 Me: like CAD online only with flavor extracts, other ingredients.
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154 Have a set of modular machinery [BAKE, SMASH, PULVERIZE, ...] and ingredients. Requests?
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156 Oct 27, 2009
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158 solar panels that float on the ocean
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159 handcuffs with more than two cuffs (3?) -- great for daisy chaining prisoniers, binding them to environment, etc.
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160 vector based SOUND files. --- like the pictures but with SOUND.
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162 Me: Essentially a MIDI file?
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164 Oct 27, 2009
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165
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166 even better than PREVIOUS -- codify sound in a language with enough symbols so that it can describe everything and encode it in that. would be like going from speech to text or smtg.
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167 Me: Build off of IPA?
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168 Need to encapsulate nonsense sounds produced by babies
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170 Oct 27, 2009
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172 Mouse with a horizontal scroll wheel in addition to the vertical scroll wheel
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173 logic maintance system for big institutions to make sure the things they are thinking about doing are not retarded
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174 Me: For a starting point, crawl public domain regulations sites looking for retardation.
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176 Oct 28, 2009
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178 http://www.regulations.gov/
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180 genetically engineered glowing fruit -- sell seeds?
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182 Me: Fruits whose skins store sunlight in luminscent flesh => useful?
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184 Oct 27, 2009
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186 memory slide -- IF memories are encoded using particular sensory impressions, what happens if the sensory organ itself changes? those memories would become unaccessable. maybe this is why we can't
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187 remember much from our childhoods. also, could this happen throught life as well? Could S remember stuff from his childhood?
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188 make a completely indestructable phone -- no moving parts or display you should be able to slam it around all you want, and it will just work. brutally simple. aerogel around the battery, minimal interface - never gets
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189 too hot, and can be dropped into water. no holes -- uses field effects for everything from the buttons to inductive charging and data transfer.
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190 Me: Start with "military" phones (like Mr. Hawley has) with field-effects interface additions and additional hardcore streamlining.
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192 Oct 27, 2009
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194 midi to ocarina "tabs" program (online website? buy ocarinas from it too)
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195 3d printing with sound pulses (or just patterns) -- like the 8.03 lecture
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196 lighter flint on spring --- make hot and it makes sparkles!
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197 put a plane on a treadmill, to help it do a vertical takeoff.
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198 Use a nondeterministic sentence parser to understand sentences with multiple meanings. Perhaps use statistical language as a filter against unintended (or rather, uninteresting) interpretations.
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199 Rebranding New+Clear Energy with informational campaign and public debate forum to enforce its transparent and open nature. France needn't be the world leader in nuclear energy.
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200 Me: Standardized, modular nuclear plants?
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201
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202 Oct 29, 2009
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204 Textbook whose content can be varied continuously---alter
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205 Me: well, actually varied over a countable "dense" set.
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207 Oct 29, 2009
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208
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209 level of difficulty, rigor, diction, emphasize crossover with certain other discipline, etc. Content generated dynamically from knowledge base,
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210 Me: Or, initially, interpolated over all pre-existing books.
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211
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212 Oct 29, 2009
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214 along with questions that are moreover altered to guide knowledge acquisition.
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215 Motivation: One book of knowledge. One.
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216 Engineer a material which has both ductility and high surface tension to make the "third" minimal-surface-energy solution to a bubble suspended between two equal-diameter rings. (Solutions are cylindrical catenary
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217 curve, two separated half-bubbles, and a double-cone)
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219 Tags:
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221 Me: Color-coded lid-cup pairs.
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223 Dec 3, 2009
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225 Me: Dry soap (like for pets) but for cars
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227 Dec 3, 2009
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229 Next w ave
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