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cleaning up ideas.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:32:37 +0000
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rlm@33 1 - don't forget about that mirror in the student center!, it's two
rlm@33 2 mirrors at right angles, like staring at a corner of a room. The
rlm@33 3 light reflects so that it shows you what you actually look like,
rlm@33 4 instead of your mirror image.
rlm@33 5
rlm@33 6 - remote control wasp :: use computer to drive wings with remote
rlm@32 7 power/logic.
rlm@32 8
rlm@33 9 - public (distributed?) database of email->private-key pairs, to
rlm@33 10 enable automatic encryption.
rlm@32 11
rlm@32 12 - every equivalent creature will see each others eyes as black -- it's
rlm@32 13 universal. Even of the creatures see in radio waves, and their eyes
rlm@32 14 are 2m long pieces of jagged metal, when those creatures look at
rlm@32 15 each other, they will see black, the absence of light and color
rlm@32 16 (since it's being absorbed by the sensor array).
rlm@32 17
rlm@33 18 - intelligent microwave :: it learns where the hot nodes of its fields
rlm@32 19 are, and uses them to evenly heat any food item. It has an infared
rlm@32 20 camera or something to keep track of how hot the food is. That way,
rlm@32 21 you don't get bowls where the edges are boiling, while the center is
rlm@32 22 still frozen. Requires a little bit of intelligence/vision, since
rlm@32 23 the exact pattern of heating totally depends on the exact shape of
rlm@32 24 the food. Wouldn't need a carasouel, and wouldn't need a timer,
rlm@32 25 just a desired temperature. Could also detect ice, and automotically
rlm@32 26 defrost the parts which are frozen. Might be able to work much
rlm@32 27 faster since it can aviod overheating; might have problems with
rlm@32 28 heating the insides of thick things, might need a weight sensor too.
rlm@32 29
rlm@32 30 Would be much cleaner than other microwaves, since food would
rlm@32 31 "sputter" and splash liquid much less.
rlm@32 32
rlm@32 33 Throw in some SIFT+R processing to match previously cooked foods and
rlm@32 34 learn the exact heating profiles for things that have been cooked
rlm@32 35 before -- it can get faster the more its used.
rlm@32 36
rlm@33 37 - brain-aware image compression algorithm
rlm@32 38
rlm@33 39 - Credit card proxy - would be a company which works like paypal
rlm@33 40 except for real world transactions
rlm@32 41
rlm@33 42 - Flesh pillow :: a pillow like the arm or torso of a human, complete
rlm@33 43 with simulated temperature, bones, and heartbeat.
rlm@33 44
rlm@33 45 - super screw :: a screw which has only one or two threads and intead
rlm@33 46 uses compresion to fit into a hole (the whole shank
rlm@33 47 of the screw is split into multiple pieces to
rlm@33 48 accomplish this; the tip is a point, then the middle
rlm@33 49 bulges out and gets compressed when screwed in.
rlm@33 50
rlm@33 51 - light filter :: (like light tweezers) to mechanically seperate
rlm@33 52 fluids with different index of refraction
rlm@33 53
rlm@33 54 - chalk eraser project :: maybe make a directional eraser, for easy
rlm@33 55 release of chalk dust, like fur, and how it likes to rest in a
rlm@33 56 certain direction.
rlm@33 57
rlm@34 58 - silver socks
rlm@32 59
rlm@34 60 - UROP: magnet gear/metal teeth tape device to distill urine through
rlm@34 61 evaporation and easily dispose of urea crystals for use in desert --
rlm@34 62 produce drinkable water.
rlm@32 63
rlm@34 64 - UROP: Make the LED in line with the flow for the microinjector, so
rlm@34 65 that it may transmit maximum flow. Motor that changes distance of
rlm@34 66 internal magnet from windings depending on desired speed so as to
rlm@34 67 obtain maximum power efficiency.
rlm@32 68
rlm@34 69 - web scraper which monitors various lottries, looking for "special"
rlm@34 70 gimmick changes in the rules (like 4x winnings on Wednesdays) and
rlm@34 71 computes expected value...
rlm@34 72
rlm@34 73 - Memristiors novel design :: make an evolutionary algorithm to make
rlm@34 74 old stuff using all four basic circuit elements.
rlm@34 75
rlm@34 76 - Conductive concrete
rlm@34 77
rlm@34 78 - little bitty melting pot
rlm@34 79
rlm@34 80 - power strip/timer programmable combination
rlm@34 81
rlm@34 82 - algorthms which learn what their inputs are and in what order, and
rlm@34 83 can adapt to changing circumstances -- they remember previous
rlm@34 84 arguments and adapt so as to respond to different connections.
rlm@34 85
rlm@34 86 - hear a true pure tone by direct stimultion of the nerves of the ear
rlm@34 87 mechanical analogue to the electrical op-amp
rlm@34 88
rlm@34 89 - paper folding device :: make it convienent to fold lots of papers in
rlm@34 90 various ways.
rlm@34 91
rlm@34 92 - concrete epoxy :: epoxy with sand/ some other solid material.
rlm@34 93
rlm@34 94 - suspend some ball of material with a high index of refraction and
rlm@34 95 shine light into it so it gets stuck -- would the light stay trapped
rlm@34 96 forever? Could you build up unlimited quantities of light inside the
rlm@34 97 sphere (which could then be released slowly by frustrated internal
rlm@34 98 reflection?
rlm@34 99
rlm@34 100 - movie screening :: Movies always are too long at first. one way to
rlm@34 101 shorten them ``scientifically" is to record blink rate during the
rlm@34 102 move and then remove / shorten the frames of the parts in which
rlm@34 103 there are a lot of blinking (average this over multiple people)
rlm@34 104 better yet, put it online and do it across thousands of people. I
rlm@34 105 got this from youtube in which there is an episode of kill bill
rlm@34 106 whih is composed entirely of the parts in whihc opeople had their
rlm@34 107 eyes closed. slogan: want to make a movie people can't take their
rlm@34 108 eyes off of? Just take those parts out!
rlm@34 109
rlm@35 110 - capture reading of a scientific atricle via screen capture while
rlm@35 111 people read it, then use it to make the article better. like the
rlm@35 112 movie-pruning idea.
rlm@35 113
rlm@35 114 - super reading program that teaches people the ideal mental mask to
rlm@35 115 apply during reading so as to read very fast.
rlm@35 116
rlm@34 117 - explosive thermite epoxy putty (one part would contain the rust, one
rlm@34 118 part the alumimum)
rlm@34 119
rlm@35 120 - use the above screen capture routine to make a quiz program tha
rlm@35 121 constructs questions about the content you seemed to gloss over
rlm@35 122 while reading. could be easy if the pdf came with embedded
rlm@35 123 questions. Dylan: automatically generate word-cloud about the parts
rlm@35 124 you found most interesting; help others who read the same stuff by
rlm@35 125 drawing attention to the interesting parts.
rlm@34 126
rlm@35 127 - make a samurai sword, but use osmiridum instead of martensite for
rlm@35 128 the cutting part; it should be a better sword.
rlm@32 129
rlm@35 130 - use the induction technology used to recharge electric toothbrushes
rlm@35 131 with no metal links to send data -- without any metal at all!
rlm@32 132
rlm@35 133 - reading is a form of synsethesia
rlm@32 134
rlm@35 135 - A machine which translates the text eg, "ACTGAC" into actual DNA
rlm@32 136
rlm@35 137 - ferro-fluid magnetic field suspended micro generator to make
rlm@35 138 electricity
rlm@32 139
rlm@35 140 - alcohol/fluid flow powered battery
rlm@32 141
rlm@35 142 - folding razor blade sword
rlm@32 143
rlm@35 144 - learn perfect pitch using another sense in combination (sight or
rlm@35 145 touch)
rlm@32 146
rlm@35 147 - kaleidoscope projector
rlm@32 148
rlm@35 149 - razor blade de-sharpener (for guilt free disposal)
rlm@32 150
rlm@35 151 - bricks filled with luminescent plant material
rlm@32 152
rlm@35 153 - metal grids with seeds inside, which grow together and form a
rlm@35 154 durable biological matrix. The metal substrate delivers
rlm@35 155 water. (maybe use plastic instead of metal?) Dylan: enrich plants
rlm@35 156 with inorganic compounds; electrical interfaces in cellular plant
rlm@35 157 matter => remote-controlled photosynthetic/bioluminescent
rlm@35 158 structures.
rlm@32 159
rlm@35 160 - conducting extracellular matrix
rlm@32 161
rlm@35 162 - cross-modal memory hashing
rlm@32 163
rlm@35 164 - flossing thimble-gaurds
rlm@32 165
rlm@35 166 - integrate lattice learning with rules by generating hypothetical
rlm@35 167 examples
rlm@32 168
rlm@35 169 - wooden refridgerator to give food a better taste Dylan: like barrels
rlm@35 170 for wine, or planks for salmon. Maybe just have "flavor planks" for
rlm@35 171 your pre-existing fridge. Need to mitigate effect of temperature on
rlm@35 172 volatility?
rlm@32 173
rlm@35 174 - radioactive transmutation molecule by molecule :: create precious
rlm@35 175 metals or something else economically advantageous.
rlm@32 176
rlm@35 177 - innolculate food with tons of harmless bacteria so that there's no
rlm@35 178 room for bad bacteria as a method of preservation
rlm@32 179
rlm@35 180 - pasteur - style holding jar with siphon as a way to store liquids ar
rlm@35 181 room temperature indefinately w/o refridgeration.(7/26/2009)
rlm@32 182
rlm@35 183 - Throw rude people out of resturant as a matter of course -- make
rlm@35 184 ambiance much better.
rlm@32 185
rlm@35 186 - make something that mixes soap with firehydrant water (and reduces
rlm@35 187 the pressure a bit) and use it to clean windows of buildings.
rlm@32 188
rlm@35 189 - make an ocarina out of pure silver
rlm@32 190
rlm@35 191 - fire pen :: pen which burns words on to the page, thus never needing
rlm@35 192 any ink. Is ther a way to make it runnable from the
rlm@35 193 human's energy?
rlm@32 194
rlm@35 195 - website to design your own soda, and label, and have it mailed to
rlm@35 196 you / sell it from your own online store.
rlm@35 197
rlm@35 198 - solar panels that float on the ocean
rlm@35 199 - handcuffs with more than two cuffs (3?) :: great for daisy chaining
rlm@35 200 prisoniers, binding them to environment, etc.
rlm@35 201
rlm@35 202 - vector based SOUND files :: like the pictures but with SOUND. codify
rlm@35 203 sound in a language with enough symbols so that it can describe
rlm@35 204 everything and encode it in that. would be like going from speech
rlm@35 205 to text or smtg. This would store sound as an image of the
rlm@35 206 wavefront encoded as a vector image.
rlm@32 207
rlm@32 208 Oct 27, 2009
rlm@32 209
rlm@32 210 Mouse with a horizontal scroll wheel in addition to the vertical scroll wheel
rlm@32 211 logic maintance system for big institutions to make sure the things they are thinking about doing are not retarded
rlm@32 212 Me: For a starting point, crawl public domain regulations sites looking for retardation.
rlm@32 213
rlm@32 214 Oct 28, 2009
rlm@32 215
rlm@32 216 http://www.regulations.gov/
rlm@32 217
rlm@32 218 genetically engineered glowing fruit -- sell seeds?
rlm@32 219
rlm@32 220 Me: Fruits whose skins store sunlight in luminscent flesh => useful?
rlm@32 221
rlm@32 222 Oct 27, 2009
rlm@32 223
rlm@32 224 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
rlm@32 225 remember much from our childhoods. also, could this happen throught life as well? Could S remember stuff from his childhood?
rlm@32 226 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
rlm@32 227 too hot, and can be dropped into water. no holes -- uses field effects for everything from the buttons to inductive charging and data transfer.
rlm@32 228 Me: Start with "military" phones (like Mr. Hawley has) with field-effects interface additions and additional hardcore streamlining.
rlm@32 229
rlm@32 230 Oct 27, 2009
rlm@32 231
rlm@32 232 midi to ocarina "tabs" program (online website? buy ocarinas from it too)
rlm@32 233 3d printing with sound pulses (or just patterns) -- like the 8.03 lecture
rlm@32 234 lighter flint on spring --- make hot and it makes sparkles!
rlm@32 235 put a plane on a treadmill, to help it do a vertical takeoff.
rlm@32 236 Use a nondeterministic sentence parser to understand sentences with multiple meanings. Perhaps use statistical language as a filter against unintended (or rather, uninteresting) interpretations.
rlm@32 237 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.
rlm@32 238 Me: Standardized, modular nuclear plants?
rlm@32 239
rlm@32 240 Oct 29, 2009
rlm@32 241
rlm@32 242 Textbook whose content can be varied continuously---alter
rlm@32 243 Me: well, actually varied over a countable "dense" set.
rlm@32 244
rlm@32 245 Oct 29, 2009
rlm@32 246
rlm@32 247 level of difficulty, rigor, diction, emphasize crossover with certain other discipline, etc. Content generated dynamically from knowledge base,
rlm@32 248 Me: Or, initially, interpolated over all pre-existing books.
rlm@32 249
rlm@32 250 Oct 29, 2009
rlm@32 251
rlm@32 252 along with questions that are moreover altered to guide knowledge acquisition.
rlm@32 253 Motivation: One book of knowledge. One.
rlm@32 254 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
rlm@32 255 curve, two separated half-bubbles, and a double-cone)
rlm@32 256
rlm@32 257 Tags:
rlm@32 258
rlm@32 259 Me: Color-coded lid-cup pairs.
rlm@32 260
rlm@32 261 Dec 3, 2009
rlm@32 262
rlm@32 263 Me: Dry soap (like for pets) but for cars
rlm@32 264
rlm@32 265 Dec 3, 2009
rlm@32 266
rlm@32 267 Next w ave
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