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1 #+title: Big List O' Ideas
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2 #+author: Robert McIntyre
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3 #+email: rlm@mit.edu
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4 #+description: list of ideas from the last ~ 7 years
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6 #+SETUPFILE: ../../aurellem/org/setup.org
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7 #+INCLUDE: ../../aurellem/org/level-0.org
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8 #+babel: :mkdirp yes :noweb yes :exports both
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10 * Ideas
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11 # :PROPERTIES:
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12 # :HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS: ideas
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13 # :END:
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15 This is a list of *Every* idea I've written down
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17 #+begin_quote
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18 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about
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19 getting credit.
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20 #+end_quote
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22 - I just had sex spinal tap <<2016-07-12 Tue>> :: measure signals
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23 coming from your spinal cord to detect orgasm w/ machine
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24 learning. Then your fucking app can post to facebook
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25 automatically saying "I just had sex".
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27 - a billion years of suffering, finally quieted by a noble oil spill <<2016-07-11 Mon>> ::
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29 - pig egg extraction <<2016-07-10 Sun>> :: put human stem cells into
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30 a pig embryo, get the pig to grow human eggs / human
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31 reproductive systems, use the pig as an artificial womb. Also
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32 can get high quality <5 year old eggs from post memopausal women
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33 bu making their stem cells grow new eggs. In general, we should
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34 do a lot more transgenic xenobiologu!
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36 - cortex-doubling <<2016-06-26 Sun>> :: could we do something like
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37 the cortex-transplanting experiments except with an aim to
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38 greatly increase the size of the brain's cortex-- take a whole
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39 cortex from one embryo and just "shove it in" to the other
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40 animal?
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42 - use optical methods to scan in a vynl recored <<2016-06-26 Sun>> ::
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44 - chilled cubes of quartz instead of ice to cool down a drink
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45 <<2016-06-22 Wed>> :: or troll people with lukewarm "ice"
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46 water. Aristotle said that quartz was permementaly frozen ice, why
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47 not take advantage. And why didn't Aristotle invent child
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48 psychology?
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50 - seedless fruits <<2016-06-22 Wed>> :: could we make sedless fruits
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51 by breeding for increasingly /asymettric/ seed distribution?
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52 That way, we could breed until the seeds are on the surface of
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53 the fruit, then untill they're at the stem, then until they're
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54 off on their own branch near the fruit. could be cool!
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56 - can dogs hear our muscles contracting? <<2016-06-22 Wed>> ::
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57 muscles make an infrasonice sound when they contarct. In
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58 general, might this be an unintended side channel when it comes
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59 to animal experiments.
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61 - authenticity and responsibility display similar mental glitches
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62 <<2016-06-21 Tue>> :: oh, you mirdered someone by presing a
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63 button-- then you're not repossible. If you print out an artwork,
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64 then it's not "authentic". In both cases we take the requirement
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65 for hands to be involved too far and cant't see through a layer of
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66 indirection
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68 - better fixatives with aldehyde dehydrogenaze inhibitors?
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69 <<2016-06-20 Mon>> :: the idea is to disable the aldehyde
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70 dehydrogenaze enzymes that might react with aldehydes and retart
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71 progress. This might be irrelevant given how many fixative
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72 molucules might be used during fixation, but these systems might be
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73 coupled with negative downstream effects? See
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74 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldehyde_dehydrogenase for more details.
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76 - batch multiple credit card transactions for a coffee shop
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77 <<2016-06-19 Sun>> :: if you get a foffee, then get another
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78 thing later on the same credit card, then the coffee shop should
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79 batch these transactions together at the end of the day to avoid
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80 multiple fees.
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82 - a man has to have balls to cut off his own balls <<2016-06-17 Fri>> ::
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84 - kerning art <<2016-06-16 Thu>> :: an extention to LaTeX that puts
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85 really subtle smiley facse and shit into the whitespacing of a document
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87 - glare analysis <<2016-06-15 Wed>> :: take a computer model of a
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88 building, use ray-tracing to simulate there light goes during
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89 different times of the day, and see if the light will bother
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90 anyone in "standard" positions, such as desks, counters, etc.
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92 - almost-silent whispers in the brain <<2016-06-14 Tue>> :: a set of
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93 silent synapses are triggered in such a way to create a wealth
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94 of important memories, none of which are accessable to the person!
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96 - jumping forward in time, by changing your brain
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97 <<2016-06-11 Sat>> :: and also, the state-space evolution of a
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98 brain has loops, etc
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100 - "draw your own computer" -- an MIT IAP class <<2016-06-11 Sat>> ::
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101 you take an 8.5x11 sheet of paper and draw out a simple CPU on
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102 it (with connections for a decent RAM chip, and two serial
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103 ports). You'd use a fine pen and a magnifying glass, draw from a
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104 template, and the class would go over the circuits you're
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105 drawing as you draw them. Then you do some VERY BASIC
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106 photolithography to make it real! Then you write in a nice game
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107 of ZORK or something! Possibly this could be a two-three day
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108 class depending on how complicated the drawing has to be.
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110 - knife with gallium core and M&M resin on the outside
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111 <<2016-06-10 Fri>> :: "melts in your enemies' guts, not your
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112 scabbard"
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114 - pizza lathe printer <<2016-06-09 Thu>> :: spin pizza, apply
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115 toppings. make it be intriciate. like a tomato sauce
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116 spirograph. "spirograph pizza"
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118 - "conception" of memory <<2016-06-09 Thu>> :: this is almost a
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119 kabbalistic mystery, that the molecules used in conception might
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120 be the same used to conceive a memory: from Kadell: In Xenopus oocytes, maternal RNA is silent until activated by the
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121 cytoplas- mic polyadenylation element binding protein (CPEB) (Richter
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122 1999). In Aplysia a new iso- form of CPEB (ApCPEB) with novel
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123 properties was found in neurons. Blocking this isoform at a marked
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124 (active) synapse prevented the main- tenance but not the initiation of
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125 long-term syn- aptic facilitation (Si et al. 2003a,b).
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127 - mind erasure, all cells live <<2016-06-09 Thu>> :: trypsin in the
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128 brain -- dissociate neurons without killing them.
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130 - delicate flavors pumped through your blood and into your tounge and
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131 organs <<2016-06-08 Wed>> :: the infinite snack pump
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133 - imagemagick converter for ffmpeg <<2016-06-07 Tue>> :: make it so
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134 that you can execute any imagemagick command on every frame of a
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135 video by using ffmpeg.
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137 - dyln duel decks -- elbows vs. NO <<2016-06-04 Sat>> ::
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139 - knife garnish <<2016-06-04 Sat>> ::
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141 - the "easy" and "hard" problems of mathematics <<2016-06-02 Thu>> ::
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142 the "easy" problem is to jsut do things like prove the rieman
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143 hypothesis. The "hard" problem is to show why 2 /is/ 2 and not
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144 some other number, and what makes /this/ 2 different form
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145 /that/ 2. You know, to really /explain/ it.
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147 - naming convention for marriage <<2016-05-25 Wed>> :: hyphenate your
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148 names with a new family last name, then the kids just get the
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149 family name. Then other people can call you "Mr. family-name",
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150 etc. By Dylan Holmes.
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152 - light of the mind <<2016-05-23 Mon>> :: a researcher is
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153 experimenting with transgenic viruses to do optogenetic
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154 experiments, accidentally infects himself. Then from then on,
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155 his neurons actually glow with light inside his skull.
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157 - microwaves to accelerate cryoprotectant uptake
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158 <<2016-05-21 Sat>> :: works for osmium during embedding, so why not
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159 for cryoprotectants?
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161 - breed very small dogs, bats, mice, etc <<2016-05-21 Sat>> :: for
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162 neuroscience research. I wonder how many generations it would
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163 take to surpass the 2g limit of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitti's_hog-nosed_bat][bumblebe bats]]? Then the
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164 reduced species would be ideal for whole-brain scanning.
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165 Depending on the tech curves, it may indeed be more feasible to
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166 start with something like an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_shrew][Etruscan shrew]], bred it for 100
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167 generations to be a quarter of the size, and then proceed with
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168 brain scanning, rather than starting directly!
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169
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170 - sun dogs at the final stand <<2016-05-21 Sat>> :: "It was always a
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171 one way trip," said the Hero of the Sun. The rest of the heros
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172 could only watch as he made his final stand. Amidst the dark,
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173 icy gloom, he summoned one last powerful bit of sun-magic,
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174 sacrificing himself to hold back the forces of darkness. From
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175 hundreds of miles away, the sky brightened with an artificial
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176 dawn, and the sky shown with the hero's name:
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177 [[../images/star-artic.jpg]].
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179 With [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53zcpaXT8o&t=21m23s][this]] playing in the background.
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181 - space elevator based on string <<2016-05-20 Fri>> :: You have a
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182 small dumb robot that walks up and down strings while carrying
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183 something. You launch a "spider" robot from a satelite with a
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184 bunch of string, tethering one end on earth and one end in
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185 grosynchronus orbit. Then you successively make the string
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186 bigger.
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187
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188 - lavender oats -- oatmeal w/ tea -- turns out it doesn't work all that well <<2016-05-17 Tue>> ::
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190 - all the atoms in a head, all the stories that can be <<2016-05-17 Tue>> ::
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192 - boltzman brain april fools <<2016-05-17 Tue>> ::
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194 - exochemotherapy <<2016-05-16 Mon>> :: let's say you have lung
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195 cancer, or some other cancer you might need to treat with
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196 radiation. Perhaps it could be good to remove the organ from the
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197 body (while still having it attached), and apply radiatio, etc.
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198
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199 - glutaraldehyde as biological glue to bind implants <<2016-04-28 Thu>> ::
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201 - the blank lonliness of singularity <<2016-04-28 Thu>> :: I think
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202 that at least for me, I've always been missing the important
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203 spiritual aspect of /duality/. /Duality/ here means that you
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204 exist as two or more copies at the same time. There so much I
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205 want to focus on, especilly the orthogonal worlds of science and
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206 society, that my natural state of orginazation would be to
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207 /both/ hole myself up in a lab and work on discovering truth,
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208 AND work on talking with peopls and making a great network of
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209 friends. I want to be able to really talk with myself!
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211 - low voltage em imaging + fib sem directly of ASC brains <<2016-04-25 Mon>> ::
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213 - dildo-shaped earplugs <<2016-04-25 Mon>> :: just put dicks in both
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214 your ears. Make them double ended. In general, use earplugs as a
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215 platform for making neat things mounted to your ears, like foam
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216 flowers or ribbons or whatever.
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218 - ASC as a police evidence preservation technique <<2016-04-18 Mon>> ::
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220 - multi metal fixation w/ formamide <<2016-04-18 Mon>> :: osmium
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221 copper zinc uranium formamide
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223 - blood like cars that knows where to go <<2016-04-18 Mon>> :: maybe
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224 with flagellas
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226 - post antibiotic recolonization from preserved blood <<2016-04-18 Mon>> ::
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228 - application of poly magnet for perfusion connections <<2016-04-18 Mon>> ::
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230 - explicit lobbying and influences from companies --- helps make behaviour more predictable and can help to paradoxcically make the lobbying money stronger <<2016-04-18 Mon>> ::
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232 - glutaraldehyde as a callous hardener <<2016-04-18 Mon>> ::
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234 - twit-shank-select <<2016-04-17 Sun>> :: and if you actually had a
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235 really cool day, then you request that you become the
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236 trunk. Gaurantees that you have much more statistically
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237 interesting days, every day!
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238
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239 - twit-shank <<2016-04-17 Sun>> :: much easer, ""minimum viable
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240 product"-style mind-merge. Just tweet any significant shit you
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241 did that day, then kill yourself. Trunk-you reads the tweet and
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243
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244 - names that sound stupid today but would be good ancient Greek names <<2016-04-16 Sat>> :: "telethon",
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245 "mentos", "mentor". Behold TELETHON, he was a great warrior and
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246 runner!
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248 - <<2016-04-12 Tue>> if only we had gold much more abundant than lead ::
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250 - <<2016-04-12 Tue>> wood engineered to contain a lot of gold sequestered in the tissues ::
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252 - <<2016-04-12 Tue>> mtg life counter app that's more like paper ::
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254 - <<2016-04-11 Mon>> good word for a prostitute : conslutant ::
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256 - <<2016-04-11 Mon>> old paper book on acid paper preserved in SPURS resin ::
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258 - <<2016-04-11 Mon>> blood ink :: you can just buy a bottle of
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259 hemoglobin and make ink. maybe linseed oil and hemoglobin would
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260 work? throw in some sort of crosslinker or something to keep the
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261 hemoglobin red?
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263 - <<2016-04-08 Fri>> trash horse ::
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265 - <<2016-04-08 Fri>> soul of the day :: a full life recording
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267 - <<2016-04-07 Thu>> omega the forsaken :: grade so bad you fail that
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268 class and all its prerequisites
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270 - <<2016-04-05 Tue>> eye ring right angle mirror :: creatures with
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271 say six eyes shaped in a ring on their head. They mentallly
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272 shift their attention from one pair of eyes to another to really
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273 preceive 3D shapes. However, if you pit a right angle mirrr in
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274 the back of their head, they can sudetnly incorporate two pairs
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275 of eyes simultaneously, perceiving the world in 3.XD, where they
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276 see what they call "true depth", where 2D representations of 3D
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277 space look hopelessly fake and the coeld has a sort of profound
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278 depth to it.
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281 one antibiotic, or cycle them or any of that nonsense. If
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282 someone has a problem, give them ALL the antibiotics at once,
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283 getting exponentially better chances of killing everything. Say
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284 you have two antibiotics with a 0.1 chance of becomming useless
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285 everytime you use it to cure someone. The antibiotics are
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286 independent molecular mechanisms so it takes two chance
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287 mutations to confer immunity. If you use one till it's useless,
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288 then the other one, then it takes around 20 times before you're
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289 out of antibiotics. If you use both its more like 200 times!
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290
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291 - <<2016-04-05 Tue>> are animals chronically tired :: I wonder if
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292 animals get enough sleep? Maybe not -- after all, they wouldn't
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293 necesairly be able to go for 8 hours even if they needed it. And
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294 the quality of sleep would be very bad if you're always on
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295 edge. I think that a lot of animals look tired a lot of the
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296 time. Perhaps in addition to our ability to cook food as a
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297 surrogate for our digestive system, our ability to sleep in a
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298 confortable, safe place for 8+ hours enabled similar economies
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299 for our mental systems! The "comfy" theory of human
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300 intelligence/evolution.
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301
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302 - <<2016-04-02 Sat>> live to a billion seconds :: it's 31 years, 251
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303 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, 54.7843 seconds or something
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304
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305 - <<2016-04-02 Sat>> hyperlinked physical writing :: you scan in some
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306 (handwritten) text and make some of the words hyperlinks. looks
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307 incongrous. or an old newspaper clipping from like the 1930's as
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308 a pdf, and it has a random hyperlink in it!
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309
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310 - <<2016-04-01 Fri>> super emulsified transparent manyonase ::
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311
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312 - <<2016-04-01 Fri>> osmium as a EM catalyst :: cause you can recover
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313 it see 1978
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314
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315 - <<2016-04-01 Fri>> the mind sword of osmium :: uploading, use
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316 osmium as a catalyst, make cool sword that's processed a billion
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317 human minds
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318
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319 - <<2016-03-27 Sun>> hay fever straws :: normally you call them
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320 "sneezes" but if you have hay fever then you should call them
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321 "straws." :P
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322
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323 - <<2016-03-27 Sun>> the same blue sky :: when I look at the sky, and
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324 there's no clouds, then I'm connected the eternity of all the
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325 creatures who looked up and saw the same sky. I wonder if you
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326 could look up at the sky, then look back down and be in a
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327 different time, a different place.
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328
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329 - <<2016-03-25 Fri>> fear of number quantity :: people can be scared
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330 of one thing, two things, etc, but what about 51 things. this
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331 might reveal the limits of object counting. How do there numbers
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332 distribute around the population? Is there a spike at numbers
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333 like 13?
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334
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335 - <<2016-03-24 Thu>> water-resistant suit and CPA tube :: so classy,
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336 to pop out of a cryo chamber and have the water fall off your
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337 suit like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Udw0RriGrI
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338
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339 - <<2016-03-24 Thu>> perfuse cryoprotectants into hibernating ground squirrell ::
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340
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341 - <<2016-03-24 Thu>> active biological camaflogue :: inspired by the
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342 mormyrid electric fish paper by *mumble*. What if you were an
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343 octopus that could change skin color, and then you combine your
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344 vision, skin, and motor outputs to compute what the skin should
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345 look like as you move your arms around; you could be perfectaly
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346 invisible, and wouldn't have to have the skin be "dumb". Very
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347 fast changes in light with no pattern would reveal this
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348 "bio-computed camaflogue", though, because the skin wouldn't be
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349 able to predict things as well.
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350
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351 - <<2016-03-24 Thu>> vitrified lab :: imagine a lab contained
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352 entirely in the glass from which fibre optic cables are
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353 made. It's be neat! there'd be no air!
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354
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355 - <<2016-03-20 Sun>> curare in a fixative :: might stop fixation
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356 tremors.
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357
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358 - <<2016-03-20 Sun>> hidden eyes of god :: it's the year 2020 and the
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359 first human brains are beginning to be preserved and scanned as
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360 part of the human connectome project. As scientists look at
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361 electron micrographs of preserved human brain tissue, they see
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362 all the expected brain structures: neurons, synapses,
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363 mitochnodria, myelin.... and something that's never been seen
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364 before: an intiricate filigree of strutures like the neural
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365 weaves from Banks' culture series. Human brain tissue from even
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366 50 years ago like Einsteins' does not have the weave, and he
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367 weave is only in around 30% of the population. Obviously
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368 computational in nature and way advanced beyond anything
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369 humanity can build, these secret structures reveal an unsettling
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370 truth: something is watching us, from within our own minds...
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371
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372 - <<2016-03-20 Sun>> encrypted priority server ::
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373
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374 - <<2016-03-19 Sat>> neuro-speakers :: speakers are the ultimate
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375 insturment, most like the human voice. submime. attach to brain
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376 and then we can finally sing.
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377
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378 - <<2016-03-19 Sat>> book with meanings to onlky one person at one time :: like
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379 adam kraft's thing about neural nets with images that look
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380 nothing like the object but get classified as that object
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381 anyway. You could possibly do the same with a human visual
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382 system -- imagine a book that looks nothing like static. You
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383 look at the pages, and they seem like nonsense, but you also get
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384 a /strong/ impression of a scene and meaning, possibly stronger
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385 and more direct than a really good painting. And no one else can
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386 see it, and you sleep a night, and can't see it yourself in the
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387 morning. Like the "communicating with LSD people" thing as well.
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388
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389 - <<2016-03-17 Thu>> ligand nonpolar osmium lipid stain for perfuse EM ::
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390
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391 - <<2016-03-15 Tue>> classified documents and mind uploading :: an
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392 important value for forgetting!
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393
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394 - <<2016-03-15 Tue>> furnace random number generator ::
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395
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396 - <<2016-03-14 Mon>> how does a lobotomy not cause fatal brain embolisms!? ::
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397
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398 - spinal cord made of light; moon :: transit time of light from moon to
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399 earth is same as transit time of signals through spinal cord. So
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400 you could have your mind on the moon and your body on earth and
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401 it would feel the same!
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402
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403 - semantic darkmode browser extension :: some websites are naturally
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404 dark themed (like aurellem.org) while others are light themed
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405 (like google). At night I like dark themes and during daylight I
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406 like light themes. You can just invert your screen to convert
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407 light to dark, but when tabbing through multiple browser tabs
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408 you end up occasionally spraying your screen with bright
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409 colors. So, have a little button that inverts a single web page
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410 for firefox! Or, you can have a tiny bit of preprocessing (you
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411 just measure the overall white vs dark pixels) and then invert
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412 the page depending on that.
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413
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414 - optogenetic readout during cruoprotection :: basically a "lightbulb
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415 above the head" to measure activity of selected neurons.
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416
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417 - carbon dating and immortality :: if you've been /alive/ for a
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418 million years, you'll carbon-dat as being as old as yesterday.
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419
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420 - gas tenderization :: use high pressure and gas diffusion to both
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421 denature proteins and infiltrate lots of gas into a piece of
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422 meat. Then rapidly decrease the pressure, and the meat will
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423 experience air bubbles similarly to bread rising, and might
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424 become tender and tasty!
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425
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426 - learning damage from mind uploading :: a person might be uploaded
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427 so that they can answer every question about their life and be
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428 able to perform actions they had previously learned, but due to
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429 incomplete simulation of long term chemical and structural
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430 dynamics, they might have a severe learning disability!
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431
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432 - holy "spirit" :: most blasphemous liquor
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433
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434 - truck blindspot lights :: lights that shine on the road and show
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435 where your vehicle's blind spots are.
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436
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437 - eyelid screen :: you can just close you eyes, but you're reading a
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438 book. it would be really cool and look like rapid eye
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439 movement. In this tech, the screen would replace your eyelid
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440 entirely. The other really neat thing about this concept is that
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441 your eyelid screen is a part of you. You might have some
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442 smooth muscles in it that works like a selection or cursor, and
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443 the scren can feel your eye rolling underneath and tell where
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444 you're looking, allowing for a very immersive experience. It's
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445 like an "all-in" virtual mode, still cleanly separating the real
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446 from the digital, telling others you're in your "virtual space",
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447 and still looking entirely human.
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448
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449 - blockchain based experential memory ::
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450
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451 - a hidden world of early life :: I imagine that the bridge form the
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452 first life forms to even very simple single celled organisms was
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453 probably very interesting and a lot more diverse than we give it
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454 credit for. Unfortunately, I doubt that we're going to find any
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455 good evidence for such creatures, since they don't seem like the
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456 type of organisms that would preserve well. All sorts of really
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457 neat delf replicating molecules and assemblies of molecules, and
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458 we'd have no record of any of them. The only way to get an idea
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459 of these types of life will be to make them again in the lab.
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460
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461 - brain insurance :: for the preserved brain
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462
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463 - remote control ants / pidgeons :: train/evolve them to want to
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464 follow an EM gradient or magnetic field. put a camera on.
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465
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466 - musical neural inversion :: get a simple model of emotional and
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467 auditory circuits, "invert" the model based on sound input, and
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468 generate music with constrating satisfaction. Might find some
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469 music that's simultaneously "alien" (lacking a top-down design)
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470 yet still deeply emotionally coherent and satisfying.
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471
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472 - simulated fire :: for those who say that simulated water can't get
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473 you wet, just see what happens if you attach your nerves to
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474 simulated output of FIRE. I gaurantee you're going to have a bad
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475 time.
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476
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477 - use lasers to cut large plasticized brains ::
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478
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479 - gravity telescope the size of the solar system ::
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480
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481 - information bearing layer :: to find the spatial / logical scale of
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482 the main information containing layer of an information storage
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483 device, look at where correlated change happens, and then to see
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484 if it's digital, look beyond that and see if the changes are
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485 uncorrelated.
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486
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487 - sperm fitness correlation :: it's evolutionary advantageous for a
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488 species' sperm to fail to function exactly when the fetus they
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489 would create would fail. But it's really hard to make this
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490 functoinal correlation happen because the sperm cell only
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491 expresses a small subset of the genome. To the extent that thei
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492 correlation effect exists, we can reverse it to find
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493 "interesting" genes. My guess --- look for genes physiccally
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494 next to sperm coding genes.
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495
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496 - spinal repeater/relay :: a VERY fine mesh of directional paths,
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497 much finer than the width of a spinal axon, which can connect a
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498 bundle of nerves that has been cut together.
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499
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500 - auto book ::handwritten by machine; illuminated. Like old medieval
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501 books. Use a model of handwriting so the letters are different.
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502
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503 - url resolver :: pick the longest vaid url that's a rooted substring
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504 of the requested URL. unambigupously corrects for links that
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505 have things like periods and ending parens at the end of a link.
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506
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507 - soul black marble :: for existential threats, what if solu magic
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508 was true, and undertale whatever, destroy the world
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509
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510 - heart preservation + heart bypass to allow time for healing :: you
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511 cryopreserve a heart, then "recondition" it inside the patient
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512 while under bypass to allow time for it to heal.
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513
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514 - intelligent microwave osmium perfusion w/ CAT scan ::
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515
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516 - assembling new word-sounding words by concatenation and random deletion ::
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517
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518 - amber brain preservation? :: would this work, without having to do
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519 the heavy metal bits? Maybe chemical fixation with aldehydes
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520 followed by hot amber and then high pressure for several months?
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521
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522 - zappy fat ::
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523
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524 - electrocaloric effect :: see
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525 https://dx.doi.org/10.1146%2Fannurev-matsci-062910-100341,
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526 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocaloric_effect][wikipedia article]]
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527
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528 - albino fruit ::
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529
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530 - cryoprotectant that increases the nutritional value of food ::
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531
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532 - faucet enerty :: how much power do you get from an average faucet
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533 compared to the wall socket?
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534
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535 - high pressure fixation :: could this defeat the "myelin unraveling"
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536 problem? Maybe -- if the "unraveling" is actually BUBBLES like
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537 you might get during the bends, caused by the fixation reaction!
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538
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539 - eat fixed tissue :: can you EAT glutaraldehyde preserved tissue, if
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540 you wash away all the free aldehydes and make sure that the
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541 reaction is complete? Can you also cook the tissue? Maybe it
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542 would be good! it would certainly be a very powerful
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543 preservative! maybe see
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544 http://www.aapd.org/assets/1/25/Karp-09-04.pdf
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545
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546 - intelligence sorting ::
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547
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548 - hyperbaric fixation :: apparently with divers with the "bends", you
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549 get bubbles in the myelin in particular. Maybe hyperbaric
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550 fixation would be able to eliminate these bubbles!
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551
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552 - blood + cryoprotectant :: might be more gentle than normal things?
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553 Why not use it? (b/c you might need extracellular ion
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554 concentrations), also zeta potentials! But you could filter the
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555 blood, and get a lot from a slaughterhouse perhaps.
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556
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557 - the matrix has a "lord of space" and a "muse of time" ::
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558
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559 - ultra fast fluorocarbon cooling :: perfuse brain w/ cryoprotectant,
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560 cool to -20°C. Then clear out everything w/ fluorocarbon (or
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561 something else that doesn't interact w/ cells and has very low
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562 viscosoty at low temperatures), and then immediately switch to
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563 fluorocarbon at around -135°C. Should very quickly cool the
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564 brain (even faster than persufflation!) and would also avoid the
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565 dehydration problems associated w/ persufflation. Even better,
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566 you have a mechanism for rapidly warming the brain --
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567 immediately switch to warm fluorocarbon. Everything is always
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568 still liquid and pressurized. Should buy you a couple % decrease
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569 in CPA toxicity.
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570
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571 - gameboy IR link over wifi through emilation ::
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572
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573 - living memory is the start of history :: the natural dividing line
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574 is between living and dead history, and is created retroactively
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575 with the advent of brain preservation technology and then
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576 realized by mind uploading. It can still creep forward from
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577 death of individuals. We're still living in pre-history!
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578
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579 - the memory of God is the soul :: mind-uploading + christian
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580 theology ==> the soul falls out nicely from omniscience.
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581
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582 - alternating stir plate :: a magnetic stir bar that alternates back
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583 and forth. Is it more efficient?
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584
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585 - rsync with md5 (or whatever) database :: Now if you're rsync'ing
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586 something over to the server, if the file matches something
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587 already on the server, then it gets copied over from wherever it
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588 is on the server (then each block's signature is checked like
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589 with normal rsync, so that you get exactly the same behaviour).
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590
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591 - mvln :: uses a backing database to gaurantee that when you move a
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592 folder, that all the links that point to it can remain
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593 consistent across your system.
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594
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595 - centrifugal drinking :: spin the bottle around and tubes from the
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596 bottom convey drink up to the top. (don't know why I came up
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597 with this one...)
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598
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rlm@155
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599 - DRACOS at single cell stage :: you splice the genes for DRACOS into
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600 a single human cell at the first stage of development. Then all
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601 the cells of the person that cell will eventually become will
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602 automatically produce DRACOS (and the DRACOS will be recognized
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603 as "self" by the immune system. This creates a powerful
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604 secondary immune system which will make the person immune to
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605 almost all viruses.
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606
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607 - toilet + fume hood :: because it's dumb to have the entire bathroom
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rlm@155
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608 be a sort of fume hood.
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609
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610 - wind speed force :: two wind socks one weighted. The angle between
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611 them tells you the force of the wind.
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612
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613 - sshfs to mount root :: you can mount your own root filesystem
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614 somewhere else using sshfs. Sort of "normalizes" file
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615 permissions without having to use root, and is weird. Could also
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616 bypass rm =--preserve-root= restrictions and delete entire
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617 filesystem.
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618
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619 #+BEGIN_SRC sh
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620 sshfs root@localhost:/ my-root
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621 #+END_SRC
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622
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623 - not even a nop of damage :: nop == no-op
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624
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625 - twittwe vibratoe ::
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626
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rlm@162
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627 - value of cancer :: what of value is lost with an easy cancer-cure?
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628
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629 - blood :: blood is the "wires" that connect organs to each other and
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630 impedance match the services that organs provide to other
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631 organs. A heart, per se, does not need blood but instead access
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632 to the filtering powers of a kidney; blood just connects the
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633 kidney cells to the heart cells. That's why "perfusing w/ blood"
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634 is entirely missing the point.
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635
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rlm@162
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636 - armored helmet :: use fiber-optics to re-route vision and get better
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rlm@162
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637 shield for eyes. curved plates, kozilek style.
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638
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rlm@162
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639 - open source contributions :: way to make them public on your website easily.
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640
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rlm@162
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641 - active opto-glove :: for ENHANCED touch! It's a magnyfing glass for
|
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642 your fingers!
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643
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rlm@162
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644 - glove screen :: for driving directions, etc. Better than a watch!
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645
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rlm@162
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646 - osmium + sugar as a histo stain :: the suger interacts with the
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647 osmium and retards its progress. you can see details on slices in
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648 a light microscope without any more staining, and the EMs are not
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649 adversely affected.
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650
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651 - encryption camera :: use public key on memory card. The camera
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rlm@162
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652 writes files encrypted with this public key.
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653
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rlm@162
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654 - immaculate AIDS acquisition ::
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655
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rlm@162
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656 - minds and lightspeed :: fastern minds have to deal with lightspeed
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657 limitations in their own cognitive architectures.
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658
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rlm@162
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659 - kill with fire :: guy A fires fire blast, with a spell circle to
|
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rlm@162
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660 maintain the magic. Opponent B just GRABS the magic and pulls MORE
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rlm@162
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661 fire. Guy A's circle goes out of control and all his life force
|
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rlm@162
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662 gets sucked out to supply more fire. B grabs the magic, crushes
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663 it, fires a concentrated red lightning bolt, and eats the
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664 rest. "You think that you can kill me, WITH FIRE!?"
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665
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rlm@162
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666 - magic ekiga ::
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667
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668 - edible crayons ::
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669
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670 - library chaining ::
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671
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rlm@162
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672 - hypnosis + that drug that makes you loose continuity :: can the
|
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rlm@162
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673 hypnosos plant things during this time?
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674
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rlm@162
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675 - forgotten services :: use "ovbilion" somehow. Some sleeping drugs
|
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rlm@162
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676 make you forget the hour or so before you go to bed. Use this to
|
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rlm@162
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677 create forgotten services.
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678
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rlm@162
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679 - dibenzelene -- mike darwin ::
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680
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rlm@162
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681 - sleepy perfusion :: if brains naturally expand / contract depending
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rlm@162
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682 on resting / awake state, we should investigate the EMs of brains
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rlm@162
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683 fixed during "sleep" mode and those fixed during "awake"
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684 mode. (while still using anesthetic of course).
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685
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rlm@162
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686 - shit flavored dog treats :: because dogs would probably like them.
|
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687
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rlm@162
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688 - fume hood incense :: so make sure the fume hood is working
|
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rlm@154
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689
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rlm@162
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690 - infinity coin :: s.f. concept -- billions are uploaded by using
|
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rlm@162
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691 osmium as a "mind uploading catalyst". osmium is put ino the
|
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rlm@162
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692 brain, they brain is scanned, and the osmium is recycled. Then
|
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rlm@162
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693 you make coins out of the osmium that has gone through billions
|
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rlm@162
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694 of these cycles.
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695
|
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rlm@162
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696 - mamilian dive reflex as a method of preparing organs for cryopreservation ::
|
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697
|
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rlm@162
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698 - spinal encryption :: like an X server, except your body parts each
|
|
rlm@162
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699 run these servers. You all have clocks, and you have to sign your
|
|
rlm@162
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700 muscle commands with your private key in order to control your
|
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rlm@162
|
701 body.
|
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702
|
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rlm@162
|
703 - suicide note as a mental excercise :: from NPR, ted talk, teenagers, etc.
|
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|
704
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rlm@162
|
705 - microscope clamp magnet ring thing ::
|
|
rlm@154
|
706
|
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rlm@162
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707 - cup that fills from the bottom :: (you put it on a thing and it starts filling
|
|
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|
708
|
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rlm@162
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709 - pronouncaeble liscense plates :: (just avoid certain unpronounceable combinations of letters/numbers. It doesn't even change the search space much!)
|
|
rlm@154
|
710
|
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rlm@162
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711 - instant-awake vs natural awakening :: cognitive behavioural
|
|
rlm@162
|
712 difference tells you important things about the waking process.
|
|
rlm@154
|
713
|
|
rlm@162
|
714 - asethetics and personal identity :: if you go to germany, you're not
|
|
rlm@162
|
715 the same person anymore.
|
|
rlm@154
|
716
|
|
rlm@162
|
717 - arch linux diff cache :: should only download differences between
|
|
rlm@162
|
718 the new package and the most rcent archive file. Can
|
|
rlm@162
|
719 precalculate. Would make mirrors/upgrading so much faster.
|
|
rlm@154
|
720
|
|
rlm@162
|
721 - low gravity perfusion :: then you can use cappaliary action. From
|
|
rlm@162
|
722 this: http://www.wired.com/2015/01/coffee-cup-designed-let-astronauts-sip-espresso-space/
|
|
rlm@154
|
723
|
|
rlm@162
|
724 - rational advertiting :: a new criteria for advertisting -- given
|
|
rlm@162
|
725 same ad structure for two different produces, what structure
|
|
rlm@162
|
726 leads to the most people picking the "optimal" choice.
|
|
rlm@154
|
727
|
|
rlm@162
|
728 - autoclone bootstrapping :: to breed male with self: you make a clone
|
|
rlm@162
|
729 of the male that's broken, male and female, the bootstrap with
|
|
rlm@162
|
730 those gametes
|
|
rlm@154
|
731
|
|
rlm@162
|
732 - position independent numbers :: like latin for numbers. You'd use
|
|
rlm@162
|
733 color, endings, relative size, etc to determine what place the
|
|
rlm@162
|
734 number has. Very convientnt for order or magnitude calculations.
|
|
rlm@154
|
735
|
|
rlm@162
|
736 - dead man switch activated linux user account ::
|
|
rlm@154
|
737
|
|
rlm@162
|
738 - embowlement :: condencending reference to embodiment
|
|
rlm@154
|
739
|
|
rlm@162
|
740 - water staff :: drinksy walking staff w/ water
|
|
rlm@154
|
741
|
|
rlm@162
|
742 - melanin transfection ::
|
|
rlm@154
|
743
|
|
rlm@162
|
744 - retention of neurotransmitters / other small molecules during fixation by use of an extracellular polymer such as PVP ::
|
|
rlm@154
|
745
|
|
rlm@162
|
746 - machines :: Knowing we are machines does not diminish us; instead it
|
|
rlm@162
|
747 opens our minds to the awe-inspiring complexity that is the human
|
|
rlm@162
|
748 mind. Those who prefer to attribute consciousness to a "soul" or
|
|
rlm@162
|
749 other metaphysical process are the ones who diminish man to a
|
|
rlm@162
|
750 mere cartoon caricature.
|
|
rlm@154
|
751
|
|
rlm@162
|
752 - why does glut change osmotic setpoints in cells :: perhaps either 1)
|
|
rlm@162
|
753 It makes the membrane permeable to small molecules or 2)
|
|
rlm@162
|
754 crosslinking proteins means less colagative effects.
|
|
rlm@154
|
755
|
|
rlm@162
|
756 - Hemocyanin based blood washout solution :: for artificial blood, it
|
|
rlm@162
|
757 can be hard to carry enough oxygen because haemoglobin needs to
|
|
rlm@162
|
758 be in RBCs in order to effectively carry oxygen. However,
|
|
rlm@162
|
759 hemocyanin, a copper based oxygen carrying protein, doesn't have
|
|
rlm@162
|
760 this restriction, so it might make particurally good artificial
|
|
rlm@162
|
761 blood. Might also be great for making oxygenated fixative
|
|
rlm@162
|
762 solutions! In fact, hemocyanin is more efficient than hemoglobin
|
|
rlm@162
|
763 for carrying oxygen at low temperatures, perfect for
|
|
rlm@162
|
764 cooling/blood washout! Hemocyanin could also serve to establish
|
|
rlm@162
|
765 oncotic pressure in a blood washout solution since it weighs 75
|
|
rlm@162
|
766 kilodaltons.
|
|
rlm@154
|
767
|
|
rlm@162
|
768 - osmotic buffer :: polymer which polymerizes / splits apart in order
|
|
rlm@162
|
769 to maintain the osmolality of a solution.
|
|
rlm@154
|
770
|
|
rlm@162
|
771 - shoes w/ embedded computers :: and have little clickey things you
|
|
rlm@162
|
772 operate with your big toe.
|
|
rlm@154
|
773
|
|
rlm@162
|
774 - gb codec ::
|
|
rlm@154
|
775
|
|
rlm@162
|
776 - ultrasonic cell disruptor to make foor ::
|
|
rlm@154
|
777
|
|
rlm@162
|
778 - particle accelarator asd an awesome electron microscop ::
|
|
rlm@154
|
779
|
|
rlm@162
|
780 - tolouadine blue pen :: use biological stains as dyes for ink pens?
|
|
rlm@154
|
781
|
|
rlm@162
|
782 - clock stop explination :: you have a "visual buffer" which needs to
|
|
rlm@162
|
783 fill up whenever you switch out from one scene to another. This
|
|
rlm@162
|
784 is the clock stop illusion.
|
|
rlm@154
|
785
|
|
rlm@162
|
786 - coffee ad space :: Your coffee stock was brought to you by google,
|
|
rlm@162
|
787 the only company that brings you comfort and love in your harsh
|
|
rlm@162
|
788 and heartless corporate world. This is majestic guerrila
|
|
rlm@162
|
789 marketing.
|
|
rlm@154
|
790
|
|
rlm@162
|
791 - geo-synchro browsing :: you get a bunch of proxy servers, and then
|
|
rlm@162
|
792 you visit websites and synchronize the views from each of these
|
|
rlm@162
|
793 proxies into one view. Then you can see the differences by
|
|
rlm@162
|
794 conutry/region. This is a way to experience the "neutral"
|
|
rlm@162
|
795 internet by averging the effects of ip-tracing.
|
|
rlm@154
|
796
|
|
rlm@162
|
797 - periodic table of genders :: arrange people by bahaviour, particular
|
|
rlm@162
|
798 what sort of bonds they can form with other people.
|
|
rlm@154
|
799
|
|
rlm@162
|
800 - ice cream protein synthesis ::
|
|
rlm@154
|
801
|
|
rlm@162
|
802 - colored EM :: different heavy metals might possibly have different
|
|
rlm@162
|
803 intensities for different electron acceleration voltages. So this
|
|
rlm@162
|
804 could be the basis for colored EM images!
|
|
rlm@154
|
805
|
|
rlm@162
|
806 - expansion microscopy dual :: this would be a process where you
|
|
rlm@162
|
807 define a molecular scale object using larger microscopic
|
|
rlm@162
|
808 components. Then nanotechnology goes through and replaces each
|
|
rlm@162
|
809 "atomic macro block" with the appropriate atomic construct. That
|
|
rlm@162
|
810 way you can use microscopic 3D printing and a special purpose
|
|
rlm@162
|
811 form of nanotechnolical assembler to create any molecular
|
|
rlm@162
|
812 arrangement.
|
|
rlm@154
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813
|
|
rlm@162
|
814 - anoxic glut :: what happens when you try to fix tissues in an
|
|
rlm@162
|
815 environment completely devoid of oxygen?
|
|
rlm@154
|
816
|
|
rlm@162
|
817 - copper+EG :: if RBCs are rendered impermeabale to EG when Cu is
|
|
rlm@162
|
818 present, then maybe you can destroy RBCs by a mixture of EG and
|
|
rlm@162
|
819 Cu?
|
|
rlm@154
|
820
|
|
rlm@164
|
821 - *##### ENTRIES PAST THIS LINE HAVE BEEN PROCESSED FOR GOOD IDEAS #####*
|
|
rlm@164
|
822
|
|
rlm@162
|
823 - qualia intuition explained :: let's say that you lacked the sense of
|
|
rlm@162
|
824 smell. How could you learn what "acrid" means without it. How
|
|
rlm@162
|
825 could you explain it to someone, without analogy to other
|
|
rlm@162
|
826 smells. We mind-project this real linguistic separation into
|
|
rlm@162
|
827 reality and get qualia.
|
|
rlm@154
|
828
|
|
rlm@162
|
829 - spinal relay :: you have a small air-gapped repeater built into your
|
|
rlm@162
|
830 spine in order to help with spinal injury, connect with
|
|
rlm@162
|
831 prosthetics, and to monitor/control your body. Also, you could
|
|
rlm@162
|
832 add the ability to save "macros"!
|
|
rlm@153
|
833
|
|
rlm@162
|
834 - human cysts :: there should be communities of people with varying
|
|
rlm@162
|
835 enforced separations from the rest of society in order to gaurd
|
|
rlm@162
|
836 against various catastrophies.
|
|
rlm@153
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837
|
|
rlm@162
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838 - bioelectric synthesis :: have a device which stores a lot of energy,
|
|
rlm@162
|
839 and processes blood by creating sugar from waste produces over
|
|
rlm@162
|
840 the day. You still need water, vitamins, minerals, etc, but this
|
|
rlm@162
|
841 can handle the bulk of your energy demands and be recharged from
|
|
rlm@162
|
842 the wall.
|
|
rlm@153
|
843
|
|
rlm@162
|
844 - chelation as a method to improve cryoprotectant permeability ::
|
|
rlm@153
|
845
|
|
rlm@162
|
846 - transgender fruit analogy :: like tomatoes
|
|
rlm@153
|
847
|
|
rlm@162
|
848 - video game controllers as actual controllers :: console controlers
|
|
rlm@162
|
849 like the n64 trident are excellent, durable tools for fine
|
|
rlm@162
|
850 control. We should use them to control all sorts of things like
|
|
rlm@162
|
851 robots by default. You should use it for your projects, since
|
|
rlm@162
|
852 it's unlikely you'll be able to come up with something
|
|
rlm@162
|
853 better. Compared to console controllers, the ones we use for
|
|
rlm@162
|
854 robots/RC stuff are hopelessly clunky.
|
|
rlm@153
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855
|
|
rlm@162
|
856 - bubble computers :: bubble duality, bubble computing
|
|
rlm@153
|
857
|
|
rlm@162
|
858 - dark blood bag :: blood bags in hospitals should be dark colored to
|
|
rlm@162
|
859 protect the blood from damage from light.
|
|
rlm@153
|
860
|
|
rlm@162
|
861 - chimeric homozygous sex chromosomes :: chimeric organism with XX and
|
|
rlm@162
|
862 XX patterns from two males and two females. On average, it has
|
|
rlm@162
|
863 the correct methylation pattern. Would it work?
|
|
rlm@153
|
864
|
|
rlm@162
|
865 - horseshoe blood fixative :: would it work as a washout?
|
|
rlm@153
|
866
|
|
rlm@162
|
867 - fixed protein packets :: group of fixed proteins in a network which
|
|
rlm@162
|
868 is used as medicine. Hemoglovin, maybe?
|
|
rlm@153
|
869
|
|
rlm@162
|
870 - prove hauntings :: website where you enter your pgp signed encrypted
|
|
rlm@162
|
871 file and swear by all the gods that you'll haunt me with the
|
|
rlm@162
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872 password when you die, along with whatever other messages you
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rlm@162
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873 have. protocol -- I video, throw rock, get password.
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874
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rlm@162
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875 - earth air water :: probably all intelligent species name their
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rlm@162
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876 planet "dirt" in their language, unless the're aquatic or flying,
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rlm@162
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877 then they'd name it "water" and "air" respectively.
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878
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879 - ethylene glycol alt name :: icebane
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880
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881 - overflow hiaku :: a hiku about buffer overflos, with garbage C code
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882 inside.
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883
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rlm@162
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884 - white knight :: his sword is named "Privledge" (an inherited family
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rlm@162
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885 sword) he rides along the land, defending the code of
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rlm@162
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886 chivralirary and keeping the orthodozy of society from fading
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rlm@162
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887 from the realm.
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rlm@153
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888
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rlm@162
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889 - technological deflation :: even the richest robber baron from the
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rlm@162
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890 1920's could not afford a cardiac bypass surgery, even with
|
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rlm@162
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891 literally all the money they had. As technology advances, the
|
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rlm@162
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892 price of bread may go up, but the capabilities which money gives
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rlm@162
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893 you also dramatically increase.
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rlm@153
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894
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rlm@162
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895 - mental integrity test :: if your brain starts to decay, you might
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rlm@162
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896 not notice the damage until it's too late. This would be a mental
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rlm@162
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897 integrity test that you take every few weeks that measures your
|
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rlm@162
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898 performance and compares it to a baseline. The tests are all
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rlm@162
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899 designed to catch the early signs of degenerative brain
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rlm@162
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900 diseases. For example, you might use performamce on a
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rlm@162
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901 smell-memory assoaction test to detect early-onset Alzheimer's.
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rlm@153
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902
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rlm@162
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903 - mind bank :: (in contrast to "brain bank")
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rlm@153
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904
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rlm@162
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905 - scientist online paper reviews ::
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rlm@152
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906
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rlm@164
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907 - binary feedback :: like with the soda machine
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rlm@152
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908
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rlm@162
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909 - trolley cryonics :: change the cryonics protocol around so that the
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rlm@162
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910 death occurs in a non-primary action loop.
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rlm@152
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911
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rlm@162
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912 - binary metric :: you make up new unit names for "2 centimeters", "4
|
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rlm@162
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913 centimeters", "16 centimeters", etc. Then no one will be happy!
|
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rlm@162
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914 BUT, it helps solve metric's problem of intermediate units. (a
|
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rlm@162
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915 centimeter is too small, a meter is too large!)
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rlm@152
|
916
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rlm@162
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917 - do it once -- upload ::
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rlm@152
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918
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rlm@162
|
919 - a simple merge procedure for uploads ::
|
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rlm@152
|
920
|
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rlm@162
|
921 - cure for color blindness :: could it be possible to administer some
|
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rlm@162
|
922 retroviruses via direct injection to the retina, to cause some of
|
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rlm@162
|
923 the cells in the retina to begin expressing different color
|
|
rlm@162
|
924 pigments? The brain ought to easily sort out the rest and enable
|
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rlm@162
|
925 color vision. Furthremore, could we add some more colors to
|
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rlm@162
|
926 baesline human eyes? Theory -- people who are color blind have
|
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rlm@162
|
927 better color spatial accuity for the colors they can see, because
|
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rlm@162
|
928 this it the tradeoff here involved with the retrovirus
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rlm@162
|
929 therapy. Re-purposing color detectors to see new colors at the
|
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rlm@162
|
930 expense of spatial acuity for the old set of colors.
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rlm@152
|
931
|
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rlm@162
|
932 - Passion of the Christ missed opportunity :: in the Passion of the
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rlm@162
|
933 Christ, they do the entire show using Latin, Aramaic, etc, with
|
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rlm@162
|
934 subtitles. They should have had a part where Jesus does the
|
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rlm@162
|
935 sermon on the mount, he turns to the camera, and starts speaking
|
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rlm@162
|
936 in English, with no subtitles. It would have been 1.) biblically
|
|
rlm@162
|
937 accurate and 2.) awesome. It would have been such a powerful
|
|
rlm@162
|
938 example of Jesus' divinity, and it felt like they were setting up
|
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rlm@162
|
939 for it the entire movie, and they missed it!
|
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rlm@152
|
940
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rlm@162
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941 - xenobiotic methalation rewriting ::
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rlm@152
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942
|
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rlm@162
|
943 - physical pgp signatures :: someone should put together the
|
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rlm@162
|
944 technologies so that you can digitally sign actual pieces of
|
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rlm@162
|
945 paper -- some combination of signing a photograph of the
|
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rlm@162
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946 contract using pgp, printing a barcode or OR code on the page
|
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rlm@162
|
947 which links to a website with the signed image, and a web of
|
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rlm@162
|
948 trust model so that people can authenticate as themselves. All
|
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rlm@162
|
949 this totally exists already, it's just not convienent.
|
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rlm@152
|
950
|
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rlm@162
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951 - meta eye :: you wire in a third optical input to the human brain,
|
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rlm@162
|
952 but it doesn't tranduce light form the real world, bus instead is
|
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rlm@162
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953 connected to the "internet of things" and shows you metadata
|
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rlm@162
|
954 about things you are looking at // serves as an interface to your
|
|
rlm@162
|
955 own mind and body. Then eventually simply real things without
|
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rlm@162
|
956 metadata seem flat and fake compared to the objects in cities and
|
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rlm@162
|
957 other annotated areas. This third eye doesn't occupy any of your
|
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rlm@162
|
958 normal visual field but actually EXPANDS your visual field.
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rlm@152
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959
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rlm@162
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960 - limits of monogamy ::
|
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rlm@152
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961
|
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rlm@162
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962 - dream rewinding :: how to record a complete dream without disturbing
|
|
rlm@162
|
963 it or modifying your brain? you need to be an upload: split
|
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rlm@162
|
964 yourself, and one of you stays awake whike the other sleeps. then
|
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rlm@162
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965 you detect a dream in progress by monotoring rapid eye movememt
|
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rlm@162
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966 in your sleeping self, and you wake yourself up every few minutes
|
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rlm@162
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967 and tell yoursef about the dream. Then sleeping-your restarts the
|
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rlm@162
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968 dream, continuation passing style, forgetting everything that was
|
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rlm@162
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969 just said, and you repeat this process until the dream is
|
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rlm@162
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970 over. Then awake-you and sleeping-you merge each other by taking
|
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rlm@162
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971 sleeping-you and replaying the memories of awake-you, and you
|
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rlm@162
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972 write a final report on the dream using the "saccade" reports to
|
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rlm@162
|
973 jog your memory.
|
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rlm@152
|
974
|
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rlm@162
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975 - denser than osmium :: do the "misicibility" thing with an osmium
|
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rlm@162
|
976 alloy to get something even more dense.
|
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rlm@147
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977
|
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rlm@162
|
978 - AI hypnosis :: hypnosis might be good for studying AI, becuse it
|
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rlm@162
|
979 might probide a "debugger" for ananlyzing the human mind. I
|
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rlm@162
|
980 briefly tried this while at MIT, but it needs MUCH more work to
|
|
rlm@162
|
981 be properly evaulated.
|
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rlm@145
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982
|
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rlm@162
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983 - becomming alive :: upload faces challenges to grow into they type of
|
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rlm@162
|
984 person that can join the greater society -- a god. They have to
|
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rlm@162
|
985 go though quests that replicate all the things that humanity had
|
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rlm@162
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986 to accomplish, like going to the moon, by themselves, in a
|
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rlm@162
|
987 virtual world where they cannot die and never get tired.
|
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rlm@145
|
988
|
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rlm@162
|
989 - population distorted map of USA :: to see states sizes in terms of #
|
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rlm@162
|
990 of people. (already exists!
|
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rlm@162
|
991 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/cart/doc/)
|
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rlm@145
|
992
|
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rlm@162
|
993 - butterfly drone :: if big butterflies used to exist, then maybe we
|
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rlm@162
|
994 could make butterfly-inspired drones!
|
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rlm@145
|
995
|
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rlm@162
|
996 - methylation sex symmetry breaking :: So, human cells have
|
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rlm@162
|
997 methylation patterns that encode male/female origin. If you
|
|
rlm@162
|
998 combine two male patterns, the fetus grows "too fast" and
|
|
rlm@162
|
999 dies. Two female patterns causes the fetus to enter a "vegatable"
|
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rlm@162
|
1000 state and fail to develop. Evolutionary biologists will say that
|
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rlm@162
|
1001 this reflects the asymmetry of energy investement for creating
|
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rlm@162
|
1002 offspring. If that's true, then species that cast-spawn will lack
|
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rlm@162
|
1003 this symmetry, and give clues about how to remove it in
|
|
rlm@162
|
1004 humans. If even cast spawners like sea urchins have it, then that
|
|
rlm@162
|
1005 means there's something deeper going on!
|
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rlm@145
|
1006
|
|
rlm@162
|
1007 - reverse cannulation perfusion :: you put the organ you want to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1008 perfuse in an airtight chamber with a pool of the stuff you want
|
|
rlm@162
|
1009 to perfuse. You cannulate some veins and lead tubes form to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1010 outside of the chamber. You pump in air and perfusate, and the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1011 increasing air pressure in the chamber forces perfusate through
|
|
rlm@162
|
1012 the organ. For times when you don't want to cannulate the inputs
|
|
rlm@162
|
1013 -- they can be ragged, or there can be many of them. You still
|
|
rlm@162
|
1014 have to guide the veins to the outside of the chamber, but
|
|
rlm@162
|
1015 depending on the use case this might be far easier than
|
|
rlm@162
|
1016 tradational cannulation.
|
|
rlm@145
|
1017
|
|
rlm@162
|
1018 - very slow physiological pressure perfusion :: less extreme example
|
|
rlm@162
|
1019 of the "pausing" trick -- just keep the perfusion running and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1020 don't put the perfusion target into the liquid as deep.
|
|
rlm@141
|
1021
|
|
rlm@162
|
1022 - whole brain perfusion embedding :: Do the standard EM embedding
|
|
rlm@162
|
1023 protocol, but skip the osmium step, and use the "perfusion
|
|
rlm@162
|
1024 pausing" method to prevent overextraction during the dehydration
|
|
rlm@162
|
1025 and embedding steps. I think that you CAN perfuse resins into the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1026 brain, simply because you CAN perfuse viscous rubber when doing
|
|
rlm@162
|
1027 vascular casts.
|
|
rlm@141
|
1028
|
|
rlm@162
|
1029 - perfusion pausing :: (Turns out this won't actually work!) One
|
|
rlm@162
|
1030 problem with doing perfusion is that if you STOP the perfusion,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1031 you rapidly loose pressure in the organ as your perfusate leaks
|
|
rlm@162
|
1032 out. You can prevent this by submerging the organ/head/rat
|
|
rlm@162
|
1033 whatever in FLUID at the appropriate level. Use something inert
|
|
rlm@162
|
1034 like flurocarbon to avoid problems. You would have to slowly
|
|
rlm@162
|
1035 decrease the flow rate while simultaneously lowering the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1036 perfusing object into the fluid. To start again, reverse the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1037 process -- reengage the peristaltic pump slowly while removing
|
|
rlm@162
|
1038 the organ from the fluid.
|
|
rlm@141
|
1039
|
|
rlm@162
|
1040 - evoultionary textbook mimiricy :: as surgery becomes more common,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1041 there develops a distinct selective pressure for individuals
|
|
rlm@162
|
1042 organ layout to look more like the medical textbooks! :P
|
|
rlm@141
|
1043
|
|
rlm@162
|
1044 - transparent skin :: temporary / permament transparent skin. Allows
|
|
rlm@162
|
1045 for examination of organs / muscles and visual prevention of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1046 disease and detection or abnormalities / good things
|
|
rlm@162
|
1047 eg. excercise.
|
|
rlm@141
|
1048
|
|
rlm@162
|
1049 - sweet information :: candy with a whole book written in it. Eat a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1050 book!
|
|
rlm@141
|
1051
|
|
rlm@162
|
1052 - targeted immunosuppressant :: just kill off the B-cells and friends
|
|
rlm@162
|
1053 that would cause problems in a organ-transplant / other
|
|
rlm@162
|
1054 situation. AIDS is good at killing these cells -- maybe make it
|
|
rlm@162
|
1055 just target the ones that will cause problems. Then you can
|
|
rlm@162
|
1056 premptively kill off that part of someone's immune system before
|
|
rlm@162
|
1057 a transplant. ALSO, you can kill off everyone's defenses against
|
|
rlm@162
|
1058 other blood types and make people effectively type AB+ w.r.t
|
|
rlm@162
|
1059 blood transfusions. Actually, why not give babies this treatment
|
|
rlm@162
|
1060 so that they're automatically compatable with all blood types?
|
|
rlm@162
|
1061 The immune system has this already when it's first growing; maybe
|
|
rlm@162
|
1062 it can be "retrained" to accept new things, or the mechanism of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1063 immune cell death be co-opted for these purposes.
|
|
rlm@141
|
1064
|
|
rlm@162
|
1065 - fuck you tetris :: tetris that actively gives you the worst possible piece.
|
|
rlm@140
|
1066
|
|
rlm@162
|
1067 - pockets :: more things should have them!
|
|
rlm@140
|
1068
|
|
rlm@162
|
1069 - colored shower head :: a shower head add on that measures the temp
|
|
rlm@162
|
1070 of the water and changes the color of the water streams w/ an LED
|
|
rlm@162
|
1071 to show you the temperature. That way you can align to the color
|
|
rlm@162
|
1072 you want and see the temperature without feeling it.
|
|
rlm@140
|
1073
|
|
rlm@162
|
1074 - giant dragonflies :: we could rapidly MAKE giant dragonflies by
|
|
rlm@162
|
1075 evolving modern dragonflies in an very oxygen rich environment!
|
|
rlm@140
|
1076
|
|
rlm@162
|
1077 - anesthetic surgery courtesty video :: as a matter of courtesy,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1078 whenever you go under anesthetic, the doctors should provide you
|
|
rlm@162
|
1079 with a video of the surgery / recovery after you are concious
|
|
rlm@162
|
1080 again. The recording should begin about 3 minutes before
|
|
rlm@162
|
1081 anesthetic, and continue until both you and the docor agree to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1082 stop recording, or you leave the hospital.
|
|
rlm@140
|
1083
|
|
rlm@162
|
1084 - whirlpool of light :: shine a laser out into space. But the planet
|
|
rlm@162
|
1085 is spinning! What you get is a spiral or light! And as this
|
|
rlm@162
|
1086 signal expands, does it eventually reveal it's wuantized nature?
|
|
rlm@140
|
1087
|
|
rlm@162
|
1088 - perfusion coking :: EOM
|
|
rlm@140
|
1089
|
|
rlm@162
|
1090 - timestamp verification :: you sign your message, and it has a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1091 timestamp at the top, with a +- percision number. Then you send
|
|
rlm@162
|
1092 it over to the public timestamp server, which only signs the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1093 message if it gets the message within the timestamp window. Or
|
|
rlm@162
|
1094 the computer just signs the message but puts a timestamp at the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1095 beginning. So if everyone trusts the timestamp server, you can
|
|
rlm@162
|
1096 get reliable timestamps, and prove priority on ideas, etc.
|
|
rlm@139
|
1097
|
|
rlm@162
|
1098 - the great computing slow-down :: in general, our computers are
|
|
rlm@162
|
1099 getting faster and faster. However, eventually our brains will be
|
|
rlm@162
|
1100 made of the same stuff our computers are made of! This has very
|
|
rlm@162
|
1101 interesting consequences -- I can add 2+2 and get four in about a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1102 second. Since my neurons actually work at around 10-60 hertz in
|
|
rlm@162
|
1103 parallel, this means that it takes me around 10-30 operations to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1104 do this addition. That's actually not bad in terms of computing
|
|
rlm@162
|
1105 time. If my neurons were as fast as the latest transitors, then
|
|
rlm@162
|
1106 most calculators would be SLOWER than me at adding numbers. Only
|
|
rlm@162
|
1107 the newest, most optimized calculators would be faster, and then
|
|
rlm@162
|
1108 only about 10 times faster! This means that once we begin to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1109 think at the speed of our technology, that technology will
|
|
rlm@162
|
1110 suddenly seem pitifully slow in comparison to how it seems
|
|
rlm@162
|
1111 now. And no amount of technical progress will remedy it, because
|
|
rlm@162
|
1112 that same progress will also make us all think faster. We'll
|
|
rlm@162
|
1113 either have to settle with living in "slow time" to do some
|
|
rlm@162
|
1114 computations, or learn to make smarter hardware with special
|
|
rlm@162
|
1115 optimizations. But this is actually really hard, because we'll be
|
|
rlm@162
|
1116 working with machines that will appear to us about as fast as
|
|
rlm@162
|
1117 MECHANICAL computers. So, in the future, all the cool parties
|
|
rlm@162
|
1118 will be in cyperspace at vastly accelerated speeds compared to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1119 how we exist now. But at these parties, the computers will SUCK!
|
|
rlm@162
|
1120 Of course, this is one of the few things that can save us from AI
|
|
rlm@162
|
1121 risk, because those AI's won't seem so scary when the're build
|
|
rlm@162
|
1122 out of rickety mechanical parts form our perspective.
|
|
rlm@139
|
1123
|
|
rlm@162
|
1124 - unitary reverse evolution of chaos+minds :: Chaotic systems diverge
|
|
rlm@162
|
1125 exponentially in state space. Do you get anything interesting
|
|
rlm@162
|
1126 when part of the physical system associated with the chaotic
|
|
rlm@162
|
1127 system is a object that performs some sort of computation? Is it
|
|
rlm@162
|
1128 possible for the computational system to play a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1129 percision-enabling role in determining the final/initial
|
|
rlm@162
|
1130 conditions of the chaotic system, just by tracing out thoughts in
|
|
rlm@162
|
1131 its decision paths? This is probably too vague of an idea right
|
|
rlm@162
|
1132 now, I just wanted to write it down.
|
|
rlm@138
|
1133
|
|
rlm@162
|
1134 - microwave time :: the cooking time you enter on most microwaves is
|
|
rlm@162
|
1135 insane. It's expressed in what I call a "hybrid base", a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1136 combination of base 10 and base 60. You can get absurd things
|
|
rlm@162
|
1137 like 100 < 61, and 120 == 80! I wonder if these hybrid base
|
|
rlm@162
|
1138 systems could be very useful for some purposes!
|
|
rlm@138
|
1139
|
|
rlm@162
|
1140 - three-eyes :: if you had three eyes, would you still draw cubes like
|
|
rlm@162
|
1141 we currently draw them? Or would all 2D-representations of 3D
|
|
rlm@162
|
1142 space always look hopelessly fake?
|
|
rlm@138
|
1143
|
|
rlm@162
|
1144 - visual taste/smell assay :: get a grid of bacteria, each expressing
|
|
rlm@162
|
1145 a human taste/smell receptor linked to some sort of fluorscent
|
|
rlm@162
|
1146 activity or ion pump. Use a camera / electrical grid to transduce
|
|
rlm@162
|
1147 the smell / taste signal into bits!
|
|
rlm@138
|
1148
|
|
rlm@162
|
1149 - carabiner mushroom lock :: you can take a trapazodial carabiner and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1150 make it so that a chain link is caught between the wide end of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1151 the carabiner and another chain attached to the carabiner.
|
|
rlm@138
|
1152
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rlm@162
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1153 - children's tool shop :: I think that kids should be provided with
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rlm@162
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1154 tool shops -- these would be nice sheds with a good collection of
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rlm@162
|
1155 tools to do various things -- circuit components and soldering
|
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rlm@162
|
1156 irons, wires, a small lathe, drill press, belt sander, a
|
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rlm@162
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1157 centrifuge, microscope, and telescope, etc. The idea is that the
|
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rlm@162
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1158 kid can now think, "I could use X to do this thing that I'm
|
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rlm@162
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1159 thinking about" -- the building becomes an extension of the kid's
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rlm@162
|
1160 body & mind.
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rlm@138
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1161
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rlm@162
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1162 - fluid display :: like the previous idea about matching refractances
|
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rlm@162
|
1163 between glass and liquid, except you make a lot of
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rlm@162
|
1164 switchable glass tubes in various patterns in the
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rlm@162
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1165 glass, and actively pump colored liquid through the
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rlm@162
|
1166 tubes (the tubes have glass-like fluid in them by
|
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rlm@162
|
1167 default.) The result is that you can cause the
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rlm@162
|
1168 tubes to appear and dissappear, and vary their
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rlm@162
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1169 colors as well!
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rlm@137
|
1170
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rlm@162
|
1171 - immunoincompatibility :: take the human genome, and refactor it so
|
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rlm@162
|
1172 that it doesn't use a particular codon at all. Then remove the
|
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rlm@162
|
1173 support from our ribosomes for that codon. What does this do for
|
|
rlm@162
|
1174 us? It makes us immune to almost all viruses!
|
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rlm@137
|
1175
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rlm@162
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1176 - life cycle :: it's called a cycle, right? So, the thing that repeats
|
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rlm@162
|
1177 itself over and over, right? Not much of a cycle if
|
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rlm@162
|
1178 you don't come back after you die, if you ask me!
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rlm@137
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1179
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rlm@162
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1180 - car with no blind spots :: use some cameras in the back of the car
|
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rlm@162
|
1181 to augment the rear-view mirror so that you never have to turn
|
|
rlm@162
|
1182 around in order to lane change.
|
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rlm@137
|
1183
|
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rlm@162
|
1184 - partial cell death :: you freeze a set of cells using some cryo
|
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rlm@162
|
1185 protocol and 60% survive. How can this be explained? It seems to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1186 me that if the cells are the same, and the conditions
|
|
rlm@162
|
1187 homogoneous, then all the cells should either die or
|
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rlm@162
|
1188 live. However, suppose that there is a metabolic cycle that needs
|
|
rlm@162
|
1189 to be in a certain phase for the cell to survive. If the cells
|
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rlm@162
|
1190 are asynchronous, then you might end up with some cells dying
|
|
rlm@162
|
1191 because there were in the wrong part of their cycle. This implies
|
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rlm@162
|
1192 that you might be able to cryoprotect cells by causing them to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1193 enter a certain metabolic mode before freezing.
|
|
rlm@137
|
1194
|
|
rlm@162
|
1195 - cryonics color appeal :: perfusate used by cryonics companies should
|
|
rlm@162
|
1196 have red food coloring in it. It's just a nice touch so that the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1197 cryonics patient looks more life-like than with clear CPAs, and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1198 hopefully might get treated with more respect.
|
|
rlm@137
|
1199
|
|
rlm@162
|
1200 - paramagnetic CPA :: you take a CPA that can be influenced by
|
|
rlm@162
|
1201 magnetic fields so that its degrees of freedom are limited. Then,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1202 you release the field, instantaly increasing the size of the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1203 state space of the system and dramatically decreasing the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1204 temperature enough to plunge the system past homogenous
|
|
rlm@162
|
1205 nucleation temperature and directly to the glass transition
|
|
rlm@162
|
1206 temperature, creating a doubly unstable glass at much lower CPA
|
|
rlm@162
|
1207 concentrations than possible at conventional CPA concentrations.
|
|
rlm@137
|
1208
|
|
rlm@162
|
1209 - room temp noodles :: how does the physics of cooking noodles work?
|
|
rlm@162
|
1210 Could you use a vacuum instead of heat to force water into the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1211 noodle?
|
|
rlm@137
|
1212
|
|
rlm@162
|
1213 - personal carbon offset :: feel bad about contribuiting to global
|
|
rlm@162
|
1214 warming by using electricity / driving a car? Forget trying to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1215 "conserve" or "minimize your carbon footprint". Follow the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1216 Platinum rule -- make the world BETTER off than you found it!
|
|
rlm@162
|
1217 This would be a small, self contained system that sucks C02 out
|
|
rlm@162
|
1218 of the air. It uses electricity, but it's so efficient at
|
|
rlm@162
|
1219 removing CO2 that it more than offsets the CO2 produced by even a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1220 coal plant to produce that electricity. This way, you can still
|
|
rlm@162
|
1221 drive even a gas guzzler, but have a net negative carbon
|
|
rlm@162
|
1222 footprint! Maybe something cool could be done with the carbon as
|
|
rlm@162
|
1223 well. Use as much electricity as you want, but negate the damage
|
|
rlm@162
|
1224 to the enviroment with more technology.
|
|
rlm@137
|
1225
|
|
rlm@162
|
1226 - undoing spermogenesis :: with enough sperm, you can derive the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1227 donor's entire genome. You gain more confidence in the alleles
|
|
rlm@162
|
1228 for a particular gene the more sperm you have. Each additional
|
|
rlm@162
|
1229 sperm gives you the same sort of information you'd get flipping a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1230 coin and trying to decide whether the coin is H/T of H/H. Is
|
|
rlm@162
|
1231 there enough sperm in the the average load for you to be as
|
|
rlm@162
|
1232 confident as mitosis?
|
|
rlm@136
|
1233
|
|
rlm@162
|
1234 - mars life :: we could engineer life that could survive on mars
|
|
rlm@162
|
1235 (probably some non-vascular photosynthetic
|
|
rlm@162
|
1236 poikilohydric creature like a lichen) by taking an
|
|
rlm@162
|
1237 extremophile from Antarctica and evolving it in
|
|
rlm@162
|
1238 increasingly Martian conditions. This could be an easy
|
|
rlm@162
|
1239 start to a terraforming process.
|
|
rlm@134
|
1240
|
|
rlm@162
|
1241 - problem with Aubrey de Grey's ideas :: Aubrey de Grey says that we
|
|
rlm@162
|
1242 might be able to live forever by continually repairing our bodies
|
|
rlm@162
|
1243 at the cellular level -- he details 7 different mechanisms of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1244 damage and says that if all of them are dealt with /together/
|
|
rlm@162
|
1245 that it would stop aging. (You can't miss even one because
|
|
rlm@162
|
1246 they're all fatal.) However, it doesn't take into account that
|
|
rlm@162
|
1247 we are also beings of information and that there is a very real
|
|
rlm@162
|
1248 software component to our existence. Even if our biological
|
|
rlm@162
|
1249 chassies can be maintained forever, I think it is unlikely that
|
|
rlm@162
|
1250 our minds will operate well far outside of the design constraints
|
|
rlm@162
|
1251 that we've evolved to handle. Say I programmed a webserver with
|
|
rlm@162
|
1252 the express goal of it being able to serve webpages for month on
|
|
rlm@162
|
1253 some stock server. I'll do fairly rigorous testing to make sure
|
|
rlm@162
|
1254 that it can handle the expected load then then some. Now say that
|
|
rlm@162
|
1255 you want to keep a particular instance of this webserver running
|
|
rlm@162
|
1256 indefinitely. (The program instance is like your mind and the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1257 computer it's running on is like your body). You might very well
|
|
rlm@162
|
1258 be able to keep the physical computer infrastructure running for
|
|
rlm@162
|
1259 forever by replacing hard drives / ram / CPUs, etc. However,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1260 since I designed the webserver to work for a month, it probably
|
|
rlm@162
|
1261 has memory leaks, rare stochastic bugs, or other built in limits
|
|
rlm@162
|
1262 / constraints (think log files or some date rollover shenanigans)
|
|
rlm@162
|
1263 that will ultimately kill the webserver even with eternally
|
|
rlm@162
|
1264 perfect hardware. Do you really expect that a webserver
|
|
rlm@162
|
1265 engineered to work for 1 month will run for 10 years without
|
|
rlm@162
|
1266 catastrophically crashing? Not even Apache can do this! In fact,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1267 if I put in the extreme effort to make it that robust, I've
|
|
rlm@162
|
1268 wasted time that I could have spent on other projects by pursuing
|
|
rlm@162
|
1269 an unnecessary engineering goal. Likewise, human minds have only
|
|
rlm@162
|
1270 ever run for at most 122 years before they are destroyed due to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1271 hardware degradation. Fixing the hardware doesn't change any
|
|
rlm@162
|
1272 software bugs that are almost certainly present in the human
|
|
rlm@162
|
1273 mind. Think of all the pathological things that can go wrong with
|
|
rlm@162
|
1274 a webserver, multiply it by a million, and that likely how
|
|
rlm@162
|
1275 evolution has designed our minds. For example, consider memory :
|
|
rlm@162
|
1276 why should you expect that we have evolved the ability to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1277 coherently organize memories past say 150 years? There's been
|
|
rlm@162
|
1278 absolutely no selective pressure for this ability, so you can bet
|
|
rlm@162
|
1279 that if there's any fitness to be gained from not having
|
|
rlm@162
|
1280 unlimited memory potential (such as better metabolic efficiency),
|
|
rlm@162
|
1281 we have it! You might think that maybe we would just forget
|
|
rlm@162
|
1282 things the same way that we sort of forget things that happen
|
|
rlm@162
|
1283 earlier in our lives, but complicated information processing
|
|
rlm@162
|
1284 systems don't have to fail gracefully when they're pushed far
|
|
rlm@162
|
1285 past their design constraints. A 150 year old person is just as
|
|
rlm@162
|
1286 likely to suffer a catastrophic psychosis due to software
|
|
rlm@162
|
1287 limitations associated with memory as he is to do something with
|
|
rlm@162
|
1288 all those memories we might consider reasonable. More likely, in
|
|
rlm@162
|
1289 fact, since there are so very many ways for a complicated
|
|
rlm@162
|
1290 software system to break and so few ways for it to run
|
|
rlm@162
|
1291 successfully. Therefore, I think Aubrey de Grey's "hardware-only"
|
|
rlm@162
|
1292 approach is missing a very important component of longevity
|
|
rlm@162
|
1293 science, and any successful effort to make people live orders of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1294 magnitude longer than they do naturally will need to deal with
|
|
rlm@162
|
1295 people's software as well as their hardware.
|
|
rlm@133
|
1296
|
|
rlm@162
|
1297 - validating neurocryopreservation :: Problem : you want to test
|
|
rlm@162
|
1298 whether a brain is functionally preserved through vitrification,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1299 but you don't want to figure out how to preserve all the other
|
|
rlm@162
|
1300 organs in the animal. It might be possible to keep the rest of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1301 the body at almost 0C and vitrify just the head for only a few
|
|
rlm@162
|
1302 minutes. Induce hypothermia, then separate out the head's blood
|
|
rlm@162
|
1303 supply from the rest of the body, then just cryoptotect and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1304 vitrify the head. Might need some sort of thermal guard to keep
|
|
rlm@162
|
1305 the outer head / neck from becoming too cold. You leave the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1306 spinal cord intact! Then you devitrify to 0C, remove
|
|
rlm@162
|
1307 cryoprotectant, and then reattach the blood supply. You can
|
|
rlm@162
|
1308 determine brain preservation using behavioral assays!
|
|
rlm@133
|
1309
|
|
rlm@162
|
1310 - freezing water purifier :: you slowly freeze water, but also run
|
|
rlm@162
|
1311 liquid water over the frozen mass. This takes away basically all
|
|
rlm@162
|
1312 impurities and creates "washed ice" then you melt the ice. Maybe
|
|
rlm@162
|
1313 you could re-use the heat from creating the ice to melt the ice?
|
|
rlm@133
|
1314
|
|
rlm@162
|
1315 - ultra strength :: allow a person to visualize their muscle
|
|
rlm@164
|
1316 recruitment patterns. Give them adrenaline and let them feel
|
|
rlm@164
|
1317 what it's like to have the normal limits removed. See if they
|
|
rlm@164
|
1318 can replicate the effects. Evidence that this might be possible:
|
|
rlm@164
|
1319 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/334/6061/1413.long
|
|
rlm@133
|
1320
|
|
rlm@162
|
1321 - phone names :: make a PX record for domain names that's like the MX
|
|
rlm@164
|
1322 record, except that it is a phone number instead of an IP
|
|
rlm@164
|
1323 address. That way, you can use the domain name registration
|
|
rlm@164
|
1324 system to provide names for phone numbers. Then, as long as you
|
|
rlm@164
|
1325 control the domain, you can point people to your current phone
|
|
rlm@164
|
1326 number by updating that record.
|
|
rlm@133
|
1327
|
|
rlm@162
|
1328 - edible flowers :: Edible white flowers that you put in a colored
|
|
rlm@164
|
1329 solution with flavor. When the flower turns the right color, it
|
|
rlm@164
|
1330 is also flavored and ready to eat!
|
|
rlm@131
|
1331
|
|
rlm@162
|
1332 - suicide cryonics :: according to [[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/magazine/06suicide-t.html][this]], people who commit impulsive
|
|
rlm@162
|
1333 suicides have a newfound sense of the importance of life. Perhaps
|
|
rlm@162
|
1334 they are good cryonics targets.
|
|
rlm@131
|
1335
|
|
rlm@162
|
1336 - lead bone :: Could you fill in all the empty spaces in a bone with
|
|
rlm@162
|
1337 lead? Might be cool.
|
|
rlm@131
|
1338
|
|
rlm@162
|
1339 - the quest for life :: Every stupid story has the "immortal who
|
|
rlm@162
|
1340 wants to become mortal" or some other such idea. I want to story
|
|
rlm@162
|
1341 where the protagonist loses their immortality and feels /angry/
|
|
rlm@162
|
1342 and ashamed about losing something that's so absolutely crucial
|
|
rlm@162
|
1343 to their identity. A reverse of "death makes life worth living",
|
|
rlm@162
|
1344 they feel that living forever is what makes life worth
|
|
rlm@162
|
1345 living. Now they've "lost their sunrise" or their "connection to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1346 the timeless universe" or something. So they go on a quest to get
|
|
rlm@162
|
1347 it back, learning about themselves along the way, and regaining
|
|
rlm@162
|
1348 the precious thing they lost in the beginning.
|
|
rlm@130
|
1349
|
|
rlm@162
|
1350 - world-map :: take a small table and paint the continents in
|
|
rlm@162
|
1351 toothpaste on the table. Make a slightly raised barrier
|
|
rlm@162
|
1352 around the table. Slowly pour water onto the table, and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1353 it will form the oceans!
|
|
rlm@95
|
1354
|
|
rlm@162
|
1355 - stage magic rituals :: rituals should incorporate elements of stage
|
|
rlm@162
|
1356 magic. Foe example in Teller's tempest, they have a scene where
|
|
rlm@162
|
1357 they levitate a crown in front of someone, then put it on his
|
|
rlm@162
|
1358 head. They also have a wedding ceremony where they levitated the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1359 bride as well. Actual weddings and other ceremonies should
|
|
rlm@162
|
1360 incorporate stage magic as an enhancement.
|
|
rlm@95
|
1361
|
|
rlm@162
|
1362 - isotope time dilation :: use a cyclotron to speed up rare isotopes
|
|
rlm@162
|
1363 developed in nuclear fusion experiments. The relativistic time
|
|
rlm@162
|
1364 dilation will stop the isotopes from decaying, and allow time to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1365 study them. This is based on radioactive isotopes that fall
|
|
rlm@162
|
1366 through the earth's atmosphere that take hundreds of times
|
|
rlm@162
|
1367 longer to decay than normal.
|
|
rlm@95
|
1368
|
|
rlm@162
|
1369 - marsupial stimulation :: You take a freshly pouched marsupial baby,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1370 and show it videos and other interactive things while it matures
|
|
rlm@162
|
1371 in the pouch. What mental effects would this have?
|
|
rlm@95
|
1372
|
|
rlm@162
|
1373 - dynamic re-keying :: Some older ways of tuning instruments sound
|
|
rlm@162
|
1374 better, but we use the even-tempered scale today because it makes
|
|
rlm@162
|
1375 it easier to switch keys. With electronic music, why not make
|
|
rlm@162
|
1376 key-annotations and dynamically re-tune the piece to sound good
|
|
rlm@162
|
1377 in the current key? Could be done as a midi+annotation -> midi
|
|
rlm@162
|
1378 compiler for experimentation.
|
|
rlm@95
|
1379
|
|
rlm@162
|
1380 - death always implies damage :: is is possible for a corpse to differ
|
|
rlm@162
|
1381 from a living person only in the fact that one is dead and the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1382 other is alive? NO! A corpse must always have some sort of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1383 molecular damage which causes the loss of function!
|
|
rlm@95
|
1384
|
|
rlm@162
|
1385 - inner eye :: Surgically install a bunch of tiny cameras inside a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1386 person. Then, you can activate them all and get a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1387 picture of your internal organs for diagnostic
|
|
rlm@162
|
1388 purposes.
|
|
rlm@95
|
1389
|
|
rlm@162
|
1390 - chaos rails :: should make a visualization of the homoclinic tangle,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1391 it's truly beautiful.
|
|
rlm@95
|
1392
|
|
rlm@162
|
1393 - context gobbler :: this would be in "inside-out macro" that takes
|
|
rlm@162
|
1394 the context (like you use for things like error, continuations,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1395 and friends) and transforms it to something else. Maybe useful?
|
|
rlm@91
|
1396
|
|
rlm@162
|
1397 - cryonics middle ages :: some people say that cryonics is an
|
|
rlm@162
|
1398 experiment and that it is foolish to wait until we have revived a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1399 human. There is a middle ground where the procedure has a dismal
|
|
rlm@162
|
1400 success rate on humans, say 1 in 20, so that you'd be a fool to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1401 try revival. Nonetheless, this very risky procedure could be the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1402 legal proof of concept needed to create a new class of life
|
|
rlm@162
|
1403 between "living" and "dead": "stasis".
|
|
rlm@91
|
1404
|
|
rlm@162
|
1405 - philosophy of the mirror :: neat thought experiment -- if you take a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1406 mirror of someone by actually reversing a person's chirality
|
|
rlm@162
|
1407 molecule by molecule, then will the only be able to read mirror
|
|
rlm@162
|
1408 writing? The answer is yes, by analogy to a purely mechanical
|
|
rlm@162
|
1409 scan-tron device. This is one of the only interesting transforms I
|
|
rlm@162
|
1410 know that can take a human brain and change it in subtle,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1411 non-destructive ways. It's also an argument against dualism.
|
|
rlm@91
|
1412
|
|
rlm@162
|
1413 - biosphere in a bottle :: There are around 15 million species. 15
|
|
rlm@162
|
1414 million stem cells will fill only a tiny size, far less than a cubic
|
|
rlm@162
|
1415 inch. Preserve a single cell from every species on earth in this
|
|
rlm@162
|
1416 small space, and you will have a record of our current biosphere
|
|
rlm@162
|
1417 that can be protected. "Hold the genetic data of all species in
|
|
rlm@162
|
1418 your hand!"
|
|
rlm@90
|
1419
|
|
rlm@162
|
1420 - chaos lock :: The "arrow of time" points in the direction of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1421 increasing entropy. The time evolution of chaotic
|
|
rlm@162
|
1422 systems depend exquisitely on their initial state. If
|
|
rlm@162
|
1423 you take a measurement of a chaotic system at any
|
|
rlm@162
|
1424 given point of time, you can evolve that system
|
|
rlm@162
|
1425 backwards or forwards based on your measurement. So
|
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rlm@162
|
1426 let's say you start the chaotic system in a VERY low
|
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rlm@162
|
1427 entropy state, then let it run for a while, then take
|
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rlm@162
|
1428 a measurement with some uncertainty. Your
|
|
rlm@162
|
1429 measurement is pretty good, but obviously not
|
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rlm@162
|
1430 PERFECT. If you evolve the chaotic system back in
|
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rlm@162
|
1431 time, then you will see that you don't really reach
|
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rlm@162
|
1432 a state with low entropy an hour before (the entropy
|
|
rlm@162
|
1433 is easy to measure with surrogates like alignment,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1434 etc). So use this technique to SEARCH for a more
|
|
rlm@162
|
1435 accurate measurement! This potentially can give you
|
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rlm@162
|
1436 many more orders of magnitude than you could get alone
|
|
rlm@162
|
1437 just using an instrument. Sometimes it will give you
|
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rlm@162
|
1438 bad results, the the odds of it doing that are
|
|
rlm@162
|
1439 infinitesimal, and you can just measure a couple of
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rlm@162
|
1440 times.
|
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rlm@90
|
1441
|
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rlm@162
|
1442 - cryo-evolution :: perhaps there would be a way to rapidly evolve a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1443 symbiotic bacterial organism that could protect
|
|
rlm@162
|
1444 human tissues from freezing damage.
|
|
rlm@86
|
1445
|
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rlm@162
|
1446 - suicide parasite :: sometimes, people kill themselves for no good
|
|
rlm@162
|
1447 reason. We often explain this with things like "hidden
|
|
rlm@162
|
1448 depression" or we say that they had something like chronic jaw or
|
|
rlm@162
|
1449 back pain. I think that smells of rationalization. I don't buy
|
|
rlm@162
|
1450 it. I propose that in many suicide cases there is a disease that
|
|
rlm@162
|
1451 causes the suicidal behavior. We already know that certain
|
|
rlm@162
|
1452 parasites have mind-bending properties in other animals, even
|
|
rlm@162
|
1453 mammals like mice. It's not much of a stretch to imagine a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1454 parasite that causes suicides in humans. Some problems:
|
|
rlm@162
|
1455 - What does the suicide parasite get out of it? :: This might be
|
|
rlm@162
|
1456 answered by the whole thing being a glitch caused by
|
|
rlm@162
|
1457 cross-species contamination. Toxoplasma works this way.
|
|
rlm@162
|
1458 - What predictions does a disease model make :: suicide should
|
|
rlm@162
|
1459 be more common among people who share a contagion
|
|
rlm@162
|
1460 vector. There should be suicides that don't make any
|
|
rlm@162
|
1461 sense : people who weren't really depressed, who had no
|
|
rlm@162
|
1462 reason to kill themselves. People who have killed themselves
|
|
rlm@162
|
1463 should have a higher incidence of some unknown parasite in
|
|
rlm@162
|
1464 their brains.
|
|
rlm@87
|
1465
|
|
rlm@162
|
1466 - domestic insects :: People should eat more bugs because they're much
|
|
rlm@162
|
1467 more efficient, so why not do some major domestication research
|
|
rlm@162
|
1468 to make very appealing bugs? Beetles, in particular, seem to be
|
|
rlm@162
|
1469 excellent targets for domestication because they have extreme
|
|
rlm@162
|
1470 levels of genetic malleability.
|
|
rlm@86
|
1471
|
|
rlm@162
|
1472 - birth-clones :: What if each person was intentionally split at birth
|
|
rlm@162
|
1473 into a normal embryo and a few "backup" cells which
|
|
rlm@162
|
1474 is then frozen. The backup cells are created just
|
|
rlm@162
|
1475 the same way as natural identical twins. The backups
|
|
rlm@162
|
1476 can be used to regenerate organs. etc. Also, it
|
|
rlm@162
|
1477 would be a good sci fi concept, because you could
|
|
rlm@162
|
1478 have a culture where people reward people who were
|
|
rlm@162
|
1479 especially awesome are "reborn" from their
|
|
rlm@162
|
1480 backups. Imagine having a young Bach every
|
|
rlm@162
|
1481 generation, etc.
|
|
rlm@86
|
1482
|
|
rlm@162
|
1483 - pronunciation guide :: a simple webpage where you type in a word and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1484 it returns a simple, English sentence describing exactly how to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1485 pronounce the word. For people who don't want to learn IPA.
|
|
rlm@87
|
1486
|
|
rlm@162
|
1487 - cortex-search :: use the repertoire of actions learned to limit the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1488 search space of possible actions.
|
|
rlm@83
|
1489
|
|
rlm@162
|
1490 - learning to teleport :: scifi idea, this is a story about a person
|
|
rlm@162
|
1491 who is struggling with his/her society's ideas about
|
|
rlm@162
|
1492 teleportation. It's considered a fundamental part of being a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1493 member of that society (after all, the difference between animals
|
|
rlm@162
|
1494 and humans is that humans are creatures of pure information while
|
|
rlm@162
|
1495 animals are burdened with base matter, "that's how you travel the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1496 stars, etc") Humans are born normally, grow up, and then
|
|
rlm@162
|
1497 eventually transcend via destructive upload. Analogies to jumping
|
|
rlm@162
|
1498 off a diving board into a pool (which I simply /could not do/ for
|
|
rlm@162
|
1499 a long time), etc.
|
|
rlm@87
|
1500
|
|
rlm@162
|
1501 - no-float-ice :: cup that has cross beams at the bottom where ice
|
|
rlm@162
|
1502 forms. Then when you drink liquid from the glass,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1503 the ice stays at the bottom and doesn't hit your
|
|
rlm@162
|
1504 lips. For bars and fancy things.
|
|
rlm@82
|
1505
|
|
rlm@162
|
1506 - bitcoins for immigrants :: A common case with Mexican immigrants
|
|
rlm@162
|
1507 (illegal or not) is that they want to send money they've earned
|
|
rlm@162
|
1508 in the US back to their families in Mexico. They currently do this
|
|
rlm@162
|
1509 through things like Money Gram or Western Union, and they get
|
|
rlm@162
|
1510 fleeced in the process with fees. Bitcoin could greatly reduce
|
|
rlm@162
|
1511 the cost of sending money from America to Mexico, but I don't
|
|
rlm@162
|
1512 believe that it's currently used for that among Mexican
|
|
rlm@162
|
1513 immigrants currently due to lack of knowledge. I bet you could
|
|
rlm@162
|
1514 set up physical locations like those obnoxious Western Union huts
|
|
rlm@162
|
1515 in places like Texas, Arizona, etc, and greatly undercut
|
|
rlm@162
|
1516 them. Or, perhaps some educational seminars about bitcoin might
|
|
rlm@162
|
1517 be in order. There's some money to be made there because there is
|
|
rlm@162
|
1518 great demand, and it's a good thing to boot!
|
|
rlm@81
|
1519
|
|
rlm@162
|
1520 - reverse eye-tracking :: A painting that is actually a digital screen
|
|
rlm@162
|
1521 with a camera. It records people's eye tracks permanently. It's
|
|
rlm@162
|
1522 "artistic" because paintings are normally these things that you
|
|
rlm@162
|
1523 look at without changing, but this one is changed the second you
|
|
rlm@162
|
1524 look at it, recording where /you/ looked forever for others to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1525 see. Make it be a painting of a woman and see the trolling as the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1526 breasts and groin area light up with interest from all the males
|
|
rlm@162
|
1527 passing by.
|
|
rlm@80
|
1528
|
|
rlm@162
|
1529 - smart toilets :: Instead of using indirect measures like infrared
|
|
rlm@162
|
1530 detectors of the presence of a person, use computer
|
|
rlm@162
|
1531 vision to directly measure whether the toilet needs
|
|
rlm@162
|
1532 to be flushed. I think a lot of things will end up
|
|
rlm@162
|
1533 going this way as we get better computer vision.
|
|
rlm@77
|
1534
|
|
rlm@162
|
1535 - validate chemopreservation :: chemopreservation is difficult to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1536 validate because it destroys the functionality of a brain, and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1537 brain simulation will take a long time to mature as a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1538 technology. However, one very powerful way to validate
|
|
rlm@162
|
1539 chemopreservation would be to have a person/animal learn
|
|
rlm@162
|
1540 something with high complexity such as a number or the solution
|
|
rlm@162
|
1541 to a maze, or a flashbulb memory. Then you preserve their brain
|
|
rlm@162
|
1542 chemically, slice it up, and read /that specific memory/ from the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1543 detailed brain scan. Much more difficult, but much more doable.
|
|
rlm@76
|
1544
|
|
rlm@162
|
1545 - candy screw :: edible candy screw with candy nuts that you can screw
|
|
rlm@162
|
1546 as well.
|
|
rlm@74
|
1547
|
|
rlm@162
|
1548 - better bibliography :: when writing a thesis or paper, have the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1549 bibliography not just be an opaque list of resources, but have it
|
|
rlm@162
|
1550 be a list of /summaries/ and /qualities/ that each paper has in
|
|
rlm@162
|
1551 the context of the paper being written. When examining a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1552 bibliography, I want to know if reading the papers in the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1553 bibliography are worth my time, and I also am probably also
|
|
rlm@162
|
1554 interested in exactly the things that are being discussed in the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1555 paper I'm reading. The bibliography is the perfect place to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1556 provide information about the referenced papers from the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1557 author's perspective. I will use this biographic form in my own
|
|
rlm@162
|
1558 thesis.
|
|
rlm@73
|
1559
|
|
rlm@162
|
1560 - digital inter-library loan :: libraries at universities already do
|
|
rlm@162
|
1561 inter-library loans for books, so why not do the same for access
|
|
rlm@162
|
1562 to stupid paywalled digital papers? All the universities could
|
|
rlm@162
|
1563 allow access to articles for registered students to all the files
|
|
rlm@162
|
1564 available through any participating university. This could be
|
|
rlm@162
|
1565 achieved by sending requests through proxies at participating
|
|
rlm@162
|
1566 universities. Each university would decide who at the university
|
|
rlm@162
|
1567 can access the proxy network. Access to the proxy network could
|
|
rlm@162
|
1568 be made easy using something like http://libx.org/.
|
|
rlm@72
|
1569
|
|
rlm@162
|
1570 - chess visual :: to show the vast size of the game trees considered
|
|
rlm@162
|
1571 by computers, show two people playing chess in a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1572 void. They are floating in space, and there is a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1573 simple chess board between them. Then, as they play,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1574 the game tree's they are considering are drawn
|
|
rlm@162
|
1575 behind him. The root of the tree starts centered in
|
|
rlm@162
|
1576 their heads or whatever they use to think, and the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1577 tree grows out from behind, never crossing the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1578 dividing plane between the two players. Each
|
|
rlm@162
|
1579 player's tree is a different color. As they grow,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1580 there are animations for pruning, etc. Eventually,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1581 they look like the hemispheres of a brain, wings,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1582 etc. A human's tree might occasionally have a long
|
|
rlm@162
|
1583 chain, while the computer tree would be more
|
|
rlm@162
|
1584 uniform. You could compare deep blue and a modern
|
|
rlm@162
|
1585 laptop. Use actual data when fighting two computers!
|
|
rlm@71
|
1586
|
|
rlm@162
|
1587 - time verification :: some standard way to verify that some piece of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1588 data was recorded at a specific time. Might involve a time
|
|
rlm@162
|
1589 server, a key for each time period, something like that.
|
|
rlm@70
|
1590
|
|
rlm@162
|
1591 - tamper proof gold bars :: [[http://www.tungsten-alloy.com/gold-plated-tungsten-alloy-bar.html][this site]] offers gold plated tungsten bars
|
|
rlm@162
|
1592 as "novelty" items. One reason to prefer coins is because they
|
|
rlm@162
|
1593 are much harder to counterfeit because there is less surface area
|
|
rlm@162
|
1594 to mass ratio. However, gold bars are still a great design
|
|
rlm@162
|
1595 because they can hold a lot of value in a small space. A gold bar
|
|
rlm@162
|
1596 could be given the same protections (and more) that gold coins
|
|
rlm@162
|
1597 have to offer by changing it into a "gold book", which would have
|
|
rlm@162
|
1598 hundreds of "pages" of gold bound together. This could be
|
|
rlm@162
|
1599 implemented with multiple steel rods going through the book which
|
|
rlm@162
|
1600 can be removed, or some more classier mechanism for holding the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1601 pages. The point is that the bar can be EASILY subdivided (and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1602 people would perform this test before buying), thus guaranteeing
|
|
rlm@162
|
1603 it's authenticity.
|
|
rlm@68
|
1604
|
|
rlm@162
|
1605 - aurellem shirt :: I should make an aurellem star symbol tee-shirt.
|
|
rlm@86
|
1606
|
|
rlm@162
|
1607 - touch vision :: inspired by GelSight, I want to reexamine cortex and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1608 see if I could implement touch as a very low range
|
|
rlm@162
|
1609 form of vision.
|
|
rlm@67
|
1610
|
|
rlm@162
|
1611 - high school science :: this is a lesson in scientific ethics. The
|
|
rlm@162
|
1612 goal is to calculate /g/, the local gravitational
|
|
rlm@162
|
1613 acceleration. The students are told that the textbook says it's
|
|
rlm@162
|
1614 /exactly/ 9.81 before they start the experiment. See how they
|
|
rlm@162
|
1615 doctor their results to get closer to the textbook value. It's
|
|
rlm@162
|
1616 neat because for any given school, /g/ is probably *not* exactly
|
|
rlm@162
|
1617 equal to 9.81, because that is just an average!
|
|
rlm@67
|
1618
|
|
rlm@162
|
1619 - opencourseware subtitles :: there are ladies who type up lectures
|
|
rlm@162
|
1620 while they are being given. These recordings should be kept and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1621 given to OCW for subtitles. If the timestamps of keys are
|
|
rlm@162
|
1622 recorded, then it is easy to make subtitles.
|
|
rlm@66
|
1623
|
|
rlm@162
|
1624 - screen locking timing :: you use your computer camera to see if you
|
|
rlm@162
|
1625 are sitting in front of the computer. If you are, then the screen
|
|
rlm@162
|
1626 will never lock. If you are, then the screen will lock with a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1627 30-40 second timeout. It's an extension of using inactivity to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1628 initiate the countdown, just with more information.
|
|
rlm@66
|
1629
|
|
rlm@162
|
1630 - mirror toilet :: a toilet with a square basin made or mirror instead
|
|
rlm@162
|
1631 or porcelain. That way, you can see how good of a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1632 wipe job you have done / watch how your excretion
|
|
rlm@162
|
1633 system works.
|
|
rlm@62
|
1634
|
|
rlm@162
|
1635 - test dummies :: why don't we clone anencephalic humans and use then to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1636 test /in vivo/ human organ systems and drugs? It
|
|
rlm@162
|
1637 would be ethical as long as there are women who are
|
|
rlm@162
|
1638 willing to host the clones, and it would be a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1639 tremendous resource for studying the human body. I
|
|
rlm@162
|
1640 see nothing wrong with it morally, since no one is
|
|
rlm@162
|
1641 suffering, and it stands to save many lives throughout
|
|
rlm@162
|
1642 more advanced technology.
|
|
rlm@62
|
1643
|
|
rlm@162
|
1644 - X-ray telepresence :: given that a doctor is operating on a patient
|
|
rlm@162
|
1645 via telepresence, one cool things you can do is shine X-rays into
|
|
rlm@162
|
1646 the patient to view the insides during real time. If the system
|
|
rlm@162
|
1647 was coupled with a Bayesian model of the layout of the structure,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1648 and the x-rays were only fired whenever the uncertainty of the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1649 model reached a certain threshold, then the radiation damage
|
|
rlm@162
|
1650 and surgery risk could be minimized.
|
|
rlm@51
|
1651
|
|
rlm@162
|
1652 - superfluid vascular system :: I wonder what would happen if you
|
|
rlm@162
|
1653 replaced the blood in a human with a superfluid. What would the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1654 physical dynamics be? Would the superfluid flow through the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1655 vasculature, or would it ignore it and travel through the cells,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1656 or something else entirely. Since superfluids need to be cold to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1657 retain their superfluidity, how would the dynamics change during
|
|
rlm@162
|
1658 perfusion of a superfluid, where the fluid gains and looses
|
|
rlm@162
|
1659 superfluidity as it goes deeper into the body and is cooled by
|
|
rlm@162
|
1660 superfluid from upstream. In summary there are two things to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1661 simulate 1.) replace all blood in human with superfluid
|
|
rlm@162
|
1662 instantly. 2.) perfuse superfluid into human.
|
|
rlm@59
|
1663
|
|
rlm@162
|
1664 - projective guessing :: I think that we read and see things by
|
|
rlm@162
|
1665 making a really good guess about what we're expecting to see,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1666 and then searching for our guess in what we see. If it really
|
|
rlm@162
|
1667 doesn't match, then we start to make more guesses / analyze the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1668 image from first principles, but most stuff is projective
|
|
rlm@162
|
1669 guessing.
|
|
rlm@59
|
1670
|
|
rlm@162
|
1671 - Intestinal flora maintenance :: why not inoculate babies at birth
|
|
rlm@162
|
1672 with "ideal" gut flora instead of whatever bullshit they
|
|
rlm@162
|
1673 naturally get, thus giving them optimal digestive/nutrient
|
|
rlm@162
|
1674 extraction capabilities. Might also be able to make their farts
|
|
rlm@162
|
1675 not stink for life, too. MORE IMPORTANTLY, might help to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1676 preventatively stop some forms of /colic/, which affects 1 in 5
|
|
rlm@162
|
1677 babies and causes constant screaming and pain for about 5 weeks.
|
|
rlm@56
|
1678
|
|
rlm@162
|
1679 - server culture : mirrors :: make a distributed system where people
|
|
rlm@162
|
1680 can mirror the websites of people they like -- essentially cover
|
|
rlm@162
|
1681 the server costs of favored websites. This could make popular
|
|
rlm@162
|
1682 websites run at no cost. The system would require that the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1683 mirrored content be the same as the official source. Sort of like
|
|
rlm@162
|
1684 bit-torrent for websites.
|
|
rlm@56
|
1685
|
|
rlm@162
|
1686 - map programming :: one problem with functional programming is that
|
|
rlm@162
|
1687 in order to remain functional, you have to pass up arguments up
|
|
rlm@162
|
1688 into each calling function to get the full range of behavior
|
|
rlm@162
|
1689 from the lower level functions. Normally people come to a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1690 compromise involving abstraction and sparing use of dynamic
|
|
rlm@162
|
1691 variables to configure runtime behavior. What would be the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1692 advantages of making a programming language where every function
|
|
rlm@162
|
1693 receives one argument, a map, which contains all the symbol
|
|
rlm@162
|
1694 bindings it would ever need? This map is passed on to all
|
|
rlm@162
|
1695 subordinate functions. This way, you could replace functions on
|
|
rlm@162
|
1696 the fly, and arrange for there to be sensible defaults,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1697 etc. Might cause more harm than good but is an interesting idea.
|
|
rlm@55
|
1698
|
|
rlm@162
|
1699 - rest nest :: a small EEG device you would attach to your head when
|
|
rlm@162
|
1700 you go to sleep at night. ML algorithms would determine
|
|
rlm@162
|
1701 your particular sleep cycles. This would mostly be an
|
|
rlm@162
|
1702 alarm clock that you could give a time range, say
|
|
rlm@162
|
1703 7:00AM - 7:15AM, and it would wake you up during an
|
|
rlm@162
|
1704 ideal time corresponding to then end of one of your 90
|
|
rlm@162
|
1705 min sleep cycles. You would feel much more rested upon
|
|
rlm@162
|
1706 waking up, and would wake up faster. There might be
|
|
rlm@162
|
1707 some other uses for the EEG data as well.
|
|
rlm@50
|
1708
|
|
rlm@162
|
1709 - image compression :: use a library like gimp or opencv to process an
|
|
rlm@162
|
1710 image to make it have less entropy, then store the reverse of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1711 those operations along with the compressed simpler image as a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1712 super-compressed image file (possibly accepting some
|
|
rlm@162
|
1713 losses). Trades file size for decompression time, and allows one
|
|
rlm@162
|
1714 to cheat by using information in gimp/opencv to compress the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1715 image.
|
|
rlm@38
|
1716
|
|
rlm@162
|
1717 - fixed cryopreservation :: why not use a fixative to buy enough time
|
|
rlm@162
|
1718 to ramp up cryoprotectants to an acceptable level at room
|
|
rlm@162
|
1719 temperature? Then, the whole system can be rapidly cooled and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1720 vitrified. This method "severs the biological link" in that the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1721 fixatives are highly toxic, but current vitrification procedures
|
|
rlm@162
|
1722 do this anyway since there can be a lot of freezing damage.
|
|
rlm@58
|
1723
|
|
rlm@162
|
1724 - dilated security camera :: a security camera that would capture
|
|
rlm@162
|
1725 full video footage of everything at 60fps but then decide to keep
|
|
rlm@162
|
1726 only every 1 frame every 5 seconds unless there's something
|
|
rlm@162
|
1727 "interesting" happening.
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|
rlm@40
|
1728
|
|
rlm@162
|
1729 - bitcoin wallet :: Part of "server culture", this would be something
|
|
rlm@162
|
1730 like "coin.your-domain.com" which would serve as
|
|
rlm@162
|
1731 your personal trusted access to your own bitcoins
|
|
rlm@162
|
1732 from anywhere.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1733
|
|
rlm@162
|
1734 - libpay :: this would be a free library which would enable
|
|
rlm@162
|
1735 micro-donations to software projects and other projects,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1736 so that you could donate a penny to "emacs" and it would
|
|
rlm@162
|
1737 be automatically split up to every person who has ever
|
|
rlm@162
|
1738 contributed to emacs in proportion to the amount of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1739 community esteem, code quantity, bugs fixed, whatever the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1740 community decides. This might make it possible for
|
|
rlm@162
|
1741 programmers to live entirely off of free programming.
|
|
rlm@41
|
1742
|
|
rlm@162
|
1743 - distributed graphics :: Browser based graphics-card accelerated
|
|
rlm@162
|
1744 distributed computing API.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1745
|
|
rlm@162
|
1746 - pronouns :: use capital letters A-Z instead of pronouns. They solve
|
|
rlm@162
|
1747 pronoun referents and gender neutrality, are short to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1748 say, and you can encode useful information into the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1749 choice of letter. For example, instead of "Meetings
|
|
rlm@162
|
1750 shall be presided over by the president, unless she is
|
|
rlm@162
|
1751 absent." USE "Meetings shall be presided over by the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1752 president, unless P is absent." We already use this a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1753 little, since I and U are reserved for the subject and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1754 object respectively.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1755
|
|
rlm@162
|
1756 - phone DSP :: software app that inserts an audio DSP between the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1757 input to a phone and the output. The DSP is delicious
|
|
rlm@162
|
1758 and configurable, and can allow men to make their
|
|
rlm@162
|
1759 voices deeper, etc. The app would allow you to hear
|
|
rlm@162
|
1760 your own voice as others hear it. Most people hate how
|
|
rlm@162
|
1761 their own voice sounds. The app would also allow one to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1762 immediately change the parameters of the DSP using good
|
|
rlm@162
|
1763 presets.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1764
|
|
rlm@162
|
1765 - predestined body learning :: a good example of predestined learning
|
|
rlm@162
|
1766 might be the mirror neurons.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1767
|
|
rlm@162
|
1768 - restaurant receipt :: use a carbon copy receipt instead of two stupid
|
|
rlm@162
|
1769 copies.
|
|
rlm@41
|
1770
|
|
rlm@162
|
1771 - anti google glass :: glasses with mounted lasers and computer vision
|
|
rlm@162
|
1772 that targets the cameras in google glass and destroy them.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1773
|
|
rlm@162
|
1774 - wearable towel :: towel with clasp, velcro, whatever, that allows
|
|
rlm@162
|
1775 one to wear the towel more securely than just
|
|
rlm@162
|
1776 wrapping it tightly and hoping for the best.
|
|
rlm@41
|
1777
|
|
rlm@162
|
1778 - crossdressing :: Easiest way to disguise oneself as a woman is to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1779 wear a burka.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1780
|
|
rlm@162
|
1781 - book-mode :: intelligent color highlighting for books and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1782 articles. It would disambiguate pronouns and involved
|
|
rlm@162
|
1783 references. For example, if "Rachael" was assigned the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1784 color red, and "the blonde haired girl" refers to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1785 "Rachael", then "the blonde haired girl" would be
|
|
rlm@162
|
1786 colored red. Also, you could disambiguate multi part
|
|
rlm@162
|
1787 run-on sentences by highlighting each
|
|
rlm@162
|
1788 subcomponent. Maybe would also have applications to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1789 scientific reading.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1790
|
|
rlm@162
|
1791 - Handheld light Rain measurement :: this would be a clear, teflon
|
|
rlm@162
|
1792 coated plastic disk with a camera underneath the disk. You would
|
|
rlm@162
|
1793 be able to hold the device out and it would measure the rate of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1794 accumulation of water droplets from fine mists and light rain by
|
|
rlm@162
|
1795 using computer vision to measure the diameters of the drops.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1796
|
|
rlm@162
|
1797 - Big Brother Farming :: This would be a vision system that would
|
|
rlm@162
|
1798 individually monitor each plant and turn on water, etc to ensure
|
|
rlm@162
|
1799 maximum/uniform growth for each plant.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1800
|
|
rlm@162
|
1801 - Discrete Faucet :: A faucet with discrete ticks instead of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1802 continuous.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1803
|
|
rlm@162
|
1804 - Laser Circle :: take a glass microfiliment and shine a laser at one
|
|
rlm@162
|
1805 end at an oblique angle. It will make a perfect,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1806 large circle on the wall, converting a laser beam
|
|
rlm@162
|
1807 into a laser cone, preserving most of the energy of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1808 the laser.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1809
|
|
rlm@162
|
1810 - Invisible Glass :: Take a container of liquid and embed a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1811 glass sculpture made out of glass that has exactly the same index
|
|
rlm@162
|
1812 of refraction and color of the liquid. Then the sculpture will be
|
|
rlm@162
|
1813 totally invisible in the container, and will only be revealed
|
|
rlm@162
|
1814 when the liquid is drained. The container might be a fancy
|
|
rlm@162
|
1815 wine/spirit bottle or an hourglass.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1816
|
|
rlm@162
|
1817 - Caterpillar people :: A race of caterpillar like creatures gains
|
|
rlm@162
|
1818 intelligence after eons of predation by birds, etc. These
|
|
rlm@162
|
1819 caterpillar creatures still undergo metamorphosis into a large
|
|
rlm@162
|
1820 butterfly-like creature. The metamorphosis process turns the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1821 caterpillar's brain into mush and reforms it into a minimal,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1822 dumb, truly insect-like mind, completely destroying the person
|
|
rlm@162
|
1823 the caterpillar was. The society develops all sorts of customs and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1824 religious interpretations of the metamorphosis. It is viewed as
|
|
rlm@162
|
1825 good and natural by some since it is part of their life cycle and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1826 necessary to propagate the species, as only the butterflies can
|
|
rlm@162
|
1827 mate. Some think that the butterflies are still the same person
|
|
rlm@162
|
1828 because they have the same soul, even they no longer posses the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1829 memories or personality of the original caterpillar. Some see the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1830 butterfly form as the "true form" of the species, since the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1831 butterflies can fly, mate, and are beautiful. Many make a big
|
|
rlm@162
|
1832 deal out of the fact that 1-2% of the caterpillar's mind is
|
|
rlm@162
|
1833 actually preserved in the butterfly. Some see it as a terrible
|
|
rlm@162
|
1834 tragedy and argue that the caterpillars should try to stop the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1835 metamorphosis by technology. Practically, some very important
|
|
rlm@162
|
1836 members of society undergo hormone therapy and/or surgery to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1837 prevent metamorphosis so that they can live longer as themselves.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1838
|
|
rlm@162
|
1839 This is a continuation of Marvin Minsky's ideas about pain being
|
|
rlm@162
|
1840 something that preserves our bodies while destroying our minds,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1841 something that is a remnant from our too harsh animal days that
|
|
rlm@162
|
1842 hasn't caught up to the fact that we have very complex brains
|
|
rlm@162
|
1843 now. It's a worst-case scenario about a maladaptive genetic
|
|
rlm@162
|
1844 legacy. Also, it's inspired by "There She Is!!!", which makes a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1845 compelling point about homosexuality by introducing a second
|
|
rlm@162
|
1846 gender characteristic (bunny/cat, male/female), which makes
|
|
rlm@162
|
1847 homophobia look very silly. Here, our own biological legacy of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1848 pain and death is made to look like the tragedy it is through the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1849 lens of the the caterpillar people.
|
|
rlm@43
|
1850
|
|
rlm@162
|
1851 - relationships as a business :: [[http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Up-or-Out-Solving-the-IT-Turnover-Crisis.aspx][Turnover-Crisis]] is an excellent talk
|
|
rlm@162
|
1852 about the "culture of quitting," which is about better business
|
|
rlm@162
|
1853 by letting people go instead of keeping them around past their
|
|
rlm@162
|
1854 "apex". Focuses on information transfer. Cool idea of an alumni
|
|
rlm@162
|
1855 network, which for relationships would be a group of satisfied
|
|
rlm@162
|
1856 ex-lovers, who would recommend new people your way, and who might
|
|
rlm@162
|
1857 consider coming to you again, refreshed from their time away with
|
|
rlm@162
|
1858 new stories/experiences. I should look for examples of this and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1859 how they worked out.
|
|
rlm@43
|
1860
|
|
rlm@162
|
1861 - coffee with tea :: /rlm-tea/ contains 2% sugar, 10% cream, and 20%
|
|
rlm@162
|
1862 dylan coffee. /dylan coffee/ contains 5% sugar,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1863 20% cream, and 10% rlm-tea. Start your mornings
|
|
rlm@162
|
1864 with recursion!
|
|
rlm@43
|
1865
|
|
rlm@162
|
1866 - psychic crystal :: in a science fiction story, this would be an
|
|
rlm@162
|
1867 object that is very easy to move physically but is extremely
|
|
rlm@162
|
1868 difficult to move with telekinesis.
|
|
rlm@40
|
1869
|
|
rlm@162
|
1870 - http://betsofbitco.in/ :: what a great place for an AI/person to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1871 prove themselves as a good predictor. I wish this could be
|
|
rlm@162
|
1872 automated.
|
|
rlm@33
|
1873
|
|
rlm@162
|
1874 - true reflection :: don't forget about that mirror in the student
|
|
rlm@162
|
1875 center!, it's two mirrors at right angles, like staring at a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1876 corner of a room. The light reflects so that it shows you what
|
|
rlm@162
|
1877 you actually look like, instead of your mirror image.
|
|
rlm@32
|
1878
|
|
rlm@162
|
1879 - remote control wasp :: use computer to drive wings with remote
|
|
rlm@162
|
1880 power/logic.
|
|
rlm@32
|
1881
|
|
rlm@162
|
1882 - encrypted email phone book :: public (distributed?) database of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1883 email->private-key pairs, to enable automatic encryption.
|
|
rlm@32
|
1884
|
|
rlm@162
|
1885 - universal eye color :: every equivalent creature will see each
|
|
rlm@162
|
1886 others' eyes as black -- it's universal. Even if the creatures
|
|
rlm@162
|
1887 see in radio waves, and their eyes are 2m long pieces of jagged
|
|
rlm@162
|
1888 metal, when those creatures look at each other, they will see
|
|
rlm@162
|
1889 black, the absence of light and color (since it's being absorbed
|
|
rlm@162
|
1890 by the sensor array).
|
|
rlm@162
|
1891
|
|
rlm@162
|
1892 - intelligent microwave :: it learns where the hot nodes of its fields
|
|
rlm@162
|
1893 are, and uses them to evenly heat any food item. It has an infrared
|
|
rlm@162
|
1894 camera or something to keep track of how hot the food is. That way,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1895 you don't get bowls where the edges are boiling, while the center is
|
|
rlm@162
|
1896 still frozen. Requires a little bit of intelligence/vision, since
|
|
rlm@162
|
1897 the exact pattern of heating totally depends on the exact shape of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1898 the food. Wouldn't need a carousel, and wouldn't need a timer,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1899 just a desired temperature. Could also detect ice, and automatically
|
|
rlm@162
|
1900 defrost the parts which are frozen. Might be able to work much
|
|
rlm@162
|
1901 faster since it can avoid overheating; might have problems with
|
|
rlm@162
|
1902 heating the insides of thick things, might need a weight sensor too.
|
|
rlm@32
|
1903
|
|
rlm@162
|
1904 + Would be much cleaner than other microwaves, since food would
|
|
rlm@162
|
1905 "sputter" and splash liquid much less.
|
|
rlm@32
|
1906
|
|
rlm@162
|
1907 + Throw in some SIFT+R processing to match previously cooked foods
|
|
rlm@162
|
1908 and learn the exact heating profiles for things that have been
|
|
rlm@162
|
1909 cooked before -- it can get faster the more it's used.
|
|
rlm@32
|
1910
|
|
rlm@162
|
1911 - compression :: brain-aware image compression algorithm
|
|
rlm@32
|
1912
|
|
rlm@162
|
1913 - Credit card proxy :: would be a company which works like paypal
|
|
rlm@162
|
1914 except for real world transactions
|
|
rlm@32
|
1915
|
|
rlm@162
|
1916 - Flesh pillow :: a pillow like the arm or torso of a human, complete
|
|
rlm@162
|
1917 with simulated temperature, bones, and heartbeat.
|
|
rlm@33
|
1918
|
|
rlm@162
|
1919 - super screw :: a screw which has only one or two threads and instead
|
|
rlm@162
|
1920 uses compression to fit into a hole (the whole shank
|
|
rlm@162
|
1921 of the screw is split into multiple pieces to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1922 accomplish this; the tip is a point, then the middle
|
|
rlm@162
|
1923 bulges out and gets compressed when screwed in.
|
|
rlm@33
|
1924
|
|
rlm@162
|
1925 - light filter :: (like light tweezers) to mechanically separate
|
|
rlm@162
|
1926 fluids with different index of refraction
|
|
rlm@33
|
1927
|
|
rlm@162
|
1928 - chalk eraser project :: maybe make a directional eraser, for easy
|
|
rlm@162
|
1929 release of chalk dust, like fur, and how it likes to rest in a
|
|
rlm@162
|
1930 certain direction.
|
|
rlm@33
|
1931
|
|
rlm@162
|
1932 - silver socks :: socks laced with silver for the antimicrobial
|
|
rlm@162
|
1933 properties.
|
|
rlm@32
|
1934
|
|
rlm@162
|
1935 - UROP :: magnet gear/metal teeth tape
|
|
rlm@53
|
1936
|
|
rlm@162
|
1937 - Rod of Moses :: device to distill urine through evaporation and
|
|
rlm@162
|
1938 easily dispose of urea crystals for use in desert --
|
|
rlm@162
|
1939 produce drinkable water.
|
|
rlm@32
|
1940
|
|
rlm@162
|
1941 - UROP :: Make the LED in line with the flow for the micro injector, so
|
|
rlm@162
|
1942 that it may transmit maximum flow. Motor that changes
|
|
rlm@162
|
1943 distance of internal magnet from windings depending on
|
|
rlm@162
|
1944 desired speed so as to obtain maximum power efficiency.
|
|
rlm@32
|
1945
|
|
rlm@162
|
1946 - lottery scraper :: web scraper which monitors various lotteries,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1947 looking for "special" gimmick changes in the rules (like 4x
|
|
rlm@162
|
1948 winnings on Wednesdays) and computes expected value...
|
|
rlm@34
|
1949
|
|
rlm@162
|
1950 - Memristiors novel design :: make an evolutionary algorithm to make
|
|
rlm@162
|
1951 old stuff using all four basic circuit elements.
|
|
rlm@34
|
1952
|
|
rlm@162
|
1953 - Conductive concrete :: concrete that has embedded metal fibers so
|
|
rlm@162
|
1954 that it can conduct electricity.
|
|
rlm@34
|
1955
|
|
rlm@162
|
1956 - little bitty melting pot :: might be useful for some types of
|
|
rlm@162
|
1957 manufacturing/3D printing -- how small can an induction melter be
|
|
rlm@162
|
1958 made, for example.
|
|
rlm@34
|
1959
|
|
rlm@162
|
1960 - power strip/timer programmable combination :: meh
|
|
rlm@34
|
1961
|
|
rlm@162
|
1962 - algorithms :: which learn what their inputs are and in what order,
|
|
rlm@162
|
1963 and can adapt to changing circumstances -- they
|
|
rlm@162
|
1964 remember previous arguments and adapt so as to respond
|
|
rlm@162
|
1965 to different connections.
|
|
rlm@34
|
1966
|
|
rlm@162
|
1967 - true pure tones :: hear a true pure tone by direct stimulation of the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1968 nerves of the ear
|
|
rlm@43
|
1969
|
|
rlm@162
|
1970 - mechanical analogue to the electrical op-amp :: would be an object
|
|
rlm@162
|
1971 with two levers -- you pull on one lever and the other moves the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1972 same way, no matter what's in the way or what it is driving. This
|
|
rlm@162
|
1973 analogy could be useful to teach op amps to people.
|
|
rlm@34
|
1974
|
|
rlm@162
|
1975 - paper folding device :: make it convenient to fold lots of papers in
|
|
rlm@162
|
1976 various ways.
|
|
rlm@34
|
1977
|
|
rlm@162
|
1978 - concrete epoxy :: epoxy with sand/ some other solid material.
|
|
rlm@34
|
1979
|
|
rlm@162
|
1980 - light capacitor :: suspend some ball of material with a high index
|
|
rlm@162
|
1981 of refraction and shine light into it so it gets stuck -- would
|
|
rlm@162
|
1982 the light stay trapped forever? Could you build up unlimited
|
|
rlm@162
|
1983 quantities of light inside the sphere (which could then be
|
|
rlm@162
|
1984 released slowly by frustrated internal reflection?
|
|
rlm@34
|
1985
|
|
rlm@162
|
1986 - movie screening :: Movies always are too long at first. One way to
|
|
rlm@162
|
1987 shorten them ``scientifically" is to record blink rate during the
|
|
rlm@162
|
1988 move and then remove / shorten the frames of the parts in which
|
|
rlm@162
|
1989 there are a lot of blinking (average this over multiple people)
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rlm@162
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1990 better yet, put it online and do it across thousands of people. I
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rlm@162
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1991 got this from youtube in which there is an episode of kill bill
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rlm@162
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1992 which is composed entirely of the parts in which people had their
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rlm@162
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1993 eyes closed. slogan: want to make a movie people can't take their
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rlm@162
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1994 eyes off of? Just take those parts out!
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rlm@34
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1995
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rlm@162
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1996 - optimize an article :: capture reading of a scientific article via
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rlm@162
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1997 screen capture while people read it, then use it to make the
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rlm@162
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1998 article better. like the movie-pruning idea.
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rlm@35
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1999
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rlm@162
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2000 - super reading program :: teaches people the ideal mental mask to
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rlm@162
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2001 apply during reading so as to read very fast.
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rlm@35
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2002
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rlm@162
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2003 - explosive thermite epoxy putty :: one part would contain the rust,
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rlm@162
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2004 one part the aluminum.
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rlm@34
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2005
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rlm@162
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2006 - reading comprehension :: use the above screen capture routine to
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rlm@162
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2007 make a quiz program that constructs questions about the content
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rlm@162
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2008 you seemed to gloss over while reading. could be easy if the pdf
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rlm@162
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2009 came with embedded questions. Dylan: automatically generate
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rlm@162
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2010 word-cloud about the parts you found most interesting; help
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rlm@162
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2011 others who read the same stuff by drawing attention to the
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rlm@162
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2012 interesting parts.
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rlm@34
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2013
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rlm@162
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2014 - hard sword :: make a samurai sword, but use osmiridum instead of
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rlm@162
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2015 martensite for the cutting part; it should be a better
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rlm@162
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2016 sword.
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rlm@32
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2017
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rlm@162
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2018 - close range wireless :: use the induction technology used to
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rlm@162
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2019 recharge electric toothbrushes with no metal links to send data
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rlm@162
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2020 without any metal at all!
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rlm@32
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2021
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rlm@162
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2022 - reading :: is a form of synsethesia
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rlm@32
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2023
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rlm@162
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2024 - DNA printer :: A machine which translates the text eg, "ACTGAC" into
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rlm@162
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2025 actual DNA
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rlm@32
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2026
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rlm@162
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2027 - black generator :: ferro-fluid magnetic field suspended micro
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rlm@162
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2028 generator to make electricity
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rlm@32
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2029
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rlm@162
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2030 - alcohol battery :: alcohol/fluid flow powered battery
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rlm@32
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2031
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rlm@162
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2032 - folding razor blade sword ::
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rlm@32
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2033
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rlm@162
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2034 - perfect pitch :: learn perfect pitch using another sense in
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rlm@162
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2035 combination (sight or touch)
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rlm@32
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2036
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rlm@162
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2037 - kaleidoscope projector ::
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rlm@32
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2038
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rlm@162
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2039 - razor blade de-sharpener :: for guilt free disposal
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rlm@32
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2040
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rlm@162
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2041 - bricks :: filled with luminescent plant material
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rlm@32
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2042
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rlm@162
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2043 - bio metallic structure :: metal grids with seeds inside, which grow
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rlm@162
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2044 together and form a durable biological matrix. The metal
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rlm@162
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2045 substrate delivers water. (maybe use plastic instead of metal?)
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rlm@162
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2046 Dylan: enrich plants with inorganic compounds; electrical
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rlm@162
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2047 interfaces in cellular plant matter => remote-controlled
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rlm@162
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2048 photosynthetic/bioluminescent structures.
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rlm@32
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2049
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rlm@162
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2050 - conducting extracellular matrix :: to allow better control of
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rlm@162
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2051 organic systems and an enhanced nervous system.
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rlm@32
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2052
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rlm@162
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2053 - cross-modal memory hashing :: a way to retrieve memories more
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rlm@162
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2054 robustly.
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rlm@32
|
2055
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rlm@162
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2056 - flossing thimble-guards :: (these actually exist)
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rlm@32
|
2057
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rlm@162
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2058 - rules + lattice learning :: integrate lattice learning with rules by
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rlm@162
|
2059 generating hypothetical examples
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rlm@32
|
2060
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rlm@162
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2061 - wooden refrigerator :: to give food a better taste Dylan: like
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rlm@162
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2062 barrels for wine, or planks for salmon. Maybe just have "flavor
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rlm@162
|
2063 planks" for your pre-existing fridge. Need to mitigate effect of
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rlm@162
|
2064 temperature on volatility?
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rlm@32
|
2065
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rlm@162
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2066 - radioactive transmutation molecule by molecule :: create precious
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rlm@162
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2067 metals or something else economically advantageous.
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rlm@32
|
2068
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rlm@162
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2069 - crowd preservation :: inoculate food with tons of harmless
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rlm@162
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2070 bacteria so that there's no room for bad bacteria as a method of
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rlm@162
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2071 preservation
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rlm@32
|
2072
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rlm@162
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2073 - old school preservation :: Pasteur - style holding jar with siphon
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rlm@162
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2074 as a way to store liquids at room temperature indefinitely w/o
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rlm@162
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2075 refrigeration.
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rlm@32
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2076
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rlm@162
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2077 - restaurant policy :: Throw rude people out of restaurant as a matter
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rlm@162
|
2078 of course -- make ambiance much better.
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rlm@32
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2079
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rlm@162
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2080 - clean windows :: make something that mixes soap with fire hydrant
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rlm@162
|
2081 water (and reduces the pressure a bit) and use it
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rlm@162
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2082 to clean windows of buildings.
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rlm@32
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2083
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rlm@162
|
2084 - ocarina :: make an ocarina out of pure silver
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rlm@32
|
2085
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rlm@162
|
2086 - fire pen :: pen which burns words on to the page, thus never needing
|
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rlm@162
|
2087 any ink. Is there a way to make it runnable from the
|
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rlm@162
|
2088 human's energy?
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rlm@32
|
2089
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rlm@162
|
2090 - website to design your own soda :: and label, and have it mailed to
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rlm@162
|
2091 you / sell it from your own online store.
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rlm@35
|
2092
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rlm@162
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2093 - solar panels :: that float on the ocean
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rlm@43
|
2094
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rlm@162
|
2095 - handcuffs with more than two cuffs (3?) :: great for daisy chaining
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rlm@162
|
2096 people, binding them to environment, etc.
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rlm@35
|
2097
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rlm@162
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2098 - vector based SOUND files :: like the pictures but with SOUND. codify
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rlm@162
|
2099 sound in a language with enough symbols so that it can describe
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rlm@162
|
2100 everything and encode it in that. would be like going from speech
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rlm@162
|
2101 to text or smtg. Could also store sound as an image of the
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rlm@162
|
2102 wavefront encoded as a vector image.
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rlm@32
|
2103
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rlm@162
|
2104 - Mouse :: with a horizontal scroll wheel in addition to the vertical
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rlm@162
|
2105 scroll wheel
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rlm@32
|
2106
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rlm@162
|
2107 - logic maintenance system for big institutions :: to make sure the
|
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rlm@162
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2108 things they are thinking about doing are not retarded
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rlm@32
|
2109
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rlm@162
|
2110 - http://www.regulations.gov/ :: cool site
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rlm@32
|
2111
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rlm@162
|
2112 - genetically engineered glowing fruit :: sell seeds?
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rlm@32
|
2113
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rlm@162
|
2114 - memory slide :: IF memories are encoded using particular sensory
|
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rlm@162
|
2115 impressions, what happens if the sensory organ
|
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rlm@162
|
2116 itself changes? those memories would become
|
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rlm@162
|
2117 inaccessible. maybe this is why we can't remember
|
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rlm@162
|
2118 much from our childhoods. also, could this happen
|
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rlm@162
|
2119 throughout life as well? Could S remember stuff from
|
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rlm@162
|
2120 his childhood?
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rlm@32
|
2121
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rlm@162
|
2122 - make a completely indestructible phone :: no moving parts or display
|
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rlm@162
|
2123 you should be able to slam it around all you want, and it will
|
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rlm@162
|
2124 just work. brutally simple. aerogel around the battery, minimal
|
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rlm@162
|
2125 interface - never gets too hot, and can be dropped into water. no
|
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rlm@162
|
2126 holes -- uses field effects for everything from the buttons to
|
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rlm@162
|
2127 inductive charging and data transfer.
|
|
rlm@32
|
2128
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rlm@162
|
2129 - midi to ocarina "tabs" program :: (online website? buy ocarinas from
|
|
rlm@162
|
2130 it too)
|
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rlm@32
|
2131
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rlm@162
|
2132 - 3d printing with sound pulses (or just patterns) :: like the 8.03
|
|
rlm@162
|
2133 lecture
|
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rlm@32
|
2134
|
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rlm@162
|
2135 - lighter flint on spring :: make hot, throw it at something, and it
|
|
rlm@162
|
2136 makes sparkles!
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|
rlm@32
|
2137
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|
rlm@162
|
2138 - nuclear energy :: Rebranding New+Clear Energy with informational
|
|
rlm@162
|
2139 campaign and public debate forum to enforce its
|
|
rlm@162
|
2140 transparent and open nature. France needn't be the
|
|
rlm@162
|
2141 world leader in nuclear energy. (Dylan)
|
|
rlm@32
|
2142
|
|
rlm@162
|
2143 - bubbles :: Engineer a material which has both ductility and high
|
|
rlm@162
|
2144 surface tension to make the "third"
|
|
rlm@162
|
2145 minimal-surface-energy solution to a bubble suspended
|
|
rlm@162
|
2146 between two equal-diameter rings. (Solutions are
|
|
rlm@162
|
2147 cylindrical catenary curve, two separated half-bubbles,
|
|
rlm@162
|
2148 and a double-cone)
|
|
rlm@38
|
2149
|
|
rlm@162
|
2150 - Textbook whose content can be varied continuously :: alter level of
|
|
rlm@162
|
2151 difficulty, rigor, diction, emphasize crossover with certain
|
|
rlm@162
|
2152 other discipline, etc. Content generated dynamically from
|
|
rlm@162
|
2153 knowledge base, along with questions that are moreover altered to
|
|
rlm@162
|
2154 guide knowledge acquisition. Motivation: One book of
|
|
rlm@162
|
2155 knowledge. /One./
|
|
rlm@40
|
2156
|
|
rlm@40
|
2157 ** From Jacob's idea list
|
|
rlm@40
|
2158
|
|
rlm@47
|
2159 - Roommate-canceling headphones: uses roommate's laptop mic to seed
|
|
rlm@43
|
2160 noise cancellation alg in your headphones (would this
|
|
rlm@40
|
2161 work?). -Update on sound canceling headphones that take feed from
|
|
rlm@40
|
2162 tv: how about ones that cancel people talking on the phone by
|
|
rlm@40
|
2163 receiving the phone signals and playing inverse sound
|
|
rlm@40
|
2164 waves. #signalprocessing ~jcole@mit.edu
|
|
rlm@40
|
2165
|
|
rlm@40
|
2166 - ClackerAlert -- tells if you slam the keys too hard using sound data
|
|
rlm@40
|
2167 (and speed/jerkiness data)!.Prevents RSI ~jcole@mit.e
|
|
rlm@40
|
2168
|
|
rlm@40
|
2169 - Panic Pin :: separate pin that you can tell someone if forced to
|
|
rlm@41
|
2170 identify your PIN (idea from idea about credit cards)
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