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new ideas.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Thu, 05 Feb 2015 23:05:45 -0800
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29 #+begin_quote 29 #+begin_quote
30 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about 30 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about
31 getting credit. 31 getting credit.
32 #+end_quote 32 #+end_quote
33
34 - pockets :: more things should have them!
35
36 - colored shower head :: a shower head add on that measures the temp
37 of the water and changes the color of the water streams w/ an LED
38 to show you the temperature. That way you can align to the color
39 you want and see the temperature without feeling it.
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41 - giant dragonflies :: we could rapidly MAKE giant dragonflies by
42 evolving modern dragonflies in an very oxygen rich environment!
43
44 - anesthetic surgery courtesty video :: as a matter of courtesy,
45 whenever you go under anesthetic, the doctors should provide you
46 with a video of the surgery / recovery after you are concious
47 again. The recording should begin about 3 minutes before
48 anesthetic, and continue until both you and the docor agree to
49 stop recording, or you leave the hospital.
50
51 - whirlpool of light :: shine a laser out into space. But the planet
52 is spinning! What you get is a spiral or light! And as this
53 signal expands, does it eventually reveal it's wuantized nature?
54
55 - perfusion coking :: EOM
56
57 - whatever :: asdfsadasda asda
58
59 - timestamp verification :: you sign your message, and it has a
60 timestamp at the top, with a +- percision number. Then you send
61 it over to the public timestamp server, which only signs the
62 message if it gets the message within the timestamp window. Or
63 the computer just signs the message but puts a timestamp at the
64 beginning. So if everyone trusts the timestamp server, you can
65 get reliable timestamps, and prove priority on ideas, etc.
33 66
34 - the great computing slow-down :: in general, our computers are 67 - the great computing slow-down :: in general, our computers are
35 getting faster and faster. However, eventually our brains will be 68 getting faster and faster. However, eventually our brains will be
36 made of the same stuff our computers are made of! This has very 69 made of the same stuff our computers are made of! This has very
37 interesting consequences -- I can add 2+2 and get four in about a 70 interesting consequences -- I can add 2+2 and get four in about a