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author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:17:06 +0000
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1 * Good Ideas
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1 - don't forget about that mirror in the student center!, it's two 3 - don't forget about that mirror in the student center!, it's two
2 mirrors at right angles, like staring at a corner of a room. The 4 mirrors at right angles, like staring at a corner of a room. The
3 light reflects so that it shows you what you actually look like, 5 light reflects so that it shows you what you actually look like,
4 instead of your mirror image. 6 instead of your mirror image.
5 7
250 - Engineer a material which has both ductility and high surface 252 - Engineer a material which has both ductility and high surface
251 tension to make the "third" minimal-surface-energy solution to a 253 tension to make the "third" minimal-surface-energy solution to a
252 bubble suspended between two equal-diameter rings. (Solutions are 254 bubble suspended between two equal-diameter rings. (Solutions are
253 cylindrical catenary curve, two separated half-bubbles, and a 255 cylindrical catenary curve, two separated half-bubbles, and a
254 double-cone) 256 double-cone)
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258 - Textbook whose content can be varied continuously :: alter level of
259 difficulty, rigor, diction, emphasize crossover with certain
260 other discipline, etc. Content generated dynamically from
261 knowledge base, along with questions that are moreover altered to
262 guide knowledge acquisition. Motivation: One book of
263 knowledge. /One./