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cleaning up ideas.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:18:03 +0000
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54 - chalk eraser project :: maybe make a directional eraser, for easy 54 - chalk eraser project :: maybe make a directional eraser, for easy
55 release of chalk dust, like fur, and how it likes to rest in a 55 release of chalk dust, like fur, and how it likes to rest in a
56 certain direction. 56 certain direction.
57 57
58 silver socks 58 - silver socks
59 UROP: magnet gear/metal teeth tape 59
60 device to distill urine through evaporation and easily dispose of urea crystals for use in desert -- produce drinkable water. 60 - UROP: magnet gear/metal teeth tape device to distill urine through
61 UROP: Make the LED in line with the flow for the microinjector, so that it may transmit maximum flow. 61 evaporation and easily dispose of urea crystals for use in desert --
62 Motor that changes distance of internal magnet from windings depending on desired speed so as to obtain maximum power efficiency. 62 produce drinkable water.
63 web scraper which monitors various lottries, looking for "special" gimmick changes in the rules (like 4x winnings on Wednesdays) and computes expected value... 63
64 Memristiors -- make an evolutionary algorithm to make old stuff using all four basic circuit elements. 64 - UROP: Make the LED in line with the flow for the microinjector, so
65 Conductive concrete 65 that it may transmit maximum flow. Motor that changes distance of
66 little bitty melting pot 66 internal magnet from windings depending on desired speed so as to
67 power strip/timer programmable combination 67 obtain maximum power efficiency.
68 algorthms which learn what their inputs are and in what order, and can adapt to changing circumstances -- they remember previous arguments and adapt so as to respond to different connections. 68
69 hear a true pure tone by direct stimultion of the nerves of the ear 69 - web scraper which monitors various lottries, looking for "special"
70 mechanical analogue to the electrical op-amp 70 gimmick changes in the rules (like 4x winnings on Wednesdays) and
71 paper folding device -- make it convienent to fold lots of papers in various ways. 71 computes expected value...
72 concrete epoxy -- epoxy with sand/ some other solid material. 72
73 suspend some ball of material with a high index of refraction and shine light into it so it gets stuck -- would the light stay trapped forever? Could you build up 73 - Memristiors novel design :: make an evolutionary algorithm to make
74 unlimited quantities of light inside the sphere (which could then be released slowly by frustrated internal reflection? 74 old stuff using all four basic circuit elements.
75 75
76 Me: As it is, light wouldn't be trapped forever, since some fraction would always escape through the walls via absorbtion. But, if you minimized that or slowed the light down, it could 76 - Conductive concrete
77 work. 77
78 78 - little bitty melting pot
79 Oct 27, 2009 79
80 80 - power strip/timer programmable combination
81 movie screening. Movies always are too long at first. one way to shorten them ``scientifically" is to record blink rate during the move and then remove / shorten the frames of the parts in which there are a lot of blinking 81
82 (average this over multiple people) better yet, put it online and do it across thousands of people. I got this from youtube in which there is an episode of kill bill whih is composed entirely of the parts in whihc opeople 82 - algorthms which learn what their inputs are and in what order, and
83 had their eyes closed. slogan: want to make a movie people can't take their eyes off of? Just take those parts out! 83 can adapt to changing circumstances -- they remember previous
84 explosive thermite epoxy putty 84 arguments and adapt so as to respond to different connections.
85
86 - hear a true pure tone by direct stimultion of the nerves of the ear
87 mechanical analogue to the electrical op-amp
88
89 - paper folding device :: make it convienent to fold lots of papers in
90 various ways.
91
92 - concrete epoxy :: epoxy with sand/ some other solid material.
93
94 - suspend some ball of material with a high index of refraction and
95 shine light into it so it gets stuck -- would the light stay trapped
96 forever? Could you build up unlimited quantities of light inside the
97 sphere (which could then be released slowly by frustrated internal
98 reflection?
99
100 - movie screening :: Movies always are too long at first. one way to
101 shorten them ``scientifically" is to record blink rate during the
102 move and then remove / shorten the frames of the parts in which
103 there are a lot of blinking (average this over multiple people)
104 better yet, put it online and do it across thousands of people. I
105 got this from youtube in which there is an episode of kill bill
106 whih is composed entirely of the parts in whihc opeople had their
107 eyes closed. slogan: want to make a movie people can't take their
108 eyes off of? Just take those parts out!
109
110 - explosive thermite epoxy putty (one part would contain the rust, one
111 part the alumimum)
112
85 super reading program that teaches people the ideal mental mask to apply during reading so as to read very fast. 113 super reading program that teaches people the ideal mental mask to apply during reading so as to read very fast.
86 capture reading of a scientific atricle via screen capture while people read it, then use it to make the article better. like the movie-pruning idea. 114 capture reading of a scientific atricle via screen capture while people read it, then use it to make the article better. like the movie-pruning idea.
87 Me: c.f. attention-tracking machines for user interface evaluation 115
88 116
89 Oct 27, 2009 117 Oct 27, 2009
90 118
91 use the above screen capture routine to make a quiz program tha constructs questions about the content you seemed to gloss over while reading. could be easy if the pdf came with embedded questions. 119 use the above screen capture routine to make a quiz program tha constructs questions about the content you seemed to gloss over while reading. could be easy if the pdf came with embedded questions.
92 Me: 120 Me: