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finally creating a good-ideas page.
author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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date | Sun, 12 Apr 2015 17:31:34 -0700 |
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1.1 --- a/org/ideas.org Thu Feb 26 18:05:13 2015 -0800 1.2 +++ b/org/ideas.org Sun Apr 12 17:31:34 2015 -0700 1.3 @@ -12,28 +12,51 @@ 1.4 # :HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS: ideas 1.5 # :END: 1.6 1.7 -This is a list of all the ideas I've had that I felt like writing down 1.8 -for the past ~ 8 years. Some of them could be practical inventions and 1.9 -are "just" waiting for that 95% perspiration to bring them to 1.10 -fruition, some are ideas for science fiction, and some are simple 1.11 -observations. Some are really only for my own personal notes and are 1.12 -not meant to be comprehensible. They are arranged roughly in reverse 1.13 -chronological order, with the most recent ideas at the top of the 1.14 -list. The ones at the bottom of the list are heavily influenced by my 1.15 -time at MIT. 1.16 - 1.17 -If you find some of these interesting and would like to collaborate on 1.18 -them with me or discuss them in more detail, I'd love to hear from 1.19 -you. You can email me at ideas@aurellem.org. 1.20 - 1.21 -If you want to use one of these ideas as your own and run with it, 1.22 -please feel free. I'd love to hear about it if you do. 1.23 +This is a list of *Every* idea I've written down 1.24 1.25 #+begin_quote 1.26 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about 1.27 getting credit. 1.28 #+end_quote 1.29 1.30 +- becomming alive :: upload faces challenges to grow into they type of 1.31 + person that can join the greater society -- a god. They have to 1.32 + go though quests that replicate all the things that humanity had 1.33 + to accomplish, like going to the moon, by themselves. 1.34 + 1.35 +- population distorted map of USA :: to see states sizes in terms of # 1.36 + of people. (already exists! 1.37 + http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/cart/doc/) 1.38 + 1.39 +- butterfly drone :: if big butterflies used to exist, then maybe we 1.40 + could make butterfly-inspired drones! 1.41 + 1.42 +- methylation sex symmetry breaking :: So, human cells have 1.43 + methylation patterns that encode male/female origin. If you 1.44 + combine two male patterns, the fetus grows "too fast" and 1.45 + dies. Two female patterns causes the fetus to enter a "vegatable" 1.46 + state and fail to develop. Evolutionary biologists will say that 1.47 + this reflects the asymmetry of energy investement for creating 1.48 + offspring. If that's true, then species that cast-spawn will lack 1.49 + this symmetry, and give clues about how to remove it in 1.50 + humans. If even cast spawners like sea urchins have it, then that 1.51 + means there's something deeper going on! 1.52 + 1.53 +- reverse cannulation perfusion :: you put the organ you want to 1.54 + perfuse in an airtight chamber with a pool of the stuff you want 1.55 + to perfuse. You cannulate some veins and lead tubes form to 1.56 + outside of the chamber. You pump in air and perfusate, and the 1.57 + increasing air pressure in the chamber forces perfusate through 1.58 + the organ. For times when you don't want to cannulate the inputs 1.59 + -- they can be ragged, or there can be many of them. You still 1.60 + have to guide the veins to the outside of the chamber, but 1.61 + depending on the use case this might be far easier than 1.62 + tradational cannulation. 1.63 + 1.64 +- very slow physiological pressure perfusion :: less extreme example 1.65 + of the "pausing" trick -- just keep the perfusion running and 1.66 + don't put the perfusion target into the liquid as deep. 1.67 + 1.68 - whole brain perfusion embedding :: Do the standard EM embedding 1.69 protocol, but skip the osmium step, and use the "perfusion 1.70 pausing" method to prevent overextraction during the dehydration 1.71 @@ -101,8 +124,6 @@ 1.72 1.73 - perfusion coking :: EOM 1.74 1.75 -- whatever :: asdfsadasda asda 1.76 - 1.77 - timestamp verification :: you sign your message, and it has a 1.78 timestamp at the top, with a +- percision number. Then you send 1.79 it over to the public timestamp server, which only signs the