# HG changeset patch
# User Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
# Date 1366514283 0
# Node ID 80f2525cf393cd3485ae9a0901740ba2ce1652ad
# Parent  834f7a82ce18ce659a2758e08425bc695b6ae158
cleaning up ideas.

diff -r 834f7a82ce18 -r 80f2525cf393 org/ideas.org
--- a/org/ideas.org	Sun Apr 21 03:10:00 2013 +0000
+++ b/org/ideas.org	Sun Apr 21 03:18:03 2013 +0000
@@ -55,36 +55,64 @@
      release of chalk dust, like fur, and how it likes to rest in a
      certain direction.
 
-silver socks
-UROP: magnet gear/metal teeth tape
-device to distill urine through evaporation and easily dispose of urea crystals for use in desert -- produce drinkable water.
-UROP: Make the LED in line with the flow for the microinjector, so that it may transmit maximum flow.
-Motor that changes distance of internal magnet from windings depending on desired speed so as to obtain maximum power efficiency.
-web scraper which monitors various lottries, looking for "special" gimmick changes in the rules (like 4x winnings on Wednesdays) and computes expected value...
-Memristiors -- make an evolutionary algorithm to make old stuff using all four basic circuit elements.
-Conductive concrete
-little bitty melting pot
-power strip/timer programmable combination
-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.
-hear a true pure tone by direct stimultion of the nerves of the ear
-mechanical analogue to the electrical op-amp
-paper folding device -- make it convienent to fold lots of papers in various ways.
-concrete epoxy -- epoxy with sand/ some other solid material.
-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
-unlimited quantities of light inside the sphere (which could then be released slowly by frustrated internal reflection?
+- silver socks
 
-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
-work.
+- UROP: magnet gear/metal teeth tape device to distill urine through
+  evaporation and easily dispose of urea crystals for use in desert --
+  produce drinkable water.  
 
-Oct 27, 2009
+- UROP: Make the LED in line with the flow for the microinjector, so
+  that it may transmit maximum flow.  Motor that changes distance of
+  internal magnet from windings depending on desired speed so as to
+  obtain maximum power efficiency.  
 
-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
-(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
-had their eyes closed. slogan: want to make a movie people can't take their eyes off of? Just take those parts out!
-explosive thermite epoxy putty
+- web scraper which monitors various lottries, looking for "special"
+  gimmick changes in the rules (like 4x winnings on Wednesdays) and
+  computes expected value...  
+
+- Memristiors novel design :: make an evolutionary algorithm to make
+  old stuff using all four basic circuit elements.
+
+- Conductive concrete
+
+- little bitty melting pot
+
+- power strip/timer programmable combination
+
+- 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.
+
+- hear a true pure tone by direct stimultion of the nerves of the ear
+  mechanical analogue to the electrical op-amp
+
+- paper folding device :: make it convienent to fold lots of papers in
+     various ways.
+
+- concrete epoxy :: epoxy with sand/ some other solid material.
+
+- 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 unlimited quantities of light inside the
+  sphere (which could then be released slowly by frustrated internal
+  reflection?
+
+- 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 (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 had their
+     eyes closed. slogan: want to make a movie people can't take their
+     eyes off of? Just take those parts out!
+
+- explosive thermite epoxy putty (one part would contain the rust, one
+  part the alumimum)
+
 super reading program that teaches people the ideal mental mask to apply during reading so as to read very fast.
 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.
-Me: c.f. attention-tracking machines for user interface evaluation
+
 
 Oct 27, 2009