# HG changeset patch # User Robert McIntyre # Date 1366513566 0 # Node ID b93ea76ae7fc32d9a4ba1b3203b57d579a34d5f1 # Parent baa6194752f45e122f804f3e65ce0e1ed428a94f Dylan revived my ideas! diff -r baa6194752f4 -r b93ea76ae7fc org/ideas.org --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/org/ideas.org Sun Apr 21 03:06:06 2013 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,217 @@ +- remote control wasp -- use computer to drive wings with remote + power/logic. + +- public (distributed?) database of email->private-key pairs, to enable automatic + encryption. + +- every equivalent creature will see each others eyes as black -- it's + universal. Even of the creatures see in radio waves, and their eyes + are 2m long pieces of jagged metal, when those creatures look at + each other, they will see black, the absence of light and color + (since it's being absorbed by the sensor array). + +- intelligent microwave -- it learns where the hot nodes of its fields + are, and uses them to evenly heat any food item. It has an infared + camera or something to keep track of how hot the food is. That way, + you don't get bowls where the edges are boiling, while the center is + still frozen. Requires a little bit of intelligence/vision, since + the exact pattern of heating totally depends on the exact shape of + the food. Wouldn't need a carasouel, and wouldn't need a timer, + just a desired temperature. Could also detect ice, and automotically + defrost the parts which are frozen. Might be able to work much + faster since it can aviod overheating; might have problems with + heating the insides of thick things, might need a weight sensor too. + + Would be much cleaner than other microwaves, since food would + "sputter" and splash liquid much less. + + Throw in some SIFT+R processing to match previously cooked foods and + learn the exact heating profiles for things that have been cooked + before -- it can get faster the more its used. + + The Big Book of Ideas + +Oct 29, 2009 + +brain-aware image compression algorithm +Credit card proxy - would be a company which works like paypal except for real world transactions +Flesh pillow -- a pillow like the arm or torso of a human, complete with simulated temperature, bones, and heartbeat. +super screw -- a screw which has only one or two threads and intead uses compresion to fit into a hole (the whole shank of the screw is split into multiple pieces to accomplish this; the tip is a point, then the middle +bulges out and gets compressed when screwed in. +light filter (like light tweezers) to mechanically seperate fluids with different index of refraction +chalk eraser project -- maybe make a directional eraser, for easy release of chalk dust, like fur, and how it likes to rest in a certain direction. +don't forget about that mirror in the student center! +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? + +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. + +Oct 27, 2009 + +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 +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 + +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. +Me: +automatically generate word-cloud about the parts you found most interesting; help others who read the same stuff by drawing attention to the interesting parts. + +Oct 27, 2009 + +Also, a computer which analyzes the word-cloud could learn a lot about what stuff is important to humans on average, and what stuff is important only to few. Maybe make extrapolations, help with its search +through solution space. + +make a samurai sword, but use osmiridum instead of martensite for the cutting part; it should be a better sword. +use the induction technology used to recharge electric toothbrushes with no metal links to send data -- without any metal at all! +reading is a form of synsethesia +Me: imagination is [targeted] self-stimulation of sensory inputs in the CNS? +dreaming too? + +Oct 27, 2009 + +A machine which translates the text eg, "ACTGAC" into actual DNA +Me: a machine which can build a constructor of amino acids with R-chains that do not naturally occur. +a machine which attempts to create constructors of various compounds via biological algorithms in micro-lab instances. + +Oct 27, 2009 + + ferro-fluid magnetic field suspended micro generator to make electricity +Me: Combine with remote charging by induction + +Oct 27, 2009 + +alcohol/fluid flow powered battery +folding razor blade sword +learn perfect pitch using another sense in combination (sight or touch) +kaleidoscope projector +razor blade de-sharpener (for guilt free disposal) +bricks filled with luminescent plant material +metal grids with seeds inside, which grow together and form a durable biological matrix. The metal substrate delivers water. (maybe use plastic instead of metal?) +Me: enrich plants with inorganic compounds; electrical interfaces in cellular plant matter => remote-controlled photosynthetic/bioluminescent structures. +conducting extracellular matrix + +Oct 27, 2009 + +cross-modal memory hashing +flossing thimble-gaurds +integrate lattice learning with rules by generating hypothetical examples +wooden refridgerator to give food a better taste + +Me: like barrels for wine, or planks for salmon. Maybe just have "flavor planks" for your pre-existing fridge. Need to mitigate effect of temperature on volatility? + +Oct 27, 2009 + +radioactive transmutation molecule by molecule -- create precious metals or something else economically advantageous. +innolculate food with tons of harmless bacteria so that there's no room for bad bacteria as a method of preservation +pasteur - style holding jar with siphon as a way to store liquids ar room temperature indefinately w/o refridgeration.(7/26/2009) +Throw rude people out of resturant as a matter of course -- make ambiance much better. +make something that mixes soap with firehydrant water (and reduces the pressure a bit) and use it to clean windows of buildings. +make an ocarina out of pure silver +fire pen -- pen which burns words on to the page, thus never needing any ink. Is ther a way to make it runnable from the human's energy? + +Me: like kinetic flashlights, shake to generate energy (magnet through a solenoid is how they do it, i think) + +Oct 27, 2009 + +website to design your own soda, and label, and have it mailed to you / sell it from your own online store. +Me: like CAD online only with flavor extracts, other ingredients. +Have a set of modular machinery [BAKE, SMASH, PULVERIZE, ...] and ingredients. Requests? + +Oct 27, 2009 + +solar panels that float on the ocean +handcuffs with more than two cuffs (3?) -- great for daisy chaining prisoniers, binding them to environment, etc. +vector based SOUND files. --- like the pictures but with SOUND. + +Me: Essentially a MIDI file? + +Oct 27, 2009 + +even better than PREVIOUS -- codify sound in a language with enough symbols so that it can describe everything and encode it in that. would be like going from speech to text or smtg. +Me: Build off of IPA? +Need to encapsulate nonsense sounds produced by babies + +Oct 27, 2009 + +Mouse with a horizontal scroll wheel in addition to the vertical scroll wheel +logic maintance system for big institutions to make sure the things they are thinking about doing are not retarded +Me: For a starting point, crawl public domain regulations sites looking for retardation. + +Oct 28, 2009 + +http://www.regulations.gov/ + +genetically engineered glowing fruit -- sell seeds? + +Me: Fruits whose skins store sunlight in luminscent flesh => useful? + +Oct 27, 2009 + + memory slide -- IF memories are encoded using particular sensory impressions, what happens if the sensory organ itself changes? those memories would become unaccessable. maybe this is why we can't +remember much from our childhoods. also, could this happen throught life as well? Could S remember stuff from his childhood? +make a completely indestructable phone -- no moving parts or display you should be able to slam it around all you want, and it will just work. brutally simple. aerogel around the battery, minimal interface - never gets +too hot, and can be dropped into water. no holes -- uses field effects for everything from the buttons to inductive charging and data transfer. +Me: Start with "military" phones (like Mr. Hawley has) with field-effects interface additions and additional hardcore streamlining. + +Oct 27, 2009 + +midi to ocarina "tabs" program (online website? buy ocarinas from it too) +3d printing with sound pulses (or just patterns) -- like the 8.03 lecture +lighter flint on spring --- make hot and it makes sparkles! +put a plane on a treadmill, to help it do a vertical takeoff. +Use a nondeterministic sentence parser to understand sentences with multiple meanings. Perhaps use statistical language as a filter against unintended (or rather, uninteresting) interpretations. +Rebranding New+Clear Energy with informational campaign and public debate forum to enforce its transparent and open nature. France needn't be the world leader in nuclear energy. +Me: Standardized, modular nuclear plants? + +Oct 29, 2009 + +Textbook whose content can be varied continuously---alter +Me: well, actually varied over a countable "dense" set. + +Oct 29, 2009 + +level of difficulty, rigor, diction, emphasize crossover with certain other discipline, etc. Content generated dynamically from knowledge base, +Me: Or, initially, interpolated over all pre-existing books. + +Oct 29, 2009 + +along with questions that are moreover altered to guide knowledge acquisition. +Motivation: One book of knowledge. One. +Engineer a material which has both ductility and high surface tension to make the "third" minimal-surface-energy solution to a bubble suspended between two equal-diameter rings. (Solutions are cylindrical catenary +curve, two separated half-bubbles, and a double-cone) + +Tags: + +Me: Color-coded lid-cup pairs. + +Dec 3, 2009 + +Me: Dry soap (like for pets) but for cars + +Dec 3, 2009 + +Next w ave + + \ No newline at end of file