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     1.4       release of chalk dust, like fur, and how it likes to rest in a
     1.5       certain direction.
     1.6  
     1.7 -silver socks
     1.8 -UROP: magnet gear/metal teeth tape
     1.9 -device to distill urine through evaporation and easily dispose of urea crystals for use in desert -- produce drinkable water.
    1.10 -UROP: Make the LED in line with the flow for the microinjector, so that it may transmit maximum flow.
    1.11 -Motor that changes distance of internal magnet from windings depending on desired speed so as to obtain maximum power efficiency.
    1.12 -web scraper which monitors various lottries, looking for "special" gimmick changes in the rules (like 4x winnings on Wednesdays) and computes expected value...
    1.13 -Memristiors -- make an evolutionary algorithm to make old stuff using all four basic circuit elements.
    1.14 -Conductive concrete
    1.15 -little bitty melting pot
    1.16 -power strip/timer programmable combination
    1.17 -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.
    1.18 -hear a true pure tone by direct stimultion of the nerves of the ear
    1.19 -mechanical analogue to the electrical op-amp
    1.20 -paper folding device -- make it convienent to fold lots of papers in various ways.
    1.21 -concrete epoxy -- epoxy with sand/ some other solid material.
    1.22 -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
    1.23 -unlimited quantities of light inside the sphere (which could then be released slowly by frustrated internal reflection?
    1.24 +- silver socks
    1.25  
    1.26 -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
    1.27 -work.
    1.28 +- UROP: magnet gear/metal teeth tape device to distill urine through
    1.29 +  evaporation and easily dispose of urea crystals for use in desert --
    1.30 +  produce drinkable water.  
    1.31  
    1.32 -Oct 27, 2009
    1.33 +- UROP: Make the LED in line with the flow for the microinjector, so
    1.34 +  that it may transmit maximum flow.  Motor that changes distance of
    1.35 +  internal magnet from windings depending on desired speed so as to
    1.36 +  obtain maximum power efficiency.  
    1.37  
    1.38 -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
    1.39 -(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
    1.40 -had their eyes closed. slogan: want to make a movie people can't take their eyes off of? Just take those parts out!
    1.41 -explosive thermite epoxy putty
    1.42 +- web scraper which monitors various lottries, looking for "special"
    1.43 +  gimmick changes in the rules (like 4x winnings on Wednesdays) and
    1.44 +  computes expected value...  
    1.45 +
    1.46 +- Memristiors novel design :: make an evolutionary algorithm to make
    1.47 +  old stuff using all four basic circuit elements.
    1.48 +
    1.49 +- Conductive concrete
    1.50 +
    1.51 +- little bitty melting pot
    1.52 +
    1.53 +- power strip/timer programmable combination
    1.54 +
    1.55 +- algorthms which learn what their inputs are and in what order, and
    1.56 +  can adapt to changing circumstances -- they remember previous
    1.57 +  arguments and adapt so as to respond to different connections.
    1.58 +
    1.59 +- hear a true pure tone by direct stimultion of the nerves of the ear
    1.60 +  mechanical analogue to the electrical op-amp
    1.61 +
    1.62 +- paper folding device :: make it convienent to fold lots of papers in
    1.63 +     various ways.
    1.64 +
    1.65 +- concrete epoxy :: epoxy with sand/ some other solid material.
    1.66 +
    1.67 +- suspend some ball of material with a high index of refraction and
    1.68 +  shine light into it so it gets stuck -- would the light stay trapped
    1.69 +  forever? Could you build up unlimited quantities of light inside the
    1.70 +  sphere (which could then be released slowly by frustrated internal
    1.71 +  reflection?
    1.72 +
    1.73 +- movie screening :: Movies always are too long at first. one way to
    1.74 +     shorten them ``scientifically" is to record blink rate during the
    1.75 +     move and then remove / shorten the frames of the parts in which
    1.76 +     there are a lot of blinking (average this over multiple people)
    1.77 +     better yet, put it online and do it across thousands of people. I
    1.78 +     got this from youtube in which there is an episode of kill bill
    1.79 +     whih is composed entirely of the parts in whihc opeople had their
    1.80 +     eyes closed. slogan: want to make a movie people can't take their
    1.81 +     eyes off of? Just take those parts out!
    1.82 +
    1.83 +- explosive thermite epoxy putty (one part would contain the rust, one
    1.84 +  part the alumimum)
    1.85 +
    1.86  super reading program that teaches people the ideal mental mask to apply during reading so as to read very fast.
    1.87  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.
    1.88 -Me: c.f. attention-tracking machines for user interface evaluation
    1.89 +
    1.90  
    1.91  Oct 27, 2009
    1.92