Mercurial > thoughts
changeset 35:b023ccc23f56
cleaning up ideas.
author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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date | Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:32:37 +0000 |
parents | 80f2525cf393 |
children | a09d3b045bcd |
files | org/ideas.org |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-) [+] |
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1.1 --- a/org/ideas.org Sun Apr 21 03:18:03 2013 +0000 1.2 +++ b/org/ideas.org Sun Apr 21 03:32:37 2013 +0000 1.3 @@ -107,93 +107,103 @@ 1.4 eyes closed. slogan: want to make a movie people can't take their 1.5 eyes off of? Just take those parts out! 1.6 1.7 +- capture reading of a scientific atricle via screen capture while 1.8 + people read it, then use it to make the article better. like the 1.9 + movie-pruning idea. 1.10 + 1.11 +- super reading program that teaches people the ideal mental mask to 1.12 + apply during reading so as to read very fast. 1.13 + 1.14 - explosive thermite epoxy putty (one part would contain the rust, one 1.15 part the alumimum) 1.16 1.17 -super reading program that teaches people the ideal mental mask to apply during reading so as to read very fast. 1.18 -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. 1.19 +- use the above screen capture routine to make a quiz program tha 1.20 + constructs questions about the content you seemed to gloss over 1.21 + while reading. could be easy if the pdf came with embedded 1.22 + questions. Dylan: automatically generate word-cloud about the parts 1.23 + you found most interesting; help others who read the same stuff by 1.24 + drawing attention to the interesting parts. 1.25 1.26 +- make a samurai sword, but use osmiridum instead of martensite for 1.27 + the cutting part; it should be a better sword. 1.28 1.29 -Oct 27, 2009 1.30 +- use the induction technology used to recharge electric toothbrushes 1.31 + with no metal links to send data -- without any metal at all! 1.32 1.33 -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. 1.34 -Me: 1.35 -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. 1.36 +- reading is a form of synsethesia 1.37 1.38 -Oct 27, 2009 1.39 +- A machine which translates the text eg, "ACTGAC" into actual DNA 1.40 1.41 -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 1.42 -through solution space. 1.43 +- ferro-fluid magnetic field suspended micro generator to make 1.44 + electricity 1.45 1.46 -make a samurai sword, but use osmiridum instead of martensite for the cutting part; it should be a better sword. 1.47 -use the induction technology used to recharge electric toothbrushes with no metal links to send data -- without any metal at all! 1.48 -reading is a form of synsethesia 1.49 -Me: imagination is [targeted] self-stimulation of sensory inputs in the CNS? 1.50 -dreaming too? 1.51 +- alcohol/fluid flow powered battery 1.52 1.53 -Oct 27, 2009 1.54 +- folding razor blade sword 1.55 1.56 -A machine which translates the text eg, "ACTGAC" into actual DNA 1.57 -Me: a machine which can build a constructor of amino acids with R-chains that do not naturally occur. 1.58 -a machine which attempts to create constructors of various compounds via biological algorithms in micro-lab instances. 1.59 +- learn perfect pitch using another sense in combination (sight or 1.60 + touch) 1.61 1.62 -Oct 27, 2009 1.63 +- kaleidoscope projector 1.64 1.65 -ferro-fluid magnetic field suspended micro generator to make electricity 1.66 -Me: Combine with remote charging by induction 1.67 +- razor blade de-sharpener (for guilt free disposal) 1.68 1.69 -Oct 27, 2009 1.70 +- bricks filled with luminescent plant material 1.71 1.72 -alcohol/fluid flow powered battery 1.73 -folding razor blade sword 1.74 -learn perfect pitch using another sense in combination (sight or touch) 1.75 -kaleidoscope projector 1.76 -razor blade de-sharpener (for guilt free disposal) 1.77 -bricks filled with luminescent plant material 1.78 -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?) 1.79 -Me: enrich plants with inorganic compounds; electrical interfaces in cellular plant matter => remote-controlled photosynthetic/bioluminescent structures. 1.80 -conducting extracellular matrix 1.81 +- metal grids with seeds inside, which grow together and form a 1.82 + durable biological matrix. The metal substrate delivers 1.83 + water. (maybe use plastic instead of metal?) Dylan: enrich plants 1.84 + with inorganic compounds; electrical interfaces in cellular plant 1.85 + matter => remote-controlled photosynthetic/bioluminescent 1.86 + structures. 1.87 1.88 -Oct 27, 2009 1.89 +- conducting extracellular matrix 1.90 1.91 -cross-modal memory hashing 1.92 -flossing thimble-gaurds 1.93 -integrate lattice learning with rules by generating hypothetical examples 1.94 -wooden refridgerator to give food a better taste 1.95 +- cross-modal memory hashing 1.96 1.97 -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? 1.98 +- flossing thimble-gaurds 1.99 1.100 -Oct 27, 2009 1.101 +- integrate lattice learning with rules by generating hypothetical 1.102 + examples 1.103 1.104 -radioactive transmutation molecule by molecule -- create precious metals or something else economically advantageous. 1.105 -innolculate food with tons of harmless bacteria so that there's no room for bad bacteria as a method of preservation 1.106 -pasteur - style holding jar with siphon as a way to store liquids ar room temperature indefinately w/o refridgeration.(7/26/2009) 1.107 -Throw rude people out of resturant as a matter of course -- make ambiance much better. 1.108 -make something that mixes soap with firehydrant water (and reduces the pressure a bit) and use it to clean windows of buildings. 1.109 -make an ocarina out of pure silver 1.110 -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? 1.111 +- wooden refridgerator to give food a better taste Dylan: like barrels 1.112 + for wine, or planks for salmon. Maybe just have "flavor planks" for 1.113 + your pre-existing fridge. Need to mitigate effect of temperature on 1.114 + volatility? 1.115 1.116 -Me: like kinetic flashlights, shake to generate energy (magnet through a solenoid is how they do it, i think) 1.117 +- radioactive transmutation molecule by molecule :: create precious 1.118 + metals or something else economically advantageous. 1.119 1.120 -Oct 27, 2009 1.121 +- innolculate food with tons of harmless bacteria so that there's no 1.122 + room for bad bacteria as a method of preservation 1.123 1.124 -website to design your own soda, and label, and have it mailed to you / sell it from your own online store. 1.125 -Me: like CAD online only with flavor extracts, other ingredients. 1.126 -Have a set of modular machinery [BAKE, SMASH, PULVERIZE, ...] and ingredients. Requests? 1.127 +- pasteur - style holding jar with siphon as a way to store liquids ar 1.128 + room temperature indefinately w/o refridgeration.(7/26/2009) 1.129 1.130 -Oct 27, 2009 1.131 +- Throw rude people out of resturant as a matter of course -- make 1.132 + ambiance much better. 1.133 1.134 -solar panels that float on the ocean 1.135 -handcuffs with more than two cuffs (3?) -- great for daisy chaining prisoniers, binding them to environment, etc. 1.136 -vector based SOUND files. --- like the pictures but with SOUND. 1.137 +- make something that mixes soap with firehydrant water (and reduces 1.138 + the pressure a bit) and use it to clean windows of buildings. 1.139 1.140 -Me: Essentially a MIDI file? 1.141 +- make an ocarina out of pure silver 1.142 1.143 -Oct 27, 2009 1.144 +- fire pen :: pen which burns words on to the page, thus never needing 1.145 + any ink. Is ther a way to make it runnable from the 1.146 + human's energy? 1.147 1.148 -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. 1.149 -Me: Build off of IPA? 1.150 -Need to encapsulate nonsense sounds produced by babies 1.151 +- website to design your own soda, and label, and have it mailed to 1.152 + you / sell it from your own online store. 1.153 + 1.154 +- solar panels that float on the ocean 1.155 +- handcuffs with more than two cuffs (3?) :: great for daisy chaining 1.156 + prisoniers, binding them to environment, etc. 1.157 + 1.158 +- vector based SOUND files :: like the pictures but with SOUND. codify 1.159 + sound in a language with enough symbols so that it can describe 1.160 + everything and encode it in that. would be like going from speech 1.161 + to text or smtg. This would store sound as an image of the 1.162 + wavefront encoded as a vector image. 1.163 1.164 Oct 27, 2009 1.165