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     1.4 +- remote control wasp -- use computer to drive wings with remote
     1.5 +  power/logic.
     1.6 +
     1.7 +- public (distributed?) database of email->private-key pairs, to enable automatic
     1.8 +  encryption.
     1.9 +
    1.10 +- every equivalent creature will see each others eyes as black -- it's
    1.11 +  universal. Even of the creatures see in radio waves, and their eyes
    1.12 +  are 2m long pieces of jagged metal, when those creatures look at
    1.13 +  each other, they will see black, the absence of light and color
    1.14 +  (since it's being absorbed by the sensor array).
    1.15 +
    1.16 +- intelligent microwave -- it learns where the hot nodes of its fields
    1.17 +  are, and uses them to evenly heat any food item. It has an infared
    1.18 +  camera or something to keep track of how hot the food is. That way,
    1.19 +  you don't get bowls where the edges are boiling, while the center is
    1.20 +  still frozen. Requires a little bit of intelligence/vision, since
    1.21 +  the exact pattern of heating totally depends on the exact shape of
    1.22 +  the food.  Wouldn't need a carasouel, and wouldn't need a timer,
    1.23 +  just a desired temperature. Could also detect ice, and automotically
    1.24 +  defrost the parts which are frozen. Might be able to work much
    1.25 +  faster since it can aviod overheating; might have problems with
    1.26 +  heating the insides of thick things, might need a weight sensor too.
    1.27 +  
    1.28 +  Would be much cleaner than other microwaves, since food would
    1.29 +  "sputter" and splash liquid much less. 
    1.30 +
    1.31 +  Throw in some SIFT+R processing to match previously cooked foods and
    1.32 +  learn the exact heating profiles for things that have been cooked
    1.33 +  before -- it can get faster the more its used.
    1.34 +
    1.35 +  The Big Book of Ideas
    1.36 +
    1.37 +Oct 29, 2009
    1.38 +
    1.39 +brain-aware image compression algorithm
    1.40 +Credit card proxy - would be a company which works like paypal except for real world transactions
    1.41 +Flesh pillow -- a pillow like the arm or torso of a human, complete with simulated temperature, bones, and heartbeat.
    1.42 +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
    1.43 +bulges out and gets compressed when screwed in.
    1.44 +light filter (like light tweezers) to mechanically seperate fluids with different index of refraction
    1.45 +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.
    1.46 +don't forget about that mirror in the student center!
    1.47 +silver socks
    1.48 +UROP: magnet gear/metal teeth tape
    1.49 +device to distill urine through evaporation and easily dispose of urea crystals for use in desert -- produce drinkable water.
    1.50 +UROP: Make the LED in line with the flow for the microinjector, so that it may transmit maximum flow.
    1.51 +Motor that changes distance of internal magnet from windings depending on desired speed so as to obtain maximum power efficiency.
    1.52 +web scraper which monitors various lottries, looking for "special" gimmick changes in the rules (like 4x winnings on Wednesdays) and computes expected value...
    1.53 +Memristiors -- make an evolutionary algorithm to make old stuff using all four basic circuit elements.
    1.54 +Conductive concrete
    1.55 +little bitty melting pot
    1.56 +power strip/timer programmable combination
    1.57 +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.
    1.58 +hear a true pure tone by direct stimultion of the nerves of the ear
    1.59 +mechanical analogue to the electrical op-amp
    1.60 +paper folding device -- make it convienent to fold lots of papers in various ways.
    1.61 +concrete epoxy -- epoxy with sand/ some other solid material.
    1.62 +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
    1.63 +unlimited quantities of light inside the sphere (which could then be released slowly by frustrated internal reflection?
    1.64 +
    1.65 +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
    1.66 +work.
    1.67 +
    1.68 +Oct 27, 2009
    1.69 +
    1.70 +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
    1.71 +(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
    1.72 +had their eyes closed. slogan: want to make a movie people can't take their eyes off of? Just take those parts out!
    1.73 +explosive thermite epoxy putty
    1.74 +super reading program that teaches people the ideal mental mask to apply during reading so as to read very fast.
    1.75 +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.
    1.76 +Me: c.f. attention-tracking machines for user interface evaluation
    1.77 +
    1.78 +Oct 27, 2009
    1.79 +
    1.80 +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.
    1.81 +Me:
    1.82 +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.
    1.83 +
    1.84 +Oct 27, 2009
    1.85 +
    1.86 +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
    1.87 +through solution space.
    1.88 +
    1.89 +make a samurai sword, but use osmiridum instead of martensite for the cutting part; it should be a better sword.
    1.90 +use the induction technology used to recharge electric toothbrushes with no metal links to send data -- without any metal at all!
    1.91 +reading is a form of synsethesia
    1.92 +Me: imagination is [targeted] self-stimulation of sensory inputs in the CNS?
    1.93 +dreaming too?
    1.94 +
    1.95 +Oct 27, 2009
    1.96 +
    1.97 +A machine which translates the text eg, "ACTGAC" into actual DNA
    1.98 +Me: a machine which can build a constructor of amino acids with R-chains that do not naturally occur.
    1.99 +a machine which attempts to create constructors of various compounds via biological algorithms in micro-lab instances.
   1.100 +
   1.101 +Oct 27, 2009
   1.102 +
   1.103 +ferro-fluid magnetic field suspended micro generator to make electricity
   1.104 +Me: Combine with remote charging by induction
   1.105 +
   1.106 +Oct 27, 2009
   1.107 +
   1.108 +alcohol/fluid flow powered battery
   1.109 +folding razor blade sword
   1.110 +learn perfect pitch using another sense in combination (sight or touch)
   1.111 +kaleidoscope projector
   1.112 +razor blade de-sharpener (for guilt free disposal)
   1.113 +bricks filled with luminescent plant material
   1.114 +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?)
   1.115 +Me: enrich plants with inorganic compounds; electrical interfaces in cellular plant matter => remote-controlled photosynthetic/bioluminescent structures.
   1.116 +conducting extracellular matrix
   1.117 +
   1.118 +Oct 27, 2009
   1.119 +
   1.120 +cross-modal memory hashing
   1.121 +flossing thimble-gaurds
   1.122 +integrate lattice learning with rules by generating hypothetical examples
   1.123 +wooden refridgerator to give food a better taste
   1.124 +
   1.125 +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?
   1.126 +
   1.127 +Oct 27, 2009
   1.128 +
   1.129 +radioactive transmutation molecule by molecule -- create precious metals or something else economically advantageous.
   1.130 +innolculate food with tons of harmless bacteria so that there's no room for bad bacteria as a method of preservation
   1.131 +pasteur - style holding jar with siphon as a way to store liquids ar room temperature indefinately w/o refridgeration.(7/26/2009)
   1.132 +Throw rude people out of resturant as a matter of course -- make ambiance much better.
   1.133 +make something that mixes soap with firehydrant water (and reduces the pressure a bit) and use it to clean windows of buildings.
   1.134 +make an ocarina out of pure silver
   1.135 +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?
   1.136 +
   1.137 +Me: like kinetic flashlights, shake to generate energy (magnet through a solenoid is how they do it, i think)
   1.138 +
   1.139 +Oct 27, 2009
   1.140 +
   1.141 +website to design your own soda, and label, and have it mailed to you / sell it from your own online store.
   1.142 +Me: like CAD online only with flavor extracts, other ingredients.
   1.143 +Have a set of modular machinery [BAKE, SMASH, PULVERIZE, ...] and ingredients. Requests?
   1.144 +
   1.145 +Oct 27, 2009
   1.146 +
   1.147 +solar panels that float on the ocean
   1.148 +handcuffs with more than two cuffs (3?) -- great for daisy chaining prisoniers, binding them to environment, etc.
   1.149 +vector based SOUND files. --- like the pictures but with SOUND.
   1.150 +
   1.151 +Me: Essentially a MIDI file?
   1.152 +
   1.153 +Oct 27, 2009
   1.154 +
   1.155 +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.
   1.156 +Me: Build off of IPA?
   1.157 +Need to encapsulate nonsense sounds produced by babies
   1.158 +
   1.159 +Oct 27, 2009
   1.160 +
   1.161 +Mouse with a horizontal scroll wheel in addition to the vertical scroll wheel
   1.162 +logic maintance system for big institutions to make sure the things they are thinking about doing are not retarded
   1.163 +Me: For a starting point, crawl public domain regulations sites looking for retardation.
   1.164 +
   1.165 +Oct 28, 2009
   1.166 +
   1.167 +http://www.regulations.gov/
   1.168 +
   1.169 +genetically engineered glowing fruit -- sell seeds?
   1.170 +
   1.171 +Me: Fruits whose skins store sunlight in luminscent flesh => useful?
   1.172 +
   1.173 +Oct 27, 2009
   1.174 +
   1.175 +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
   1.176 +remember much from our childhoods. also, could this happen throught life as well? Could S remember stuff from his childhood?
   1.177 +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
   1.178 +too hot, and can be dropped into water. no holes -- uses field effects for everything from the buttons to inductive charging and data transfer.
   1.179 +Me: Start with "military" phones (like Mr. Hawley has) with field-effects interface additions and additional hardcore streamlining.
   1.180 +
   1.181 +Oct 27, 2009
   1.182 +
   1.183 +midi to ocarina "tabs" program (online website? buy ocarinas from it too)
   1.184 +3d printing with sound pulses (or just patterns) -- like the 8.03 lecture
   1.185 +lighter flint on spring --- make hot and it makes sparkles!
   1.186 +put a plane on a treadmill, to help it do a vertical takeoff.
   1.187 +Use a nondeterministic sentence parser to understand sentences with multiple meanings. Perhaps use statistical language as a filter against unintended (or rather, uninteresting) interpretations.
   1.188 +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.
   1.189 +Me: Standardized, modular nuclear plants?
   1.190 +
   1.191 +Oct 29, 2009
   1.192 +
   1.193 +Textbook whose content can be varied continuously---alter
   1.194 +Me: well, actually varied over a countable "dense" set.
   1.195 +
   1.196 +Oct 29, 2009
   1.197 +
   1.198 +level of difficulty, rigor, diction, emphasize crossover with certain other discipline, etc. Content generated dynamically from knowledge base,
   1.199 +Me: Or, initially, interpolated over all pre-existing books.
   1.200 +
   1.201 +Oct 29, 2009
   1.202 +
   1.203 +along with questions that are moreover altered to guide knowledge acquisition.
   1.204 +Motivation: One book of knowledge. One.
   1.205 +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
   1.206 +curve, two separated half-bubbles, and a double-cone)
   1.207 +
   1.208 +Tags:
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   1.210 +Me: Color-coded lid-cup pairs.
   1.211 +
   1.212 +Dec 3, 2009
   1.213 +
   1.214 +Me: Dry soap (like for pets) but for cars
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   1.216 +Dec 3, 2009
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