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#3,122 – Health Week: Invisible Face Masks | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The other day in Target I saw someone wearing a mask. Same deal while antiquing. Most people have given up on wearing masks but not everyone has and another pandemic could be right around the corner. Which is why I'm glad that we haven't stopped innovating them. And we could now have a new solution…
#3,123 – Health Week: Universal Vaccine | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I previously wrote about research into creating a Universal Coronavirus Vaccine but soon we could have something even better: a Universal Vaccine for any possible variant of anything that would work for anyone. Futurism explains: "Scientists seem to be close to creating a 'one-and-done' vaccine that can protect against any strain of a virus with just…
#3,124 – Health Week: Diabetes Treating Eye Implant | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The idea of someone poking around my eye and implanting something into it kind of freaks me out but even I have to admit that this new medical breakthrough sounds pretty amazing. As it takes advantage of some of the eye's natural properties to treat diabetes and other diseases. Brighter Side News explains: "A new…
#3,121 – The Best of Soren Iverson | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
What if you could pay back your taxes by binge watching ads? Or hand out speeding tickets to other drivers? Well, if designer Soren Iverson had his way you could. All thanks to his unhinged ideas that he has been posting daily for over a year now. I like to call myself Craig "The Idea…
#3,120 – BARK Air | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Dogs are part of our families and most of us pamper them as much as we can, providing them with toys, comfortable beds, high quality dog food (if not human food) and various other amenities. And now we can add one more to the list: first class flights thanks to the new BARK Air. According…
#3,119 – New Life Form | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Mitochondria. Plants. Something else?! For perhaps only the third time in history one organism has consumed another leading to the creation of something entirely new and useful. A major evolutionary leap forward that we are now witnessing in real time. New Atlas explains: "Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event in progress, as two lifeforms…
#3,117 – AI Week: Hypnovels | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Some writers are already using ChatGPT to help them churn out novels and eventually we may get to the point where an AI just does all our writing for us. But for now instead of fearing AI we can use it to our advantage. To help us sell the books we've already written. https://youtu.be/cGPHLRJFR1g?list=PLbQzqjyO7vRFwgtLnEXDRZlVbG_PXmEEn As…
#3,118 – AI Week: Future Predicting AI | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
As a futurist I like to pretend that I'm good at predicting the future. But soon we might have an AI that can actually do it. Interesting Engineering explains: "A new study from researchers at MIT and the University of Washington reveals an AI model that can accurately predict a person or a machine’s future…
#3,114 – AI Week: AI Beauty Pageant | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
In the future AI girlfriends and boyfriends will be commonplace as we seek companionship any way we can get it. Meanwhile, AI newscasters will bring us the news while AI influencers hawk wares and sell us new products. Soon, everywhere we turn we'll see beautiful AI created people integrating into our lives as they interact…
#3,116 – AI Week: Concept Trailers | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Who should be the next James Bond? Aaron Taylor-Johnson? Idris Elba? Someone else? What about Henry Cavill? If you're leaning towards Superman a recent AI infused concept trailer has got you covered. https://youtu.be/gcIv4hGDZeE?si=RBen2L7gkuSaz2qR As Futurism puts it: "Misleadingly billed as 'Bond 26 - First Trailer,' the fake casts Margot Robbie as Cavill's co-star, and envisions…
#3,115 – AI Week: Hala Point | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
It seems inevitable that AI will likely soon surpass human intelligence. But how? Perhaps if we modeled an AI system on the human brain we could finally get there. An approach that Intel is keen to try out with Hala Point. As Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemelle) puts it on X: "Intel has created the largest artificial…
#3,113 – AI Week: PIGEON | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I'm currently dealing with some annoying pigeons at my house who have moved onto my balcony and chirp all day and night. But soon we might all have to deal with PIGEON, a new AI that can identify our location from a photo. Is this a bad thing? Geoguessing has become increasingly popular over the…
#3,112 – AI Week: VASA-1 | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The latest AI breakthrough comes from Microsoft and gives us a way to bring back the dead. Well, sort of. Thanks to VASA-1 it's now possible to bring a simple image to life and provide it with synced up audio. Making it possible to bring paintings to life or bring back deceased actors. https://twitter.com/minchoi/status/1780792793079632130 @bindureddy…
#3,109 – AI Week: Limitless | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The person in charge of Humane's influencer marketing was fired the other day after highly regarded YouTube tech reviewer Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) gave a negative review of the new AI wearable pin saying, "This clip is 99% of my experiences with the pin - doing something you could already do on your phone, but slower,…
#3,111 – AI Week: Project GROOT | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Earlier today Boston Dynamics unveiled the latest version of their ATLAS robot, now equipped with some insane dexterity. https://twitter.com/heyBarsee/status/1780590530562347284 But in order to make these humanoid robots useful in industrial and real world settings they're going to need to be powered by more advanced AI with NVIDIA poised to lead the way there. Tech Radar…
#3,110 – AI Week: Stargate | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The OpenAI/Microsoft partnership is once again making headlines as reports suggest that they are looking to build a new data center and/or supercomputer or a data center that acts like a supercomputer to take their game to the next level. Next Platform sums it up best: "The first thing to note about the rumored 'Stargate'…
#3,106 – AI Week: Udio | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Many of the first wave of Generative AI breakthroughs involved creating insanely realistic images and videos from simple text prompts. Innovations with the potential to disrupt Hollywood while democratizing filmmaking and turning anyone into an artist. In just a short period of time the quality and realism of these AI creations have advanced to the…
#3,107 – AI Week: Looi | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
It's seeming inevitable that we're going to have robots that live in our homes with us, taking care of the elderly, doing chores for us, and providing companionship. The Tesla Bot is in the works and now Apple is said to be looking heavily into household robotics as a potential next Big Thing. As Bloomberg…
#3,108 – AI Week: Earth-2 | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
In 1994, we got Earth 2, a TV show about a group of settlers trying to rebuild humanity on a new planet and now thirty years we're getting Earth-2, a simulated copy of the Earth created by NVIDIA to better predict global weather. Futurism explains: ''Chipmaker Nvidia has shown off a clone of our entire…
#3,105 – Planpet | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
For the life of me I can't keep a plant alive. I feel terrible about it. Downright awful. That's because as far as I'm concerned all plants, flowers and trees are living things, capable of eating, moving, feeling pain, communicating with their neighbors, and defending themselves among other capabilities that make them meet the definition…
#3,104 – Destiny Tech100 | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
When I first starting following the tech scene and writing about new ideas I figured that if I didn't make it big as a writer or futurist I could at least leverage my knowledge about the next big thing for personal financial gain through timely investing. Getting in at the ground level of emerging unicorns…
#3,102 – Snake Meat | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Earlier tonight while hiking I saw a snake. The first one I've seen so far in 2024 which means that hiking season is officially cancelled. But it also reminded me of a story I'd seen recently about how eating snakes could be in our future. Could my sworn mortal enemy actually be my savior?! What…
#3,100 – The Four Day Work Week | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
It's been over three weeks since I last blogged. The reason why? Work has been crazy busy and I've been too tired after work to do any writing. Sure would be nice if I could work less and have more free time. Which could soon be the case if Bernie Sanders gets his way thanks…
#3,101 – Insulin Milk | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Drinking milk provides a lot of health benefits and soon it could even help treat diabetes thanks to a new procedure that injects human DNA into cows to allow for insulin to be produced in their milk. The Jerusalem Post explains it best: "Nearly 500 million people around the world suffer from type-2 diabetes, caused mostly by…
#3,103 – Extracting Gold From Electronics | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
When you think of a modern day gold rush you probably thinking of getting rich quick from crypto or capitalizing on all the AI hype. But in actuality all you might need is some old computers. That's because scientists have figured out a way to literally turn old electronics into gold. Futurism explains: "A team…
#3,099 – Space Week: PIBOT | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Airplanes are already mostly automated. In fact, according to the show Hijack on Apple TV, a pilot's job is 90% automated with the pilot mostly just responsible for take off and landing. But we still have human pilots manning the cockpit for peace of mind. But soon we might not even have that as we…
#3,098 – Space Week: MOON | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The Moon, our closest celestial neighbor, is already an iconic figure that dominates the night sky. But soon it could dominate the skyline in Dubai as well. AP News explains: "A proposed $5 billion real estate project wants to take skyscraper-studded Dubai to new heights — by bringing a symbol of the heavens down to…
#3,097 – Space Week: Airborne Internet | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
We could soon have an Internet for transmitting energy wherever it's needed, anywhere in the world. New Atlas explains: "DARPA has tapped Raytheon to design and develop a wireless, airborne relay system to 'deliver energy into contested environments,' as part of its Energy Web Dominance program, in which DARPA wants to be able to power…
#3,095 – Space Week: Odysseus | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
For the first time in more than 50 years we have returned to the Moon! There's just one problem. We landed sideways and now operations will have to cease. Oops! Despite the hiccup this was still a historic mission. As Nature puts it, "In a historic lunar accomplishment, the first private spacecraft to land successfully…
#3,096 – Space Week: God’s Eye | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
There could soon be satellites so advanced, they would be capable of imaging individual people. Futurism explains: "A startup called Albedo Space is building low-orbit satellites that are able to zoom in on individual humans down on Earth, The New York Times reports. The venture's cofounders say the satellites won't be equipped with identification-ready facial recognition technology, but…
#3,093 – Craig’s Lists: Great Ideas Other People | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
A roundup of great ideas from other people that I’ve come across lately: Shazam for weird sounds at night A National Quiet Day A Reverse Valentine’s Day to hate people Cars that don’t use their turn signal can’t turn Wrap presents in weird shapes to hide their real size Home renovation show for building home…
#3,094 – Beef Infused Rice | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
A lot of people already eat beef with a side of rice but soon we might be eating rice infused with beef instead. Cutting out the middle man entirely in a more environmentally friendly approach. Dezeen explains: "Scientists from South Korea's Yonsei University have invented what they believe to be a sustainable, high-protein food in the form of…
#3,092 – Adaptive Headlights | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I've always felt that the headlights in our cars aren't bright enough and don't extend far enough, especially on our sides when making turns. But there isn't much recourse in dealing with this problem as you can only use your high beams sparingly when no one else is around. According to ABC News there is…
#3,091 – Good Ideas Other People: Fixing the NBA All-Star Game | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
There are plenty of ideas on how to fix the NBA All-Star Game after an embarrassing showcase this past Sunday. The players themselves even have an idea: paying them to play. But millionaire athletes shouldn't need money to motivate them when they are supposed to be ambassadors of the game. So, what else can be…
#3,090 – AI Week: NB-AI | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
It's NBA All-Star weekend in Indianapolis where the highlights have included Steph Curry battling WNBA player Sabrina Ionescu in a three point shooting battle of the sexes and Mac McClung winning the dunk contest for the second straight year despite not even being in the NBA. But the biggest news of all might have come…
#3,089 – AI Week: Sora | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Yesterday was supposed to be all about Google's Gemini but instead it wound up being all about Sora, as OpenAI's new text to video application took the Internet by storm. Make no mistake about it. Sora is the real deal and yesterday's release was a historic turning point. The world will never be the same…
#3,087 – AI Week: Frame | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
In honor of Apple's Vision Pro I started reading David Rose's SuperSight, a book that details everything you need to know about the forthcoming AR/Spatial Computing Revolution. One chapter in and I'm already convinced that we're all going to be wearing smart glasses in the years to come, with AI powered spectacles becoming as ubiquitous…
#3,086 – AI Week: Talk To Your Ex | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Last night was Valentine's Day. Hopefully you spent it with a significant other, friends, family or other loved ones. Or even just did something on your own that you love to do. But if you were home alone, absolutely miserable because you just broke up with someone, then there's hope for you too. For you can still talk to…
#3,088 – AI Week: Google Gemini | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Back in October, I previewed Google's soon to be released AI model known as Gemini saying that it would be coming out in about or month or so. It took a little bit longer than that but Google's Gemini has finally arrived and its capabilities seem to exceed what I wrote about it when I…
#3,085 – My AI Ideas | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
AI researchers, programmers, coders, hackers, and computer scientists have been coming up with AI infused products and apps for a while now and I thought this was a good time to join them with some ideas of my own for how to use AI. I need to come up with a name for my first…