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#3,253 – Mozi | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I previously wrote about my idea for an anti-social media platform that I called Silo. Instead of broadcasting your life outwards Silo would be your place to reflect internally. Part journal, part vision board, part news feed, part To Do list it would organize your thoughts, keep you informed, and better prepare you for when…
#3,254 – Jennie | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
It's likely that in the future we'll all have humanoid robots as companions and assistants, such as the Clone Alpha that I wrote about yesterday, or a Tesla Bot, which Elon Musk has claimed will be the biggest product ever. But we may also have robotic pet dogs as well. Such as Jennie. Interesting Engineering…
#3,252 – Clone Alpha | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
A water based humanoid robot with synthetic organs, artificial muscles, and veiny arms looking like something out of Westworld is in the works. Softer than its traditional counterparts Clone Alpha could be the future of robotics. Even if it is faceless. The Sun explains: "The robot, called Clone Alpha, is described as a 'musculoskeletal android'…
#3,251 – The Mysterious Drones | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Drones are incredibly useful and increasingly becoming a part of modern society. They've been used to deliver food and medical supplies to far flung locales, shown up on the battlefield to identify targets and have joined together by the thousands to create awe-inspiring images in the night sky in lieu of traditional firework displays. In…
#3,250 – Picture of a Photon | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
For the first time ever we've seen an image of what a photon looks like. At least under one specific circumstance. And it could lead to breakthroughs across discrete branches of science and in a multitude of fields. Live Science explains: "Researchers in Birmingham have created the first image of a photon, a lemon-shaped particle…
#3,248 – Willow | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Willow is my kind of idea. Ushered in by wild, attention-grabbing headlines heralding a game-changing technology that brings forth a new era. Right off the bat we've seen claims that it proves the existence of the Multiverse, uses other universes to perform its calculations, and can calculate things in less than five minutes that would…
#3,249 – Become Anyone Mask | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Want to become someone else? At least temporarily? Or need to change your identity quickly? Then the Become Anyone Mask might be for you. Using LED lights to turn your face into someone else. Into something else. Circuit Digest explains: "In a world increasingly dominated by surveillance, privacy is a growing concern. Sean Hodgins’ Become…
#3,247 – Dash | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Dash for cash to add to your stash while you have a bash. Such is life as a DoorDash driver whose ranks I now find myself among. Granted, I've only been dashing for three weeks so far but I've learned a lot and have a suggestion for how to make the popular share economy app…
#3,246 – The Decline of Western Civilization | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Brain rot was just selected as the 2024 word of the year and rightfully so. Thanks to TikTok, social media, and how easily misinformation spreads online, our brains are literally rotting, turning to mush. Our minds evolved to look out for predators on a Savanna. Not process the deluge of data we encounter on a…
#3,245 – The Golden At-Bat Rule | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Baseball Twitter is aghast at the suggestion of the Golden At-Bat Rule that Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says is generating buzz at the annual Owners Meetings. And I can certainly understand the blowback. Allowing a team to send up their best hitter in a key situation regardless of where they are in the…
#3,244 – What I’m Thankful For | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
A quick look at everything I'm thankful for in the world of Science and Technology: My Fiancé!!! Lab Diamonds Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT OpenAI DoorDash GrubHub The Share Economy DraftKings CLZ Books The Internet Slam Poetry Wired Blue Sky Instagram Wordpress FaceTime eBay Uber AirBnB OfferUp Google Translate MLB.TV E/ACC WFH Consciousness Neuroscience SiriusXM JustWatch Venmo…
#3,243 – Line Cutting Alarm | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I've always hated people who cut lines. It started on the lunch line in elementary school, and it's continued to this day. Thankfully American Airlines is doing something about it. At least when it comes to passengers trying to board the plane too quickly. American Airlines explains: "American Airlines is expanding its new boarding technology…
#3,241 – Alzheimer’s Surgery | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Getting old sucks. It's an old adage and one that I can now attest to. More aches and pains. Longer recovery times. No longer able to will your body to move the way it used to. Rather than running I jog in place. I want to being moving forward but gravity and the laws of…
#3,242 – Mosquito Bite Vaccine | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Not a vaccine to avoid getting bitten. But rather a vaccine delivered via mosquito. Potentially putting an end to diseases like Malaria that are transmitted via mosquito bite. New Atlas explains: "Mosquitoes do a superb job of spreading diseases like malaria – now researchers have shown it's possible to hijack these pests and distribute vaccines…
#3,239 – Ultrathin Spaghetti | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
If you ask me, when it comes to spaghetti, the thinner the better. In my household Angel Hair rules the day. So, it should come as no surprise that I'm particularly excited about the creation of the world's thinnest spaghetti. 200x thinner than a human hair. Even if I can't eat it. Interesting Engineering explains:…
#3,240 – Water Battery | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I've written in the past about many different kinds of battery designs. From proton, paper and flow batteries to those that are living and edible. And now comes another that we can add to the list: a water battery. And it could very well revolutionize electric vehicles. The South China Morning Post explains: "Chinese scientists…
#3,237 – The We Tried Tracker | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The baseball offseason is underway which means were in store for three months of inactivity until everyone signs at the last possible moment. It also means We Tried Season has officially begun. Davy Andrews of Fangraphs explains: "Only one team gets to sign each free agent, but every team is free to announce publicly that…
#3,236 – Human Washing Machine | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
We were promised flying cars and all we got was 140 characters. We've all heard the familiar refrains by now. Outside of moving sidewalks at airports we never got the future popularized in The Jetsons. But one aspect of George's daily routine could be forthcoming: automated showers. In fact, we may be able to easily…
#3,238 – Hypergravity Machine | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Move over Large Hadron Collider. There's a new kid on the block. A new facility in China capable of producing 1,900 times Earth's gravity. Conditions that could advance human knowledge and lead to clean energy breakthroughs. BGR explains: "China has taken a monumental leap in scientific research by activating the world’s most advanced hypergravity machine.…
#3,235 – The Department of Government Efficiency | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Naming two people to be the co-heads of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency doesn't seem very efficient now does it? Is this a joke? It might be. The Department of Government Efficiency or D.O.G.E. will be co-led by Elon Musk a long-time proponent of the Doge coin meme currency. How does Musk even…
#3,234 – Climate Week: Insulating the Doomsday Glacier | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
It sounds like the plot of a movie starring Bruce Willis. A daring Hailmary plan costing billions of dollars as a last-ditch effort to save humanity against all odds. And while the degree of difficulty may not be up there with mining an asteroid the circumstances are just as dire. Do nothing and our coastlines…
#3,233 – Climate Week: Chalk Coated Clothing | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
A new coating could be applied to clothes to help us stay cool even as the temperatures around us rise. CNN explains: "Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a flexible, chalk-based coating which can be added to fabrics. During tests in scorching summer heat, they found it reduced the temperature underneath clothes…
#3,232 – Climate Week: Solar Spheres | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
It's no secret that solar panels are still a work in progress. The best ones today are still only about 22% efficient leaving a lot of potential energy on the table. If solar power is going to fully replace fossil fuels, we're going to have make them a lot better. Possibly even put them in…
#3,231 – Climate Week: Savor the Taste of CO₂ Butter | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
By now, I'm sure you've heard the slogan. "I can't believe it's not butter!" Well, get ready to start saying something less catchy but more impressive: "I can't believe they just made butter from carbon dioxide!" That's right. We can now make butter from that pesky driver of Climate Change, and it tastes just like…
#3,229 – Climate Week: Neoplants | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The Future of Plants has arrived. Thanks to Neoplants we now have genetially modified houseplants that improve the air quality in our homes achieving results that would currently take an army of 20 plants to do. As they put it on their website: "Neo Px is a plant supercharged with billions of proprietary air-purifying bacteria…
#3,230 – Climate Week: Dubai’s Green Spine | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
In addition to a second sphere and a replica of the Moon Dubai could soon be home to the world's greenest highway known as the Green Spine. Vogue explains: "A new superlative is joining Dubai‘s impressive landscape, as developers URB and Epic Lab announce plans for an ambitious megaproject. Dubbed the Dubai Green Spine, the project…
#3,228 – Climate Week: Electrified Beaches | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
On top of everything else we have to worry about from rising temperatures to rising sea levels there's another potential issue that Climate Change is causing: the erosion of our beaches. In fact, half of them could soon be gone. But there may be something we can do about it: electrify them! Popular Mechanics explains:…
#3,226 – Climate Week: Chicken Fat Energy Storage | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I eat a lot of chicken. Homemade breaded chicken cutlets. Chicken Teriyaki from Japanese restaurants and chicken with broccoli from Chinese food restaurants. Supermarket Rotisserie chickens. Wings while watching football. KFC. Chicken skewers. Greek chicken. You name it, I've had it. I love chicken so much I even moved from New York to Arizona to…
#3,227 – Climate Week: 3-D Printed Concrete | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
We still marvel at the fact that ancient Roman concrete was able to last for thousands of years. Despite being more technologically advanced than our friends from the time of Ceasar and Gladiators we're still amateurs when it comes to making concrete. With the downside that all this concrete is bad for emissions. But we…
#3,225 – Climate Week: SpiralWave | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
In addition to a tiny powder, we could soon have something much larger in our arsenal to help us combat Climate Change: a carbon capturing tower that turns carbon dioxide into liquid fuel. Say hello to SpiralWave, our potential savior. TechCrunch explains: "If there’s anything that came from one of the worlds that was promised…
#3,224 – Climate Week: The Power of Powder | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
We kick off Climate Week with an innovation that may have the best chance of any of helping us to stave off the devastating effects of Climate Change. A new powder known as COF-999 that can work just as effectively as a single tree, with a half-pound of it capturing the same amount of carbon…
#3,223 – Climate Week: Go Vote! | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
This election cycle has been long, exhausting, contentious and pivotal. It's not hyperbole to say that the future of the United States is at stake. But there's something far greater at stake as well: the future of humanity. And throughout the buildup to election day, I've barely heard anyone mention Climate Change at all. I…
#3,219 – AI Week: The iPhone of AI | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Jony Ive, who rose to fame as the designer of the iPhone, has now confirmed that he is working on a secretive AI hardware project with Sam Altman of OpenAI, rumored to be a new kind of phone designed specifically with an AI powered device in mind. When I first heard that Ive was working…
#3,220 – AI Week: Butterflies | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The other day I wrote about SocialAI, a new social network where it's just you and a bunch of bots hanging out, chatting endlessly about what interests you. A true one man show that would enable you to receive feedback, engage with differing viewpoints, and enter into stimulating conversations. Serving up the best of what…
#3,221 – AI Week: Emotion-Cancelling Technology | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Dealing with angry, pissed off people as a customer service representative must be a brutal, dehumanizing experience. I certainly couldn't handle constantly getting berated. Even for things that aren't my fault. I can't even handle constructive criticism. No wonder so many companies turn to customer facing chatbots to ease the psychological burden on their workforce.…
#3,222 – AI Week: The Pixelbot 3000 | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
AI disruption has even made its way to children's toys, to the iconic Lego building blocks. But thanks to the Pixelbot 3000 printer I don't think we'll mind. As you can now print out Lego artworks from simple prompts. The Verge explains: "A devoted YouTuber has designed and built a Lego printer that can automate the process…
#3,218 – AI Week: NotebookLM | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Nowadays, it seems like everyone, and their mother has a podcast. And soon, it could be even easier to make one. With fake conversations popping up left and right after being fed real source material. Podcasts born from a single click not a lifetime of experience. Tech Radar explains: "I’ve had a glimpse of how…
#3,217 – AI Week: Imagination to Creation | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
In the near future it may be possible to build a video game yourself, on the fly, without having any coding experience whatsoever, thanks to Electronic Art's new AI that puts the power of creation in the hands of consumers. Futurism explains: "Imagine a system that allows users to create a video game entirely from…
#3,215 – AI Week: SocialAI | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Back in 2019, I wrote about my desire to have AI bots share, like and comment on posts so that you would be guaranteed at least some level of engagement on your content and not feel like you completely wasted your time crafting your latest masterpiece. Here's what I had to say about it at…
#3,216 – AI Week: Rebind | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Reading a book is supposed to be a private experience. It's just you and the author, alone with your thoughts and theirs, as you get lost in a fictional world or contemplate new information you just learned. In a forthcoming world filled with Virtual Reality, the Metaverse and immersive video on the Apple Vision Pro…