18 - Ideas
Trying something different this week - 18 weird, random ideas of things that I think could be built / written / explored - along the lines of this. Literally just me sitting in front of my computer trying to think up original new ideas and get the brain juices flowing.
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Books that you can read in your Google Glasses - maybe try to be the first to work out how to use speed-reading techniques in your Google Glass? Like this.
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An automatic wishlist functionality for libraries - track when the book comes back in! (without needing to reserve it...)
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Pre-commit to a year's worth of books, and get a choice from 3 random books each month that are like this.
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Create wine in perfect controlled conditions to mimic old wines. No idea if this could be done but 'Sour Grapes' the documentary probably implies that you can?
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Get a randomly chosen Facebook or Instagram picture (based on what you upload) printed and sent to you every month. Potentially mounted/framed? Sort of like Nanagram but automatically taken from your social feeds.
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A movie app that allows you to sign up to be reminded about when movies are coming out, potentially inviting you to premieres and giving you movie deals
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The 'Asian Mother' app - delivering you cut fruit every night to make sure you're healthy
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An art installation where, at the start of the day, a story is read out to one person. They then have to record themselves re-telling that story for the next person to hear, and then to re-tell themselves. What happens at the end of the day? What does the story become?
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A physical scroll wheel on the side of your phone that helps you scroll up and down. Useless but tactile?
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A VR simulation that simulates a near-death scenario. This could be done before you start uni - grow an appreciation of life when you're about to embark on the rest of your life? Might be too morbid at such a young age though...
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A physical mood tracker - something like Simone Giertz Everyday Calendar but for your mood every day. Could be a cool visualisation, and physical might be a cooler thing to make!
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Exoskeletons that train your movements for sport. So, helping to guide how you kick a ball, or swing a bat, so that it's optimal for your body / movement.
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Make the 'blind date with a book' concept, but with tv shows or movies. Bring a bit more serendipity into your life :D
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A brunch crawl - instead of a pub crawl
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Dinner party in a box - essentially giving you recipes / ingredients / menu / decorations...all of it together! It probably exists, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now...scraping the bottom of the barrel.
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A water bottle that automatically creates water from the atmosphere...somehow...
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Object Tetris: Point your phone at a bunch of items, and it shows you the optimal way to stack them (potentially can show it where you want to store it as well)
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Solar panels in the shape of leaves. (Idk it got hard thinking of the last one D:)
Chat soon :)
✔️ Real Life Recommendations
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Slay the Spire - a really fun game that I've recently bought on the Switch - it's a roguelike deckbuilder! I love the deckbuilder concept because I first experienced it through a boardgame. Thought it wouldn't work in a video game since I couldn't do the shuffling (LOL) but it's so good!! I'm really liking how it plays at the moment - it's so easy to pick up and put down because you make tactical decisions based on the card draw, and there's enough randomness in the enemies that it keeps it interesting.
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B Magazine - I found this series of magazines in Singapore; it's a breakdown of brands, but they also ventured into food! This was such a cool concept - the way the brand is built and the story is told is awesome. I found these again in Mag Nation on Elizabeth St - check it out!
🚌 Adventures on the Information Super-Highway
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China sets rules for young gamers - banning them from gaming after 10pm! Damn, being a totalitarian regime really gives you a lot of control over your population! It's like parents, but for the country. Which...I guess that's what the government is...?
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Palladium - the new precious metal - random articles like this about resources that are being used up quickly are always interesting, because it's so interesting to realize that even in a globalised society we're still dependent on resources from particular nations. It reminds me of the vanilla shortage that's occurring right now as well!
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Why books don't work - this was a fascinating long-read examining the difference of information formats to disseminate information, and why books aren't always the best way. Being an avid reader of books, it was an interesting read :D