There were originally 15 ideas that I started this blog about. Here are 10 of them.
1. Redesign New Orleans - That is, from the bedrock up. Existing silt would be transported to other areas for agricultural use. Stone or gravel fill would be brought in (I'm thinking by barge) to raise entire areas to be developed to 10 meters above sea level.Neighborhoods would be built around a hexagonal mound system connected by elevated bike/pedestrian/light elec veh. paths .
Historic neighborhoods could be jacked up to the new level or surrounded by dikes that are backed by new construction rather than canals.
2. Sidewinder. This is a smoking replacement/detoxification nicotine delivery system. Instead of smoke, hot, flavored inhalable steam (no carbon monoxide, tar, etc) would be delivered via a flexible tube (that's where "sidewinder" comes from, besides being a western rattlesnake and also, marketing ploy) connected to belt pack holding compressed gas and flavoring components.
3. House tree. See original post, with links.
4. Green Canyon. See Line-of-sight tunnel post. Connecting NYC to Chicago, and creating offshore Islands on Eastern seaboard continental shelf, emergency flood drainage for Passaic River in NJ and utility corridor for housing and industry.
5. Euglena tattoo. In the world of microorganisms, the Euglena is unique in that it moves like an animal, but has chloroplasts and so can photosynthesize. Would it work to infect animal cells with the type of chloroplasts that are in Euglena and thereby allow animals to derive part of their energy from the sun? Similarly, would the ability of nitrogen-fixing bacteria to absorb atmospheric nitrogen be attainable by animals?
6. Hydrogen Algae. This is a proven process rather than a new idea. The production og hydrogen by algae is a way to denitrify waste water effluent while claiming the energy in hydrogen gas as a byproduct.
7. Polar orbit satellite. Free energy from Earth's magnetic field is available if conducting cables are dragged through it, as satellite cassini demonstrated. By placing a satellite in a polar position , it would be possible to beam this energy, converted to microwaves, to a receptor dish at the pole, thereby eliminating the need for petroleum fuels. . It could also be the source of a laser "gun" to power interplanetary flight or return missions to the moon.
8. Laundry cart. Based on the life story of Conan the Barbarian and the idea that clothes laundering and exercise are both things that people need, this is a device that would be a pushable, human powered washing machine. The wheels turning would turn the drum. Gearing could be altered to give more or less resistance depending on the user's strength and speed. The full body workout would nicely coincide with the time it takes to wash, rinse and spin a large load of laundry.
9. Heads-up Helmet.This idea is a combination wi-fi connection pc built into a safety helmet with both integral AC and on-demand repiratory protection.
10. Wildebeeste. Human physiognomy is based on the plan of a brachiator - swinging through trees - as opposed to quadrupedal, like dogs or knucklewalking, like chimps. Our adaption to bipedal locomotion, though advantageous in an evolutionary sense, has drawbacks compared to the range of muscle groups that brachiation accesses. Wildebeeste is a framework that a person steps into and straps on that duplicates the leap and swing pattern of our simian ancestors (or tree shrew, if the relatedness to monkeys bothers you). It eliminates the jarring impact on knee and spine that cause runner's injuries and allows stetching and contraction for spinal, quad, ab, glute, bicep, tricep and lat. Can be fitted with helium balloons to simulate Martian gravity.
What's this about?
All of these ideas are based on the possibility of changes in the way people view the future as having beneficial impacts on the present also. Thanks to Em for having a blog which is how I accidentally got sucked into this (all I meant to do was comment on her site, but my incompetence got me all the way here) (or maybe it was serendipity).
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What's this about?
All of these ideas are based on the possibility of changes in the way people view the future as having beneficial impacts on the present also. Thanks to Em for having a blog which is how I accidentally got sucked into this (all I meant to do was comment on her site, but my incompetence got me all the way here) (or maybe it was serendipity).
posted by da # 12:10 PM 5 comments
