We still live in a world with largely closed borders and financial concerns keeping most people from moving away. But what if borders and money were no longer a concern for your mobility? Where would you move? More importantly, how do you choose the perfect place to live? Of course, everybody has different circumstances and […]
Social Networking Computers
People meet other people and exchange information online through social networking. By “social networking,” I don’t just mean Facebook, TikTok, and other applications that we generally think of as “social networking apps.” By “social networking,” I mean any application on the internet that connects to information from a different user. On the internet, every participant […]
AI Training and Copyright
Should writers get paid if their work is used as training material for an AI? Under current copyright laws, probably not. Disclaimer: While I work professionally in the field of intellectual property law, I am not a lawyer. These are just my opinions about how copyright laws should work. If you have questions about how […]
Police Reform with Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is promising to make cars safer by taking the most error-prone human decisions out of the equation of driving. The average driver must make well over a hundred decisions for every mile they drive, and one poor decision while driving could result in a deadly accident. I don’t have any research to […]
Live Video Internet
Everyone should have internet access to any public camera in the world. Any owner of a public-facing camera should have the option to add the live camera feed to map software such as Google Maps or MapQuest (maybe the addition of such a feature could propel MapQuest back to relevance!). Every public store or restaurant […]
An App for Trading Kids’ Stuff
Kids grow up so quickly, and as they grow, they need and want very different things. A highchair and playpen may suit a two-year-old, but after a couple years, those items might be useless to them. You might want to trade that highchair and playpen for a lunchbox and crayons. Even among older kids, wants […]