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 […]
Smart Rooms
Imagine if each room in your house had a guardian. It would be an AI entity responsible for watching over the room. It would note who came into the room or left, and the time. It would sense when things are left out of place for too long, then remind people to put things away. […]
Linking Your Smartphone to Your Car
The smartphone is the Swiss Army Knife of the modern times. It has the potential to become the single thing you bring with you whenever you leave your house. Prior to the introduction of smartphones, most people would carry with them a watch, a wallet (or purse), and a set of keys. Smartphones have eliminated […]
Pokémon, for Real
What if we did Pokémon for real? Pokémon is a Japanese media franchise where the main characters try to collect all varieties of Pokémon creatures. The slogan is “Gotta Catch ‘Em All.” What if we took the Pokémon concept into real life? We could gamify the concept of cataloging all sorts of real-world things. For […]