Tuesday, October 4, 2005

Two ideas
1. You know how they say that we only use 10% of our minds or something? Well, I'm sure that that's false information and all, but I'll bet it was derived from something that was more or less true. And if so, one way that we could fill up all the empty space in our skulls--however much we really have--is by planting satellite receivers in our brains (not with the entire dish and all, obviously) and using them much like computers, where all the useful knowledge that you've collected in your life is beamed up and shared with other people, who are also sharing their information with you.

Before anything else, let's think about all the wild benefits of this: the language barrier is undeniably shattered, if only because you don't even need to speak when you already know via satellite that the man in front of you wishes to take out a loan, you know every computer language (no more elitist übergeeks. Ohhh yeah.), etc. What if your friend suddenly keels over? You've got the medical expertise to make a proper diagnosis, and there's no need to call 911 because they already know, and they sent out an ambulance exactly 1.27 seconds after your friend hit the floor. And school? Gone, baby.

However, the most important thing to think about with a prospect like that is security, so your credit card numbers and such aren't stolen simply because you know them, lol. That would have to be monitored manually, probably, by hooking up your head to a computer and checking off what you do and don't want other people to know, or something along those lines. Like a gignormous, wordwide filesharing service, is how you could best sum it up.

Still, the fact that people would be sharing information such as how to hack a bank account in the first place would nix this idea, unless it was restricted to private networks of your friends or family, and maybe some official networks put up by places like CNN and colleges. So if you're talking to a friend and they want to know how to do something, you can just set up a private mental network right quick, put only that information on it, and shut it down when your friend gets it.

2. Oakley made a pair of sunglasses a while ago that had a very small mp3 player in them (as you can see in the picture, they're actually not too hideous, especially if you get some pics with people actually wearing them). When I was thinking about this one night, I saw my dad take his cellphone away from his ear to check his reception, and I thought about making a pair of sunglasses/glasses that connected remotely with a cellphone on your dashboard or in your pocket.

That's already in place with all the headsets and everything they've got nowadays, but what really makes this idea unique is the next part: the lenses would display in, say, the top left corner your battery and reception, while in the top right is the person you're connected with and the connection status. This way, you don't even have to take the phone away from your ear. It's possible, too, because some company had done something remotely similar with a clear display on a bicycle helmet before (it showed the speed, distance traveled, and things of that nature).
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