Half Baked Ideas =================== The Simulacra-cycle ------------------------- Bicycling with a light-weight (and functional!) helmet embedded with with 360 fisheye camera coverage. Also collect rotation/acceleration data and post-process out movements to give a stable 360 video image which can be played back with 3D goggles (or a basic computer/tablet interface?). Enhanced version would also record bike vibrations, pedal turns, audio, and handlebar positions, and this could be played back on an artificial bike. Solar Autonoma ----------------- An audio "artifact": a CD jewel case with a photovoltaic panel powering a generative digital/analog electronic music box which outputs hundreds of years worth of non-repeating audio to an 1/8" headphone jack. One crude output algorithm could be the raw position of a turning machine (probably a busy beaver) tape position over time. Another is interpreting a meta-stable cellular autonoma's cells as notes; perhaps the combination of these two ideas? Should be engineered to last at least a few decades without repairs, which means compensating for PV cell degredation. Techno-cyption ---------------- Robustly encode arbirary data into techno, similar to image-based stenography techniques. Should be able to recover the data from audio recorded live at a concert or rave; perhaps in real-time? Leads to "verboden" music which is illegal to broadcast and listen to? Robotic Mouse Cursor ----------------------- An omni-drive robot encased in a mouse, controlled by a touchstick or touchpad. Should translate very quickly, so the user feels like they are "mousing" and selecting over the floor.