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Half Baked Ideas
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The Simulacra-cycle
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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
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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
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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
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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.