Mike, Now that Matt is starting to run out of objections, and you have noticed things like Dyson's list, we can get back to just what my list is a list **OF**. This all started with Christian Holata's posting on my different-topic Suppose thread.
Dyson seeks to solve problems, I seek to start industries. Dyson's list, along with the list of investments and prospective investments for every venture capitalist, are all things that **ONLY** require straightforward engineering. Things that require man-lifetimes or more of work, or involve doing risky research into unfamiliar areas, simply go undone in our "modern" world **UNLESS** taken on my a major corporation or a country. That something like Dyson's list even exists suggests that we are running really short of the technological "low hanging fruit" that every VC is looking for. Hence, NONE of the projects on my list are Dyson-suitable, though perhaps someone might find a shortcut using newly developed technology or methods. To my knowledge, NO ONE has been making a Dyson-like list of prospective BIG projects that are suitable for major corporations or countries to start new industries, and for which the science is sufficiently "there" to be able to charge in and work to completion, once the economic and other resources have been made available. As a result, corporations and countries often invest in the stupidest things, simply because they don't know of any better investments. For example, why enter and compete in the low-margin auto industry, if you can enter the high-margin flying saucer industry with a similar investment? Most of these projects can be done for ~$100M-10B. Some, like the CO2 project, incorporate a bootstrapping plan to hopefully live within this range, by using early cash flow to fund subsequent work. Further, every project involves some sort of "secret sauce" that I or someone else holds, that as Matt's challenges show ever so clearly are not at all obvious. I was able to answer Matt's specific challenges WITHOUT disclosing any of the secret sauces, because Matt hasn't yet figured out where the secret sauces are located in these projects. You must start down the engineering path to stumble onto the REAL challenges. I have a number of other projects that might look good on Dyson's list, and other projects that lack some needed secret sauce and so are NOT yet ready for investment. To illustrate, I have solved the "frequency halving problem" that is widely believed to be beyond solution, where a circuit must halve the frequency content of an input signal in REAL TIME, so FFT and similar methods are NOT applicable. This led to a fairly simple (e.g. no RAM) circuit to accomplish this. This appears to be the missing piece to GOOD hearing aids, that fold sounds that are too high to hear with a damaged ear, onto a lower octave where you CAN hear them. It should even work OK for music, which would sound different but still be melodic. Unfortunately, I am too busy right now and I don't need it, so I haven't built it (yet). This might belong on Dyson's list, but it doesn't belong on the list that I posted. Thanks for bringing up Dyson's list. Steve ==================== On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 6:07 AM, tintner michael <[email protected]>wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24480018 > > http://www.designweek.co.uk/news/james-dyson-award-2013-international-shortlist-announced/3037334.article > > AGI projectbuilders note brief: > > ‘design something that solves a problem’, > > iow an effective mechanism for an operational definition. > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10443978-6f4c28ac> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
