On Aug 12, 2007, at 6:10 AM, Jones Beene wrote:
One such idea-exchange vehicle, which can be improved-on, is of
course the specialized one (on the fringe of science) which you are
reading. Because it does not conform, it may the most - or least -
valuable of any such vehicle... to the degree that it can influence
emergent thinking in ways which the mainstream (i.e. science,
devoid of creativity - i.e. art) neglects - at least in the field
of alternative energy.
I have what I consider to be, as a next step, a great idea for
humanity, and possibly a good business idea as well, though it would
make a good non-profit. It would certainly represent a giant access
leap for underdeveloped countries.
Here it is.
(1) Lease a channel or two on low orbit satellite systems, ones
which work with small antennas, preferably owned within countries
having free speech and uncensored internet. (Eventually own your own
satellites.)
(2) Produce a small device which includes a receiver, a display
screen suitable for usenet (or similar) posting display, and include
a newslist server which can be set to receive selected groups or
postings in selected categories or containing selected keywords. The
receiver circuit should be solar powered.
(3) Broadcast selected newsgroup newslist updates 24/7 such that
*every* new post is broadcast over every area of the world several
times a day, especially in daylight hours, practically guaranteeing
receipt by the server if it is on. All the filtering occurs in the
device. Special newslists or newslist servers might be required for
this initially to provide a small format, keyword extraction, and
length management.
The beauty to this is anyone with the device can get instantaneous
news, creative stimulation, or even courseware anywhere in the world.
Special newslists might also be set up for classifieds, stock info,
etc, with formatting geared to the small device server.
It would be essential to fund free distribution of the gadgets to
underdeveloped countries.
Posting would initially be via internet. Commercial opportunities
might include posting access subscription fees, classified add fees,
and industry hosted newslists.
A full blown dish version could probably handle most all usenet
traffic as-is on a single channel. The easily hidden small antenna
stuff would probably take some editing.
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
