Category Archives for Thinking
Shlok Vaidya’s thinking.
Sense/Stage
This is a very cool, very affordable system of sensors that feed into a common operating environment. In this case, they’re focusing on performance arts. Music/effects/lighting that match the performer rather than the other way around. Video below. Sense/Stage Workshop … Continue reading
Afghanistan ‘Awakening’
Hmm. US buys a 400,000 tribe for $1 million. (Hey, that’s a better deal than most PMC’s are offering.) Unfortunately…. In exchange for their support, American commanders agreed to channel $1 million in development projects directly to the tribal leaders … Continue reading
Idea: Communities Health Network
This model of drone-based-health mapping lends itself to a pretty cool model that would slash costs, drastically, while generating economic rewards for many. (Following sparked from a conversation with gawp in the comments of the previous post.) Individual franchisees run … Continue reading
Idea: Community Health Sensors
Cheap way to keep track of how a community is doing using fevers as an indicator. A few blimp drones, equipped with a sensitive infrared camera, circulating around the community (or office, or base, or neighborhood), mapping temperature over time. … Continue reading
On Meraki
Meraki is probably the leader in the field of self healing mesh wireless internet systems. Unfortunately, all of its kit requires an internet gateway to function. What if I just want internal bandwidth in a given geographic area? -Shlok Sign … Continue reading