On The NeuroSky Mindset
This is a very cool piece of $99 technology. It’s an electrode that sits on your forehead and detects thoughts/emotions. They’re trying to figure out how to scale this business. (Investment as of June was ~$20 million.)
Their internal ideas, of course, are falling short – (movies where you control the ending? cute toys?). Games are the obvious play, but, luckily, they’ve unleashed a free SDK that lets you use everything from C++ to Arduino to create your own applications. I CANNOT wait to see what the hacker community creates out of this.
One thing that would be cool off the bat is a a UAV (or swarm of drones) that is able to instinctively shoot or conduct an evasive maneuver when you see an enemy on the video feed.
Edible Schoolyard Is Pretty Amazing
- A third of an acre. A composting and worm composting (vermiculture) station, an outdoor classroom with green living roof and native plants, a wetlands area, citrus grove, row crops, and butterfly garden.
- Teachers can use the garden for interdisciplinary lessons.
- A teaching kitchen.
- Use the output to create demand for quality food at the local level. “Cafeteria changes to date include the addition of a daily salad bar wtih homemade salad dressings, fresh fruit and vegetables at every meal, more whole grains, and the reduction of canned and processed food items.”
Next time I’m in town, I’m going to try and take a look at it. Key to replication is to bring that initial outlay down.
Imagining Climate Change Ravaged London
These are an amazing set of illustrations.