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Idea: Resiliency Study
Here’s a fun project that deserves funding (though is unlikely to get it): Along the lines of the Mercer standard of living study, build a data set on the resiliency of major cities. This is largely a function of how … Continue reading
Disease Dashboard
Is there a good pandemic dashboard for individuals, families, and communities to track this (or any) disease? CDC provides good quality data on the symptoms etc, could pull that and map Promed data on a map. -Shlok Sign up for … Continue reading
Idea: PackMule
iPhone and any other GPS enabled cell. Its peer to peer package delivery. Get package senders and receivers (‘packs’) to sign up as such. (Benefits to them: decreases risk, cheaper and more available than USPS UPS). Get (couriers) ‘mules’ to … Continue reading
Ossification + Economic Shaping
Interesting article by Richard Florida, who wrote “The World is Spiky,” on reshaping America during/after this crash. There’s a lot to unpack here, but some initial notes: Increased ownership of expensive homes led to the country ossifying to a level … Continue reading
Idea: CraigsBlackList
A layer: a parasitic website that is underpinned entirely by another, that allows functionality that is not in the host. For predators that otherwise may be easily targeted (such as say drug dealers on Craigslist), a layer would allow an … Continue reading