I have the dream of revival of the xbase spirit. This lead me to the idea of build a relational language (http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/5353), and it lead me to the idea of build a better relational database, where the LOG is a first-class citizen (so, like built-in event sourcing), the db is fully relational and other nice ideas.
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#72MoneyGuidePro for individuals, instead of just financial advisors.
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#73Something web or smartphone based that can automate the process of examining various health/exercise/diet event data points over time, and learn from them until it can highlight patterns and events that may be related.
I've been tracking my sleep, my weight, my body composition, my exercise, and everything I've eaten since Jan 4 (new year, new me, as they say). I was planning on doing an analysis of my own data to see how things affect my body, and maybe throw together an app like this.
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#74New devices in the sub palm top class. Something like the psion 5mx, but with current hardware.
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#75A fully open source business workflow engine, pre-built with a great UI for the users to execute the workflow. Mobile friendly is a definite plus.
Almost all government software are essentially workflow engines. This would instantaneously solve loads of problems.
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#76I wish we could have a web assembly backend for tcc. Emscripten is awesome indeed, but having a lightweight C compiler allows for many possibilities, such as online compilation within the browser.
If only I had enought time I would try doing that myself :(
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#77Simple, user-serviceable appliances. Not a fridge with an UHD screen, not a washer with Bluetooth support, not a toaster that talks to the cloud. Just functional appliances with a level of efficiency that existed 25-30 years ago and can be repaired, rather than thrown away because subcomponents are sealed black boxes with little regard to durability. And after that, the really hard work: doing the same with printers.
I agree about simpler, durable, repairable appliances. Eg, http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/projects/lincrevable/ One important aspect is to ditch the electronic interface (buttons, LCD, etc), since it's often the weak point, both for durability and usability. But IMHO you still need electronic control, for function/efficiency (timers, complex wash cycles, PID temperature control, dirt sensors, etc, etc), as well as us…
> However the UI should be replaced with a single on/off button, and bluetooth; the complex interface becomes a smartphone app or web page,
As someone who has played the Mega Man Battle Network series [1], I love this idea.
In those games (highly recommended and well worth getting an emulator for), every appliance and machine basically has a universal interface which your "Navis" (think anthropomorphized avatars of Siri) can "jack into" and interact with.
In the real world, I guess something like that could be implemented as:
- Every appliance comes with an standard interface which exposes all its controls and configurable parameters.
- The first time you unbox a new appliance, you register it with your control device (computer/phone/watch.)
- After that you just use any app on your control device (like the HomeKit one on iOS) which supports the standard protocol, to enumerate and view each appliance's controls.
- There could be different levels of access depending on authentication and proximity. Say, a web page might only show you the basic status of all your appliances, but being on the same local network will offer extra controls, while physical contact between your phone/watch and an appliance via NFC will reveal its most sensitive settings.
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#78A system for allowing all the devices on me to mount each other's storage seamless and make use of each other's various radios.
It drives me cray that I can have a phone with a 4G antenna, a laptop with wireless, and a kindle all three speaking bluetooth, and yet they don't transparently for my 'personal lan'.
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#79Sports (and events) Netflix/live streaming. That would kill cable for sure. A curated "channel-like" experience for Netflix/YouTube shows. There's a LOT of good content out there, but it's hard to filter. And the "channel" experience of surfing and switching between programs has been kind of lost. A different kind of smartphone, with actual buttons. Or maybe even what one manufacturer (Samsung?) tried to do, splittin…
irt sports streaming: streamers/xmbc people have been doing that for a while http://koditips.com/kodi-pro-sport-addon-streams-from-reddit...
there's even news of a crackdown going on in the uk with people who are selling modded boxes http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kodi-illegal-first-man-...
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#80I wish we could have a web assembly backend for tcc. Emscripten is awesome indeed, but having a lightweight C compiler allows for many possibilities, such as online compilation within the browser. If only I had enought time I would try doing that myself :(
tcc?