Downloadable sounds for electric cars.
Electric cars must make noise under new EU rules:
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#32Turn a crowd & their devices into a huge stereo system!
I wonder if using iOS 7's mesh networking feature, if this would be more easily feasible (discoverability of other devices).
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#33A cheap hardwire device that I can take to the gym and not worry about breaking it. There are lot's of great workout tracking apps but I won't risk having my expensive smart phone smashed in order to record my workouts. I see more people using pen and paper even with all the amazing apps out there.
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#34Baby near me
Amenities near by with baby facilities, possibly with user ratings.
All of my recently baby-ied friends complain about finding places to go, especially groups of recent mothers meeting up in the middle of the day.
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#35A programmer social network. I find myself with two distinct sets of friends on Facebook: my tech friends and my normal friends. With my tech friends, I just want to post neat snippets of code as statuses and share github gists on walls and whatnot. So I'd like basically github with more social elements thrown in. Imagine seeing a cool repo, then being able to friend the owner, and open a chat box to have a quick cha…
Dude. I've often thought about doing exactly this, but I felt like there was probably something already out there and just haven't taken the time to research whether that's true or not. If there's not, and there still isn't by the time I finish launching my current project, I might just look into taking this on next!
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#36Turn a crowd & their devices into a huge stereo system!
Wayne Coyne (of the Flaming Lips) sorta did that in the 90s with car stereos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaireeka#The_Parking_Lot_Exper...
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#37Just for developers: Something that allowed you to change the IP your request resolves to with a modified URL instead of editing the hosts file, like this: 127.0.0.1:: http://mysite.com/ Benefits: Not as much work, not as permanent, you can use multiple at once, you can easily see where you are connecting. I think this is something web developers would pay a few bucks for. I know I would.
is virtualhostx [0] what you want? personally i ditched it many years ago in favor of editing the hosts file. it really doesn't get easier than that.
not sure i'm on the right track though because the benefits you list seem contrived. "not as permanent"? "not as much work"? we're talking about editing a single line in a short file.
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#38TaskRabbit for businesses
Intriguing. I have some immediate questions.
What is wrong with using taskrabbit itself? What tasks do you envision? What about virtual assistants like Zirtual.com?
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#39- Movie Quote Search
- Search for a movie quote and it brings up the part of the movie where the quote starts. User can then adjust the length of the clip they wish to share. No longer than 30 seconds.
- Mobile App - Timed Deals for local businesses. Company registers their deal and how many they wish to offer. A potential customer who follows certain types of products may get the promotion, The catch is, Promotion only last 30 seconds(max) and you have to buy it right then.
Anyone wants to help me with any of these I'd love the help.
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#40An IaaS provider which meets "paranoid" security requirements -- essentially, being able to remotely provision a box in a trustworthy way, and know you "own" that box at least as much as if you'd carried it to colo yourself.
Then, the ability to secure those boxes (and boxes you drop off in colo) against tampering short of powering them off.
(tech details: Intel TXT, TCG TPM, cheap HSMs, Intel SGX, etc.)