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Just to put this in perspective, Meditech allows users (ie: non-technical medical personnel) to write their own "programs" for retrieving and organizing information in something called "Meditech Magic." Here's a clip:
BEERv1.1,
100^b,T("")^#,DO{b'Peace of mind. Take care of all my trivial stuff for me. Bills, taxes, money management, politics, corruption and other stupid distractions that stop me from focusing on people that matter. How much do you want?
There's a company where I live that does some of these things regarding your bills and saving money. You go in for an interview and you show them all your expenses, incomes, etc. They will work out a budget for you, pay your bills, save money for your goals, send you a bit of spending money for groceries, etc. negotiate with your credit card companies, banks and what not if things are really bad. They set up a bank a…
Sorry, couldn't resist. ;)
More seriously though: do you have a link? I find this concept seriously intriguing / weird / ... on many levels.
Please make my brain work better. I need a way to organize information that I come across online, get control of my schedule and find a way to manage my general learning process. Maybe a mix of bookmarking, google calendar and anki, with some event discovery thrown in. Then add some Tinder style social functionality so I can get a date or meet new friends. I wouldn't be able to throw money at you fast enough.
What is it about the current solutions that leave you cold? It sounds like google calendar, anki, evernote and Tinder could all work together to do exactly what you suggest. I'm curious what you think is missing, the X factor that another solution would be able to address?
I just threw those examples together in order to illustrate the idea that I have too much information for my puny brain to keep track of. I'm sure that there are apps to solve every information management problem that a person could have, but using all of them would create the new problem of learning to use and maintain N different apps.
Easy access to well-funded companies looking to hire highly skilled full-stack developers for contract work. Word of mouth works great, but it'd be good to have something reliable to fall back on if my network falls through. I imagine I'd be willing some small % of my hourly/project fee (less than recruiters would take), or a somewhat high yearly rate for access if it was good. Wouldn't pay "a lot" for it, maybe $10-…
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I have three windsport-related ideas for you. 1) weather analysis I'm a hang glider pilot, but this applies to all wind sports – windsurfing, kiteboarding, paragliding, sailplanes, possibly even surfing and skydiving. These sports require weather analysis. Is the wind blowing from the right direction? Is the cloudbase high enough? Some weather analysis tools exist like http://www.xcskies.com/ for hang gliding and par…
eg - If I am in OBX, NC, I don't need a site that has weather data in CA or FL. There may be slight benefits to this, but I can't think of anything big enough that would make it easy to take over a site that is already popular with the locals of a region.
Am I missing some benefits that come from being larger?
Health. When you make a list of what people will (gladly) pay a lot of money for, health will always be at the top of the list, since without good health, you suffer from a constant impediment. Unfortunately, providing solutions to health problems is probably well beyond scope for already struggling startups. PG asked, "What do you need that you'd pay a lot for?" in relation to changing sales discussions with the hop…
Automating the US immigration system. Obsoleting attorneys.
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Dammit, how did I forget that. This is more important than anything I've written above. Make a hang glider that packs to 2.5 meters max and doesn't take an eternity to setup and break down (15 minutes max). The performance needs to be somewhere between a modern paraglider and an intermediate hang glider. It would be revolutionary to the sport. Lack of such hang glider is #1 reason preventing willing people from hang…
A bit off-topic, but not much: I always wondered why paragliders don't have inflatable compartments like kitesurfing kites do... My theory is that it would help with wing stability. I have no experience with hang gliders, but as long as you have rigid skeleton you have problems with trasport and storage. Could this skeleton be replaced with an inflatable one?
It won't work on paragliders because as ram-air wings, they need to collapse when they get unloaded. Otherwise once unloaded the wing will fall over in front of the pilot and probably get entangled with the pilot.
The only heavier-than-air inflatable aircraft currently in production is the Woopy – http://fly.woopyjump.com/ – its design is very unconventional, with continuously running pumps and some weird flight control mechanism. It never passed certification because it's probably not as strong as other hang gliders.
Some potential problems of inflatable hang gliders:
* Ambient air pressure differences at varying altitudes, temperatures, etc.
* Bird attack – sometimes eagles and other birds can get aggressive and try to claw a hang glider. What is a minor annoyance now could be a dangerous flaw if your glider is inflatable.
* A failed inflatable wing can potentially gift-wrap around the pilot preventing them from throwing the reserve parachute in time.
* Less rigidity than metal tubes – danger of buckling at higher speeds / wing-loading.
* There's a certain stigma among HG pilots regarding the concept of inflatable aircraft due to controversy around Woopy and the general idea of riskiness.
However, inflatable aircraft IS a practical strategy. The shortcomings listed above can be overcome given enough effort.
For example, see http://www.prospective-concepts.ch/html/site_en.htm – click on Projects / Air / Pneuwing (and other projects).
Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_Inflatoplane
Lastly, in all likeliness the only advantage of an inflatable hang glider would be portability. I don't think it will end up lighter than a tube+fabric construction. The guys from Prospective Concepts seem to believe that they will achieve better glide performance with an inflatable design, but to be honest I doubt that. But then again, they know much more about their technology than I do.
Here's something my mother badly needs: an alternative to meditech that is easy to program and use, but cheap enough for small hospitals to afford. Just to put this in perspective, Meditech allows users (ie: non-technical medical personnel) to write their own "programs" for retrieving and organizing information in something called "Meditech Magic." Here's a clip: BEERv1.1, 100^b,T("")^#,DO{b'