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A github-like service for musicians that would allow: 1. Version control of compositions; 2. Forks of other musicians' "repositories" / compositions; 3. Contributions to other musicians' songs; 4. Possibly play the songs online; 5. Private / public repos; 6. Individual / band / group / organization repos. 7. ???
Collectively purchase/own items. For instance, baxter[programmable android] came out yesterday/today, and you would like to try it out, but the price point of 22k is too much. A group of people, say 22, can collectively purchase it and rotate the usage of baxter amongst themselves.
* The idea is to get x unknown people to pool in for an object, correct? Imo, you're relying a lot on people being honest. What's to stop a person from never passing on the object? Furthermore, what about the time slice for which each person gets to keep an object?
* Where does a company coming in to all of this? What else do they do other than facilitate the transfer of the object?
Sorry if that's too many questions. I like the idea and it seems like something that could be beneficial in theory, but I have my doubts about it working in practice.
Ok, I have no idea how to do this startup but it seems very profitable. Have you ever noticed how anyone under 40 believes with 100% certainty that social security won't be around for them when they retire. Well I think it probably will be around. Most big (popular?) government programs aren't going away no matter what the media says. So how about selling social security insurance. Buyers pay a premium each month to…
Insurance can't work if either all or none of your customers are going to file a claim, because the premise of insurance is that those who don't file claims pay for those who do. This insurance would have to charge a premium that would cover the "everyone files a claim" case, which means people would be paying N dollars in order to have a chance of getting their N dollars back. Not a good deal ;-)
They could also figure out financial consequences of social security going away and place long term bets on that. If they are able to hedge properly, they're basically reselling that hedge.
A github-like service for musicians that would allow: 1. Version control of compositions; 2. Forks of other musicians' "repositories" / compositions; 3. Contributions to other musicians' songs; 4. Possibly play the songs online; 5. Private / public repos; 6. Individual / band / group / organization repos. 7. ???
How about a GPS car navigation unit that detects if you're going too fast for an upcoming curve and warns you? It seems like it already has all the data.
A service that allows me get all my snail mail by email, I get a virtual address, they scan / OCR etc (and spam filter)
Here's a few I've been thinking about: - Remote aid delivery by drone: build and send small robotic aircraft to remote areas and drop aid, preferably starting with medicine (lightweight and very useful). Small helicopters (quadrotor drone copters as you see at TED/MIT) could land and accept return packages if necessary. Trips could be made to hazardous places where human-driven aid drops can't venture. Additionally,…
A system that lest me maintain my contact details in one place, that other services can subscribe to for up-to-date info. Should also let me maintain who can see which details. When I change job, or lose my phone, or whatever, I can update my details, and my vCard in all my friends' address books gets updated accordingly.
Take a look at http://www.fullcontact.com
Emergency mode for smartphones - when you dial 911, the phone goes into a locked down, power saving mode that records audio (maybe video too), transmits your location and attempts to connect you with emergency services. Recorded audio is also transmitted to secure servers for later use by law enforcement in case phone gets destroyed.
Here's a few I've been thinking about: - Remote aid delivery by drone: build and send small robotic aircraft to remote areas and drop aid, preferably starting with medicine (lightweight and very useful). Small helicopters (quadrotor drone copters as you see at TED/MIT) could land and accept return packages if necessary. Trips could be made to hazardous places where human-driven aid drops can't venture. Additionally,…