Insane Google Contest

Google is offering a $1,000,000 prize to the designer of a breakthrough power inverter.  I love contests.  State the rules, offer the prize ..... stay out of the way.  Not the way government work is done.

Single individuals who are out of the mainstream do amazing things at times.   Other times they are complete buffoons.  No way to tell ahead of time who will be the next Einstein ... with some stunning analogies.....   I look forward with anticipation.

 #RealityAlteringAnalogy

Philosophy in Athens

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MeatSpace-Virtuality Mashups

I am a big fan... a proponent of meetings , meetups , conferences , confabs , etc.  .... that are a mixture of real people in a real location mixing with people ( or ASIs ) located in remote locations.  Not everyone likes this concept.  Some people just insist that it is important to meet people face to face .... exchange microbes , see how they smell , maybe poke then in the eye.  I cannot argue with that preference... for some ... it is all important to make that physical contact.

Of course , some people choose not to attend a meeting physically.  They are too shy... or too far away ... or feel it takes to long to travel. They have many reasons for not attending via real-space.

I would like to see more meetups arrange to have ways for remote viewers to share in the fun.
Here is what I think would be nifty.

== Have good conferencing software....
                     emphasis on voice and sound quality
== big screen locally for cloud people to be seen on
== direct-able camera that cloud people can point , pan-tilt-zoom , fight for control of
== macro camera that allows closeups of items of interest
== roving robot that pokes around and supply cloud people with virtual tour


I invite comments on how to improve the concept.



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