(January 2003)

Using a line of sight remote control that is attached to the wrist of the thrower to control pitch and roll. Micro flight surface servos are operated via an onboard microprocessor and lightweight battery. Orientation is obtained by using the line of sight alignment from the operator.

(February 2003)

Stained concrete 'air brushed' onto glass and acid etched to shape of tile backed by concrete form or other permanent backing.

(April 2003)

First, the backend of this software would be a database server of cross referenced topics so that the presentation of material could be presented as a static idea flow (read text book) that would allow for dynamic, interactive exploration. Some benefits this would have over standard textbooks is that presentation could include video, interactive function graphing, and any other dynamic content that can be handled by a computer. The frontend would be basically a web client that could present and store the information and exploration history for future use by the student as a reference.Perhaps when you complete the course you would get a CD containing all of the material you covered and in the order you covered it, including an index/keyword search ability. However you would loose access to the dynamic content unless the “owners” decided to grant you permission to further access.

Second, While delivery mechanism would be open source, the content could still be controlled in house via submission to a peer reviewed group as a validation model. This could eventually allow growth into a collaborative effort of experts all over the world. Allowing group development expedites the elimination of informational voids as the topic coverage expands. There could multiple levels of trusted users, ie. at the lowest level would be the student who only has read access (with request for modifications), slightly higher up would be outside material developers that could place topics into an incoming review queue, and highest would be the content owners and reviewers who would carry the burden of topic submission review and overall structure maintenance.

Third presentation of material would follow the same strategy as a class room. Both audio, graphics, and text (math) would be streamed concurrently so that the topic is “developed” to the student rather than presented en mass like a text book (So many web based methods fail to provide the teaching environment that a classroom has shown to be so successful at). As an avid student, I find that material much easier to understand when I see it and hear it as it is presented, in essence following the thought process of the instructor as they present their understanding of the topic.

Fourth, any topic can be interrupted for a more in depth development or alternate explanation, if none was available a request for expansion of that area could be sent to the administrators. For math this could be the ability to define terms both rigorously and semantically, as well as, an algebraic expansion of derivations. I believe that there is a web site that employs the semantic portion of this method, although I can't think of it offhand.

On a philosophical note, I really don't believe that ideas can be property, so the student would be able to freely keep any informational contents that they are presented with. However, I do believe that the structure of the presentation is unique and and therefor the dynamic structure of delivery could be restricted to developing “owners”.

Pro and cons, On the pro side, you could create an automated interactive learning experience that would allow for dynamic exploration of the material utilizing tried and trusted methods found in classrooms.

Contrarily, development of the course would be an in depth work that could take years to properly create, since you would in essence be attempting to create an expert system with the data/knowledge of an experienced academic professional.

(June 2003)

Animal shaped floor mats for cars.

(January 2004)

Full interactive participation via web site and in house terminals, all have simple ranking buttons for voting on content. *Everybody* wears a mic and an ID tag (including web site users) that has info on their reason for being there. Many Cameras track activity, controlled by web site users. Users can “blurb and edit” sound and audio and rebroadcast over house channel (including what other “editors” are doing). Best footage is used for nightly “real tv” show. Highly ranked participants don't pay for access, everyone else has free *teaser* access, then have to pay.

(March 2004)

At the end of the weight bar their is a retaining device to keep the weights froom sliding off. Add an electronic counter that can be preset to the desired number of reps. The counter will use an inertial sensor to monitor the activity and emit a tone when the preset number of reps has been reached.

(December 2005)

An insulating ceramic shell with a quantity of thermite that can be snapped over two adjoining pieces of rebar. A fuse (of magnesium or other) starts the reaction and the shell can be knocked of with a hammer after to inspect the quality of the weld.

(May 2008)

Broadcast web pages of content over the airwaves ala TV. Put time stamps in links and update primary content frequently with deep content updated less frequently. Allow up-link/hot-spot activity to request addition of broadcast content ranked on percent of requests. Broadcast/ Receivers could be in the new HDTV spectrum in in the .x channel space