The Future of Car Radio (2nd Update)

My suggestion is to give listeners free individually tailored radio, paid for via advertising.  No longer should one have to change the station if they aren’t getting the radio they specifically want, just to change the station for another station that wasn’t what they specifically wanted either.

The future of radio in cars will be when listeners are allowed to create mixes especially tailed to their taste.  One would be able to say to a voice detection instrument in a car computer radio things like, “That song is good,” “That song is not good,” “I like that artist,” “I like that song, but I am tired of it,” or say “Give me the news headlines at the top of the hour.”  The news comes in many flavors, so one's favorite(s) news company such as FOX, BBC, or NPR could give top of the hour news updates.  News could also be made to interrupt music given the finding of certain alerts.  For example, new news could interrupt your radio with "terrorism" updates, and/or elections updates.  The possibilities are essentially unlimited.  Eventually through artificial intelligence a radio transmission broadcasting unit would play exactly the user’s preferences [or users’ preferences].

Of course there could be preset stations, as is the case already, but for those who desire more; there would be user defined stations, or mixes of different styles from various stations – everything voice activated unless otherwise user specified [What if people are talking in the car?].

Both Sirius XM satellite radio and Pandora don’t maximize their user’s experience.  These businesses are now primitive when we think of what can be done with radio technology.  They do not maximize our radio experience to what I would call ideal.  They are improvements over regular FM reception in car or at home radios.

We are all unique people and many of us have unique tastes.  That is something internet radio stations have capitalized on.  I like internet radio, specifically Pandora, and yet even Pandora is limited.  For example, at this time, none can select to listen to the news on Pandora.  In cars, many of us like to listen to spoken word programs.

Plants can do that? GMOs and Plant Innovation (updated)

DNA is something that both plants and animals have in common, and that if given the proper machinery can make almost anything relative to life. The idea is to make plant DNA code in an orderly way for what we need. Could we develop plants that make shirts? and by that I mean genetically modifying plants (either through breeding or in the laboratory) such as hemp of cannabis or cotton in order to literally make clothes grow on trees – Absolutely we could do that, and especially in a controlled environment. The key would be to manipulate select plants spatially in their growth, such as the logistics of size and placement, and then also genetically alter their flower designs to get the right stuff. The way to start would be to grow easier less complex weaves, and then progress to smaller and tighter fit weaves.

Shabbat 30b of the Talmud discusses how in the World to Come “trees will also sprout ready-made cakes and even clothing”

Porcupine Tree and The Mozart Effect

Was chatting with my wife today, and I mentioned that it is getting to be longer, and longer for bands to be successful. She set me straight. In my words, “In pop music they can’t be young enough.” However differently, I look for more than fluff, so that is what I see. What I am talking about may be called (in my own words), “The Mozart Affect.” Specifically, what I mean is that Mozart in all his grandeur was not a success in his lifetime. This affliction is not new. For many artists, take for instance the painter Vincent van Gogh who may have never even sold a painting in his lifetime, this is true, meaning that his works upon passing became priceless.
Below I use the Porcupine Tree discography to illustrate my idea.
Including, all releases (no promotional stuff), the following is a discography up to the first charting selection by year, which with Porcupine Tree it happened to be a single, though they eventually came to have charting albums. It was 20 releases later, and it barely charted.

1. Tarquin's Seaweed Farm 1989
2. Love, Death & Mussolini 1990
3. The Nostalgia Factory 1991
4. On the Sunday of Life 1992
5. "Voyage 34" 1992
6. “Voyage 34: Remixes” 1993
7. Up the Downstair 1993
8. Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape 1994
9. Moonloop EP 1994
10. Staircase Infinities EP 1994
11. The Sky Moves Sideways 1995
12. Signify 1996
13. "Waiting" 1996
14. Insignificance 1997
15. Coma Divine 1997
16. Metanoia 1998
17. Coma Divine II 1999
18. Stars Die - Rare and Unreleased 1999
19. Stupid Dream 1999
20. "Piano Lessons" 1999. Was Porcupine first charting single. It peaked at 164 in the United Kingdom.

Prohibiting Soda Consumption to those Under 18yrs Old

All ye teens, before you shake your fists in angst against me, have you actually met a middle aged adult that wouldn’t like to drop a few more pounds?  Soda consumption rates are a crisis in the USA.  Diabetes is an epidemic, even among the youth, unlike any previous generation has ever known.  It is my opinion that consumption of soda is probably worse for a body in the long term than consumption of alcohol, or marijuana, which is not to advocate for binge drinking, or smoking pot.  Therefore, it would be prudent to prohibit the age for soda consumption to be 18yrs old and above.

For some, I imagine this will be unpopular, especially those looking for his or her first chance to throw a riot in some city while taunting police officers.

There has been a long history of humans restricting stuff, especially for young adults, but even for adults.  There once was a time when there was no drinking age for alcohol.  Later, that age rose from 18yrs old to 21yrs old.  Thus, for young adults the restricted list has come to include lottery tickets, cigarettes, and booze among others.  Even adults are restricted when it comes to the consumption of prescription drugs.

Although I stand for it, I don’t claim that my argument is not without some problems.  I know some of the rebuttals.  The most important is the importance of learning responsibility.  That sounds good, as some may be able to link the raising of the drinking age from 18 to 21 as delaying young adults from reaching maturity, such that they are less responsible when they get to age 21 in college through lack of exposure.

Another argument is that any of those that are pro-legalization of substances use both the Bible and freedom as stepping stones to argue against this idea.  I have to laugh at those who say the right smoke is freedom.  IMHO, as a former smoker, there is no freedom in smoking because for the vast majority of smokers, their addiction would better be likened to slavery than freedom.

New - High Fat Content Energy Drinks

Intro:

What I have noticed about certain foods is that they are designed to be guilty pleasures.  Sometimes these foods and drinks actually seem like they try to increase the amount of chemicals or general unhealthy composition in order to appeal to bachelors and kids.  Some common examples that are similar to my idea would be adding mild stimulants, such as taurine or caffeine, as in the case of Rock Star.  Another example would be selling extra fatty greasy salt fast food burgers.  The idea is to increase the guilty pleasures, but I must add that my idea is designed to create something that would hopefully only be used in moderation.

The idea:

My idea is to emulsify a fat in an energy drink.  Something that is emulsified means it is like Greek dressing.  Shaking Greek dressing makes it emulsify.  In general, the idea is to have fat in an energy drink that is designed to be shaken in order to suspend it in the drink.  Remember not all decadent drinks have carbonation, and the idea might be reminiscent of a souped up cross between a milkshake and an energy drink without the carbonation.

New Invention Maybe: 1 Minute Rewind Idea

Ever find yourself using multiple tries to navigate through and replay the sweet spots in media. This one may have already been thought of but just in case: this is not an invention that finishes rewinding a VHS tape completely in one minute. I know that one has been invented before. What I am talking about would be an invention that would be similar to an instant replay. Let me explain: In my generation cassette tapes were a real pain in the butt, in fact the inability for the user to find the desired place in the music was super annoying. This is still true in digital media, but not so much, as there is the loading bar idea, where audio and video that enables one to click to find the right spot. This is where the idea of this blog comes in: imagine a button that rewinds media exactly 1 minute at a time. Obviously, there could be some settings which could make this something at 30 second rewind, but that is beside the point. This rewind idea would be extremely useful at websites like Facebook.com which is loaded with short media files, audio and video, where the ability to find the sweet spot in them for replay or reviewing would come in handy.

Hilarious & Extreme News

The news is all about trying to catch our eyes with extreme words, and/or scare tactics, like the "Alert" messages I have seen flashing at the bottom of Fox News. As they say, if it bleeds it leads, but this needs to be made fun of rather than nagged at.  Many people are angry at the news stations like Fox bring.  I don't judge that.  However, rather than complain, I suggest giving Fox some competition!  I have thought about starting a news program satire business, upping the extremeness to complete absurdity, and using television as a medium.  I take my inspiration from tabloids like the Sun, etc that I see in the super market, but only making it more extreme than this!!!  No holds barred pure joking news comedy.  Imagine a news show where the world ends 7 times in just one day.  Or, imagine news parodies that joke about the destruction of an entire continent with nuclear weapons.