Share ideas, inspirations and dreams on the AeyTimes Idea Network. https://aeytimes.com Fri, 10 Mar 2017 21:30:32 +0000 Most people currently consider modern civilization to have sprung out of nowhere, or perhaps from the Industrial Revolution in Britain, Renaissance in Italy, Age of Reasoning/Discovery in Europe; or people may credit modernization & urbanization to institutions or societal concepts from the U... https://aeytimes.com/ideas/108911/All_the_Great_Civilizations,_Consciously_or_Unconsciously,_Have_Been_Mimicked/ https://aeytimes.com/ideas/108911/All_the_Great_Civilizations,_Consciously_or_Unconsciously,_Have_Been_Mimicked/ Wed, 18 Mar 2015 14:53:16 +0000 The lock and key is an essential component to life in civilization.  As a human-made invention, the lock and key has no peer.  Both its practical uses and using it to understand abstract concepts have aided people immensely.  Although it is not known for sure who invented it, what is known is ... https://aeytimes.com/ideas/56120/Invention_of_the_Lock__Key_-_Historical_Inventions_and_Ideas,_Idea_19/ https://aeytimes.com/ideas/56120/Invention_of_the_Lock__Key_-_Historical_Inventions_and_Ideas,_Idea_19/ Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:45:29 +0000   If something exists naturally (naturally occurring) I believe that it is very possible. Birds can fly, now we can...perpetual motion?...The Earth, the Earth's magnetic field producing dynamo (I know this will not last forever as shown by the lack of the magnetic shied on Mars today.  At l... https://aeytimes.com/ideas/3404/An_Idea_on_Perpetual_Motion/ https://aeytimes.com/ideas/3404/An_Idea_on_Perpetual_Motion/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:57:32 +0000 Google offers a very useful service within their Maps application called Street View. It allows users to view street-level images as if they were actually walking down the street. If Google decides to periodically update these images, it would be interesting to compile and present them so that u... https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1592/Seeing_the_past_with_Google_Street_View/ https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1592/Seeing_the_past_with_Google_Street_View/ Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:21:11 +0000 There will always be conflicts in life. Although it is best to resolve them through reasoned discussions, it does not always work out. Instead of resorting to violence, one possible resolution could be through a harmless game. It preserves the competitive qualities of a fight, while being com... https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1545/Games_to_resolve_conflicts/ https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1545/Games_to_resolve_conflicts/ Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:01:38 +0000 Image recognition technology has advanced much in recent years. We now have services such as Google Goggles that allows regular users to make use of this technology. This technology allows computers to take a digital image, and deduce what objects are in the picture. This is very easy for humans,... https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1509/Image_recognition_for_identification/ https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1509/Image_recognition_for_identification/ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:06:11 +0000 Some people have found that it is possible to use a drop of water as a magnification device for their phone cameras. It is a good technique to try to photograph smaller objects that you want to photograph.   https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1490/Water_used_for_magnification/ https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1490/Water_used_for_magnification/ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:03:00 +0000 When someone first uses a certain piece of software, they are unfamiliar with doing certain tasks. For example, if they are using a word processor, they may not know how to make certain words bold. Interface designers will often lay out all functions and options in a toolbar so that the user can... https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1472/Dynamic_user_interfaces/ https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1472/Dynamic_user_interfaces/ Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:03:00 +0000 Voice recognition technology is already fairly advanced. You can dictate words fairly accurately on your phone. We can apply this technology to music composition. As an alternate method of input, one could implement music composition software that uses voice input instead of using the keyboard to... https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1457/Dictating_music/ https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1457/Dictating_music/ Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:03:00 +0000 You may want be using your computer on colder days, when you prefer to keep your hands warm under your covers. To do that, you can use wireless devices. You can still operate the computer with your mouse and keyboard under your covers while keeping your hands warm.   https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1452/Wireless_mouse_and_keyboard/ https://aeytimes.com/ideas/1452/Wireless_mouse_and_keyboard/