Make Your Real Book Interactive
Why?
You cannot click on a word in a real book to get more information like you can in an ebook reader.
How?
By wearing an augmented reality device (like Google Glass) that can also visually track what you’re doing (like hand gestures), you can simulate the act of clicking on anything in a book and see more information about it projected on the page you are reading.
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Smart House Drone
Why?
A drone that knows how to go around the house and stream a video feed can be useful. For instance, you can check if you left your keys at home, or see if the stove was not left on, it can alert you if there is an intruder, etc.
How?
A drone that can navigate the house (using the visuals it analyzes from the video cam, the map in its memory, etc.) Anytime you can remotely activate it and tell it to go somewhere in the house and show you what’s there. It can also be programmed to react to certain events, like sound, motion, external input (alarm system), etc., and alert you when the conditions you requested are met. You can also program it to do “the rounds” from time to time as an extra security measure, and alert you when something is out of order (like a change in the what it sees compared to last time. When not active it can land on its charging mat to recharge.
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Get the Live Performance Feeling in Your Music Library
Why?
When you buy music and listen to it, again and again, you will always hear the same one, without any variation. Live music at concerts is always a little different from the recorded version and also from live performance to live performance.
How?
Have different versions recorded for each piece of music (in studio, live performances, both.) When you buy the music (for download or streaming) you get access to all the versions. You can choose which version to listen to at any given time, or let the software decide randomly or based on your previous behavior. A new digital format can also be created where you can break down the elements of the music so that the performer can record alternative elements for individual parts and they can be dynamically exchanged or added when you play the music.
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Self Referencing Book
Why?
Help you remember the what and who of a book that is complex or you continue reading after a long break.
How?
Have an option in ebook readers to turn on a layer of hyperlinks. These should be available to link characters and events mentioned to their origin in the book, so you can click on such a link, and it will either take you to the source so you can catch up again, or pop up a window with the original text so you can take a look, close it, and continue reading.
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A Never Ending Story
Why?
Technology today makes it very easy to continue and expand a story online.
How?
Publish daily, weekly or monthly new chapters in a never-ending story. It’s similar to long-running TV series. You star the story, gather momentum by creating fans, and continue the story rolling until it “viewership” starts going down over a longer period. The. You can end it.
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