Share ideas, inspirations, dreams, goals, and action plans on AeyTimes Idea Journal, a free blog and social web site. http://aeytimes.com Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:57:32 +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... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1592/Seeing_the_past_with_Google_Street_View/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1592/Seeing_the_past_with_Google_Street_View/ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:21:11 +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... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1545/Games_to_resolve_conflicts/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1545/Games_to_resolve_conflicts/ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:01:38 +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,... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1509/Image_recognition_for_identification/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1509/Image_recognition_for_identification/ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:06:11 +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.   http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1490/Water_used_for_magnification/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1490/Water_used_for_magnification/ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:03:00 +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... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1472/Dynamic_user_interfaces/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1472/Dynamic_user_interfaces/ Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:03:00 +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... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1457/Dictating_music/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1457/Dictating_music/ Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:03:00 +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.   http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1452/Wireless_mouse_and_keyboard/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1452/Wireless_mouse_and_keyboard/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:01:25 +0000   A little learning is a dangerous thing. - Alexander Pope The Enlightenment was a major philosophical movement that swept through Europe in the 1700s that sought to use reason and the scientific method to advance society.  Major figures from the Enlightenment include Voltaire from France, Ro... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1335/Enlightenment_-_Historical_Inventions_and_Ideas_Series,_Idea_18/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1335/Enlightenment_-_Historical_Inventions_and_Ideas_Series,_Idea_18/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:49:25 +0000       What do I know? Nothing…I believe that time is the “universal constant”, not light –a light source will not “shine” before the light emitting source is "turned” on.  To further explain my idea, please consider that if a star was born at a distance of eight light years away... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1331/Time_is_the_Universal_Constant/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1331/Time_is_the_Universal_Constant/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:10:42 +0000  It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. - Tom Brokaw With many aspects of current society, including morals, financial institutions, and perhaps our purpose in life, seemingly on the verge of collapse, people may ask, what has gone wrong?  Despite unprecedented lev... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1297/Using_Ideas_to_Gauge_Competence/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1297/Using_Ideas_to_Gauge_Competence/