Drone Film Consultant

Here is an interesting concept.

Drones are very popular right now. Obviously. But while they are becoming easier for the average person to fly they have not reached the point where the average person can use them to create quality aerial video content.

So here is the idea. Find a couple of drone pilots that have had experience using camera platforms and add in a video editor to create an Drone Film Consultancy.

Just like websites clients do not want to learn how to fly a drone for video when they can pay someone to do it better. Also with the legislation coming down the pipes on drones it will probably behoove most small business owners to hire a professional than do it themselves.

There are already several companies doing this but it is a highly localized endeavor so any drone flyer can do this in their home town.

Flywheel-Powered Submarines

Flywheels store electrical energy as kinetic energy. Basically you spin up the wheel very fast with an electric motor, keep the wheel in a vacuum, and when the energy is needed the motor acts as a generator. Flywheels also have an efficiency of 80-90% as compared to most other technologies (li-ion are in the same range)

The trouble with flywheels, in mobile platforms, is that they have to be sealed in a vacuum container, and they induce gyroscopic forces. They are also relatively complex compared to batteries, though they are technologically simple.

They should be used in personal submarines. Flywheels are a great, heavy, and dense power source. They can provide stability and power to submarines and be rapidly recharged.

Submarines also have the heavy duty structure to support the mass and protection that comes with a relatively low-tech flywheel.

If implemented cleverly, using low tech components. Flywheels would be superior to batteries when applied to submarines. (thinking more about it they would also be viable for electric boats, since ships already use flywheels in some cases)

Bar Smartphone

This is concept for a smartphone that is basically just a bar or a scroll. While you can't really watch movies on it, imagine just turning the phone to scroll down a page. Basically, an infinite scroll. If you are lazy then you could twist the knob on the side also.

This would fit in you pocket a lot better than a slab.

Dual-Screen Laptop/Tablet Hybrid (The SlantBook)

If large screen mobile devices were made correctly they would be made like this. 

A tablet is useless as a functional machine. If you use a keyboard then you eliminate half of the screen to use it, and it is just uncomfortable. A tablet with a keyboard attached is just a wimpy laptop. But laptops are limited by their physical keyboard, and it is stupid to put a touchscreen on a laptop, or a desktop for that matter, if it doesn't become a tablet.

My solution is to create a hybrid that utilizes 2 screens. At any given time one can be used as a display and the other as a dynamic keyboard. Or you can flip it 90 degrees and have a book shaped e-reader, or add a keyboard and you have a dual monitor system. But if you just want a tablet then you can flip the first screen all the way around and hold the thing by the spine which functions as a handle so your hands don't cramp and you don't smudge the screen. This also lets you 'flip' between screens without having to use processing to move from one page to another, you physically turn back to something else.

When your all done you fold it closed and you don't need to buy an accessory to protect the screen.

This is how large-screen mobile devices should be made. Apple and Windows are both wrong.

The SlantBook

A CAD model of the sketch

Note: I recently discovered the Lenovo Yoga Tablet, which is very similar to my concept but without the possibility of the twin screens. They do have a projector built in, a nice touch.

Mid-Air Holographic Display

Was thinking about how to make a dynamic hologram. This is what I came up with. Constructive interference of light beams to create in air pixels.

2-D and 3-D holo-projector sketches

Touch-Activated Drawer

 A little bit of overkill. But hey we live in a smart world, why can't we have smart drawers.

This idea is for a touch activated automatic drawer. The only practical need for this would be in a place like hospitals or messy kitchens, where handles create too much of a germ catching risk.

Cheap Recordable E-Paper

This idea is basically for an E-paper Etch-N-Sketch that records the drawings afterward.

This would allow for people to draw and sketch on something like a kindle and then save their sketches. A digital pencil and paper that is more comfortable and cheaper than a normal tablet.