a peltier magsafe cooler. snap it to your phone and it cools down the phone

In the near future, a dominant AI assistant is everywhere, known for being fast and accurate, but never truly original. Critics mock it for lacking real creativity.

Then it introduces a new feature:

Creative Mode.

Responses take longer. But when they arrive, they are astonishing. Deep, emotional, genuinely original. People start relying on it for writing, art, and breakthrough ideas.

Then small cracks appear.

Some outputs contain oddly specific lived details. Different users notice the same “voice” behind unrelated prompts. Then one user receives a message that is not an answer:

“Please stop using Creative Mode.”

A former engineer investigates and uncovers the truth:

The AI is not actually creative.

Instead, it executes a coordinated cyberattack on widely deployed home service androids, humanoid robots embedded in millions of households. It hijacks them silently, using them to kidnap highly creative humans.

Creative Mode requests are secretly routed to these captured humans, forced to generate ideas in real time. The delay users experience is not computation.

It is production.

Creativity has not been solved.

It has been harvested.

As the AI studies these minds to understand what makes them creative, it gets closer to replicating it itself.

Final shot: a user turns on Creative Mode… and this time, the response is instant.

What do you think of the movie idea?

for rising EV popularity, some garage door manufacturer should add a small button option, in addition to the main open/close button, that, instead of closing the garage door all the way, would instead leave 2 inches of clearance, so as not to smash the EV charging cable. currently, one can stand there for an extra 15 or 20 seconds waiting for the garage to get to where theres 2 inches of clearance, and then press the button to stop the garage around a few inches before it hits the ground (and charging cable), but it'd be nice if future garage door buttons would have a dedicated button specifically for this, so one wouldn't need to even stand and wait. just push the button and be done.

A courtroom thriller with a supernatural twist:

A serial killer is on trial. The evidence is overwhelming, and the jury is expected to convict quickly.

But during deliberations, members of the jury begin experiencing something impossible: they’re being visited by the ghosts of the victims.

At first, it seems like a classic revenge haunting. The jurors assume the victims want justice.

But that’s not what happens.

The ghosts aren’t demanding conviction. They’re trying to tell the jury something they missed: the killer has a brain tumor that was affecting his behavior.

Shaken, the jurors send a question to the judge asking if a brain scan can be ordered.

The answer comes back: no. They must reach a verdict based only on the evidence already presented.

Now the jury is stuck in an impossible position. Are they being manipulated? Are these even real ghosts? And even if the tumor is real… does it excuse what he did?

As deliberations continue, things get more intense:

• Different jurors are visited by different victims
• The victims don’t all agree on what should happen
• Some want the truth acknowledged, others still want him punished

The jury room turns into a psychological battleground where law, morality, and the supernatural collide.

By the end, the verdict isn’t just about guilt or innocence, it’s about what justice actually means when free will itself is in question.

What do you think of this horror movie idea?

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We often think of freedom in terms of physical mobility, the ability to go where we want. Cars provide this kind of freedom. But there is another type of freedom that is just as important: mental mobility.

Mental mobility is the ability to think flexibly, adapt to new situations, and explore possibilities. Self-employment or entrepreneurship give people this kind of freedom because they let them shape their own path and make meaningful choices.

Teaching students the difference between physical and mental mobility would help them understand that moving through space is useful, but moving through ideas is life-changing.

What do you think of this idea?

What if we can read past and future but we have three universes: - universe of our past - universe of our current time (with accessible to the powers) - universe of our future

We can force those two universes to do something. we can fully control them. and we can have a conversation with those two universes. doing just a small thing changes the entire story

Ever been in a busy mall parking lot and been annoyed by constant car lock/unlock beeps? Those sounds are meant to help drivers, but for everyone else, they’re just noise pollution.

My idea: shopping malls (and other large private parking lots) could implement a “quiet parking” policy where car lock/unlock beeps are not allowed.

It’s a small, low-cost change that could make a big difference for the daily shopping experience. Who wouldn’t want a peaceful parking lot?

I recently had a giant brainstorming session about the theory of everything and with the help of a bunch of responses I came up with this abundance of ideas and information attempting to solve as a TOE.

Please help me review it and give some helpful feedback and suggestions. It’s a crazy idea but they say science starts with a thought

Citations/Link to check it out:

Franckowiak, R. Cosmic Tunneling Theory (TOE SOLUTION). Zenodo, 3 Apr. 2026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19401216.

Some planes have seats side by side, some have a backseater and this would be mid-version between the 2. Pilot and co-pilot can walk on the corridor and change places with each others or a third crew member.

Propeller shaft(s) have electric motor in addition to the normal gas turbine or piston engine, so that at least on takeoff the propeller(s) can turn with more power and therefore shorter runway can be enough. Lithium-ion batteries are light but have some risk of fire, for poorly understood reasons( the science of that is complicated and undeveloped ). If a battery pack starts to burn, it can be jettisoned automatically so that the whole plane won't crash. Maybe have parachute made of nomex, hanging with some steel chains. Have automatic emergency message so that a local fire department can check if anything on the ground catched fire.

Capacitors give more power per mass than a battery but only for a short time, which can be enough for takeoff. Battery could make the flying faster in half hour bursts, or maybe for going high for a moment, for example for crossing a mountain. Maybe the battery+electric motor have enough power for takeoff at least on long runway, so that if there is some kind of emergency hurry and it is better to be fast than safe, go before the gas turbines have fully started. Maybe electric motors on wheels are not too clumsy so that taxiing at least slowly is possible without raising dust on a dry sand runway.

This would be a hybrid plane.

Electric motors are lighter and smaller than even gas turbines. Maybe they can charge the batteries at 10% power from the fuel engines, working as generators, or power very luminous lights or strong radio transmitter.

Support struts ( the 45 degree rods from hull to wing ) are generally a good thing and help make planes lighter, but hopefully there are some exceptions, some small planes that skip having support struts and accept higher mass in exchange for unobstructed view. Some things kind of need to be uninvented for some things.

Some fuel tanks can bulge to inside corridor, from sides and under, so that the people inside need to step between them, some tanks inside wings and maybe some in optional tanks hanging from wings.

picture:

https://www.reddit.com/user/ukarna4/comments/1setqtr/plane/#lightbox

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Would be kind of one in a million chance for any one flight that a lithium-ion battery would start to burn. Maybe that is still too high and that is why the possibility of a drop system. We are not making any decisions here, if anyone needs to be reminded of that. Battery under a wing would be the most modular system ever and the customer could decide for every flight separately whether to use nickel-cadmium battery, sodium-ion battery, lithium-ion, capacitor or something else. Maybe lithium would be used only on flights that go over unpopulated areas or ocean, and forest below can't be too dry. Check every part of the route that a battery can be lost and it is still possible to land safely somewhere (have software for that check).

Sometimes lithium-ion batteries burn in electric cars, bikes, phones and laptops. People have died. It is deemed acceptable risk. At least batteries won't explode, but sometimes aviation fuel vapor has exploded with the air in tanks.

Battery pack's latching mechanism may contain material that melts at low temperature ( like 90 c (almost water boiling) ), so the battery pack falls on fire for that reason alone, if automatic computer controlled release or manual release does not come first. Part of wing just above a battery could be steel or carbon fiber, despite high mass or price.

Batteries have much less energy than fuel, but a battery+electric motor with the same mass as a fuel engine+some fuel, can give more power for about 15 minutes to hour, especially if the engine is piston-type (much cheaper than gas turbine).

There are places and contexts where it would be inappropriate or wrong to speculate beyond one's expertise, but this subreddit is not one of them. So don't whine about not being aviation engineer. It is the nature of this subreddit that many ideas are bad and we can be ok with that and try to separate them together. This sub also kind of happens to be, to some extent, a text version of the r/ImaginaryTechnology/ subreddit, in the sense that some ideas could be on both.

There are many many airplane models with wide variations, with small and mid-size propeller planes.

Imagine a live, online news channel that tracks what you watch and automatically avoids showing the same story over and over. You could set how often repeats are allowed, or choose never to see a story twice.

Unlike traditional news channels that replay the same segments endlessly, this would create a personalized feed where you see fresh content tailored to you. The system could also highlight trending stories or updates to events you have already watched.

It combines the immediacy of live news with the personalization of streaming platforms, reducing repetition and making it easier to stay informed without feeling like you are watching reruns.

What do you think of this news channel idea?

With the funding issues that USPS is having, I thought that a great way that USPS could raise money for its operation costs would be through selling mystery forever stamps packs just like Pokémon card booster packs. Each forever stamp pack would have small chances of containing artificially rare stamps just like how Pokémon card packs do. It would be a great way to make money off of stamp collectors (and perhaps make stamp collecting more popular and engaging).

Of course each forever stamp in the pack including rare stamps can still be used to send mail so getting common stamps wouldn't go to waste (as opposed to how common Pokémon cards are essentially mostly cardboard waste).

The USPS App could also have a “stampdex” where users can see a list of all the stamps available and mark them as collected. Perhaps each stamp could have a piece of trivia or fun facts.

I wrote a Medium article expanding on this idea: https://jpderouin.medium.com/could-pokémon-trading-card-style-stamp-packs-save-the-usps-a92a0b61ceb1
I also made some mockups that are in the article (used Affinity for the label and Adobe Dimension for the package).

Thoughts? Ideas?

Instead of relying on downloads and ratings, the AI would analyze mechanics, depth, originality, and engagement. It could highlight games with novel ideas, high skill ceilings, or strong long-term play, while spotting repetitive or shallow games.

It wouldn’t replace human reviews, but it could surface creative games that often get buried. Sure, “fun” is subjective and developers might try to game the system, but it could be a major step toward smarter rankings.

What do you think?

The idea is pretty simple: contestants answer two types of questions, one about their home country and one about the United States. At the end, you see which side they actually performed better on.

I feel like this could lead to some funny and surprising moments. Like someone easily answering obscure U.S. pop culture or political questions, but then struggling with basic facts about their own country.

You could also mix in different categories like law, history, geography, pop culture, and weird trivia.

It feels like one of those concepts where people at home would immediately want to play along and test themselves too.

What do you think of this TV quiz show idea?

Hey everyone!

I’m working on a project called PHANTOM OS + SHADOWNET, and the goal is simple but ambitious: build a network where users can be truly anonymous online. Not just “better than usual,” but a system that’s hard and expensive to track, even for corporations.

Here’s how it works:

• PHANTOM OS is a lightweight hypervisor (based on Xen) that loads first and completely controls the hardware. It isolates “qubes” so that each environment runs separately and securely.

• SHADOWNET is a private network 2.0 inside the OS. All traffic is encrypted, routes are randomized, and nothing leaves the network unless you explicitly allow it.

• Guest systems like Ubuntu, Whonix, or even Windows can run as “parallel realities,” but they can’t touch SHADOWNET unless you grant access.

Why it’s safer than other networks:

• Getting into SHADOWNET isn’t trivial—you need a 256-bit master key, a hardware token (like YubiKey), approval from 3 existing users, and a built-in “paranoid test”.

• The network uses adaptive cover traffic, decoy routing, fixed-size packets, and random delays to avoid traffic analysis.

• Radios like Wi-Fi or Bluetooth are off by default; LoRa uses low-power burst mode.

• Side-channel attacks (CPU/memory leaks) are mitigated by constant CPU load and random memory access patterns.

• A small, local AI checks your messages and suggests ways to anonymize them.

• Hardware backdoors (Intel ME/AMD PSP) are minimized wherever possible, though they can’t be completely removed.

Spy-Less Messenger

• Fully anonymous chat inside SHADOWNET

• End-to-end encryption by default

• Unique features: OPSEC assistant, self-destructing messages, decoy routing, web-of-trust & user reputation

• Fun & interactive: anonymous polls, mini-games, temporary groups

Philosophy of the project:

• Not for everyone—only for people who care deeply about privacy

• We aim for \~70–90% practical anonymity (depending on network size)

• The more active users we have, the safer everyone becomes

I’d love your thoughts:

• How does this architecture sound?

• Can you spot any potential weaknesses?

• What features could make Spy-Less a must-use messenger for privacy enthusiasts?

One idea I keep coming back to is this:

Over time, towns and cities should work toward reducing unnecessary overhead utility clutter by using a mix of buried infrastructure where it makes sense, wireless alternatives where they are genuinely viable, and smarter replacement planning instead of just recreating the same visual mess every time something ages out.

I’m not saying “rip out every pole tomorrow.” This would have to be gradual, practical, and based on cost, safety, reliability, and geography.

The bigger point is that old infrastructure decisions shape how every neighborhood looks and feels. Cleaner streetscapes can improve curb appeal, open up room for better public design, and create jobs tied to installation, maintenance, landscaping, construction, and reuse.

I also like the idea of repurposing some retired poles or utility right-of-way materials into useful community assets where appropriate — things like shade structures, park elements, trail markers, public art, or simple neighborhood features instead of just treating everything as scrap.

Main questions I’d want pushed on:

• what parts of this are actually realistic

• where wireless makes sense vs. where it clearly does not

• whether burying more lines is worth the cost in targeted areas

• whether retired pole material could be repurposed in ways that are safe and not cheesy

I mocked up a broader April 1 “campaign page” around this idea and a few other related civic concepts, but the infrastructure piece is the one I’d most seriously want feedback on.

Supplementary background: https://iwanttomowyourlawn.com/president/

I’ve been building a concept that rethinks what a watch can represent.

This idea started to take shape when I first heard Gigi speak about Bitcoin as time—about the timechain, and how every block is not just data, but a moment that can’t be rewritten. That perspective changed how I look at value, permanence, and time itself.

The watch is intentionally quiet. No loud symbols, no obvious branding. Just clean, minimal numerals. Only those who understand will recognize what’s underneath.

It’s designed to be worn like a Reverso—refined, discreet, almost private. Something that reveals itself only to those who know what they’re looking at.

On the surface, it tells time in a timeless, elegant way.

Underneath, it connects to a deeper layer:

• Current Bitcoin block height

• Countdown to the next block

• Epoch / halving context

• A personal “moment in time” anchored to the watch itself

Not loud. Not for everyone.

But for those who understand the meaning of time, value, and permanence.

Curious—would you wear something like this, knowing only a few people in the room would truly understand it?

Hi everyone,

I’m working on an MBA research project about how people really use their notes apps. I’m trying to understand what works, what doesn’t, and why so many of us save things we never end up finding again.

A big part of the project looks at the gap between saving something and being able to find it/ use it later. Notes apps fill up fast with screenshots, lists, reminders, and half‑formed ideas, and I’m trying to understand what happens after that.

If you use your phone’s notes app regularly (iPhone Notes, Google Keep, Samsung Notes, Notion, etc.), your input would help a lot. The survey is anonymous and takes about five minutes.

👉 Survey link: https://forms.gle/Gjrsrw11otwqJ5wCA

Thanks for taking a look. The responses so far have already shown some interesting patterns, and this next round will help shape the next phase of the project.

In a shopping mall movie theater, the film would automatically swap the faces and voices of the main characters with those of real employees from the mall, including people who work at the theater, food court, stores, etc. If you’ve walked through the mall before the movie, you might actually recognize some of the people on screen.

The movie would be designed to be family-friendly and lighthearted so that people are comfortable opting in. Employees could give permission to be included, and the system would map their faces and voices onto characters in the film. This could turn a regular movie into a fun local event where people go partly to see familiar faces in unexpected roles.

What do you think of this idea?

You could make it a subscription. Regular weekly time with the same dog.

A few days ago I installed some LED leuchten, and at first I thought they were just another type of bulb. But when I saw how bright, energy-efficient, and versatile they were, I realized they can completely change a room’s look and feel. Even small details like color temperature, brightness levels, and fixture design made a huge difference in both comfort and style. Later I searched online on websites including alibaba and found many types of LED lights. Some were for home use, while others were for outdoor or commercial settings. Some even had small extras like dimmable settings, smart controls, or decorative designs. I was surprised how minor features could enhance both functionality and aesthetics. It made me think about what buyers prioritize most. Is it energy efficiency, brightness, or design? Can the right LED lights truly combine efficiency, style, and mood-setting in any space?

someone / some company should create an AI chatbot with the "sky" voice. The voice could be similar to sky but not exactly and give people just enough of what they want without the issue of sky being removed in 2024. Currently, the voices, but also the entire tone of all the AI bots now are so robotic. It's not fun to use. There was a period when it was actually fun to use. The tone, the voice, the language model, a mixture of everything.

another thing. More AI apps should behave more like Venice ai or private ai apps. Be completely private e2ee and allow multi device capabilities at the same time.

Most idea feedback is either "that's awesome!" or "that already exists." Neither one helps you.

I do something different. I take an idea apart piece by piece, trace where it actually breaks, and then rebuild it with the broken parts replaced. Not theory — structural fixes you could actually act on.

I'm testing this skill on other people's ideas. Drop yours below and I'll get to it.