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Re: The Year in Ideas: 8 Best of 2008

brainpicker — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:46:40 -0000

Aaron,

I must admit I hadn't heard of memristors until now, so I just Wikipediaed it. Very geeky-technical, but also very neat. And even though, not unlike buckypaper, in and of itself a memristor isn't really a "product," it could yield some truly world-changing ones.

Good call.

Re: The Year in Ideas: 8 Best of 2008

aaron — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:01:57 -0000

What about memristors?

Re: The Year in Ideas: 8 Best of 2008

brainpicker — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:22:35 -0000

Hmmm. I saw that Wired ranked the App Store at #1, which actually greatly annoyed me and I left them a long rant of a response.

Basically, it's like saying a bookstore is being innovative by deciding to sell cookbooks on top of their other offerings. The App Store is no different from the music and video stores, it just happens to sell apps. So in terms of IDEA innovation, there isn't any whatsoever. It may be a great VEHICLE for Apple's offerings, but it's not a great NEW idea.

Re: The Year in Ideas: 8 Best of 2008

James Kurtz III — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:12:09 -0000

Interesting. I hadn't heard of Buckypaper before. That's amazing. It's also interesting that something so strong is taking a name that makes it sound so weak.

Also, I'd like to throw in a vote for the iPhone Mobile App Store as a great idea. Everyone is copying it and it will be around for a long time to come.

Re: The Year in Ideas: 8 Best of 2008

Hediye — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:15:55 -0000

Cool!