Big List of Meaningful Projects (draft in progress)

If everything else takes too long or die in an accident, this is our "Pause"

3D, non-destructive, Atomic resolution microscopy, of full volume samples, real-time

Platform to let software developers loose programming synthetic biological organisms

Solving cell sorting or science problems, Many problems are data problems. But the scientists are specialists in their own field, rather than AI, Academic labs could use as service. Subscription basis, Software and hardware service

UPLC that takes disposable slides

Amazon is trying to maximize sales and so doesn't give you the best selections for you

interface for interacting with computer, Recording what I see

"make an intro to Alton and Christine", Pull info from web, and emails

General method for filtering out unwanted cells or systemic factors. Many specific applications to start on.

Non-integrating delivery method with lots of near-term therapeutic potential.

How are you doing now? If you can measure it, you can affect and experiment with things to improve it

better at accomplishing their goals (writing, scientific method were good ones already)

Toe-hold in real stem cell medicine. Treat conditions where bone marrow is damaged (chemotherapy, radiation)

Taskrabbit for AI, Odesk, Instead of SAS, AIAS

Grow clones for parabiosis and replacement parts

We could face these challenges and opportunities more effectively by preparing for specific challenges and opportunities (such as nuclear security and climate change in the past and present, and advances in synthetic biology and artificial intelligence in the future), or by enhancing humanity’s general capacities to deal with these challenges and opportunities when we face them (through higher rates of economic growth, improved political coordination, improved use of information and decision-making for individuals and groups, and increases in education and human capital).

instructions on the moon or straight lines on earth

- manipulate the physical world from a distance as if you were there

Major drawbacks to oligo synthesis are error rate and write length. This solves one of them.

some nootropic that improve cognition, learning ,and memory

the movement of matter across space, with low cost

Connecting notes

politics: the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations between individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. Experiments would be to find better forms of widespread decisionmaking

Would up average lifespan (but wouldn't help those not obese)

Improve silicon valley culture, Good work culture that retains and attracts smart people, Certification for others, Invest in the client, Could have rating system, "96 points on GoodWork" or "GoodWork certified company culture", Could list companies that are GoodWork certified.

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cmiRk9XtT9Psnd3Yr/movable-housing-for-scalable-cities

1um resolution

Stock picking using NLP, Not Algorithmic trading

Convince others to work on Solving the Problem of Death

replace expensive and bulky instruments, have a general purpose chip readers

Go on a trip, come back in the future when aging has hopefully been cured. Definitely Reversible

- Store ALL data, make it quickly searchable (cooperate with Google)

Gives people hope that the future can be great and wonderful, examples: Jason Silva, Foresight youth outreach, Stephen Pinker, Greg Egan, Eliezer , Ray Kurzweil, Brad Templeton, Peter Diamandes, Christine Peterson

Heading toward digital brain, Dynamic weights, Pretrained chips

Fast imaging of biological samples. Brain connectomes for AI research.

similar to superforecasters book

Convert sound to rf signals for hearing a room really well, http://www.gvrtrade.com/media/13786fff732d9eeffff80017f000101.pdf

movement of matter across time

Context sensitive and personalized therapeutics. Can effect actions in vivo very specifically based on sequences present.

tools to visualize and interact with information, Brain-sensor interfaces

Lipofuscin accumulates slowly. Exocytosis could prevent accumulation without toxic effects.

Non-integrating delivery method with powerful long term potential.