Nano Drones and Smart Grenades

Can you use the nano drone concept to design a grenade that you can just toss up in the air and relax knowing that it'll explode in a way that there's a safe zone around you?

Momentum has to be conserved of course, so some of the explosive power just has to be wasted to offer this feature, but..

Android Overdue : Open Link on Paired Device

How come this one isn't available yet.

You can play a YouTube video on a paired device - like a Roku. So, why the hell can't you tell your phone to tell Google to open the link on Chrome on your PC?

The other day. Google, on my PC suggested I install the Hangouts Dialer - I said yes, and it launched the installation on my phone - without me ever touching my phone!

So, warum nicht Sergeyevich?

An Easy One Sergey : Google Maps Anti-Annoyance

Tell me you haven't experienced this one .. you're somewhere and want to head back. Now, you tell Google "navigate to xyz" and you're on your way.

The annoying part - once you're back on the familiar path and now your way, you still have to hear the GPS woman's voice every turn you take. Why can't Nav figure out that you're on the home stretch and say "Stopping guidance now for the home stretch. Double-click the power button if you insist on guidance." or something like that?

Childishly simple.. Why? Why? Why?!!

Last suggestion I gave that eventually made it took about 3 years or so. Wonder when this one's going to show. It's amazing how slow some smart people can choose to move..

This could be Apple's chance - or Amazon's chance.

Dear Gargle, Please Design an Intelligent for Me

I wonder if Google Now makes Amazon Alexa redundant - I found yesterday I could tap the mic and say "play mendelsohn's scherzo from midsummer night's dream from Youtube" and ... (and even I wasn't sure if I had the right pronunciation of scherzo - or spelling for that matter).

Now, to the point : I've had one scuffle with AirBNB over a scathing review for a malicious host. At issue - honesty - not revealing the cleaning fee was actually $75 unless you did janitorial slave duty yourself. Also, not revealing how many people you'd share the bathroom with. 

So, can we design a browser extension that can make these important number leap out of the page at you - and if you need email interaction, it can talk to AirBNB's API and initiate the process? How hard is this to do?

AirBNB++ : Packages

Dumb that they don't offer this already.

One room, multiple packages.

Package 1 : Just the room and clean sheets and towels - barebones. You get the idea.

Package 2 : Room + breakfast + energy bars + bath robe, etc. You get the idea.

Why not, Mr. Chessknee?

Apple Watch : The Way Forward

Finally, I meet someone who actually bought the AW herself and loves it - just for the fitness tracking.

So, there probably is a future for Apple. At the very least, they've forced all the other big names to spend big bucks putting watches out there :)

Now, what can and should they do? First of all, decouple from iPhone - it's ridiculous - that you *have* to have an iPhone to be able to use it at all. Keep it iTunes compatible - so all you need is the bluetooth on your PC. If you have an iPad or Mac, no issues.

Then, make it a true computing platform - of course, the UI is tricky and won't be as powerful as you can get with the iPhone. But, detach the top part of the watch and clip it onto one of the lenses of your glasses and it becomes an HMD. Yes, the optics gets interesting. What's left of the watch + the strap + Siri becomes the input unit. How about that? What technology do we need to make this happen?

Dell to Integrate Raspberry Pi into Low End Monitors

No. But don't you wish they would? It'd be nice to be able to do something with a cheezy monitor. Now, if it had a Pi in it (please add the WiFi - or not, if you add the USB hub and put in enough USB slots, we're good - we still have to plug in a dongle - which would be nice if you could obviate) you'd be happy to see your kid on it - coz he's programming and developing skills to make the world a better place.

Do it Dell! You scumbacks!