Sunday, July 31, 2016

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..

Sunday, July 10, 2016

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?

Saturday, July 9, 2016

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.

Saturday, July 2, 2016

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?