Author: Quinn
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Invisibility Cloak – The Technology is here
The idea of an invisibility cloak has been a futuristic dream of many. That technology is now here! Below I briefly detail the design for such a product and explore opportunities to improve upon the model! The Skinny The basic concept of this invisibility cloak is to have a screen with backwards curving ‘infinity’ edges.…
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Why are you Taught not to be Human
We are taught not to be human. What does that mean? Imagine a world without laws, without preconceptions. Sadly, humans would perform horrendous actions. There would be more murder, there would be more theft, there would be more abandonment. Clearly society has some benefits. But do the social norms and the rights/wrongs that are instilled…
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Proving Undeniable Fairness in Games of Chance – Online Casinos
I’ve always been curious how you would know for a fact if an online game of chance was fair. Casinos have many of these games of chance, so I figured that is a good place to start looking. Many sites have statements of “provable fairness” but when you look into that, it gets rather complex…
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April Fools – What a Joke
April fools is quite the unique holiday. On the first of April, people across the world play jokes on each other. This seemingly light and playful event has been pushed to the extremes over the years. We have evolved from knock knocks, to pranks, to blatant lies, and now we have disaster. How to do…
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DualCam is The Next Major Social Media Trend
Okay, DualCam does not exist outside of my mind, but the idea is fun and has the opportunity to become the next social media trend. These things seem to come in waves. A sound bite, a clip, a concept will take off and be ‘the thing’ for a couple months. In those few months, the…
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A Concept to Eradicate Natural Disasters
I am no scientists, I am no physicist, but I do believe it could be possible to eradicate some natural disasters. The solution and understanding below may be initially naive. Despite that, someone with the right background can expand on the concept and resolve the pains felt by many. Assumptions Ability to Identify We generally…
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Do You Know How to Use Your Own Body?
Some people have trouble breathing, some have bad backs, others may feel that they are naturally slow or weak. What if this isn’t actually the case? What if this is almost solely nurture rather than nature? Of course, some people are born with deformations and abnormalities, but I am curious if a majority of people…
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The Two Fears that the Direct Stock Market Volume
As a follow up to this macro-stock-market review on the best day of the week to trade, I dove into the best time of the day to trade. I learned that the stock market is driven by two fears. Hypothesis I believe the market open will trigger a volume spike across tickers, and the close…
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Authentic Competition in Sports
I am embarrassed to admit my ignorance on this topic, but I never truly knew or thought about open sporting events like tennis, soccer, and golf. The first time I was told about the format, my first thought was “well, I’m sure your over simplifying it” because there is no way that anyone can just…