How to give more financial aid to students

Raise the money by renting out college buildings and class spaces that are currently used just to give lectures. With video conference technology students can attend lectures from their room. I would prefer that if rented out class space meant I can receive more financial aid to pull it through in this bad economy.

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President Sarkozy on the line!

Shouldn't all the higher-ups have a) caller id with a large database of pre-approved official numbers b) voice recognition c) video conference technology and d) a smart secretary that knows how to handle a,b and c before she answers the phone and e) if she cant' handle a, b, c or d then at least be able to place a call on hold/mute when she talks with her boss? :D aaaaa

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Ask her out on YouTube

Come up with a short act and upload it on YouTube, then send her the link with an email. Make sure you smile and look at your best. Ask a friend to help you if you're not sure. She will definitely appreciate it. Although the video can be private it has the feel that you are asking her out in public and women find those things too good to refuse. Everybody calls these days. So try to be creative and original. Just try it! And don't forget: disable comments on the video and don't mention her by name or use specifics, use compliments and general descriptive phrases to refer to her so you can use the same video for another girl if she turns you down. That last one is important unless you don't mind making new videos all the time :)

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3D Pool

Use video projectors on the walls and floor of a pool to turn it into any kind of 3D landscape you want. It will allow you to take a swim anywhere in the world you want or if you like video games you can program it to simulate real-life sea-swim. If you are a tough guy and want to increase your speed to Michael Phelps levels you can put a special close-up version of Jaws and Crocodiles on. The next Olympic medal will soon be yours to claim :)

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YouTube Dictionary

I think an online multi-language Video Dictionary is still missing from the web. Text definitions should be replaced with voice and image definitions. An online dictionary where users upload video definitions of words using images, video clips and presentations. Since it would require large storage capacity, I thought You Tube would be the ideal platform for it.

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Video game addiction

Do you think we can fight video games addiction by making annoyingly monotonous versions of a video game, then have the game switch from the regular version to the monotonous one when a close friend, girlfriend, boyfriend or family member thinks we're getting too addicted to it? The benefit with extreme, annoying monotony is that the addict gets upset with the game and not with the people around him telling him he's addicted. He loses interest in the game 'naturally'. Any other ideas out there?

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how can we wrap a digital present?

isn't it fun to unwrap presents? it adds to the excitement, doesn't it? how can we replicate the experience when it comes to a digital present purchased online and sent via an email link to download? wouldn't it mean more sales if we could somehow produce the effect? one way is to show an animation and replicate the sound of paper torn while the file is downloading. that leaves the hands bare. why do we like unwrapping presents? it's the mystery of not knowing what's inside. or the care that's been taken to present the item as a present. in the latter case it's a symbol that triggers an emotion. how do we come up with that symbol in a digital product offered online?

perhaps watching a video in virtual reality of the gift giver searching for the present, finding it and wrapping it? or a video showing us unwrapping the present which has been rendered to look like it has physical form? does wrapping translate as presentation in the online world? i don't know. can you think of something to suggest?

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Wind-shields for camera and mobile phone

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 16 February 2008 by member hendrik31

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don't you hate it when the video you take with your camera or phone is noisy with wind? It happened to me many times when i try to take video on a windy day. Why don't they make cameras or phones with a wind-shield in the microphone area? you should also have the option to record video on mute