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Or it would be cool if you could make a ball shape with a solar power source inside, and it could push itself around and collect energy. It could turn on and off rows of "buttons" to give itself momentum.

Throw in a camera for object tracking; or a bright light - you could make little glowing orbs that roll around, float in water etc.

Throw a bunch over a wall - they move around and map rooms as a swarm.

I find it amusing that so much anti-Fox News stuff gets posted, because they are the secondary target market, and they're just doing exactly what Fox wants them to do.

Fox trolls, Reddit gets offended, posts links. It's not like any of the Fox hosts believe what they're saying - They just say more and more absurd things until they get a reaction. It's on the same level as those "Alien woman gives birth to Werebaby" tabloids. The crazy people who watch it only feel legitimised if someone engages them in a serious argument about whether Werebabies even exist.

Apple should make new version of HyperCard for iOS. Take some of the functions of Automator, add a whole lot more access to OS functions, media and have people make their own Apps.

Throwing together a program in a fun interface would be nice to get all those people creating, rather than playing Angry Birds on their way to work.

Let them combine their Garage Band songs, photos, videos, art, and writing into a nice little package that utilise functions of the device, their computer, Apple TVs, etc.

I'm not a programmer (and never used HyperCard) but I'm sure I could handle making something like: When [my Location data] is within [Y radius] call [vibrate; play song], [show this picture; display text "You've arrived at your station!"

Or I could prototype a point-n-click adventure with graphics drawn on my iPad. Or I could tell it to play an alarm every morning at 7am, then take a photo. Backup photos on X device. On the 365th day make all photos into a movie. Add text "A year in the life of [ENTER NAME]"

I think Apple needs to remember the reason a lot of people bought Apple products in the first place was because their simplicity allowed the technology to get out of the way and let people create. iPhones; social networks are all one-sided consumption, and people are getting bored. They love making stuff.

I think if Apple doesn't give people more of this kind of creativity, then people will flock to whoever does.

...Even cooler would be a combination of Project Glass and that LEAP system. I could be drawing blueprints, shaping 3D models, or making programs in augmented reality. It would be cool to look into a room and see dimensions of all the walls - see virtual previews of furniture in the scene; pull and arrange table sizes, shelves, bend and alter models. Then you could package it up to make a catalogue for other people to browse and choose options from.

I'd have a stack of cards, media files, functions, etc. in front of me. Draw lines between objects, stack, rearrange cards, manually code some parts. Some kind of combination of making an art collage and a circuit board.

Hmmmmm....

It will be interesting to see how people exploit the A.I.

There might be little tricks you could do to make an autonomous car yield. Or if you see one about to park, maybe you could get really close to it, and it would try to find another spot instead of fighting for the spot. Or pedestrians might carelessly walk in front of it, knowing it will stop for them.

Edit: It will also be interesting to see how the technology changes as whole fleets of them are deployed. They will constantly be sending each other data: pothole detected on highway; I'm ahead of you and have braked suddenly; this road is congested, use alternate route; is there a parking spot close to my location?; tsunami warning - all cars go to high ground.

And then combine with a motion capture system for your hands to be able to manipulate virtual 3d objects that give haptic feedback.

I love the layout. It looks like it would be great for touch screen devices.

My first instinct was to click the "flip" button. It takes a lot of effort to click and drag with my mouse.

If it's possible I would consider something like making the page lift a little bit when the user hovers over an edge. Then just click to flip the page.

Automated hover taxis would be nice. And Evacuated Tube Transport to replace trains and planes.