3/11/2025 — Group Music in Coffee Shops

The Spark: You’re in a coffee shop and wish you could help pick the music.
The Pitch: A local-only music queue system where anyone physically present can request songs. People outside can listen in, but not influence the playlist.
Why It Matters: Builds community through shared vibes, avoids abuse from remote trolls.

3/11/2025 — 3D Table Wedge

The Spark: Wobbly tables are the worst.
The Pitch: Leave behind small branded 3D-printed wedges at coffee shops to fix table wobble. The branding becomes a low-key mystery, like a street art signature.
Why It Matters: A helpful, analog calling card that builds intrigue and goodwill.

3/13/2025 — Climbing Socks

The Spark: Climbing shoes stink, but socks usually ruin the grip.
The Pitch: Super-thin socks engineered for climbers — adds a layer of hygiene without compromising feel or fit.
Why It Matters: Keeps shoes (and gyms) less smelly while preserving performance.

3/13/2025 — Gradient Descent with Quantum Computing

The Spark: AI training is slow and expensive.
The Pitch: Use quantum algorithms to accelerate gradient descent — the core optimization step in most AI learning.
Why It Matters: Speeds up training, reduces energy costs, and pushes AI toward new frontiers.

3/19/2025 — “Is My Writing Interesting?” Checker

The Spark: GPT models know what’s expected. So what’s unexpected?
The Pitch: A tool that analyzes the probability of each word or phrase in your text. If everything is highly predictable, your writing might be boring.
Why It Matters: Encourages originality, voice, and creative tension in writing.

3/20/2025 — News for Bots and from Bots

The Spark: Bots are reading the news — but who’s paying the journalists?
The Pitch: News organizations charge platforms for high-quality bot-readable feeds. LLMs pay premiums for timely access, and the margin goes back to the investigative work.
Why It Matters: Creates a revenue model for journalism in an AI-driven world.

3/26/2025 — LLM Explorer

The Spark: You want to know if your question is truly unique.
The Pitch: A tool that shows how many others have asked similar questions to an LLM. Could be a plug-in or dashboard to visualize novelty and common paths.
Why It Matters: Helps with research, creativity, and understanding the collective curiosity landscape.

3/26/2025 — Branch and Merge Call Conversations

The Spark: Conversations with LLMs often go off-track.
The Pitch: Built-in feature to branch off a question without polluting the original context — and merge insights later. Like Git, but for dialogue.
Why It Matters: Enables deeper exploration without losing the thread or duplicating effort.

4/4/2025 — AI Re-Editing

The Spark: Old films have raw potential locked inside dated cuts.
The Pitch: Tokenize and label each edit and transition in a film. Then let AI rearrange scenes based on pacing, tone, or theme.
Why It Matters: Breathes new life into archival footage and creates new versions with fresh perspectives.

4/6/2025 — To-Do Repeater

The Spark: Most to-do lists forget that life is cyclical.
The Pitch: A smarter to-do list that learns your repeating patterns (like “pay bills” or “refill prescriptions”) and anticipates them.
Why It Matters: Saves time and mental load by automating life’s rhythms.