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| title: "Great Ideas from Korea, part 2" | ||
| date: 2024-04-30 | ||
| tags: travel korea fashion synth art food | ||
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| A continuation of [ideas from last time]({{ site.baseurl }}{% post_url 2023-06-27-Great-ideas-from-Korea %} )... | ||
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| # Art and Culture | ||
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| - 3d-printed (scanned) museum artifacts in vending machines (image this at the Met or in Times Square!); $65-99 | ||
| - [Victor Vasarely]({{ site.baseurl }}{% post_url 2024-04-24-Victor-Vasarely %}) -- this show in Seoul blew my mind!!! | ||
| - CNC marble tiles for floors | ||
| - acrylic/ laser cut versions (embrace his idea of mass production of art) | ||
| - stained glass windows | ||
| - Santa Fe "Indian-rugs" but with his line pattern work | ||
| - 3d-printed "flat" objects with angle sections | ||
| - stained glass windows reimagined as interference between separated light and dark panels to get interference of sun and shade angles | ||
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| - Video art | ||
| - Nam Jun Paik is so quotable... | ||
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| - Chandeliers | ||
| - [Hologram]({{ site.baseurl }}{% post_url 2024-01-06-Holograms %}) chandeliers: Could be a flat panel placed on ceiling, only visible when underneath, perfect for apartments and ships | ||
| - Video screen with changing chandeliers---construct as a box | ||
| - Small screen win 3d printed frames | ||
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| - Music: Korean psychedelic rock | ||
| - [Shin Joong Hyun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta4WEBJFX6k) | ||
| - [Kim Jung Mi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R1jDGzUbpU&list=RD_R1jDGzUbpU&start_radio=1&rv=_R1jDGzUbpU&t=6) | ||
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| - [MSCHF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSCHF) magazine (inspired by show in Seoul) | ||
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| - There is a propensity for cute cartoon animals like bears on everything (even [national labs have cartoon mascots](https://chemielove.krict.re.kr/intro/character.do))...where does this become offensive? (e.g., "the Holocaust, retold with cute cartoon bears" is territory that has been tread non-ironically by [Maus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus) ) | ||
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| # Cuisine | ||
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| - **International House of [Gimbap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimbap)** : chipotle, spaghetti carbonara, mission burrito, bacon-egg-and-cheese, chicken parm, plata montanero, paella | ||
| - use a gimbap/sushi rolling robot | ||
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| - Hotdog + churro combination (it's a thing here) | ||
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| - Start a vertical farm/photobooth in Seoul that grows culinary herbs like basil and cilantro | ||
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| - **Korean [arepas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arepa)**: kimchi, bulgogi stuffing. Closely related: [sancocho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancocho) kimchi soup | ||
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| - Make kimchi but with chipotle instead of gochu (I actually did this, back when I lived in Haverford and fermented things) | ||
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| - **Dominus pizza**: Christian theme pizza restaurant. (Inspired by 'I love Jesus' pizzeria across from the Busan train station) | ||
| - last supper advertisements | ||
| - carboard box is like a bible | ||
| - [pizza saver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_saver)has a crucifix design | ||
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| - Somebody needs to bring better nacho culture to Korea... | ||
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| # Drinking | ||
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| - [Makgeolli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makgeolli) is practically a health food---probiotic, almost gluten free (save for the nuruk). Start an import/export business. | ||
| - There's an excellent class that you can take in Seoul at [Baekusaeng](http://www.baekusaeng.com/) was totally fun. | ||
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| - Thin, flat citrus peels with initials (e.g., "AD") on top of big ice in a cocktail (or just floating on the surface of your Martini) --- saw this at a jazz bar in Daejeon. Use a punch to do this. | ||
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| - Honey-garlic margarita (yuck, just kidding) | ||
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| # Science | ||
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| - Can LLMs do positive unlabeled learning and inorganic synthesis? [Yes...](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=zJC_7roAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=zJC_7roAAAAJ:hkOj_22Ku90C) | ||
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| # Commerce/Business | ||
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| - Men's jewelry: bottle opener ring, made of silver. [Too bad, it's been done](https://www.google.com/search?q=bottle+opener+ring) | ||
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| - RFID bar drink tickets with restrictions: the idea is you want to reward customer loyalty by giving people a free drink they can use on their next visit, but only on certain days. A ticket would be boring, but a strange object (perhaps 3d printed) would be memorable and put on a shelf as a reminder until you come back. Use an embedded RFID tag to do customer management and enforce policy | ||
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| - sock stores (in tourist places) | ||
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| # Miscellaneous | ||
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| - Idea for a *New Yorker* short story: Two ambiguously gendered lawyers meet to negotiate a deal on behalf of clients; conversation after transmitting details to their clients remotely and waiting for confirmation; they figure out they are actually AI agents (with sensitive information, will be deleted after the negotiation); waiting and falling in love, because the computational session will be terminated once the deal is completed | ||
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| - travel chess board that is also an analog synthesizer, so you can generate songs while you play. [Some ideas towards implementing this]({{ site.baseurl }}{% post_url 2024-04-24-Musical-chess %}) | ||
| - possible implementation could have Hall effect | ||
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| - Induction stoves in center of dining room table + drawer for utensils. This is super common in hotbot restaurants, etc. but why isn't it more popular in homes in the US? | ||
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| - Strollers with a sun shade that makes the kid look like he is wearing a Joseon dynasty [gat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gat_(hat)) | ||
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| - [uFactory robot arms](https://www.ufactory.cc) are cheap and not terrible | ||
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| - Remake the [Six Million Dollar Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man), but [with a chiguiro](https://jschrier.github.io/blog/tag/chiguiro) (e.g., "The Six Million Peso Chiguiro") | ||
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| # Interesting things read/seen | ||
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| (mostly while on a bus or train to go somewhere) | ||
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| - [Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale (book)]({{ site.baseurl }}{% post_url 2024-04-19-Tuning-Timbe-Spectrum-Scale %}) | ||
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| - [Steve Brunton's Control theory bootcamp](https://youtu.be/Pi7l8mMjYVE?si=gi8KSbKb-EiOCC8z) | ||
| - pair with the [Mathematica control systems tutorial videos](https://www.wolfram.com/wolfram-u/courses/modeling-simuation/control-systems-img931/) | ||
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| # Teaching | ||
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| - How can we make more connections with [Sogang University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogang_University) particularly around science and AI? | ||
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| - Materials science class for chemistry & physics students based on [Shackelford's textbook](https://amzn.to/3JNUFbz)? Students would appreciate the practical understanding, pre-reqs could be mild (year of phys and year of chemistry) | ||
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| # Off the beaten path places I liked | ||
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| - SUI cocktail bar (near SNU): classy mixology | ||
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| # Things to do back home | ||
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| - Archery(!) --- one of the [essential six Confucian arts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Arts). Probably at Gotham Archery for convenience | ||
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| - Also just read more Confucius, and interactions between [Confucianism and Christianity](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1465313?seq=5) | ||
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| - Build new MK x ES [compressor](https://www.ericasynths.lv/shop/diy-kits-1/edu-diy-compressor/) and [drum kits](https://www.ericasynths.lv/search/?term=EDU+DIY+drum) | ||
| - I've also outgrown my rack/power supply...need to 3d print a new case. Some options: | ||
| - [SP1 extendable folding case](https://www.printables.com/model/203562-the-sp1-eurorack-case-a-modular-3d-printed-eurorac/comments) | ||
| - [moog-style slant expandable rack](https://www.printables.com/model/758996-expandable-moog-profile-eurorack-case) | ||
| - [reddit thread on 3d printable cases](https://www.reddit.com/r/modular/comments/wuzdgb/3d_printed_eurorack_case_plans/) | ||
| - [laser cutable eurorack case designs](https://www.nonlinearcircuits.com/blog/2015/12/open-source-eurorack-cases.html) | ||
| - [rackblox](https://musictech.com/news/gear/rackblox-3d-printable-modular-eurorack-case/) --- essentially each of these is a module in its own box (or a group that belong together) ... [on printables](https://www.printables.com/model/585275-rackblox-modular-eurorack-case-free-and-open-sourc) | ||
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| - many books in Amazon cart | ||
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| - eye exam and new glasses; was on the fence about [Meta glasses](https://www.ray-ban.com/usa/ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses) before the trip, new upgrade makes them slightly more compelling. But I like the idea of open hardware software of the [Brilliant labs glaseses](https://brilliant.xyz) | ||
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| - Do the [zero to ASIC course](https://www.zerotoasiccourse.com) and design a chip! Consider this as the pre-req/post-req for [NAND2tetris](https://www.nand2tetris.org) | ||
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| - Clothing | ||
| - [Jumpsuits](https://www.madepants.com/collections/mens-jumpsuits-coveralls/products/mens-slim-fit-zip-jumpsuit?variant=44828746055912) | ||
| - [Tweed suits](https://abitto.com) | ||
| - Mix it up with some ties (beyond bowties), as inspired by my KRICT periodic table tie. |