Nerd

So I think Im pretty much a nerd now, or a geek or something like that. Some word that is associated with not necessarily being intelligent but having an interest in sci-fi and whatnot. Keith and I were looking up movies and shows to get on the netflix and just about my only interest was in sci-fi. And I remembered, looking through, that I used to watch Quantum Leap as a kid. HA! What a rediculous show. Anywho we watched Blade Runner and Ive only seen that movie once before, so I was pointing out most of the things that I noticed which are also in Shadowrun, a super nintendo game I had when I was a kid. It was really funny watching this movie cause the games setting was pretty much the same as the movie, at least the best that the creaters could do at the time. The intro is the same for both, the main charaters look almost exactly the same and they even have the same name.

Anyway, I was talking to keith about some more of my ideas on transportation ideas, as sort of a futuristic setting maybe.
I started getting this idea awhile back that roads would soon be built with sensors at the speed limit signs, that read the speed of the vehicles passing. And that police would be able to tell where most of the fast and reckless driving was happening by looking through files or something. Then I started to develope this idea more. The further development came from some of my designs for cars and bikes. I had this idea for cars that would eventually be linked into the sensor system of the roads, and that if a car did go over the speed limit, the license plate would be marked and documented as having a traffic violation, eliminating some of the time police use trafficing the roads. There would be effects on this though, maybe drivers would not feel so inclined to follow the rules knowing that police wouldnt be likely to pull them over, and that maybe they could just write a letter so they wouldnt have to go to court and pay the whole fine. This would still bring in way more money than the system now, because it would document every traffic violation, at least as far as speeding is concerned. But maybe the gain in money wouldnt be enough, cause people would start to drive more wreckless and there might be more accidents. So this got me thinking that maybe the cars would be allowed to drive their vehicle, but only up until the speed limit, so that they would actually not be allowed to drive over the speed limit. They driver could have control of the speed of the vehicle, but only up until the speed limit. This is more in link with my ideas that I was coming up with for my bike design, with wheels that are essentially the motor for the vehicle. It also corrolates with another idea that ive had before, about a powering system.

Ive had an idea for this universal portable powering energy...thing. Like a spark plug sorta, but more like portable electricity, BUT, it is made to power more than things that run off more than just electricity. So for example, lets just say that there was a small device, about the size of a spark plug, that held some sort of charge. You could use this charge by plugging it into your computer, your car, the tv, the refrigerator, a toaster, the lawn mower, anything. Its sort of like how now on computers, the flash drive port is kind of an essential thing for getting pictures and documents on it, and it can also be used as a port for a mouse or a keyboard, so that older computers dont have these, but newer computers do. Well its kinda like that, we'll say that the new spark plug device is kinda like a flash drive, and that it plugs into a port on any device. This would call for just about every device to be built with these receiving ports, so that you can run them. This is also where my bike design comes into play.

For now, this idea is only meant for a city, where the road sensors are built and whatnot. The city itself would have many stations around and under the city, where it would generate and distribute electricity and power to the city. This is what the spark plugs would be basically linked up to. The spark plug is more or less a wireless connection telling the city power station "hey I have one of these things so let me use your energy now." So in reality, the sparck plug isnt really what actually powers your stuff cause it doesnt really hold a charge. It just sends the signal asking for it. Houses would be built with reactive floors and countertops, that are actually able to distribute power to the refrigerator or the stove, just be contact. By plugging in the spark plug, it would allow for the energy trasnfer. The same would be for the road. Gas stations wouldnt be used like they are now, because cars that are on the system would be powered by the magnetic tracks under the roads. This is where the road system comes into play. The cars wouldnt be able to go over the speed limit, because there would be a limit to how much energy is allowed to one unit on the roads.

This is all probably really goofy and just science fictiony. Its kind of in my head now as a really far off fifth element looking future. It didint start out like that though. I was initially kind of imagining ideas for traffic safety, and I dont really know why I was sorta sitting in the car thinking "hmm maybe i need to think up ways to improve the conditions on the road." I dont know. I think theres more to go with this, but I cant think of anything right now. I should get to bed anyway.