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Comment author: knb 26 June 2016 03:22:03AM 0 points [-]

What do you think are good ideas for moonshot projects that have not yet been adequately researched or funded?

Comment author: someonewrongonthenet 30 June 2016 11:17:57PM *  1 point [-]

Leaving aside the bloody obvious things (universal basic income or other form of care, global internet access, etc)

Prediction market. They tried but it's dead due to gambling laws. Someone should give it a second try.

Comment author: ChristianKl 02 July 2016 12:13:17PM 0 points [-]

Leaving aside the bloody obvious things (universal basic income or other form of care, global internet access, etc)

How's global internet access not funded? Google and Facebook both have programs for it. On another front SpaceX plans to launch the next Iridium satillites.

Prediction market. They tried but it's dead due to gambling laws. Someone should give it a second try.

How is it dead? There PredictIt. There's also Augur (currently in Beta).

Comment author: ChristianKl 26 June 2016 10:56:02AM 2 points [-]

Software for automatically playing hypnosis audio via headphones to people who get operated in addition to standard anesthesia.

Comment author: ChristianKl 26 June 2016 10:49:37AM 1 point [-]

A friend feed that's like Facebooks friend feed but audio instead of text or images to give people a clear alternative to hearing talk radio.

Comment author: ChristianKl 26 June 2016 10:39:16AM 1 point [-]

A pay-for-performance online marketplace for medical services.