Project Centaur

IDEA #66 HOUSE PLANT APP AND PLANT MONITOR

Taylor — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:56:32 +0000

Design a monitor for house plants that measures the amount of moisture in the soil and the amount of sunlight the plant receives. The monitor could communicate

IDEA #65: NON-SECULAR AIRLINES

Taylor — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:10:21 +0000

Since air travelers spend a good deal of time on planes praying (for safe landings, not dying during turbulence, having a vacant adjacent seat, etc.), harness

IDEA #64 SUPER MARIO BROS. PARALLEL UNIVERSE REMAKE

Taylor — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:36:28 +0000

What happens when Mario dies in Super Mario Bros? From the player's perspective, Mario is resurrected at the last starting point of the stage (unless there are

IDEA #63: SETTLERS OF CATAN – MINNEAPOLIS EDITION

Taylor — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:48:18 +0000

Create an edition of Settlers of Catan for the city of Minneapolis. Instead of being pioneers, players would act as small business entrepreneurs that would

IDEA #62: RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT DANCERS

Taylor — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:03:19 +0000

Create a performance art piece that draws on obnoxiously loud car radios stopped at intersections. Setup: gather an eclectic group of dancers who each

IDEA #61: CALL CENTER BOARD GAME

Taylor — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:29:53 +0000

Design a board game that simulates the thrills of working in a call center. The game would come with four headsets. Each player takes turns being the

IDEA #60: COUCH FORT COFFEE TABLE BOOK

Taylor — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:08:28 +0000

Create a coffee table photo book that documents kid-made couch forts from around the world. The book would feature interviews with the "architects", types of

IDEA #59: FEMININE/MASCULINE BOOKS

Taylor — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:24:16 +0000

Create a book series that that teaches the feminine/masculine gender articles of the Romance languages. On each page there could be an image of a vocabulary

IDEA #58: COFFEE-SHOP UNISEX BATHROOM SHAME MACHINE

Taylor — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:03:27 +0000

The biggest problem plaguing coffee-shops with unisex bathrooms is that if you use the restroom and a previous patron left it in a state of disgrace, then it

IDEA #57: LEGO-STYLE COOKBOOK

Taylor — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:05:41 +0000

Create a simplified cookbook that only uses pictures to give step-by-step instructions for recipes. It would be like a lego-manual but with food. The cookbook

IDEA #56: CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE – GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Taylor — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:36:02 +0000

Invent a real-world Choose Your Own Adventure game that gives participants a better appreciation for their neighborhood by becoming immersed in a

IDEA #55: LOCAL ISSUES APP

Taylor — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:04:17 +0000

Design a smartphone app that builds community awareness by giving local issues real world context. When users are out and about in their community and near a