Comment by lukedoolittle on Who Wants To Start An Important Startup? · 2012-09-11T17:10:13.719Z · LW · GW

Dunno if I would be too much of a help but I work for a company that develops EMG amplifiers and recording / analysis software. I'm on the EEG line but am close with the clinical specialists on the EMG line. Ping me if there is anything I could do to assist.

Comment by lukedoolittle on Who Wants To Start An Important Startup? · 2012-09-11T15:58:22.819Z · LW · GW

Could you use GoodGuide as a starting point (http://developer.goodguide.com/docs)? You could aggregate data on products produced by company X and use that as part of a "ethical product prospectus". Of course you might have to design modified metrics to indicate things like "human condition improvement" etc.

Comment by lukedoolittle on Who Wants To Start An Important Startup? · 2012-09-10T13:40:01.528Z · LW · GW

I'm new here and a bit late to the party but you might be able to do bullet 3 (Intelligent alert system) by interacting with the Rescuetime API. It's already set up to track what you do and how productive it is. You could just tack an alert system on top of it. Maybe?...

And I like your "Odd ideas." I was a social coach for some time and always tried to brainstorm ways to help clients remotely or, even better, automatically by recognizing speech patterns, pitch, inflection, even body positions using like a Zephyr Bioharness or something.