What is Ideas: Definition and 912 Discussions

In common usage and in philosophy, ideas are abstract concepts. Also in philosophy, ideas can also be mental representational images of some object. Many philosophers have considered ideas to be a fundamental ontological category of being. The capacity to create and understand the meaning of ideas is considered to be an essential and defining feature of human beings. In a popular sense, an idea arises in a reflexive, spontaneous manner, even without thinking or serious reflection, for example, when we talk about the idea of a person or a place. A new or an original idea can often lead to innovation.

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  1. S

    Engineering Ideas for an Engineering mind, fed up of Engineering?

    Hi all, I've been working as an engineer / engineering technician for 8 years now, and I have become somewhat disillusioned with it. I pursued this career course out of convenience, interest and aptitude; I was given a summer job making the floor-plans for an investment casting factory, and...
  2. F

    B Gisin's ideas on time vs. special relativity—how does one reconcile them?

    I’ve tagged this question as “Basic”, although I’m not sure if it can be answered at that level. A friend pointed me to this article: https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/opinion/what-einstein-may-have-gotten-wrong/ar-BB12w95x Here’s a quote: In other words, the world is indeterministic; the future...
  3. NTL2009

    Electronics Switches, Pots, Displays for DIY projects - Some ideas, some questions

    Many times, we might have a great idea for a DIY project/mod, but getting an interface panel together with any needed Switches, Pots, Displays, and getting them in a case can be a pain. Right now, I'm thinking about a project/mod I'd like to share with a hobby community, but many of these people...
  4. M

    Automotive Exploring Combustion Engines for Cars & Planes: Student Research Ideas

    Hi All, I am helping a student (9th grader) develop a research topic related to his interests in physics for an independent study program he is applying for at our school. My background is Geology, so I am not too knowledgeable regarding topics in physics. This student is interested in...
  5. hagopbul

    Computer Can We Create an AM Wide Area Network for Virtual Learning During Quarantine?

    Hello all: I hope all are fine and well in their houses As I am looking into ways to fill my empty time other than reading undergraduate physics books I start to look around and wonder about giving online lessons for public school students , which they are now without a school , but I found...
  6. Aurimas

    How to design a slide switch mechanism to be waterproof -- ideas?

    I need to protect electronic parts in case from water. The thing is, I need to design slide switch on the cap of the housing. Maybe any ideas?
  7. N

    Mathematics Based OOP Project Ideas

    Hello all, I am currently taking the first of a two semester sequence of C++ courses and I am taking the course as an Honors option and thus I will be writing an extra program to fulfill the requirements. A little about my experience, I am currently taking Calc 3 and an intro to proves...
  8. patrykh18

    What Are Suitable Plasma Physics Project Ideas for an Undergraduate?

    Summary:: I am looking for topics to give a presentation on. Hi everyone. If this is in the wrong section feel free to move it. Anyway, as part of our lab course, on top of doing experiments we will also have to prepare a 20 minute presentation on a chosen topic on physics. This is not like...
  9. E

    Optical wireless communication ideas

    Hello PF! I have developed a recent interest into electro-optics used in communication systems. Specifically speaking, I am mostly interested into Optical wireless communications and their applications, for terrestrial to satellite communication. I am considering to do a research project for my...
  10. Roberta314

    Physics Project Ideas for this Competition please (self-propelled car)

    Hey guys I'm currently working on a school physics project and I need some ideas for it. So basically the goal of the project is to create a vehicle that has to propel itself forward by firing a projectile backwards. The vehicle will be judged based on a scoring system that includes 3 criteria...
  11. ryl3gol

    Math Job search ideas for an applied math major?

    I am an applied math major. What are some jobs you would recommend looking in to? Thank you in advance!
  12. Stephenk53

    Misc. DIY Project Ideas for Beginners - Elementary Education Focus

    I am pretty new to diy engineering and my main focus is to build things that are either useful (ie the multitool I am working on) or useful for a demonstration. I am currently studying Elementary education and thus I am inexperienced in engineering and I was wondering if you guys have any ideas...
  13. Adesh

    How to make your ideas reach people?

    First of all I apologize if this kind of questions are not allowed here. I sometimes get some thoughts, ideas on some social issues around me and I discuss those ideas with people whom I know personally. Then I thought of spreading it more so I started making my own Youtube videos and started...
  14. Like Tony Stark

    Other Looking for ideas for a final mechanics project

    Hi, the thing is that I have a subject called "Lab I" where we have to design experiments related to optics or mechanics, collect data and then write down our findings on a paper. Now, as a final project, my group and I have to design an experiment related to mechanics. It must be an...
  15. R

    MHB Invertiable Matrix - explaining it to children - ideas how to teach

    How can I make a curriculum to student, to explain the term Invertiable Matrix? What would I use to explain? [tools, whiteboard, papers. printed website pages...] How can I order the curriculum? What will be in the start of year and what will be next? This new material that I need to teach in...
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    I Mathematic Definitions and Ideas

    What is opposite in Mathematics? I argued with my engineering brother and his pal that "inverse" is indeed "opposite" if you use the general concept of "opposite." My brother claims that the idea of opposite in mathematics only means returning to null. Opposite: 1.) Having a position on the...
  17. AbdullahS

    Any ideas for how to read this mechanical timer?

    Hi all, just came across this timer while on a site-visit. Any idea how to read this thing? PS: if it is not a right section, please move it to the right one as I was not sure where to post this. Regards, Abdullah
  18. E

    Other Computational physics bachelor project any ideas?

    I am coming closer to finishing my undergraduate studies, and thus, I need to write a bachelor project on a certain topic. There are millions of topics, and fields to choose from, and I simply don't know what to choose. I did some thinking, and research, and realized that the most feasible area...
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    A Your guess (or some ideas) for Nobel 2019

    Hi folks, in some previous years, I think it was a bit easier (e.g., gravitational waves), but what is your guess for this year: who will / who should win a physics Nobel medal 2019? I'm also more interested in the actual research than in the individuals, so if you don't want to pin it to a...
  20. G

    Ideas about centrifugal space colony habitats on high-gravity planets

    Centrifuges have long been viewed as the means to provide artificial gravity in the zero-g of deep space. Space colony structures like the O'Neill cylinder and the Stanford torus. Centrifuges could also work their magic on the surfaces of low-gravity planets. Conical or paraboloidal shaped...
  21. Replusz

    Other Looking for ideas for new theory

    Dear All, I am a second year Natural Sciences (the course incorporating the Physics courses) student at the University of Cambridge. I definitely want to specialize in Theoretical Physics next year, but the years spent at University, and the time in the vacations between terms, seems so long...
  22. G

    Physics Looking for any career/further education advice and ideas please

    Got my bachelor's in physics last year from a small LAC with decent research opportunities, and since then have ended up working as a software developer on wall street. Money is great but I hate NYC and find my work incredibly boring. I really miss the summers I spent working hands-on in physics...
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    Are Innate Ideas Backed by Science?

    Are innate ideas scientificaly proven?
  24. Lardos

    A Ideas for determining the volume of a rotating object

    Hello everybody, I am currently working on an experiment investigating the formation of planets. I have a vacuum chamber in which dust particles form bigger agglomerates through accretion (sticking together). From the imagery I can see those agglomerates which are build up by smaller...
  25. L

    Looking for ideas for a physics related application

    Hi! I am a computer science student and I want to program an application to improve my programming skills. I am interested in physics and have taken 3 physics courses at University, and would like to look deeper into a specific area during this project. It can be an extensive project, as I have...
  26. T

    Small & Lightweight High Voltage Power Sources: Ideas?

    << Mentor Note -- thread moved to the Sci-Fi writing forum after starting in the technical forums >> Hey folks, I'm interested in the feasibility of providing high DC voltages (~kV) in a physically small and low mass package (~grams). The power source does not actually need to be very energy...
  27. A

    Neutron confinement ideas

    I am certainly not qualified to really comment on this subject, but I have been playing around with some ideas on how to confine neutrons to the interior of a nuclear reactor. I was wondering if there was a way to capture a emitted neutron from a reaction with a selected isotope that would be...
  28. Mlesnita Daniel

    B Ideas to protect the Earth from possible asteroid impacts

    Do you have any own idea, on a way to protect the Earth from a possible asteroid impact? (You can not use technologies that are not invented yet, or imaginary. Those that can be invented in the next, let's say, 10 years, are allowed)
  29. evinda

    MHB Are my ideas as for the convergence right?

    Hello! (Wave) I am looking at the following exercise: Let $(a_n)$ be a sequence of real numbers such that $a_{2n} \to a$ and $a_{2n+1} \to a$ for some real number $a$. Show that $a_n \to a$. We are given the sequence $x_n=0$ if $n$ is even, $x_n=1$ if $n$ is odd. Check as for the...
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    Other Ideas for a Physics Project (Fluid Dynamics)

    I am a high school student interested in fluid dynamics, especially the Physics of ocean waves. So I'm hoping to do a science fair project about the Physics of sea waves, maybe for local science fair, or if it's really good, ISEF. The trouble is, I don't know what to do, especially because the...
  31. nmsurobert

    B Uranus and/or Neptune Lab ideas

    I teach high school astronomy. I have been searching the interwebz for a lab or "meaningful" activity related to uranus or neptune, and have come up empty handed. I have found several lab manuals from different universities and I'm beginning to think that such a lab or activity does not exist...
  32. I

    Proving ideas about projections

    Homework Statement [/B] Let ##V## be a vector space, and let ##U, W## be subspaces of ##V## such that ##V = U \oplus W##. Let ##P_U## be the projection on ##U## in the direction of ##W## and ##P_W## the projection on ##W## in the direction of ##U##. Prove: ##P_U + P_W = Id##, ##P_U P_W = P_W...
  33. F

    CSE Project Ideas: Simulate Connected Cars with Vector Canoe Simulator

    Hello! I have to select a project for this semester.. from a lot of ideas one that got my sight is- "Simulate connected car with vector canoe simulator"... I am thinking about making a project out of it where cars will be connected and they will get information for public transport and...
  34. Natus Homonymus

    Need equipment and ideas for an experiment

    I require balls (about the size of a small marble) of different masses. I have no idea how to go about this and your help would be greatly appreciated! I also need an hemisphere (about 20cm in radius). I though of 3D printing the same, and it's extremely expensive. Any alternative ideas...
  35. I

    Ideas for a Project In Astrophysics

    Hey guys, I just wanted to get a few ideas about an Astronomy or Astrophysics project. I am doing this project for the purpose of an Extended Essay in the IB Diploma Programme. For those of you who don't know what means, it is basically a 4000 word essay on a scientific investigation The thing...
  36. J

    Low RPM Toy Motors for Physics Lab - Ideas Needed

    All, I teach physics and would like do a hands-on lab where students are using motors to investigate the concepts of angular velocity and RPM. I've searched Amazon and eBay for low RPM toy motors, preferably those that could be easily powered with a couple of 1.5V batteries. Not much luck...
  37. N

    Which ideas do you think are intriguing?

    Looking in the mirror I just got a glimpse at the definition of a limit(Calculus) plus the beginning of calculus (Derivates & Integrals) then comes the usual goosebumps followed by a smile.And you? Which ideas are interesting for you to share?
  38. F

    Need Forum for Outlandish Science Ideas

    Hello, Does anyone know of a science forum that deals with far out, controversial theories & ideas? This would be similar to the science fiction forum here at PF but may even be more outlandish, however postings would receive serious consideration. I have made some simple animations that I...
  39. T

    Python Portfolio/project ideas for computer programming?

    Hi, I need ideas for developing a portfolio project to land a computer programming/front end developer position. So far I've developed a simple tic-tac-toe web app game. Plus I have my portfolio website at the ready to be uploaded. Any ideas for portfolio projects? Thanks!
  40. T

    Ideas to prevent falling - Drawing attached

    Looking to develop something that will "hang" as shown in the drawing without falling off and without requiring permanent attachment. Any help appreciated.
  41. Subrahmanyan

    Experiment ideas for science exhibitions

    Can someone suggest a few science experiments we could do at our school for the Science Exhibition ?
  42. T

    Schools Physics Project Ideas for High School Student

    For the final project I do at a high school level, we are required to construct an experiment regarding any topic of physics. The experiment should yield quantitative data which can then be analysed through equations or trends. Essentially, I need to be able to discuss and critique the work...
  43. TheKracken5

    Courses What are some programming-centric ideas for EE statistics labs?

    Hi everyone, I recently got a job through my instructor to design labs for a new course we are offering. It is Engineering Statistics for Electrical and Computer engineering. We will be using Yates text. We previously had to take a engineering stats class in the math department that is more...
  44. K

    I Experiment Ideas using an MRI scanner?

    So I've stumbled upon a really cool opportunity this summer, where I basically have a hospital which has agreed to let me do an experiment using their 3T MRI machine. I'm a physics undergrad and I want to do a physics experiment using the MRI, but I have absolutely no idea what to do. I've tried...
  45. JorgeM

    Ideas for a physics or math programming project?

    Hello! I am going to make a project for my programming class. So I am just looking for some ideas about what can I make my project about. I mean, I try to make something that would have an special significance for PHYSICS or even MATH (Modeling or solving) , and something that would be a...
  46. F

    Other How do I convince myself that my ideas are bad?

    Hello. I'm looking for some advice. Like many before me, I've tried to come up with something that could unify GR with QM and came to a possible answer. Unfortunately, like those before me, I'm probably wrong. I'm an amateur, I'm not schooled in Physics or Math, I'm not a genius, and I'm prone...
  47. LeonTheLobster

    How Can CERN Solve Modern Physics Problems?

    I'm in high school and would like to write a paper on physics for fun, any topic suggestions?
  48. cmyers152

    Physics B.S. physics grad looking for post-college ideas

    Hi everyone, Thanks for taking the time to read my post. So as I stated above, I will be graduating with my BS in physics this coming fall. My GPA will be about a 2.5/2.6 upon graduation. I come from a respected big ten school so I know the name alone will help me a slight amount. But as for...
  49. Vivan Vatsa

    I want to Fetch Ideas for my School Project

    Hello Forumers, Its been very long time since I haven't not been on PF. Today that streak ends! I want ideas for my physics school project. please give me some great ideas & where to find it! please keep the following in mind while giving ideas:- 1. I am 12th Grade student 2. I want a...
  50. S

    Do you have any ideas for an engineering project?

    Homework Statement I am going to get a project in 1-2 weeks about me finding ideas for a project. Basically I need to come up with an idea for a project that solves a possible problem that could exist in my school or elsewhere. I have not been told about parameters yet, I don't think I have any...
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