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Take the HikeStorming Challenge and Test Your Creativity!

Choose one of the following questions below.Think on it while hiking or doing another physical activity (walking, running, working out, etc.) Then, come back and impress the world with your ideas, revolutionary thoughts and / or breakthrough comedic twists.

Then, let’s see how this develops over time. Will your ideas resonate? Will they merge with others? Don’t you think it’s time a good idea went viral? Try it out. 

Don't forget to reference the question number in your answer and to post your answers here: HikeStorming Facebook Page

1. If 3D printers start making other 3D printers, we’re all doomed. Is that scenario the beginning of the end or something good?
2. If it’s true that music is the universal language, why aren’t we using it as such, for example in communications between international teams of  designers and engineers?
3. They turned cheese into Cheese Whiz. What other food could they turn into “whiz” or “whiz-type” matter?
4. Can the Quadratic Equation or any other common algebraic or geometric formula be replaced? How and why?
5. Kirk or Pacard? Why?
6. When you first learned to “solve for x” did your algebra teacher actually tell you what x meant? If not, why?
7. If a hypochondriac is someone who is worried that they might be sick, what   do they call someone who is worried that they might be a hypochondriac?
8. What two things have never been combined, but should be in order to form a new product or idea?
9. In the Internet of things, if everything talks to everything else, could you be left out of the conversation?
10. Can we crowd source emergencies, like finding missing planes? Should we?
11. If you could do one thing right now that might alter the course of history, what would it be?
12. How would you re-invent the shoe with unlimited resources and technology?
13. If someone asks you what time it is, but fails to tell you when, should you assume it is from the moment they started asking?
14. Using non-equilibrium thermodynamics as your guide, re-design how companies are set up to do business? Think bio-sphere and weather patterns.
15. Is the English alphabet ready for disruption, i.e. is it sufficient as is, or could it be replaced?
16. If you were to point out only one crucial thing that differentiates an iPhone from an Android phone, what would it be?
17. Why didn’t velcro catch on? Was it the sound?
18. If there is more “space” than solid objects, then why do we seemingly spend more time studying visible things rather than the space that connects them? 
19. Can two contradictory things be true at the same time? If yes, what's an example?
20. In the age of the Internet is basic memorization of content important? Why or why not?

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Games May Be The Key for Teachers

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Silicon Valley HikeStorming

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There should be points for creative answers

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Ideas for Improving Team and Personal Creativity Through Musical Improv by Feixing Tuang

This note came in from a fellow #HikeStormer, Feixing Tuang. We started corresponding soon after a Stanford Laptop Orchestra event and the ideas have taken on a life of their own. Her lesson or design seemed so unique and inspiring that I decided to share it both here and on the HikeStorming Facebook Page. 

The YouTube video above shows Feixing performing a piece for her mother. She also performs regularly at Kaiser hospital and is working on plans to create more therapeutic or healing types of music.

Hello Lee,

An idea came to my mind...I would love to share with you and see if you are interested in experimenting this in our Music sessions. 

I did some Sound IMPROV with my team at Cisco. This was my writeup of what we did:

"Stand in a circle. To warm up, someone in the circle starts saying gibberish to the next person. Feel free to act along while delivering the sounds to the next person.

The patterns continues around one circle.

Next, everyone takes 20 seconds to imagine the sound of "earth" quietly. At the count of 3, everyone makes the sound that they had in mind at the same time.

Next, take another 20 seconds to imagine the sound of "sun" quietly.  At the count of 3, everyone makes the sound of "sun."

The last round of improv is to express the sounds of "Universal love" or "creativity." Start with someone in the circle, pass the sounds to the person next to you."

The similar activity could be used for Music improvisation. We can pick ideas, concepts, and see what comes up in our improvisation.

For example, make the sound of "A person waking up in the morning" or "A person finding his flow."

We could start with a round in a circle, then we can layer our sounds on top of each other's sounds...

I think it will be very fun!!!

We could eventually make it a performance at different non-traditional venues too. What do you think?

Regards,

Feixing

Stanford Laptop Orchestra Concert Tonight

Looking forward to tonight's concert, featuring the #Stanford Laptop Orchestra --

works and performances by members of SideLObe: Romain Michon, Madeline Huberth, Hana Shin, Rob Hamilton, Chryssie Nanou, Alex Chechile, Kitty Shi, John Granzow, and Ge Wang.

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