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+ | ====== Research ideas ====== | ||
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+ | Here are some ideas if you don't know what to write your thesis or similar work about or just want to perform some interesting research. I wish I had time to work on them; unfortunately, | ||
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+ | * An audio+video conferencing multiplatform application providing end-to-end encryption | ||
+ | * Code injector (proxy that injects your code to executable files transferred over insecure link), some projects with similar aim: [[https:// | ||
+ | * How to make basic chemicals like nitrates or antibiotics in amateur conditions when an apocalypse (e.g. nuclear war) occurs; can contain own experiments | ||
+ | * Cheap extraction of important ensymes and chemicals for genetic engineering (thermostable DNA-Polymerase, | ||
+ | * Exporting steganographic bits (least significant bits or noise) from WAVs and RAW photos as a block device. Linux nbd seems pretty simple. | ||
+ | * Finish dm-steg. | ||
+ | * Silicon engineering: | ||
+ | * Portable multiplatform encryption of a flash drive. Current solutions (TrueCrypt) require admin/root access to install and setup. However, for example an encrypted WebDAV service can be run from unprivileged userspace. | ||
+ | * Edit: VeraCrypt can reportedly be user with user privileges. | ||
+ | * Build a HFCC vest. Commercial implementations cost %%$%%10k. Could it be build for one tenth of that price? | ||
+ | * rtl-sdr showed us that crappy SDR can cost %%$%%10. However, much better A/D converters are sold for similar price in China. Can a better SDR be build for an affordable price? | ||
+ | * Write decoder and cracker for MOTOTRBO (it's 40-bit ARCFOUR), build open-source sdr-based client for GSM and Tetra. Reverse-engineer and crack Tetrapol encryption. | ||
+ | * Investigate possibilities of radio transmitting using graphic card. Create a gnuradio sink for transmitting arbitrary signals. -- **FIXED** in [[https:// | ||
+ | * Create an implementation of GNSS satellites (NAVSTAR, GALILEO, GLONASS) that runs on customer-grade FPGA and SDR. There already is [[https:// | ||
+ | * Implement some nice app-level isolation framework into Linux (like Qubes OS) | ||
+ | * Fork Firefox. Fix all that NSA " | ||
+ | * Create sdr-based implementation of TAMARA or VERA passive sensor. Is it possible to fingerprint individual transmitters like rumors about ASMKS say? | ||
+ | * Implement some nice GUI for Bitcoin Contracts and Ethereum, so even non-experts can use it. | ||
+ | * Implement cryptoanarchy procedures described [[http:// | ||
+ | * Build a decentralized, | ||
+ | * A decent MITM suite for SSHv2 would be cool. Exploiting SSH agent would be even cooler. | ||
+ | * OpenStreetMap + SRTM + OpenGL + Oculus Rift = ultimate map explorer. | ||
+ | * Create an uncluttered and usable Mapnik theme or just finally write one working renderer for OSM without nasty bugs. | ||
+ | * Create Arduino-like toolchain, documentation and examples for beginners for much faster and cheaper ARM LPC processors. | ||
+ | * Create a decent Linux worm and some working kernel rootkit. Can binary portability be achieved? | ||
+ | * Sonography should be a piece of cake with currently available signal processing hardware. However, such devices still cost %%$%%5k+. Fix it. | ||
+ | * Even the original probe with piezo elements is cheaper than complete sonograph - an alternative electronics could be built for it. | ||
+ | * speaking of which, we still don't have usable ECG and EEG | ||
+ | * A $50 30MHz+ data capture card, for example on LPC4370, is a missing instrument. | ||
+ | * PDA/ | ||
+ | * End discussions "which bike is faster" | ||
+ | * Bitcoin demonstrated that Sybil attacks can be mitigated, at least to some extent, without a centralized authority. DDoS attacks are a growing concern on current internets. Can an inherently DDoS-safe network be built? | ||
+ | * Checking manufactured chips for backdoors is really hard. Is it possible to implement a softcore CPU on reconfigurable hardware that could be trusted even if the reconfigurable blocks are backdoored? | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * I suck at drawing/ | ||
+ | * And then the same for music | ||
+ | * [[: | ||
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+ | or just pick one [[: | ||
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+ | ===== Crazy/ | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * intermediate layer of a speech-recognition RNN | ||
+ | * word2vec embeddings? | ||
+ | * Plants [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||