What if X-Plane, the FAA approved flight simulator available on Linux, Mac and PC, had built in support for the fantastic online service LiveATC.net [it streams live feeds from air traffic control towers from around the world].

Currently the simulator has random and continuous radio chatter to add to realism of in-cockpit sounds. And for real ATC communication it uses rather plastic voice synthesis.

If users could plug in the feed from the real airport they were flying to in the simulator and be able to control it from within the actual application, they would get a much better sense of realism – especially if the simulator was set to download real weather data from the Web as well.

Micro-blogging service twitter provides a great platform for chess players to play one another. Simple notation can be tweeted using the @username format.

But what if an Internet application was developed that could read these tweets and visualize (and auhenticate gameplay)? Furthermore, if the user makes a move, the system could send the tweet to the other user’s account making for a seamless gaming experience.

As the games take place in an open, public format, it would get interesting if a group of users could play another group or a grandmaster through a tweet and vote system.

In a just society, the rule of law must reign supreme.

But sometimes individuals commit such unspeakable acts that inspire immense anger in society. Serial killers, rapists – and even those that are mentally disturbed and commit horrific and senseless acts against children.

Perhaps there is an opportunity to create a gaming platform where society is allowed to vent their anger and frustration on these individuals without actually harming these individuals. Making them the virtual targets in a point-and-shoot game for example.

This might be an extreme measure, but potentially will help society deal with the incredible injustices that are sometimes caused by individuals.