Smart solar energy windows
Windows that harvest light all day and dim on command.
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the home forideas
Where people can change the world… or their neighborhood.
01 categories
In locus, every idea has a home.
Technology
Environment
Home & Garden
Music
Food & Drinks
Social Issues
Space
Mental Health
Education
Arts & Culture
Sports & Fitness
Travel
Technology
Environment
Home & Garden
Music
Food & Drinks
Social Issues
Space
Mental Health
Education
Arts & Culture
Sports & Fitness
Travel
Technology
Environment
Home & Garden
Music
Food & Drinks
Social Issues
Space
Mental Health
Education
Arts & Culture
Sports & Fitness
Travel
02 the manifesto
For the ones crazy enough to begin.
For too long, innovation has been niche: too many ideas trapped in white-collar boardrooms. That era cannot be our era anymore. Because today, the spark of change can come from anywhere.
This is for those crazy enough to believe a kid in their bedroom can launch the next movement. We are building a community of dreamers who need a home for their ideas: to be born, to grow, and to explore the world.
Because Locus isn’t just a platform. Locus is the new home for ideas.
And you’re invited.
Locus is for the starters
03 how it works
Let your creativity flow.
Post an idea
Share your idea in 314 characters, filed under a category and a subcategory (say, Technology › AI). No deck, no pitch. Just the thought, while it’s still warm.
Title
Categories Subcategory
Technology
Environment
Space
Arts & Culture
Music
Satellites
Rockets
Astronomy
Telescopes
Rovers
Your Idea (max 314 characters)
Join
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Beds that read your REM sleep
They warm and cool on their own as the night goes on.
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Join
Hitting this button on someone’s post says you’d like to contribute: to become part of the idea and help build it.
Backyard satellite kits
Open-source ground stations anyone can build in a weekend.
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Chat
Someone hit Join on your idea. What’s the best way to get to know them? A chat opens, and maybe, in the end, they become your teammate.
I'd love to help build the ground-station firmware.
Amazing, when can you start?
This weekend. Sending you my repo now.
Chat opened from a Join
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Step inside any category: its people, its sub-topics, and its ideas. See the latest shared, or the ones already growing.
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Where builders, tinkerers and dreamers share what they’re working on, from weekend hardware hacks to missions that reshape how we see the sky.
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04 questions
Got questions? We’ve got answers.
No. Locus is for raw ideas of any kind: social, environmental, cultural, local, global, small, or world-changing. If it matters to you, it belongs here.
Yes. Locus is free to join and use.
Absolutely not. Locus is born for early-stage thinking. Share whatever crazy idea goes through your mind. The community will help it grow.
Join is how collaboration starts. It sends a request to the idea creator to connect and contribute. If it’s a fit, they can accept and message you.
No. Join notifies the creator. The creator decides if and when you become a collaborator.
Yes. Go to a profile and hit Send message.
Locus is built around ideas, not news, curiosities, jobs, or personalities.