Could someone just ask their own AI?
If yes, drop it or redesign it around specialist context, permissioned data, implementation, physical testing or a measurable result.
DEFENSIBILITY CHECK
04 / LAB · AVAILABILITY
Explore openly.
Claim carefully.
Explore developing ideas and pilot directions. These are projects under investigation, not ready-made products for sale.
THE FILTERS
Ideas move when they survive contact.
Raw ideas stay in Dan’s private working records. Only safe summaries reach this public-facing Lab, and only when an outside test will produce useful evidence.
Can it be tested cheaply?
Prefer one sample, interview, prototype or narrow workflow before committing serious money or months of development.
SMALLEST CREDIBLE TESTWho actually needs it?
A serious idea needs a real user, a reason to act, credible economics and a clear path from test to practical use.
PROBLEM → PERSON → PROOFStream Value Passport
A repeatable profile for one co-product stream: properties, handling, risk, current value, alternative uses, buyer requirements and pilot economics.
IDEA → RESEARCHKnowledge Capture Module
Structured capture of experienced operator decisions, failure patterns and exceptions before they disappear from a plant.
INTERNAL TESTING