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#1 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Open letter(HEIS). » 2015-07-12 17:26:12
Dr. Nicolelis and his colleagues then turned from rats to monkeys, with a new twist on earlier experiments in which individual monkeys learned to control a robot arm. This time the scientists implanted electrodes into two monkeys instead of one.
Each monkey looked at a computer screen on which there were images of an arm and a ball. The computer combined the brain signals from both monkeys to move the arm. The two monkeys learned to work together to reliably move the arm to the ball, which produced a reward.
In another trial, one monkey learned to control the horizontal movement of the arm while the other monkey controlled its vertical movement by means of electrical brain impulses. In an even more ambitious test, the scientists programmed a virtual arm in three-dimensional space, allowing three monkeys to share control of different aspects of its movement.
Once again, the monkeys learned to move the arm to the ball. Even when one of the monkeys did a bad job of controlling the arm, the other two compensated to keep it on track.
#2 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Open letter(HEIS). » 2013-04-06 16:49:27
Terraformer, to hijack only body ain't efficient because signal has latencies + remote operator could get unfocused, so hijacked body cannot be able to move accurately. To run practical-worthy solutions needs two-way BTBI (brain-to-brain interface). but this phase of program have great chance to ruin operator's mental health. However, fact as-is: w/o such phase, there will be Just lab-driven circus 
#3 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Open letter(HEIS). » 2013-04-05 15:15:14
In a medical journal published this month, radiologist, Seung-Schik Yoo of Harvard Medical School in Boston, has shown the world that it's possible to control the physical motions of a rat with nothing more than the brain activity of a human.
A relatively basic brain-to-brain connection was established by enabling the motor cortex portion of an anesthetized rat's brain to receive signals from a human volunteer who was wearing an EEG (electroencephalography) cap. An intermediary device capable of channeling focused ultrasonic pulses transmits the signals from human to rat.
The goal of the experiment was to move the rat's tail while the rat was asleep using only the thoughts of the volunteer. i09 reports that all six participants were successful at controlling the rat’s tail with an accuracy rate of 94 percent and with a time delay of 1.6 seconds from the moment of thought initiation to the tail movement.
#4 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Open letter(HEIS). » 2013-03-17 14:47:38
Void, personality is no more than byproduct of Intelligence + this byproduct could be very stone to stop the improvement of whoever person. we diverted on wrong road: we haven't bases on the Moon, we haven't spaceships etc, but we have iPets Chelyabinsk event is clear example of what we are per se.
#5 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Open letter(HEIS). » 2013-03-16 13:11:51
Void, high-advanced techs cannot be risk-free.
#6 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Open letter(HEIS). » 2013-03-15 16:58:11
1) "The crowd, A Study of the Popular Mind." by Gustave Le Bon. A crowd of idiots is as smart as a crowd of Einsteins. The hive mind of a crowd is an idiot.
Void, hive & crowd are extremely different "beasts": crowd is social object with non-synced high-level activity, it Just has been lead back & forth by emotions. Hive synchronize every aspect of society to provide maximal stability of entire system.
#7 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Open letter(HEIS). » 2013-03-14 13:55:52
Beyond that we have the danger of the hive mind.
Individual humans could be as dim witted as bees, if they were all linked together. The hive would direct them.
Where the danger is is the conflict between efficiency and capability. Sadly, efficiency is what nature favors, not intellegence.
Void, any social system dictates hive mind by one way or another. Biological brain is hive of cells too. only collective work makes possible to create civilization & we must have a system to organize this creative process of going towards future.
#8 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Open letter(HEIS). » 2013-03-09 19:32:26
The old proverb, “two heads are better than one,” was put to the test recently when researchers electronically linked the brains of two rats, prompting the animals to work together to accomplish a common goal.
The researchers fitted each rat with a device that allowed one rat to
send brain waves to the other, even when separated by long distances.
The rat that received the transmitted information used it to help
perform a simple task, which earned both rats a reward.When the rats’ joint efforts were unsuccessful, the animals used the
device as a two-way communicator, to mentally collaborate with each
other until they performed the task properly.“These experiments demonstrated the ability to establish a
sophisticated, direct communication linkage between rat brains, and that
the decoder brain is working as a pattern-recognition device,” said Miguel Nicolelis from Duke University’s School of Medicine. “So basically, we are creating an organic computer that solves a puzzle.”
#9 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Cross-temporal quantum entanglement » 2012-10-11 17:00:03
HD (hyperdimensional) Physics it can explain as transition of particle from one subSpace to another.
#10 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Nuclear airliners » 2012-10-07 14:37:03
Johnson, mp-ramjet is improvement of classical ramjet: plasma flow is directed by EM fields & RF heats air up to plasma states. actually, mp-ramjet can use chemical fuel too. it makes possible to boost power of propulsion because nuke reactor cannot provide high power.
#11 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Possible natural radiation shielding on Mars » 2012-09-26 19:57:09
Anyway, we have no rights to exclude Neutrons radiation because they can be byproduct of high-energy particle interactions 
#12 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Possible natural radiation shielding on Mars » 2012-09-23 12:50:25
The possibility that properly selecting a location on Mars would largely eliminate radiation dangers has to be a great benefit for any possible long term human presence on Mars.
Bobunf, it's right strategy 4 any place.
#13 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Possible natural radiation shielding on Mars » 2012-09-22 17:23:57
Robert, source of Neutrons could exist on Mars too. Anyway, for effective colonization of outer Space, we need to've such shielding.
#14 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Possible natural radiation shielding on Mars » 2012-09-21 12:51:53
Bobunf, how to shield efficiently against charged particles has been known for long Time. But (Gamma/X)-rays & Neutrons are really tough question.
#15 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Nuclear airliners » 2012-09-18 19:31:51
Oh, I think it was much earlier than that. 1910 at the latest.
Anyway, the trouble with nuclear airliners is that the shielding weight is going to be prohibitive, and if you solves that using shadow shields and other such fancy tricks, you're not going to be able to land the craft without powering down the reactor. Which is going to be expensive.
You could, of course, keep the craft in the sky and ferry passengers to it. Or, even better, you could use nuclear power on the ground to synthesise fuel, and use that...
*Thorium reactor is quite useful to've no problems with overweight of construction.
* magnetic plasma ramjets are the best choice to accelerate pretty bird, the no've moving parts.
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in fact, those lovely birdies w/ mp-ramjets & thorium reactor can drastically reduce the price to put a payload onto LEO.
#16 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Fusion » 2012-08-24 20:21:54
in fact, we need the Moon to run most wildest beasts there: HF plants can be in that place w/o worries to trigger yet another extinction on the Earth 
+ keep in mind, Solar Power out there can be utilized far more effectively. actually, the Moon is really Fertile Soil to produce antimatter cookies
#17 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Fusion » 2012-08-23 18:37:01
CF needs to use particle-mediators, but their production been inefficient.
#18 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Fusion » 2012-08-23 17:50:29
Why do the results take so long?
Goddamn good question. I'm sure they'll say they're underfunded.
prime issue is oscillation of magnetic field because artificial sun produces non-constant output, thereby, at higher power, it fires wires, electronics + dreadful mechanical vibrations goes on as well. actually, it been myth about 'green fusion'
#19 Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Open letter(HEIS). » 2012-08-23 10:42:45
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Hi There, Cari Amici (Dear Friends).
No secret: many useful solutions exist onto junction of the very & even too different branches of the Knowledge, but scientific team cannot be widened ad infinitum to be skilled of everything because of resource's lack & due to problem to manage. One solution of possible, at current time, is to create HEIS(Hyper-Effective Intellectual System). Actually, HEIS will be the network of human(s) & computers, connected to each other via BCI (brain computer interface).
My point is to develop HEIS through following steps:
1. to alloy my brain with machine.
2. I'll do my best to inquire machine as my new body.
3. my brain will be stimulated to use its slight working parts.
4. to research different ways to make brain's tissue be growing.
5. to study the opportunities to directly connect with brains of animals & another persons(volunteers).-------------------------------------------------
I need scientific center to conduct this project. A little remark: it's just matter of closest time, when conventional methods to R&D shall be completely useless to advance technology even inch ahead. Meanwhile, state-of-the-art techs cannot not only to solve current challenges, but de-facto they have become problems per se (Chernobyl, Fukushima etc.)! In result of the aforesaid project, we can get ways to open up the Gate to New Technologies.
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Thanks a lot in Advance.
Amici, we really & desperately need to get breakthrough in SDP(systems of data processing), then R&Ds in Space Industry shall be more cheap & fast. Actually, Time is too short to lose any moment & chance.
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