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Message #04075



To: "'beam@sgiblab.sgi.com'" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Wilf Rigter Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 16:50:20 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Biomech Tech Releases


thanks mark,

for the reasons why, the info and the warnings.

and enjoy

Wilf Rigter mailto:wilf.rigter@powertech.bc.ca
tel: (604)590-7493
fax: (604)590-3411

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark W. Tilden [SMTP:mwtilden@math.uwaterloo.ca]
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 1:15 PM
> To: aubois@trail.com
> Cc: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: Biomech Tech Releases
>
> Ever thought that the reason I hold stuff close is that it's just not
> ready yet? As a scientist, consistency and completeness are the primo
> watchwords and unless you can publish it in a manner that can be
> verified by others, the technology might as well be witchcraft. The
> Beamant Unicore design has just been released on the net and that
> saddens me because I know it'll just raise more questions and
> frustrations than it's worth. I don't doubt that many on the list will
> immediately see its potential, but why and how that potential can be
> best realized is something even the Elite don't parse completely. The
> kits and plans we've put out are that small subset stable enough for
> people can get results quickly and effectively. The Unicore, I'm
> warning you right now, is not for wimps, so don't blame me, email me,
> or scold me just because your superbeamant won't even move let alone
> race. The papers on it won't be out for months yet.
>
> As for more publications, I try, but as I spend all my time
> firefighting just to stay afloat, they will remain few and far
> between. The best I can do are the articles and TV which at least show
> you guys what is possible with the technology. It's the sort of thing
> that motivated me when I was young. I still believe it has the
> necessary impact.
>
> As many of the Elite can attest, it is my long term goal to establish a
> center where all BEAMers of promise can build bots to gambol in the
> noonday sun, but that's a ways off yet. In the meantime, I'm really
> pleased with what I'm seeing the list evolve into. People like Richard
> and Wolter and Wilf (amongst others) are a treat because at least
> they're pushing the definitions and circuits down paths not otherwise
> taken. Biomech tech is still a research science after all, and the
> more variations possible, the better the silicon to performance ratio
> possible, and the better the bots that result.
>
> In the meantime, I'll continue to build bots on a deadline, trusting
> Maalox as my chief sorce of calcium, and longing for the days when this
> was a cool hobby instead of a cutthroat acedemic exercise.
>
> Later.
>
> markt.

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