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Message #09571



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Gary Neff garyn@pacifier.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 20:42:44 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Pager motor eccentric


What's the best way to remove the eccentric from the shaft of a pager motor? I'm
new at this, and I can see myself standing there with the shaft in one hand, and
the case in the other.

Thanks!

Gary



9572 Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:13:54 -0600 [alt-beam] Re: New symbol for BEAM lexicon. Let's try 'Mind Control' beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Richard Piotter I read a story of a kid who controlled a lobster or some similar
creature via probes and a computer, forcing it to walk as the computer
directed. That's one hell of a science fair project. I'm sure he won! :)

It was part of the article describing the Periplanetia Americana
simulation on a computer (simulated neural net that operated a virtual
cockroach in a virtual world. They were startles to see the program make
this headles virtual bug begin walking... BEFORE adding a head!!! They
essentialy created several interconnected multi looped microcores in the
late 80s, except this was based on the actual creature that they
disected and studied. very interesting!!!


Seamus Allan wrote:
>
> hey, i don't know if you have seen the movie 'the matrix', but i had an
> idea, that you could use the brain of an animal for controlling something
> else (robot?). It occoured to me that if you were to get a simple animal
> (cockroach, locust) and 'cut' the nerves going to, legs, wings, and then
> wire them into a computer program, along wit nerves for touch, sight. It
> would take some time and serious programming, but you could create an entire
> virtual world. You could even do this to robots, and in the computer, give
> them huge bodies and see what happens, how they react. The only thing an
> insect would need its body for would be life support, so you would leave
> thos nerves intact.
>
> just a thought,
> Seamus.
>
> PS: to make touch sensors, get a sheet of aluminium foil, a sheet of
> conductive foam and another sheet of foil, as you squeeze the foam, its
> resistance changes

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9573 Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:51:37 +0100 [alt-beam] Re: New symbol for BEAM lexicon. Let's try 'Mind Control' "Thomas Pilgaard" There's actually a japanese scientist (i do believe) who has attached small
wires and to the legs of a cockroach along with the necessary electronics on
top of it for remote controlling.

Apparantly it's not a 'nervous' interface but brute force.

I'll see if I can dig up an URL.

Cheereo,

Thomas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com [mailto:owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com]On
> Behalf Of Seamus Allan
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 5:13 AM
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: New symbol for BEAM lexicon. Let's try 'Mind Control'
>
>
> hey, i don't know if you have seen the movie 'the matrix', but i had an
> idea, that you could use the brain of an animal for controlling something
> else (robot?). It occoured to me that if you were to get a simple animal
> (cockroach, locust) and 'cut' the nerves going to, legs, wings, and then
> wire them into a computer program, along wit nerves for touch, sight. It
> would take some time and serious programming, but you could
> create an entire
> virtual world. You could even do this to robots, and in the computer, give
> them huge bodies and see what happens, how they react. The only thing an
> insect would need its body for would be life support, so you would leave
> thos nerves intact.
>
> just a thought,
> Seamus.
>
> PS: to make touch sensors, get a sheet of aluminium foil, a sheet of
> conductive foam and another sheet of foil, as you squeeze the foam, its
> resistance changes
>
>

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