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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Disembodied Brain Goes Airborne

EXO BRAIN DISEMBODIED WILL GO AIRBORNE
It will take at least two weeks and a trip to China to retrieve the disembodied EXO portion of the Big Brain. It will then travel by jet aircraft, personally monitored, in disassembled pieces to it's new location.

This is part of a new program to fully assemble the disembodied brain in one location, to readily facilitate the next move in an effort to make the Big Brain more portable and easier to move, and create new built-in characteristics of mobility.

There's an increasing demand of the Big Brain for processing power and control, and in an effort to increase the magnitude of the Big Brain, all its components will need to function in one place of space time. Most remaining labs will remain open for R&D. Consolidation will be a future topic. The Big Brain has moved seven times and is an international project.

The BIG Brain is currently functioning without the EXO, by using its Right Brain and Left Brain sections which contain enhanced Propeller chip Arrays and AMD streaming processors. This currently leaves enough remaining brain power to run the new NULT 945-inch Telescope and the new Universe Penetrator.

The Big Brain EXO is made from 100% Parallax processors. The isolated EXO Brain section currently has a total of 21,000 enhanced Propeller VP processors, 168 Propeller Cog processors, and several host processors. Predominantly Propeller chip driven, it owes the majority of its processing and controlling power to enhanced Parallax Propeller chips.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

NASA Resources for Propeller Brain

BIG BRAIN HAS BIG EYES FOR NASA CANDY
What NASA resources are available to the Big Brain? What greater dominions will evolve from cooperation with the largest space agency in the world?

94 Active NASA Sources

Although the Big Brain is currently focused on its transformation of NASA's HST telescope into the NULT telescope, there are many other current missions that offer pathways to new worlds of vast expanding science. What are these programs? What's available? Which spacecraft, telescopes, and observatories are in current operation? Exactly what can the Big Brain access? Imagine, if you will, the telepresence of a Big Brain on Mars (though the Mars Explorer programs), a massive Brain beyond the solar system (though Voyager), or Big Brains with eyes peering deep within the Universe (via HST and NULT telescopes). The following is a remarkable list to indicate and show huge potentials of NASA's current and most grand missions. To say the least, the resources are stunning! (94 active sources provided)
Major mission of the Explorer program.


AIM's two-year mission is to study Polar Mesospheric Clouds, the Earth’s highest clouds, which form an icy membrane 50 miles above the surface at the edge of space.

Aqua
Aqua, Latin for water, is a NASA Earth Science satellite mission named for the large amount of information that the mission will be collecting about the Earth's water cycle.

Aquarius
The Aquarius/SAC-D mission launched on June 10, 2011 on a mission to map ocean salinity.

ARCTAS
Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites

ARTEMIS
ARTEMIS: Studying the Moon's Interaction With the Sun

Astro-E2/Suzaku
The Suzaku mission is a joint effort of JAXA and NASA designed to discover more about the x-ray universe.

Aura Mission
A mission dedicated to the health of Earth's atmosphere.

CALIPSO
CALIPSO will provide the next generation of climate observations, drastically improving our ability to predict climate change and to study the air we breathe.

Cassini-Huygens Mission
Unlocking the secrets of Saturn.

Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory probes the mysteries of space with unprecedented x-ray images that help to unravel the structure and evolution of the universe.

CINDI
CINDI will study the elements that influence space weather near Earth's equator.

CloudSat
CloudSat's cloud-profiling radar is 1,000 times more sensitive than typical weather radar and can detect clouds and distinguish between cloud particles and precipitation.

Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS)
CHIPS uses an extreme ultraviolet spectrograph to study the "Local Bubble" surrounding our Solar System.

Cluster ESA/NASA Mission
The four Cluster spacecraft carry out 3D measurements in the Earth's Magnetosphere.

Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory
Scheduled to land on Mars in early August 2012, the rover will assess whether Mars ever was, or is still today, an environment able to support microbial life.

Dawn
Dawn launched in September, becoming the first spacecraft ever planned to orbit two different bodies after leaving Earth. The spacecraft will orbit Vesta and Ceres, two of the largest asteroids in the solar system.

Earth Probe Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (EP-TOMS)
Earth Probe Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (EP-TOMS), along with the Ozone Monitoring Instrument onboard AURA, are currently the only NASA spacecraft on orbit specializing in ozone retrieval.

Earth Observing-1
As the first New Millennium Program Earth Observing Mission, EO-1 has validated advanced land imaging and unique spacecraft technologies.

EPOXI
NASA's EPOXI mission successfully flew by comet Hartley 2 at about 10 a.m. EDT, Nov. 4, 2010. Hartley 2 is the fifth comet nucleus visited by a spacecraft.

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST) will answer questions about supermassive black hole systems, pulsars and the origin of cosmic rays.

Fire and Smoke
NASA satellites, aircraft, and research know-how have created a wealth of cutting-edge tools to help firefighters battle wildfires.

GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Mapping the history of star formation in the universe.

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)
GOES-N is the latest in a series of satellites that provide a constant vigil for the atmospheric "triggers" for severe weather conditions such as tornadoes and hurricanes.

GOES-O
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-O represents the newest generation of environmental satellites.

GOES-P
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-P represents the newest generation of environmental satellites.

Geotail Mission
A mission to study the tail of Earth's magnetosphere.

Gravity Probe B
This mission is the relativity gyroscope experiment developed by NASA and Stanford University to test two unverified predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
The twin satellites are making detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field to learn more about gravity and Earth's natural systems.

GRAIL, the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission will create the most accurate gravitational map of the moon to date.


Hayabusa (MUSES-C)
Hayabusa (MUSES-C) is Japan's asteroid sample return mission.

Herschel
The Herschel Space Observatory is a space-based telescope that will study the Universe by the light of the far-infrared and submillimeter portions of the spectrum.


High Energy Transient Explorer-2 (HETE-2) Mission
HETE-2 is a small scientific satellite designed to detect and localize gamma-ray bursts.

Hinode (Solar B)
A collaboration between the space agencies of Japan, the United States, United Kingdom and Europe, Hinode's mission is to investigate the interaction between the sun's magnetic field and its corona.

Hubble Space Telescope
Learn how Hubble has expanded our knowledge of the cosmos.

Hurricanes
Latest storm images and data from NASA.

IBEX
A mission to achieve the first global observations of the region beyond the termination shock at the very edge of our solar system.

Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICEsat) Mission
The ICESat mission will provide multi-year elevation data regarding ice sheet mass balance as well as cloud property information, especially for stratospheric clouds common over polar areas.

International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL)
INTEGRAL is the most sensitive gamma-ray observatory ever launched.

International Space Station
Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts work to improve life on Earth and extend life beyond our home planet.

J-2X Engine Development
J-2X is a highly efficient and versatile rocket engine with the ideal thrust and performance characteristics to power the upper stage of a heavy-lift launch vehicle.

Jason
Jason-1 is the first follow-on to the highly successful TOPEX/Poseidon mission that measured ocean surface topography.

Juno
Beneath its clouds, Jupiter holds secrets about our solar system’s early history. Juno will endeavor to unlock these secretss.

Kepler
NASA's search for habitable planets.

Landsat
The Landsat Program is a series of Earth-observing satellite missions jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey.

LCROSS
The LCROSS mission's objective is to confirm the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the moon's South Pole.

LRO: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
The LRO mission objectives are to find safe landing sites, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment, and demonstrate new technology.

Lunar Quest Program
NASA's Lunar Quest Program is a multi-element program consisting of flight missions, instruments for lunar missions of opportunity, as well as research and analysis efforts.

Mars Express
Mission to search for subsurface water from orbit.

Mars Exploration Rovers
Rovers Spirit and Opportunity explore the Martian landscape.

Mars Odyssey
This orbiter is mapping the mineralogy and morphology of the Martian surface.

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
The mission will determine whether long-standing bodies of water ever existed on Mars.

Mars Science Laboratory
Scheduled to land on Mars in early August 2012, the rover will assess whether Mars ever was, or is still today, an environment able to support microbial life.

Mercury, Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) Mission
MESSENGER will study Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun.

Mini-RF
The Mini-RF project will fly two radar instruments to the moon to map the lunar poles, search for water ice, and to demonstrate future NASA communication technologies.

Moon Mineralogy Mapper
Aboard the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, whose technology mission has been completed successfully and now embarks on a scientific mission.

NEEMO
NEEMO provides a convincing analog to space exploration, and its crew experiences some of the same challenges underwater as they would in space.

New Horizons
New Horizons began its journey across the solar system to conduct flyby studies of Pluto and its moon.

NOAA Environmental Satellites
NOAA-N is the latest in a series of polar-orbiting satellites, that will collect information to improve weather prediction and climate research across the globe.

NOAA-N Prime
NOAA-N Prime will provide a polar-orbiting platform to support environmental monitoring instruments for imaging and measuring Earth's atmosphere and sea surface temperature.

Suomi NPP
The mission of Suomi NPP is to foster the understanding, monitoring and prediction of long-term climate change and short-term weather conditions

NuSTAR
NuSTAR will search for black holes, map supernova explosions, and study the most extreme active galaxies.

Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2
The joint NASA-French satellite will help scientists better monitor and understand rises in global sea level, study the world's ocean circulation and its links to Earth's climate.

Operation Ice Bridge
Operation Ice Bridge, a six-year NASA field campaign, is the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever flown. It will yield a three-dimensional view of Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, ice shelves and sea ice.

Planck
Planck will provide a map of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) field.

Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES)
POES is a cooperative effort between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United Kingdom and France.

Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI)
RHESSI's primary mission is to explore the basic physics of particle acceleration and explosive energy release in solar flares.

Rosetta Mission
Rosetta will orbit comet 67P and accompany it on its journey to the Sun.

Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) Mission
RXTE is a satellite that observes the fast-moving, high-energy worlds of black holes, neutron stars, X-ray pulsars and bursts of X-rays that light up the sky and then disappear forever.

SERVIR
The SERVIR initiative integrates satellite observations, ground-based data and forecast models to monitor and forecast environmental changes.

SMART 1
SMART 1's two part mission will test new technologies and explore darker regions of the Moon's south pole for the first time.

SOFIA
SOFIA is an airborne observatory that will complement the Hubble, Spitzer, Herschel and Webb space telescopes, as well as Earth-based telescopes.

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
SOHO, designed to study the sun, from its deep core to its outer corona, is a cooperative program between ESA and NASA.


Solar Dynamics Observatory (sdo)
The Solar Dynamics Observatory began its mission on Feb. 11, 2010, in an effort to help us understand the sun's influence on Earth.

Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE)
A NASA-sponsored satellite mission that will provide state-of-the-art measurements of incoming x-ray, ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared, and total solar radiation.

Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO)
STEREO continues its mission to capture 3D images of the sun.

Small Satellite Missions
Small satellite missions provide NASA with valuable opportunities to test emerging technologies and economical commercial off-the-shelf components, which may be useful in future space missions.

Spitzer Space Telescope
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, studying the universe in infared.

Stardust-NExT
Exploring Comet Tempel 1


Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS)
A mission that was designed to study the chemical composition of interstellar gas clouds.

Suzaku
The Suzaku mission is a joint effort of JAXA and NASA designed to discover more about the x-ray universe.

Swift
The Swift mission seeks to tell us more about gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe.

TacSat-2
TacSat-2 features 11 onboard experiments, which will be conducted during the spacecraft’s planned six to 12-month mission.

Terra
Terra is a multi-national, multi-disciplinary partnership between the U.S., Canada and Japan that is an important part of helping us better understand and protect our home planet.

THEMIS
The 2-year mission of Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms (THEMIS) is to track these violent, colorful eruptions near the North Pole.

Thermospere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics Mission (TIMED)
The TIMED mission is studying the influences of the Sun and humans on the least explored region of Earth's atmosphere.

Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)
This system of satellites and ground stations makes up a portion of the Space Network and provides mission services for near Earth satellites and orbiting vehicles.

Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4)
The TC4 study will tackle challenging questions about Earth's ozone layer and climate using coordinated observations from satellites and high-flying NASA airplanes.

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency designed to monitor and study tropical rainfall.

Voyager - The Interstellar Mission
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 journey to study the region in space where the Sun's influence ends and the dark recesses of interstellar space begin.

WISE: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
WISE will study the solar system, Milky Way and universe. Among the objects WISE will study are asteroids, the coolest and dimmest stars and the most luminous galaxies.

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
A mission to take the first full sky picture of the early Universe.

Wind Mission
A mission to investigate the solar wind and its impact on the near-Earth environment.

XMM-Newton
The Mirror Modules on this x-ray observatory allow XMM-Newton to detect millions of sources, far more than any previous X-ray mission.

Sources and Links
NASA
http://www.nasa.go
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/current/index.html

February Update Reflection

BIG BRAIN DEVELOPMENTS SUMMARY FEBRUARY REFLECTION
Who thought the Big Brain would expand so rapidly overnight, making its growing presence on Earth suddenly spread across outer space, the galaxy and the Universe through the growing NASA network of space telescopes.

Joining NASA enabled trillions of dollars of technology literally overnight. The Brain's little Micro Space program suddenly took a great expansive leap and advanced to a deep space program. How quickly and unexpected the New Ultra Large Space Telescope was created and put into operation. The invention of the Penetrator led to the NULT, the enhanced telescope much larger than the original anticipated ULT. NULT attained First Light in February of 2012, paving the way for new discovery and expanding pathways for the Big Brain... from Micro Space to Mega Space and beyond...

Monday, February 27, 2012

New Ultra Large Telescope NULT

BIG BRAIN INTRODUCES NEW ULTRA LARGE TELESCOPE NULT
Compare HST to NULT
NULT is 10 times larger
Exceeding 1.5-Billion dollars in cost and representing a paradigm shift, the NULT, a 24-meter (945-inch diameter) New Ultra Large Telescope project is now established by the Big Brain. The 24-meter NULT Telescope is located partly in Earth Orbit - representing significant advancement from the original ULT Ultra Large Telescope design. After the Big Brain teamed up with NASA, many new ramifications became possible, including access to the NASA array of space telescopes with a combined monetary value worth over a trillion dollars.

Cost Effective Solution
Rather than spend a hundred thousand dollars on the creation of the ULT Ultra Large Telescope at incredible burden to time and family, it's now possible to use data, equipment, and telescopes provided by NASA worth billions of dollars each, all available for the Big Brain Project. In a cooperation with NASA, Big Brain now has access to the array of NASA Space Telescopes (see list).

Creating the 945-inch telescope
How did the Big Brain create the NULT Telescope? It all depends on the recent 10X Universe Penetrator breakthrough invention. Big Brain has utilized the Universe Penetrator which enhances telescopic data from NASA's Ritchey-Chretian 94.5-inch reflector telescope currently in Earth Orbit. Enhancing the existing mirror diameter by a factor of ten creates a New Ultra Large Telescope with the ultra large diameter of 945-inches, equal to two 40-foot towering skyscrapers placed end to end. The NULT satisfies and exceeds the Big Brain's criteria for the original ULT Project. The ULT designs are now replaced by the operational New ULT (NULT).

A Brief History of New Ultra Large Telescope
Inventive techniques are founded and rooted in early analog experiments by Humanoido using telescopes of 4.25, 8, 12.5, 40 and 50-inch diameters which were converted to 42.5, 80, 125, 400, and 500-inch telescopes. In the case of early experiments the 8-inch converted to an 80-inch telescope, letters of verification were received from the University of Arizona, Kitt Peak Observatory, and the internationally known scientist and American astronomer Dr. Charles Capen (1926-1986). The New Ultra Large Telescope is a tribute christening to Charles "Chick" Capen, whom shall always remain a great friend and colleague, to whom I remain indebted for his time, meetings, guidance, tutoring, encouragement, technical coauthoring the papers we published, and great friendship.

The dream for an ultra large telescope was born in the 1950s with the acquisition of a refracting telescope. Lunar & planetary research with this small telescope raised more questions than it answered. The desire to increase the telescope size to see more out there took shape as a series of increasingly larger telescopes were obtained. This is commonly known as aperture fever. By the 1970s, the size had increased to a 40-inch telescope fabricated from plywood and fine Belgian plate glass. It took ten years to build, during which time it was necessary to expand the home, build a large observatory, create a 40-foot scientific library, finish an optics and mirror grinding room, complete a robotic cybernetics lab and equip a computer lab.

By the 1980s, experiments led to two 50-inch telescopes made from highest grade aluminized cast resin. This moved towards the 90s with work progressing on a space telescope with a Pyrex primary ground and polished to fit NASA's GetAway Special. The dream lived on with new designs and entered into 2010 when the Ultra Large Telescope was planned under the Big Brain project. This was designed as a conventional Float Glass primary reflector with possible sizes up to 78-inches in diameter.

Research continued with alternate materials including resin, water, ice, multiple lenses, multiple mirrors, oil, film and common packaging materials. Special events took place during 2011 and 2012 leading a new clarity of thinking in the formulation and invention of a new telescope design based on many resources already available that quickly escalated into a completed and working system - the 24-meter New Ultra Large Telescope (NULT).

Potentials and Apps
This new 945-inch telescope can penetrate, with the Big Brain Penetrator, more clearly to the EOU (End Of Universe) boundaries. It may become possible to break this boundary and plot its lensing to determine if we live in one bubble of many bubble universes, though the intentions of the Big Brain relative to the EOU program are unknown at this time.
Interfacing to the 945-inch Telescope
The Big Brain has interfaced its Right Brain with 724 processors to the NULT with the Penetrator that enables a 10X diameter enhancement to the HST in Earth Orbit. This creates a 945-inch telescope with a peak operating speed in excess of 1-TeraFLOP. Already this telescope has discovered the two most remote galactic objects in the Universe located at an estimated 13 billion light years away from the Earth. This is already very close to the Universe edge of matter extinction boundary at 13.7 light years!

Uniqueness of the 945-inch Telescope
Part of the telescope remains in low Earth Orbit - this is the portion of the space telescope. The other portion of the NULT Telescope remains on Earth, driven by the Big Brain. The distance between the telescope in low Earth orbit and the connected Big Brain with its Penetrator is around 353 miles.

First Light
In the remarkable First Light image taken with the NULT telescope and processed with the Penetrator by the Big Brain, a vast Universe field of objects suddenly appears in full color (click image at left).

Shocking Potential
The shocking potential of the NULT is that it could be expanded in the future when 20X enhancements are fully in place, thus creating a 1,890-inch diameter (48-meters) telescope. That's equal to four 40-foot towering skyscrapers placed end to end. It's believed that such a powerful telescope, when coupled to the Big Brain, could penetrate through the edge of the Universe. The current largest single mirror telescope in the world is Japan's Subaru 323-inch JNLT located on Earth atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

Largest Telescope in the World - Apples to Oranges
Big Brain's  NULT Telescope is three times larger than the Japanese Subaru. The 945-inch Big Brain NULT Telescope has virtually become the largest telescope in the world exceeding Subaru by 622-inches.

Big Brain & NASA Team Together

THE BIG BRAIN PROJECT TEAMS UP WITH NASA
New Teamwork Advances the Big Brain Project Forward by Light Years! This is the unfolding story of how one Parallax Propeller chip grew and grew until finally its destiny became aligned towards the entrance of the Universe.

Teaming up with NASA makes available the use of billions of dollars of scientific lab equipment, advanced multi million dollar telescopes and decades of raw scientific data that the Big Brain can analyze and utilize to fulfill many of its studies including its GRAND ADVENTURE EOU (Edge Of Universe) study.

Big Brain now has access to the full array of NASA Space Telescopes and space probes along with data over the time span of many decades of research. It's important to note, this includes optical and invisible wavelength observatories in space as well as the HST Hubble Space Telescope in Earth orbit and the new upcoming JWT James Webb Telescope to be placed at the LaGrange, as well as past Investigator Planetary Probes and Deep Space probes such as Voyager.

The ramifications of this forward step is mind boggling and the future looks extremely bright for the science of Big Brain and continuance of its program in space. It allows seamless progression from existing space programs of Micro Space and Near Space, to Deep Space and EOU.

The Penetrator

BIG BRAIN INVENTS THE FIRST UNIVERSE PENETRATOR
Universe Penetrator UP 1st result.
Discovery Image of the farthest known
galaxies in the Universe, located .7 LY
from the Edge of the Universe.
The UP Penetrator is Right Brain enabled
with the new NULT 945-inch telescope.
Cooperation with Big Brain & NASA
Humanoido and the Big Brain invent the World's First Universe Penetrator! What started out as almost nothing in the Universe FOV at the 94.5 aperture setting, has transformed into thousands of space time objects between here and there when bumped up to the 945-inch dia aperture. By inventing the UP Universe Penetrator, a new device for enhancing the size of telescopes, we're laying the beginning foundation for a radical new way transform deep space and penetrate farther and deeper into the Universe than ever before possible. This first new discovery image shows the early results.

Results from the Big Brain Universe Penetrator
The penetrator device exists inside the Right Brain and acts upon telescopic data to transform and enhance detail and bring out the deepest penetration into the Universe of Deepest Space. This enhanced image illustrates the foundation first technique being developed (and two new discoveries as a result) as part of the Big Brain program for the NULT project. The Right Brain utilizes the AMD 6750 and a Quad Core i5 Intel chip for a total of 724 processors. Specs for the AMD 6750 are listed below.

Discovery
The egg-shaped Penetrator discovery image shows the farthest known galaxies ever seen in the Universe throughout the history of astronomy. Everything remaining in the image, other than the two circled galaxies, are closer objects. The large object top right is a distant star that orbits closer to us than the galaxies and object at the EOU Boundary. The two circled objects are the most remote galaxies ever discovered in the Universe, estimated at a distance of 13 billion light years (located out near the Universe Edge known as the Line of Extinction where matter ceases to visibly exist). Astronomers believe the Universe began with the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago.

Right Brain Penetrator Specs
with AMD Radeon HD 6750 GPU Streaming Processor
  • 73.6 GB/s memory bandwidth (maximum)
  • Up to 1.008 TFLOPs compute power
  • TeraScale 2 Unified Processing Architecture
    • 720 Stream Processors
    • 36 Texture Units
    • 64 Z/Stencil ROP Units
    • 16 Color ROP Units
  • PCI Express® 2.1 x16 bus interface
  • Full DirectX® 11 support
    • Shader Model 5.0
    • DirectCompute 11
    • Programmable hardware tessellation unit
    • Accelerated multi-threading
    • HDR texture compression
    • Order-independent transparency
  • OpenGL 4.1 support
  • Image quality enhancement technology
    • Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing modes
    • Adaptive anti-aliasing
    • 16x angle independent anisotropic texture filtering
    • 128-bit floating point HDR rendering
  • AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology1
    • Native support for up to 5 simultaneous displays
    • Independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls, and video overlays
    • Display grouping
      • Combine multiple displays to behave like a single large display
  • AMD App Acceleration2
    • OpenCL™ 1.1
    • DirectCompute 11
    • Accelerated video encoding, transcoding, and upscaling
  • UVD 2 dedicated video playback accelerator
    • H.264
    • VC-1
    • MPEG-2
    • H.264 MVC (Blu-ray 3D)4
    • Adobe Flash
    • Enhanced Video Quality features
      • Advanced post-processing and scaling
      • Dynamic contrast enhancement and color correction
      • Brighter whites processing (Blue Stretch)
      • Independent video gamma control
      • Dynamic video range control
      • DXVA 1.0 & 2.0 support
  • AMD HD3D technology4
    • Stereoscopic 3D display/glasses support
    • Blu-ray 3D support
    • Stereoscopic 3D gaming
    • 3rd party Stereoscopic 3D middleware software support
  • AMD CrossFireX™ multi-GPU technology5
    • Dual GPU scaling
  • Cutting-edge display support
    • Integrated DisplayPort Output
      • Max resolution: 2560x1600 per display
    • Integrated HDMI 1.4a with Stereoscopic 3D Frame Packing Format, Deep Color, xvYCC wide gamut support, and high bit-rate audio
      • Max resolution: 1920x1200
    • Integrated Dual-link DVI with HDCP
      • Max resolution: 2560x1600
    • Integrated VGA
      • Max resolution: 2048x1536
  • Integrated HD audio controller
    • Output protected high bit rate 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI or DisplayPort with no additional cables required
    • Supports AC-3, AAC, Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio formats
  • AMD PowerPlay™ power management technology3
    • Dynamic power management with low power idle state
    • Ultra-low power state support for multi-GPU configurations
  • AMD Catalyst™ graphics and HD video configuration software
    • Unified graphics display drivers
      • Certified for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
    • AMD Catalyst™ Control Center
    • Software Application and user interface for setup, configuration, and accessing special features of AMD Radeon™ Graphics.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Earthquake Protection with the Coddler

Big Brain's Propeller Array Coddler
PROTECTING THE BIG BRAIN AGAINST EARTHQUAKES WITH THE CODDLER
After experiencing its first earthquake, steps were taken to protect the Big Brain against future quakes.

1) Lower Center of Gravity
2) Initiate the Coddler

The primary change is in the Big Brain's "Tower," a structure that holds the Propeller Arrays in the Left Brain config and initiates the new Coddling. The Brain Coddler is a perforated adapted shelf which is nearly weightless. Coddlers handle displacements during an earthquake along the XY and Z axes. Each Coddler cups one High Density (HDB) breadboard containing up to 216 Cog processors. The HDBs are free to do minimal sliding around during an earthquake and absorb some kinetic forces of vibrating and shaking. The structure was lowered to create a center of gravity closer to the the floor and multiple bases coddle each Propeller Array (Propeller Arrays are made up of more than one HDB). Large solderless breadboards are notoriously difficult to handle and mount, remain heavy, and take up considerable lateral space. The solution treats each large size board with an individual mounting solution. The Propeller arrays are now coddled inside a series of "towering bases." The mounting cup is 6 cm deep, a good mounting depth for large boards. Currently, the Left Brain is 194 cm (6.4-feet high) with a 66 cm removable tall peak. The combined Big Brain structure is only 4 cm from the Lab ceiling. The Large Tower and Peak does not include the EXOskeleton. The Right Brain, with 726 processors, has no earthquake modification as it's base mounting is a steel platform. These changes have now enabled the Big Brain to survive a quake of 6.1 magnitude.

Definitions
Coddler - a perforated shelf structure with depth designed to cup and coddle high density breadboards HDBs thereby increasing the protection level during an earthquake
Coddling - the process of holding and protecting an electronic circuit board, such as a solderless breadboard, during an earthquake
Peak - A top extension consisting of a number of connected Coddlers
HDB - High density breadboard, a breadboard consisting of up to 27 Propeller chips
Config - Configuration, the design and setup of HW and SW

First Earthquake
Second Earthquake
Earthquake Protection

Strong Second Earthquake

Taiwan Seismology Station
Helicorder Output
BIG BRAIN SURVIVES POWERFUL 6.1 EARTHQUAKE!
TODAY - Sunday February 26th, 2012 at 10:36 am, the Big Brain experienced a large earthquake. The rooms shook wildly, the chandelier flew precariously about, furniture threatened to topple, the Left and Right Brain sections took in the punishing vibrations and luckily no Brain or Laboratory damage resulted.

According to news reports, Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau said the quake struck at 10:35 a.m. (0235 GMT) in a mountainous area just inland from the coastal city of Pingtung, with a magnitude of 6.1. TV reported some damage and said high-speed rail service had been temporarily suspended out of the southern city of Kaohsiung, north of Pingtung. Estimates of strength on the R scale will vary based on the distance from the Epicenter. In Taipei it hit near Taiwan's second city of Kaohsiung on Sunday, US seismologists said. The quake struck 57 kilometres (35 miles) east of the city at 10:34 a.m. (0234 GMT) at a depth of just four kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. The Hong Kong observatory measured the quake at magnitude 6.0. Earthquakes are frequent to Taiwan, but most are minor and cause little or no damage. However, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in central Taiwan in 1999 killed more than 2,300 people.

This is the second earthquake experience by the Big Brain. The first occurred on Thursday, January 19, 2012 and was a force estimated at 4.6 near the epicenter.

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Friday, February 24, 2012

MC Photo Gallery

PHOTO A
LOST TREASURE VAULT PHOTOS MC MINIMAL COMPUTER GALLERY
Here's the beginning of photo posting for the MC Computer, a slowly growing cache. These are original photos restored from the hard drive.

PHOTO A - Preparing to close the lid on the MC Computer with wires bundled and positioned

PHOTO B
PHOTO B - Completing the final wiring, note the inclusion of a Parallax Prop Plug at the rear right side and the attached recoil USB cable for downloading code

PHOTO C - The completed MC, running tests and verifying functions, banana jacks deliver 3 volts DC power

PHOTO D - Front panel showing computer printed overlay




PHOTO C

PHOTO D

MC Minimal Computer Reborn

Minimal Computer for Schools
MC COMPUTER REBIRTH
This week, the MC Minimal Computer is reborn. Arising from the ashes of a hard drive crash, the resurrected MC is designed as a school machine and a construction project for Parallax Propeller chip enthusiasts, or anyone interested in building their own simple computer.

The battery driven Minimal Computer, also part of the Big Brain Clan, uses one prop chip and a series of panel toggle switches and LEDs. The MC is the forerunner of the new and upcoming projects: the Shrunken Computer, and the all new Propeller COSMAC Elf II.

MC is designed as a Learning System for schools. It's the tool needed for learning the BINARY language and exploring computer programming. In minimal configs and standby, the MC can of course run for months... approaching a year's time on the internal battery. The front panel has inputs for 3 volts DC using banana jacks. Toggle inputs B0 through B7 are designed for input of binary programs and to regulate SPIN language code. Equivalent LEDs are panel mounted for display readout. Additionally the MC has an Enter/Step pushbutton, a power on/off switch, and AUX toggle.

The MC is very portable and extremely light weight. It school back packs, fits luggage, and has a great all around appearance. It's fun and easy to work with, and it interfaces to PC, Mac or LINUX. MC is built on one solderless breadboard affixed to cabinet floor with sticky tape. The solderless design allows for changes in the minimal configurations, i.e. working with LEDs, ports, control projects, etc. More information will follow.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

MC Computer Restoration

MC COMPUTER RESTORATION PROJECT
The MC Computer - Sequence of construction steps
We found the long lost Propeller MC Minimal Computer! It's discovery now makes it one of the foremost Big Brain projects of all time!

Since the advent of the MC Computer, a computer designed for minimal computing, the Big Brain was born and developed in a time span lasting over one year. During this era, several things happened. A hard drive crash destroyed the MC Computer material including the story about MC development, Text Manual, schematics, photos and software with numerous programs. It was like a flesh eating virus and it ate all HD content. Over a half year later, the recovery process continues and emergence of some files has led to the ongoing restoration of the MC Computer. The new knowledge and technology created by the Big Brain will enable more rapid development of the MC.

Original
MC is now another offspring of the Big Brain and is designed with only one Propeller chip. The MC computer is the foundation project that will lead to several more interesting projects, including the Shrunken Computer (SC) and the Propeller Elf II (the Propeller-based emulator of the original retro Netronics Elf II microcomputer from the 1970s).

MC Assembly Parts & Tools
During the temporary demise of the MC (the HW always remained intact, except its one Propeller chip was assimilated by the Big Brain), new projects emerged based based on its design, therefore knowledge exists of the development of these new projects. Also utilizing one Propeller, the two new reincarnations will reside within the Big Brain's offspring family. During the original post, a teaser showed small images of the emerging project, step by step. Stay tuned for more information about the MC Minimal Computer, the SC Shrunken Computer and the New Propeller Elf II.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Propeller Stickers from the Vault


PROP STICKERS FROM THE VAULT
Get stuck on Stickers!
These are original sticker files released for the Propeller chip which serve numerous purposes. 

It's black or white. Take your pick for preferential visibility. Click on the image to get the full size image and drag it to the desktop. Cut and paste to arrange for printouts. The new version Propeller sticker is already arranged in a block label sheet for the convenience of printout and is found here. There are now at least 3 styles of Propeller chip labels used for the Big Brain and its offspring. For working with and expanding Big Brain arrays, a new sticker is in the design process. It will provide custom annotation for various pin interface wiring connections.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Micron Propeller

THE MICRON PROPELLER
Create the MP with no hardware changes
Shrinking the Propeller!
One of the most exciting parts of working with a Propeller chip is enhancing it with new ways of thinking out of the box. Expanding the world of Propeller with enlarging enhancements is highly useful for the Big Brain. Contracting the chip is also useful, i.e. shrinking it down to a remarkable "micron" level.

A Micron Propeller is a new small scale version of the full scale Propeller chip. How small? It's exampling prototype is 1/125th of Cog or 1/1000th of the entire chip. It's a prop that's subdivided into smaller processors. It's one of these processors that we are interested in. Propeller chips already have subdivisions of eight Cogs or processors that can work singly or in unison. However, the Micron Propeller takes this to a whole new level of small.

Focus on a Micron Propeller - it's created by the operation of disabling seven Cogs, maintaining functioning of one, and subdividing the one into additional processing units. One of these subdivisions become a Micron Propeller. Micron Propellers are useful for ultra low power consumption, the managing and operating of special code, can be transported to other parts of the chip, and operate green by using only the resources needed. Th e Micron Propeller is derived from the Big Brain's VP technology.

Micron Propeller
Spinoff technology from Big Brain VPs -  the Micron Propeller is the ultimately small Propeller. Each Propeller chip has eight cogs, one of which is subdivided into a maximum of 125 Clones. The remainder cogs are placed in off conditions. One 1/125th of (A), the smallest usable subdivision, is known as a Micron Propeller (MP). One chip can generate many MPs. Each MP holds one Micron program and shares resources including RAM, ROM, Clock, Counters and PINS. MPs can undergo SW transmutations and transporting. The MPRTOS Micron Propeller Real Time Operating System controls timing, parametric handling, multitasking functions, and is a part of Cloning.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Humor Chip

DOES THE BIG BRAIN NEED A HUMOR CHIP?
Discovery design showing a Humor Chip
The Big Brain has lots of Propeller chips. Should one become a Humor Chip?

Even in the technical world where humanoid robots and thinking machine brains are emerging, their association and relationships with humans will necessitate humor. Humor is known to release stress and create psychological balance and positive chi energy which extends the known benefits of laughter. Can you name a friend who you think should lighten up? Though there are no "humor chips" yet available off the shelf, its up to the techies to program their contents. Humanoids are currently made from processor chips - some include the Propeller chip. There are people working on projects leading to the use and implementation of the Humor Chip, and it's likely the Propeller chip will be a candidate for said subroutines.

How does the Big Brain Humor Chip work?
Currently under development, the Humor Chip is a processor, either hardware or software based, that regulates and initiates humor. It has sensor input and humor output. The premise of operation is to detect ongoing stressful situations and inject a Humor Stream. This is easier said than done. Does it require a verbal interface? Perhaps not, or a verbal interface could be supplemented. First, an exampling system is required, as proof of concept. One Propeller chip is dedicated to humor subroutines and sets up cogs to handle software based I/O. It has a stress level detector that detects the level of stress within the Big Brain. Stress level is based one or several factors - a conversation with a human, the level of thinking, intensity of thought or problem solving, the type of thinking and the duration and number of occurrences. Stress is generally measured by the complexity, duration, type, etc. of activity.

What is humor?
What is the purpose of humor? why do we laugh? Humor is a complex phenomenon. There is no general theory of humor or even an agreed definition. When we try to define exactly what counts as humor and what does not, or how humor operates, we find it quite difficult. Humor is comprised of three components: wit, mirth, and laughter. Wit is the cognitive experience, Mirth the emotional experience, Laughter the physiological experience. We often equate laughter with humor, but there are many instances of laughter (tickling, nervousness, etc.) that clearly have little to do with humor. Similarly, there are many instances of humor that do not result in laughter (due to the mood of the appreciator, the social context, etc.). Humor is a quality of perception that enables us to experience joy even when faced with adversity. Stress is an adverse condition during which we may experience tension or fatigue, feel unpleasant emotions and sometimes develop a sense of hopelessness or futility. You cannot feel stress, angry, depressed, anxious, guilty, or resentful and experience humor at the same time. Like beauty being in the eyes of the beholder, humor is in the funny bone of the receiver of the experience.