Brain Cortex Capacity Part 34

The capacity of a brain increases with the number of processors which is related to the number of chips. When the chip density approaches 100 chips, the capacity for processors increases to 100,000 times more and beyond. INTELLIGENCE is a multiple subset of this processor relationship. This is related to neural capacity. It's expected that jar density will greatly increase with the use of specially designed boards. Large jars are currently waiting as cortex confinement vessels for extremely large brains currently up on the designing board. In this photo, an experimental 100+ chip big brain is running several connection machine experiments. This shows two design integrations, one in the back is an exoskeleton where the boards and components and wiring are on the outside, and second, high density boards in the front can hold over 192 RISC processors per board. Chips are Parallax Propeller.

BRAIN CORTEX CAPACITY
PART 34
Build a brain cortex with one chip or with one hundred chips. The neural capacity does not multiply 100 times for 100 chips. Neural capacity is multiplied 100,000 times. Imagine the power of a cortex 100,000 times more powerful than the current designed brain cortex in a jar.

Would it fit in a jar? Only if the jar is a big one! How big? Currently the lab has a big 5-liter jar. After some tests and redesigns, a new high density cortex will be placed inside but this is a future project.

The cortex is a different kind of machine animal with purposes entirely different from the Big Brain. Though technology from the Big Brain has made the Cortex possible, its purpose is very unique, i.e. both transferring a part of a human brain into the machine jar and increasing the jar's counterpart life span towards a state of immortality.

The base capacity of cortex intelligence "I" is based on a fundamental eight RISC processors. So doubling the "intelligence" of the cortex requires sixteen RISCs and the expansion is:

 Intelligence = 8n1 + 8n2 + 8n3 + ... where n is a factor multiple of 8. So the cortex can have an intelligence increase by adding cores. A chip has eight RISCs so three chips will have 24 or three times the intelligence.

Since limitations at the upper end allotment for configurations are currently allowed at 800 processors, the expanded cortex can have up to 100 times the intelligence level of the first cortex.

Machine cortex intelligence is based on DNA or birthing knowledge, the size of long term and short term memory, conversation capability, thinking, asking questions and the ability to continually learn new things.

MACHINE CORTEX INTELLIGENCE NI
* DNA
* Memory
* Conversation
* Thinking
* Questions
* Learning

ABOUT THE MACHINE CORTEX BRAIN PROJECT
This project objective is to develop a cortex machine brain, demonstrate a human-to-machine brain transfer, in particular to take some relatively simple characteristics of a human brain and transfer portions to the machine brain, whereby human traits could be given a greater life longevity, leading towards immortality.

Index to the Brain Cortex
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/11/brain-cortex-index-part-16.html

Brain Cortex Update Part 6

BRAIN CORTEX
PROJECT
UPDATE
PART 6

SUNDAY OCTOBER 27 2013







IN THIS EDITION!
* BATTERY SIZE
* BATTERY COMPOSITION
* JAR SIZE
* MODULE ARRANGEMENT
* BATTERY CAPACITY CHART 
* BOE DECISION

JOIN US AS WE BUILD a real live electric brain cortex. The cortex lives in a tiny home inside a hermetically sealed jar, eating and dining on continuous power, and can talk to the outside world. You can make the cortex your friend and teach it about life. It will learn from you and maybe carry on some your knowledge from generation to generation.

To assure uninterrupted flow of energy to the hungry and continuously dining Cortex, the use of tiny and weak AA batteries was dropped. In place, a series of more massive supply energy capable D size cells are now in use. A single D cell provides 12,000 mAh while the AA cell is only 2,700. The use of four D size cells wired to give 3 volts to the Propeller powered Brain Cortex will supply a full 24,000 mAh.

2) As a result of switching to more massive D size cells, the one liter jar is no longer large enough. The project is examining a 3 liter jar for current use.

3) The use of super capacitors is currently dropped in the overall design due to their unavailability.

4) The arrangement of modules inside the brain is paramount. The solar cells must be at the front. Two sets of large batteries cling to 90 degree opposing sides. The back and bottom are being examined for non-obstructed attachment without battery insertion and removal interference. Switching to jars larger than one liter, such as the three liter jar, has opened up possibilities for other module arrangements.

5) It's noted that other composition batteries cells don't provide the full 1.5 volts and combining two batteries would be insufficient to operate the Propeller chip for the defined term. For this reason, and for the common availability, alkaline batteries were selected.

6) A decision is made to switch from BOE ON to BOE OFF. With the BOE Brown Out Enable switch off, the cortex will operate on lower power as the battery has less voltage during the night. With BOE ON, when the voltage supply approaches 2.7 volts, a Propeller reset will occur. If at all possible, a reset condition is exactly what we want to avoid. For wiring, see the link below.

http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/08/propeller-simple-spin-board-part-6.html 

http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/07/propeller-simple-spin-board-part-2.html

DISABLE THE BROWNOUT DETECTOR

In this first modification to the Propeller Simple Spin Board, the connection from BOEn to Ground is removed. Insert a new connection between BOEn and Vdd. This will disable the brownout detector by connecting it to high, and prevent the board from resetting at 2.7 volts or less. (not shown on schematic) 

I can't seem to disable brown out detection, if I connect BOEn to Vdd even at 3.3v the Prop won't do anything.
 
Put an external pullup on RST (a 220 ohm resistor from RST to VDD).

When BOE Brown Out Enable is grounded, the Propeller chip has an internal pullup activated. When BOE is held high, the internal pullup is not active, and an external pullup is required on RST to restore functioning.

TYPICAL CAPACITY OF BATTERIES (UNITS IN MAH)
 
AAA size, 1,200 alkaline, 540 carbon–zinc, 800–1,000 NiMH

AA, 2,700 alkaline, 1,100 carbon–zinc, 3,000 Li–FeS2, 1,700–2900 NiMH, 600–1000 NiCd

C BATTERY, 8,000 alkaline, 3,800 carbon–zinc, 4,500–6,000 NiMH

D BATTERY, 12,000 alkaline, 8,000 carbon–zinc, 2,200–12,000 NiMH

9 VOLT, 565 alkaline, 400 carbon‑zinc, 1,200 lithium, 175–300 NiMH

120 NiCd, 500 lithium polymer rechargeable, 580 mercury, obsolete

Brain Cortex Index Part 16