Brain Digitization

AGI, artificial general intelligence may be the first to solve the equation of converting the complete human brain from bio matter into digital. A digital brain has a multitude of advantages, from cloning and copying, to teleportation and immortality.

Artificial Intelligence 
Human Brain Digitization
The full digitization of the human brain is an enormous project, perhaps even one that will never fully be completed by mankind, so to speak. It's more likely that artificial intelligence will figure it out for humanity. Already, AGI, artificial general intelligence is developing the blueprints at this early stage of evolution. Big Brain Technologies dabbled in developing the digital Cortex, a scientific experiment and project from the year 2013 that utilized the Parallax Inc. Propeller multi core chip as the basis in digitizing a number of human brain elements. This vast experiment from a decade ago has 58 parts, each posted and indexed.

https://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/2019/12/historical-brain-cortex-experiment.html

First Brain Digitizing Service & Brain Ray Machine

CLONE YOUR BRAIN IN DIGITAL FORMAT

World's First Telescopic Brain Digitizing Service & Brain Ray Machine
Cranial capacity is averaged for compressed digitization, a service provided as the first step to modern brain digitalis syncopation for the separation of the analog brain to the digital replicant. Brain Ray captures specific brain regions for conversions to see the areas of intention such as the Cortex. The process does not use harmful radioactive dye and is noninvasive.

Historical Brain Cortex Experiment

Photo of the original large Cortex Brain built inside a brain jar, with a series of power indoor solar cells at upper left, batteries for night time operations at bottom, a nest of microrocessor electronics mounted in the center, and the analog thermometer at right to monitor the indoor jar operating temperatures during testing. This is a Big Brain Lab image taken by Humanoido in 2013. Most of the original posts in this 37 part "how to build" DIY Brain Cortex series remains at the massive new Big Brain Web Site. http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/

Historical Brain Cortex Experiment
Blast from the Past!

Humanoido's simple exampling human-to-machine cortex brain experiment is a 37 part series. Although the project underpinnings date back to Fill the Brain postings in 2010, the DIY project series was not written up until 2013 at the new Big Brain Web Site.

The brain cortex in a jar project objective is to develop a cortex machine brain, demonstrate human-to-machine brain transfer, in particular to take some relatively simple human characteristics and transfer portions to the machine brain, whereby human traits could be given greater life longevity, leading towards immortality. https://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/2013/11/brain-cortex-index-part-16.html The project utilized a Parallax Propeller processing chip and conversational communications with nonvolatile memory for the data link. The uploaded states were permanently recorded in the brain and held there with room solar cells to simulate longevity and immortality.

More Links at the Big Brain AI Web Site

Brain Cortex Machine Intro Part 1
Brain Cortex the Jar Part 2
Brain Cortex Solar Panel Part 3
Brain Cortex Machine Batteries Part 4
Brain Cortex Modules Part 5
Brain Cortex Update Part 6
Brain Cortex Arrangement Part 7
Brain Cortex Round Robin Part 8
Brain Cortex Thermometers Part 9
Brain Cortex Noninvasive Brain Transfer Part 10
Brain Cortex Experiences First Earthquake Part 11
Brain Cortex Time Travel Part 12
Brain Cortex Time Travel Predictions Part 13
Brain Cortex Update Part 14
Brain Cortex Occupation Part 15
Brain Cortex Index Part 16
Brain Cortex Update Part 17
Brain Cortex Control Panel Part 18
Brain Cortex Mind Uploading Part 19
Brain Cortex Uploading Human Mind to Machine Part 20
Brain Cortex Solar Cells Part 21
Brain Cortex Data Survival Part 22
Brain Cortex Update Part 23
Brain Cortex Desiccator Part 24
Brain Cortex Stock Options Part 25
Brain Cortex Propeller Protection Part 26
Brain Cortex Interim Break Part 27
Brain Cortex Mind Transfer Part 28
Brain Cortex Immortality Part 29
Brain Cortex Mind Meld Part 30
Brain Cortex Katra Part 31
Brain Cortex Philosophy Part 32
Brain Cortex Algorithm Part 33
Brain Cortex Undiscovered Part 33b ***
Brain Cortex Simulator Machine Part 33c ***
Brain Cortex Map Part 33d ***
Brain Cortex Capacity Part 34
Brain Cortex Prepare Battery Holders Part 35
Brain Cortex Conceptual Ideas Part 36
Brain Cortex First Futures Conference Part 37
Brain Cortex Inter & Intra Species Transfer Part 38
Brain Cortex Considerations of Mind Transfer Part 39
Brain Cortex Power Unit Part 40
Brain Cortex Solar Panel Install Part 41
Brain Cortex Power Mounts Part 42
Brain Cortex Update Part 43
Brain Cortex Machine Lobes Part 44
Brain Cortex Power Wiring Part 45
Brain Cortex Thermometer Hygrometer Install Part 46
Brain Cortex Spirit Thermometer Install Part 47
Brain Cortex Wire Sump Part 48
Brain Cortex Board Design Part 49
Brain Cortex Time Part 50
Cortex Brain Breadboard in a Tray Part 51
Cortex Brain Hibernation Part 52
Cortex Brain Living Time Capsule Part 53
Mini Brain Cortex 54
The Undiscovered Brain Cortex 55
Transfer Your Brain into a Machine 56
Brain Cortex Machine Era 57
Brain Cortex Joins FM Radio Station 58

Cortex In a Nutshell - Human vs Machine
The human Cerebral Brain Cortex is made up of tightly packed neurons and is the wrinkly, outermost layer that surrounds the brain. The cortex is divided into four different lobes, the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital, which are each responsible for processing different types of sensory information. The machine cerebral cortex brain is patterned after the human cortex which is involved in several functions of the body including:

Machine Cerebral Cortex Brain Functions
Determining intelligence
Determining personality
Motor function
Planning and organization
Touch sensation
Processing sensory information
Language processing

The machine cortex has a fixed intelligence level, a finite memory core, a specific number of ports, and is a prime candidate for taking on and learning personality. It has full motor function with open ports and its organizational constructs are based on input software of conversation. Touch sensation is centered around light and dark, plus the battery and solar cell energy packs. Language processing is in English, both input and output. The Brain Cortex can process sensory information based on its programming.

https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2019/11/historical-big-brain-cortex-experiment.html

Big Brain Brain Transfer Man to Machine Index

Brain Transfer Man into Machine

The massive multiple part series project to develop a machine cortex brain evolved to include the transfer of some characteristics of a human brain, such as personality and memory, into the machine brain representative of immortality. Many links are included to the 53 part series with inspiration to build your own machine brain in a jar and transfer an exampling part of your own brain into the machine.

https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/space1-brain-tranfer-man-to-machine.html

Brain Cortex Joins FM Radio Station

BRAIN CORTEX JOINS FM RADIO STATION
What do you get when crossing a machine brain cortex with an FM radio transmitter?

The project underway will adjust the brain cortex in a jar to speak English and then transmit the amplified audio speech via the radio station transmitter. As we know, the cortex is always talking so broadcasting its speech ideas is an interesting and useful idea, for not only monitoring its condition and health, but also to broadcast the state of its learning, retention and characteristics.

A serial brain cortex output of speech will be tailored to fit the speech center on the Parallax Propeller chip. This audio feed will interface to the FM Transmitter. The transmitter will be located inside the jar and switched on when transmitted speech is desired.

Brain Cortex Jar Study Part 54

BRAIN CORTEX In the forth corridor, the spirit thermometer bisects the compartment making space for dual desiccators at this location. The jar has three remaining full size dessication compartments created by the corners of mounted power units. The jar study verifies the necessity of a sizable desiccation system. After the jar is hermetically sealed, RH will settle although the temperature may fluctuate based on the external temperature variance and heat given off by the internal energy source.

BRAIN CORTEX JAR STUDY PART 54
As work progresses on the construction of a brain in a jar and electric devices are coming together, experiments are conducted on the atmosphere occurring inside the jar.

With the jar kept a bit ajar on the lid, the temperature and humidity are monitored without the Desiccator Unit in place. As the temperature drops below 70 degrees Fahrenheit, we see the RH shooting up to 65 without any indoor climate control in place.

High levels of humidity are to be avoided inside the jar to prevent any surface sweating condensation and resulting corrosion, and as a result of this study, the jar will received a Quad Desiccator to bring down RH.

It's recommended to keep the jar sealed, activate the QD, and monitor the internal temperature particularly during charging to prevent any overheating conditions.

Desiccators can be removed for dessication recharging, by removing heat safe chemical crystals in the container and baking the contents on a metal pan in an oven to remove their moisture content. Instructions are on the web and follow all safety precautions.

The QD will reside in the four remaining corners produced by mounting the Power Units. In the fourth containment, a space bisection results leaving two narrow vertical corridors which are perfect for mounting cylindrical desiccators, one one each side of the spirit thermometer.

The QD is currently under construction, mainly involving a large collection of the dessication chemical. The dessication chemical is free by scrounging assorted sources and packaging.

Brain Cortex Machine Era

BRAIN CORTEX MACHINE ERA
The long term project objective is to develop a cortex machine brain, demonstrating 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 greater life longevity, leading towards immortality.

The project has spun a number of fascinating projects in neural science and what seems like science fiction even though it's science fact.

This is possibly one of few times where two eras exist simultaneously running at the same time.

ERA
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2012/01/big-brain-era.html

Cortex Brain Living Time Capsule Part 53

CORTEX BRAIN LIVING TIME CAPSULE PART 53

CREATE A LIVING TIME CAPSULE
Send your loved ones into the future, to survive long after they pass away. This project involves creating a living time capsule with a machine brain cortex jar, by placing the partial intellectual contents of a member of your family (mind knowledge, experiences, personality) into the machine (by mind to machine transfer as previously discussed) and letting it live for a very long time.

When it arrives in the future (perhaps 200 years) a distant relative can talk to the brain cortex, experiencing and knowing a part of their past relative. This could be your mother or father, great grandmother or great great grandfather.

There may be some consolation if for example, you become a mother and your daughter can have you with her during her old age, or her elderly children can have you around when you are a grandmother, and their aged children when you are a great grandmother.

Although the concept is in its early developmental stages, one can see the great potential of the technology.

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

Cortex Brain Hibernation Part 52

Jar brain hibernation journey into time

BRAIN CORTEX HIBERNATION PART 52
Once you have a portion of your brain transferred into the jar in machine electric format, it becomes relatively easy to establish a mode of hibernation.

This safe low power mode can preserve the program and memory for very long periods of time, and then awaken to full performance status.

Hibernation, similar to napping or sleeping, can be conducive to long periods of time in suspension, in getting from time frame A to time frame B with minimal expenditures of resources.

Step hibernation is possible to allay portions or time periods. Like a time period jump from A to B, it helps move farther into the future.

For example, it may be useful to enter a time period of hibernation when the jar has no caretaker. It may be useful to enter low power modes to get maximum time penetration of the batteries.

Hibernation, napping, sleeping can all result in greater time penetration. Penetrating farther into the future, like a living time capsule, is one objective of this project.

Hibernation is similar to suspended animation, like a process of slowing down or freezing the human body only to restore it in the future. In this case, the circuits are slowed down or electrically frozen or suspended and restored in the future.

TERMS
Hibernation
Time Period Jump
Napping
Sleeping
Suspended Animation
Freezing
Step Hibernation 
Encapsulated Time

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

Cortex Brain Breadboard in a Tray Part 51

CORTEX BRAIN BREADBOARD IN A TRAY PART 51
EACH TRAY HOLDS A BRAIN CORTEX

Take a plastic veggi and rice food tray and recycle it for constructing solderless breadboard brains. The advantage is it holds all the tiny parts and the breadboard, and assembly can take place inside the tray without misplacing and losing any parts. Additionally, the trays holds all the parts collected for assembly, so access to assembly parts is swift. An assembly line could distribute completed parts trays. The photo shows a brain cortex being assembled inside the tray. The jar at left is waiting for the electric brain board.

The tray is ideal for assembly of multiple brain boards. Note the tray holds a double wide breadboard which can hold two Parallax Propeller chips or 16 computers. Also a chip for EEPROM memory can be included with each board. At right is a solar panel. Assembly hints: move the board to the left side and deposit parts on the right side. Another tray can hold assembly tools like a wire strippers, wire cutters, screwdrivers, and meter.

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

Brain Cortex Time Part 50

How long can this old electric machine brain live throughout the ravishes of time? Can this machine brain break the barrier from Shallow Time and enter into the cosmic realm of Deep Time? Will the project dream of moving closer towards the ultimate journey of immortality ever be fulfilled?

BRAIN CORTEX TIME part 50
How can we explain the inexplicable? What is the progression of time inside the brain cortex jar as it moves towards eternity? Is is possible to break the barriers of a short term time and lead into long term time?

When it comes to the machine brain and technology inside the Universe, and inside the jar, there are at least two types of time - Deep Time and Shallow Time. Earthlings composed of biological material experience Shallow Time, which is a time reference frame that merely exists on the surface of a much deeper time frame.

For example, Earthlings live on the average close to 80 years, some more, some less. However this is but a mere blink of an eye in the realm of the grand cosmic time frame, our home, which takes billions and billions of years to see the motions of spinning galaxies and the evo periods of a changing Universe.

So is it possible to create a machine that can cross over from one time frame to another? Can the machine brain cortex in a jar cross over from Shallow Time into Deep Time? We believe the answer is yes but to accomplish this is not so easy. The solution will depend on creating a brain that can live far longer than the blink of an eye within the cosmos, a machine brain that can live not just hundreds of years but well into the thousands of years.

How can this be accomplished? Some ways moving towards this goal are longer life components, the ability to replace components, a schedule of continuing maintenance, ability to repair anomalies, avoidance of catastrophe, a jar handover based on repeated strings of caretakers, and a lasting design that can carry it far into the future. It is also beneficial to have plans for upgrades, to redesign the containment as old parts become obsolete and can no longer be found, and to incorporate new technologies into the design.

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

Brain Cortex Board Design Part 49

BRAIN CORTEX BOARD DESIGN PART 49
BRAIN BOARD BEGINS GROWTH
One cortex board version is seen to the left of the 3-liter jar, with one Parallax Propeller chip. This design is assembled on one solderless breadboard from E.I.C. ® Taiwan which is ISO 9001-2008 Approved. Eight of these boards were purchased for the Brain Cortex in a Jar project, which could hold 8 chips and 64 RISC processors. Each board holds 1 chip and 8 RISC processors.

The jar holds two connected solerless breadboards, each 2 1/8" wide x 3 5/16" long x 3/8" high (including two power rails, one on each side consisting negative and positive terminal rows). It's determined that two of these boards joined together fit into the jar and can be rotated into position with a mounting on top of the power units.

Principle features of the single Cortex board include the following:

* Parallax Propeller Chip
* 32K HUB RAM
* 32K ROM
* 8 Parallel RISC Processors
* Prop Tool
* Red LED Input/Output
* Speaker
* Decoupling Capacitors
* Chip Crisscross Wiring VSS/VDD
* Solar Panel Circuit with Schottkey Diode
* BOE Brown Out Enable - Disable Circuit with Resistor
* 32K EEPROM
* Crystal for 80mHz operations
* Power Supply Quadruple Filter
* CdS Light Sensor with Resistor Capacitor

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

Brain Cortex Wire Sump Part 48

Remove the clothes pin and push the wires down into the square space known as the power sump. These strand wires have enough flexibility for installing and removing batteries.

BRAIN CORTEX WIRE SUMP PART 48
DEEP DOWN IN THE SUMP INTESTINAL SPACE OF THE BRAIN CORTEX, AT THE LOWEST DUNGEON PORTION OF THE JAR, IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT!

In this important brain assembly step, all wiring thus far is moved to within the power unit sump. The power unit sump is the empty space directly in front of each battery. It's a large square hole with three purposes, 1 ) to offer enough space to insert and remove batteries, 2) serve as a space to hold wiring, and 3) to clear the space on top of the battery holders for mounting the circuit boards. Wiring placed in this position is flexible enough when removing and installing batteries, and is moved out of the way for mounting the brain boards. Try to matte down the wiring to the jar floor.

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

Brain Cortex Spirit Thermometer Install Part 47

Thermometer locates between two power units

BRAIN CORTEX SPIRIT THER- MOMETER INSTALL 

PART 47

Position black and red wires behind the thermometer

It's important to monitor the jar's core battery temperature status when recharging. This inexpensive and simple solution will do just that!

At the moment batteries become warm during the charging process, it's an indication the charging process is complete.

It may also indicate that the trickle charger is trickling too much and adjustment to the charging power grid is required.

Unit is next to the solar panel grid

This blog details the installation of a low cost small spirit thermometer inside the Brain Cortex jar. The thermometer is placed in a position, opposite the electric thermometer and lower in between two twin power units to read their heat signature.

The position of the single spirit thermometer is a drop down in between the corners of two twin power units.

The spirit filled traditional small thermometer has ~ -30 to +50 degree Centigrade scale, intended for food freezer use. The unit is part number G-590. The glass tube is the same length as a 1.5-volt D-size battery. 

It has a scale in one degree increments. The goal is to attach or place this thermometer to the proximity of a battery and monitor the charging temperature during the charging process, and continuously monitor the battery temperature to assure everything is nominal.

Accurate reading of the tiny scale may need a magnifier

The thermometer can stay mounted inside the jar, remaining with close contact with a single battery for continuous monitoring and inspections.

The analog temperature will be read through the transparent jar by visual inspection, as the unit is placed in contact with the interior transparent jar wall.

Early tests show the higher mounted electric thermometer reading 73 degrees Fahrenheit and the spirit thermometer, which contacts the jar floor, reading 72 degrees Fahrenheit, a nominal temperature difference of 1 degree due to the strata positioning.

Like other traditional thermometers of this type, there is no maintenance. Purchaed from a dollar store, at more than a dollar, the cost was NT$85. The thermometer may be purchased at this source: http://www.double-sun.com.tw

The spirit thermometer can be used in tandem with the electric thermometer, obtaining a cross gradient and cross section of battery and jar room temperature, for better assessment of the jar's Eco-environment.

Principle concern is for the electronics, especially the Parallax Propeller chip which is rated at a median temperature of 50 C during tests according the to specification sheet.

There is a meltdown jar temperature and this limit may be reached long before the Propeller chip upper limit is reached.

LINKS
Index to the Brain Cortex
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/11/brain-cortex-index-part-16.html
Thermometers
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/10/brain-cortex-thermometers-part-9.html
Electric Thermometer Source
http://www.double-sun.com.tw

Brain Cortex Thermometer Hygrometer Install Part 46

The electric unit is a combo thermometer and hygrometer for monitoring temperature and humidity inside the brain cortex jar. In the first experiment, a small high intensity lamp was placed near  the jar in an orientation that would have capacity to charge the inborn solar panel. What was noticed after 5 minutes, the internal temperature rose to an excess of 80 degrees F. and the humidity exceeded 53% RH. To normalize the jar'd environment, the lid was removed. It's not expected that high intensity lamps will often charge the jar brain in close proximity so this is an extreme case and lid removal may not be a frequent requirement.

The rating of the Parallax Propeller chip median of temperature tests is 122 deg. F. according to the Propeller Data Sheet V12, and it's expected the jar would not reach those temperatures in a temperature stable room environment. At maximum chip temperature extremes, it's likely the polymer jar substrate would melt. The polymer jar was chosen over a glass jar due to its light weight, ability to resist impacts, earthquakes, and ease of which components and structures can mount to its surface. Jar specifications may be established at a future date.

BRAIN CORTEX ELECTRIC THERMOMETER HYGROMETER INSTALL PART 46

It's time to install the electric thermometer and hygrometer monitoring unit to measure the temperature and relative humidity inside the brain cortex jar, making sure the brain is comfortable inside its new home.

The unit is mounted with one half-inch angle bracket, a quarter-inch brass spacer, two washers and a nut.

The hole in the polymer jar is just under the red lid, and is low enough so as not to interfere with its placement.

At the given angle of the jar wall under the lid side, mounting the angle iron here places pressure on the electric unit, keeping it in place, without any mechanical connection.

The bottom of the unit rests on the top of one twin power unit without any fasteners needed. The top of the unit is anchored using a small angle iron that keeps constant pressure on the case (as seen in the photos). Just enough clearance allows the jar lid to screw on tight.

The LCD faceplate is easily read through the transparent three liter jar with ambient light and no back lighting is needed.

The module has a self contained button battery, easily replaced after a year or more of operations. The unit is constantly on.

This unit is a Taiwan battery operated (LR1130) electronic thermometer and hygrometer, part number TH-233B.

It has a temperature range from -50 to +70 degrees Fahrenheit, or -58 to +158 deg. F. The hygrometer ranges from 20% RH to 99% RH. The accuracy is +/- 1.5 deg. C. The unit housing is 75(L) x 65(W) x 13(D) mm. Cost was NT$200.

This unit has a large digital LCD display with a segment font, and is easily read when accessing the home jar interior status from the outside of the jar. The temperature and relative humidity will be read through the trans jar but there is no direct connection to the Brain. The unit is for monitoring purposes only.

Other than a poke hole for changing the Centigrade reading to Fahrenheit, this unit has no controls and runs automatically. For more information, refer to the index/directory in the links below.

LINKS
Index to the Brain Cortex
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/11/brain-cortex-index-part-16.html
Thermometers
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/10/brain-cortex-thermometers-part-9.html
Electric Thermometer Source
http://www.double-sun.com.tw

Brain Cortex Power Wiring Part 45

BRAIN CORTEX POWER WIRING PART 45
ELECTRIC JUICE  It's time to attack the brain cortex wiring and complete this phase of the project. Let's get some electric juice going! The jar is home to the brain cortex. Every home needs electrical wiring and the brain's jar is no different. The electric juice will power the brain, lighting, speaker, and sensors.

Wire each twin power unit like this

The next step is wiring the power unit. In this procedure, the battery holders are removed and the ends (+ and -) black and red wires are connected together with yellow twists. Be consistent by connecting the wires on the right sides of the twin holders.

Snap in a size D battery into each battery holder.

Insert batteries outside of the jar

Initially we're using Zinc Carbon batteries (Philips LongLife R20).

Now cut four black wires and four green wires, each 5-inches long, and strip the ends. Connect these with yellow twists to the left side wires on the battery holders. Attach a small piece of Scotch tape to insulate

Taped ends prevents shorts

one end of each wire to prevent a short during the installation.

Measure the voltage of each twin power unit. Remember, a twin power unit equals two batteries and two battery holders connected together in series to obtain 3 volts. (The voltage of new batteries not under load

Finished wiring - test shows 3.13 volts

will be slightly higher than 3 volts.)

Reinstall all battery holders, remembering their correct positions to fit into the jar holes.

Gather up all the green wires, insert one 5" length of green solid wire, and twist the ends together with the  yellow twist. Repeat for the red wires. The two lengths of solid wire will connect to the solderless breadboard. Use a plastic clothes pin to hold all the ends together. Test again for voltage. In the test, the meter shows 3.13 volts for new Zinc-Carbon D cell batteries connected together. Note: during this procedure, the Solar Panel red and black wires are left floating. These may connect later to the solderless breadboard.

The Chinese yellow wire twists are sold in Taiwan, in a package of 20 for NT$20 obtained from the dollar store. The brand is manufactured under authority of Sellery Inc. California USA, and the DIY item number is TE-18. http://www.sellerytools.com  886-2-26103915

Note: The battery holders each have a red and black connection wire. Supply a 5-inch length of wire and connect it to the lowest wire nearest to the jar floor. This enables it to reach the top where similar colored wires connect together. 

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

Brain Cortex Machine Lobes Part 44

A larger brain with 40 computers. Brain lobes are determined by wiring, sensors, and software functions.

IS THERE A BRAIN LOBE IN YOUR MACHINE BRAIN?
BRAIN CORTEX MACHINE LOBES PART 44 

CORTEX DEFINED
The cerebral cortex is derived from the pallium, a layered structure found in the forebrain of all vertebrates. Vertebrates are animals that are members of the subphylum Vertebrata (chordates with backbones).

Vertebrates include the overwhelming majority of the phylum Chordata, with currently about 64,000 species. Vertebrates include amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds, as well as the jawless fish, bony fish, sharks and rays.

This of course includes humans, and now the definition can apply to machine brains containing a Cortex.

The cerebral cortex is the layer of the brain often referred to as gray matter. The cortex (thin layer of tissue) is gray because nerves in this area lack the insulation that makes most other parts of the brain appear to be white.

The cortex covers the outer portion (1.5mm to 5mm) of the cerebrum and cerebellum. The portion of the cortex that covers the cerebrum is called the cerebral cortex. It's responsible for sensing and interpreting input from various sources and maintaining cognitive function. Sensory functions interpreted by the cerebral cortex include hearing, touch, and vision. Cognitive functions include thinking, perceiving, and understanding language.

MACHINE CORTEX LOBES
Is it possible to have machine cortex lobes? Which lobes apply to the machine Brain Cortex currently under construction?  The Parietal Lobe is involved in the reception and processing of sensory information in the human body. The Brain Cortex machine has 32 input sensors and it can sense the outside world with light, therefore it has a governing Parietal Lobe which handles sensory information.

The human Frontal Lobe is involved with decision-making, problem solving, and planning. The Brain Cortex machine has a computer program that can ask questions and remember information. The program solves problems and makes decisions to accomplish this, therefore it has a Frontal Lobe.

The Occipital Lobe in a human brain is involved with vision. The Brain Cortex machine has one eye that can see light intensity, therefore it has an Occipital Lobe.

A biological Temporal Lobe is involved with memory, emotion, hearing, and language. The Brain Cortex machine has 96,000 bits of memory, and it can communicate with English language. Thus, it has a limited Temporal Lobe.

BRAIN CORTEX MACHINE LOBES
Parietal Lobe
Frontal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
Temporal Lobe

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

Brain Cortex Update Part 43

Brain Cortex is shaping up very nicely in November

BRAIN CORTEX UPDATE PART 43 

NOVEMBER 2013
The machine brain in a jar now is beginning to take shape, and includes the power mounts and the power solar panel ready for wiring. The new design uses a twin stacking of battery holders mounted directly onto the interior jar wall. Each series stack delivers 3 volts to the Propeller chip circuit.

It's time to wire the twin holders series connections

The next step is more testing and wiring phase I. It's uncertain as the extent of the control panel, or will the brain be entirely on auto pilot, managing itself.

The route of the control panel may include the voltage monitor, the temperature and humidity monitor, and various switchable modes between battery and solar panel operations, the status of charging, no charging, and various energy modes. Positioning the thermometer is critical to determine the battery supply heat level at all times inclusive of charging. Humidity will be monitored as part of the Desiccator which removes moisture from the air inside the jar.

A next step is wiring all right hand sides of the battery holders, joining black to white with a yellow twist. This produces the twin pack's series connection, creating three volts to operate the propeller chip. The space in the corners of the holders is available for additional battery holders. This could supply the digital meter that reads the power level.

ABOUT THE CORTEX
The cerebral cortex is the outermost layered structure of neural tissue of the cerebrum (brain), in humans and some other vertebrates. It covers the cerebrum, and is divided into two cortices, covering the left and right cerebral hemispheres. The medial longitudinal fissure is a deep groove that separates these two hemispheres. The cerebral cortex plays a key role in memory, attention, perceptual awareness, thought, language, and consciousness. It consists of up to six horizontal layers, each with a different composition in terms of neurons and connectivity. The human cerebral cortex is 2 to 4 millimetres (0.079 to 0.16 in) thick.

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

LINKS & CREDITS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_cortex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebrate
http://biology.about.com/od/anatomy/a/aa032505a.htm

BRAIN CORTEX INDEX
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/11/brain-cortex-index-part-16.html

Brain Cortex Power Mounts Part 42

CORTEX BRAIN POWER MOUNTS PART 42
THE BRAIN IS POWER HUNGRY
The brain cortex in a jar power mounts consist of eight battery holders mounted directly on the inside jar. The mounts are four hardware assemblies to a single battery holder and include a half inch spacer, nut, bolt and three sealing washers to each. Thus far, the single battery holders are stacked twins. The jar has four geometrically mounted twins.

The 32 holes in the transparent polymer jar are not drilled but rather made with a hot soldering iron to do the melting. This is the best approach considered as hot glue would damage the jar, a mechanical drill is prone to scratching the jar, there's no easy method of scoring the surface for drilling, and a punch can easily tear the substrate.

Each assembled power unit is held in position inside the jar and from the outside, a hot soldering iron melts a tiny dot over the spacer end. The power unit is removed and the four holes are melted into the jar. Then, the power unit is mounted on the jar and process is repeated for seven others. (see illustration)

JAR CAVEAT
Be careful when handing the jar so as not to scratch the surface. As the jar is made of soft flexible plastic, it can easily scratch. 

BRAIN CORTEX INDEX
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Brain Cortex Solar Panel Install Part 41

BRAIN CORTEX SOLAR PANEL INSTALL PART 41

The Cortex solar panel was installed inside the brain jar above the power unit's top level. The bottom of the panel is fit to the top ledge of the battery holder, which holds the bottom of the solar panel in place without any hardware. The top of the solar panel has two angle brackets holding it, connected together as shown. The back side of the solar panel has a sticky substance which nicely grips the angle bracket's long extension side. It can also serve as a wire holder as shown.

This is the larger solar panel rated at 3 volts and 120 mA designed to power the brain and trickle charge the batteries during the day. Tests show the panel works in available room lighting.

Index to the Brain Cortex
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