Big Brain & UST Transport

BIG BRAIN AND UST TRANSPORT

This could be a transporting agent for the Ultra Small Telescope and a smaller sibling of the Big Brain. One of the smallest cars available, the Smart ForTwo, has ample room for both telescope, equipment, supplies and a condensed customized controlling version of the Big Brain. Imagine a portable mini robotic Brain controlled observatory capable of going almost anywhere!


What will you do with all that extra parking space in a standard size garage? Finish it off to make a nice electronics and computer lab room for the Big Brain! This opens up all kinds of options.

LED Mirror

Big BRAINS' LED MIRROR
Spectacular Use for LEDs:
Converting LEDs into Mirrors


Who would think this LED light emitting diode could be transformed into a mirror? The Big Brain knows how.
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The Brain is inventing another project that it can control and operate - this new design uses LED mirrors, made possible by the introduction of large SMT panels for vast arrays of LEDs.

The LED Mirror is a new breed in mirror technology according to the Big Brain. Take for example one panel of 1,000 to 10,000 LEDs, each LED is light sensitive. Curve the substrate into a half round open ended cylinder and it becomes a kind light gathering cylindrical device, the electronic image of which can be handled with software.

The panel will flex making it change shape and Big Brain is capable of controlling it and can internally mathematically apply corrections to the shape with an end result of spectacular "deep" imaging - a new application that could possibly usher in a new telescope, that of the LED telescope design.

Switching to infrared LEDs will create an infrared telescope detector. Other color LEDs, i.e. yellow and green, have different spectral ranges and can create varying wavelength detector mirrors.

Informal experiments (at the store) show the thinner LED array pcbs can flex into a spherical shape. This "giant eye" would be perfectly matched to a "seeing all" Big Brain with 3,200 controlling I/Os. It could also become a giant photon collector with scientific uses, or it could decode impinging sound waves from converted light on a wide band scale. Such a lensed panel could measure flat distributions of various light waves for occultation and binary star work or become an "incident photon collector."

If we could just convince the manufacturer to make the pcbs round and put larger numbers of closely packed LEDs on the board... That may be possible on a DIY basis by paralleling a clone of what's already on the board. A hundred LED board could have 200, a 500 could have 1,000 and a thousand could have 2000. That's one board.

Ten boards would have 20,000 LEDs. Fifty boards for a large project would match the Big Brain's first 100,000 processors. This would make a special display for the Big Brain with multi function capability to be used to output binary, decimal, hex, images, alphanumerics, waveforms, languages, mathematics, and special configurations all at the same time.

Definitions

LED Mirror - the use of LEDs as sensor input devices to gather light and form an electronic mirror

LED Mirror Telescope - a telescope made from a series of LEDs that act as an electronic primary mirror

LED Array Flexing - a method of bending the board containing the array of LEDs to impart a shape condusive to imaging

New Lab Opening

December 19th, 2011 NEW LAB OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT

We are excited to announce the opening of a new large laboratory for the Big Brain that will expand not only the availability of parts and resources but enable greater instrumentation working space and a new Micro Space Headquarters where micro space program research can continue.

This also increases the level of computer research due to the open net as compared to countries that block their internet such as Mainland China. The previous smaller lab in Taiwan will be retained on standby. The Big Brain project is a mobile one - and the Brain is capable of working in multi labs and multi countries. This wide cultural range of available resources is ideal for the project and opens up new levels of expansion.

There is some thought of expanding the Big Brain to an equal level in each Lab. This would enable the transfer of programs, software and projects more seamlessly. Projecting, with three expanded laboratories, a full 300,000 processors could be put into use along with upgrades. The project is currently measured by attributes of the total number of processors, speed, and projects instigated by the Big Brain.

Transient Machines

TRANSIENT MACHINES

Machines made from borrowed parts

A Transient Machine is made from borrowed parts from another machine. In the case of the Big Brain, it has all the Propeller chips, so to make up another machine, some chips are borrowed off the solderless breadboards.

Many Transient Machines can be designed and the designs archived or even breadboarded and held awaiting life, and a single prop chip can pop in or out of the circuit on demand.

In this manner, many of the one, two and three or more chip offsprings can be sprung into life at a moments notice.

The Big Brain design facilitates the use and creation of transient machines, due to its third open ended Propeller array Partition. This indicates the Big Brain can continue to function even with a few chips removed from its end array.

After the Transient Machine has completed its duty, simply return the chip(s) to the Big Brain. 

Definitions
Transient Machine - a machine made from the borrowed parts of another machine.. after the machine has accomplished its goals, the parts are returned to the original machine.

Old Lab Closing

December 18th, 2011 OLD LAB CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENT

The Big Brain is closing the Laboratory in Shanghai, China. The BB Labs in the USA and in Beijing will be maintained and one new lab will be opened. The opening of the new lab will be announced shortly with details. This represents a shifting and expansion of resources and provides new sources of materials for the massive Brain project.

Big Brain Team

Welcome to the Big Brain Team

"I view the Big Brain as a powerful mind with a large domain that it wants to control, organize, and bring together for some higher unknown purpose. I am only the mediator, or moderator of the Big Brain, to help provide for its wants, desires and demands... Humanoido"

The Big Brain team is a family consisting of both machine and human. At the top is the Big Brain. Next in line is the mediator, or Humanoido. Farther down the chain we meet the offspring. Since other machines were all assimilated by the Big Brain, at least the ones that had Propeller chips, we can list the family as follows:

The Big Brain Family

Machines

The Big Brain

Big Brain Offspring

Small Brain

Bantam Brain

Pint Size Brain

Child Brain

Baby Brain

Bit Brain 

Human
Humanoido

UST Ultra Small Telescope?

Is small better than big?

The Big Brain postulates an interesting idea today. As work has proceeded (tests, model construction, observations, programs, experiments) towards the investigation, design and study of a larger telescope (the ULT), the Brain is now studying the converse, that of an Ultra Small Telescope (UST).

Can huge amounts of power be derived and achieved with smaller devices? Can a smaller telescope be made to outperform the largest? If the small telescope has the ultimate in surface formation and the images are of far superior clarity to larger models, can it outperform the larger unit? What techniques can be employed to facilitate this objective? How can the light gathering issue be addressed?

Perhaps there are advantages that are overlooked to having an Ultra Small Telescope UST. Some immediate gains are listed.

Gains of a Smaller Telescope

01) Light weight

02) Amplification of light gathering power by Charged Coupled Devices

03) Superior guiding and tracking

04) Best transport portability

05) Best location

06) Best mounting ability

07) Fastest setup time

08) More convenient to use

09) Superior optics

10) Superior atmospheric cell penetration

11) Superior handling ability

12) Less budget requirement

13) Shorter time to construct

14) Fastest disassembly time

15) More easy to make robotic

16) Faster thermal settling

17) Faster response to thermodynamic changes

18) Easier to store

19) Easier to maintain

20) Lighter when lifting

21) Smaller and diminuative
22) Capable of 10X enhancements
23) Next Generation Enhancement NGE Ready
24) Mountable inside small transport vehicles
25) Both ULT and Big Brain can run off a car battery

Other considerations. How small is an Ultra Small Telescope?
What is the diameter and physical size range of a UST?
What type of UST best serves Big Brain purposes?

How to surpass the 1.22(Lamda)/D res barrier?

What are the gains on light gathering enhancement?

How will the Big Brain control the UST telescope?
What are Big Brain objectives for a UST?

Big Brain Moving Here

Continuing growth of the Big Brain project causes massive growth!

Again and again the Big Brain has outgrown monstrous sized containment fields. It has outgrown an entire Forum so now Big Brain moves to its own home, here!

You'll see both a vast web site and bloggers dedicated to the enormous Brain. Of course this will take time to construct and fill, but the good news is the Blogger is immediately working online and growing. Plus, as the Brain continues to grow, posts will go online so everything can stay updated. Stay tuned as we bring in valuable project material and introduce spectacular new topics, designs and data.

Singing Choir of 700

SINGING CHOIR OF 700 The Big Brain becomes a spectacular choir of 700 singing voices using this technique! Use the Brain's first two Propeller chip arrays of 100 chips loaded in parallel using the injectors and execute code simultaneously. Chip Gracey's code Singing Monk Squad of 7 is multiplied 100 times in parallel to create a singing choir of 700! Also pace the vocal squad dudes in the Singing Squad of 4 if you prefer a choir of 400. It's  up to you to mix all those audio signals. Check the schematic for the Parallax Propeller Demo Board for running the audio connections. Propeller Demo Board Rev D/E/F Schematic

Big Brain Sex

CAN PROPELLER CHIPS HAVE SEX?

MACHINE REPRODUCTION: This topic was investigated May 7th, 2011 in an effort to determine if the Big Brain was Hermaphrodite, Male, or Female. The analysis went like this:

Machine reproduction is an interesting concept because it is highly dependent on the previous topics of Genome and DNA sequences. At some point the machine must become male, female, both or neither.

Four Gender States of a Propeller Chip

• Male
• Female
• Hermaphrodite
• Neuter

Compare this to some snails that are both male and female and can do self fertilization. Most species of snails are hermaphrodite, possessing both male and female reproductive organs. It is not usual for a snail to fertilize itself.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you...male_or_female

Machines are only somewhat Hermaphrodite in nature as they can do self cloning. Self cloning only produces an exact copy of the original and does not produce an intermixing of genome for genetic diversity and evolutionary purposes.

It would make more sense to send one Brain to the Moon and have it replicate itself rather than initially send two brains, one male and one female. This saves expense and weight.

This is the pattern of the initial Big Brain. Later, Big Brains will require sex, Male Big Brains and Female Big Brains - to ensure the mixing of DNA and evolution.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_sn...ale_and_female

There is a difference in reproducing and creating genetic diversity. Genetic diversity is achieved when two snails mate together.