This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01BEC8BC.BA369A20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >You make two interesting (by intersting I mean, it boggles my mind ;) >assumptions here, that I disagree with: >1) there is something wrong with people eating food and we need to find >a better way to provide our body with energy. But I think I see what >you're getting at. >2) there are only two methods of deriving energy for said bodies, >combustion and digestion. >once again, there are other sources of energy and your analogy seems >rather haphazard, since silicon doesn't run on combustion, it runs on >electricity and there are lots of sources of electricity. >Let's just run with this analogy.. your brain is now represented in = some >fashion in silicon (or whatever computing electronics technology is >popular at the time). You just want a steady stream of electricity = that >is reliable for years without maintenance.. I would say you want either >an orbiting platform in space with solar power (sun never sets in = space) >or nuclear power. Every other source of power (especially your local >power company) is too unreliable, you can't count on the wind, or >generators, or hydroelectric. But I suppose they could work if you had >a good battery backup system or several redundant sources of power. >Personally I think space is your best bet. ;) >-Paul The reason i asked was, i thought, self-evident. =20 I am theorising about eternal life, existing either as 1> a human with a machine brain (that was orginally a human brain) 2> a machine with a human brain =20 That way, we could never die, thanks to technology. =20 According to me combustion and digestion are the most widespread(ok, = ok.......i know they are not that efficient!!) and convenient methods of = energy production. I am talking about a fully mobile humanoid unit who = can 1> trek 2> go to african jungles 3> remote mountain tops 4> white water rafting ad infinitum, ad nauseum Keeping these appications in mind: 1> using a space station may be a trifle expensive and inconvenient for = my budget 2> a nuclear thermopile is still really Asimovian, and i would not trust = atom-splitting units in a fun, outdoorsy robot guy. I dont think we need = hundreds of mini-chernobyls walking all over our planet. A cyborg based on digestion may be able to survive in all climes except = mebbe in the tundra or on long space voyages, where your space station = idea is the best. The sun(s) always shine in space. I will tell my pals = at NASA bout ur idea ;-) Wearables here woulld help in the transfer of logic and memories to the = silicon. .................i.e., as we act in our day to day life, the = wearable tries to captures the logic and stores it for future = programming in the PGA. Sunil Btw..............i use hotmail b4 they were acquired my WimpySoft. The = reason i use it is, amazingly, patriotism. Sabeer Bhatia is an Indian, = and I wanted 2 support the dude. Its nice to see a poor bloke succeed in = silicon v. ;o) =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01BEC8BC.BA369A20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>>You make two interesting (by intersting I mean, = it boggles=20 my mind ;)<BR>>assumptions here, that I disagree with:<BR>>1) = there is=20 something wrong with people eating food and we need to find<BR>>a = better way=20 to provide our body with energy. But I think I see = what<BR>>you're=20 getting at.<BR>>2) there are only two methods of deriving energy for = said=20 bodies,<BR>>combustion and digestion.<BR><BR><BR>>once again, = there are=20 other sources of energy and your analogy seems<BR>>rather haphazard, = since=20 silicon doesn't run on combustion, it runs on<BR>>electricity and = there are=20 lots of sources of electricity.<BR><BR>>Let's just run with this = analogy..=20 your brain is now represented in some<BR>>fashion in silicon (or = whatever=20 computing electronics technology is<BR>>popular at the time). = You just=20 want a steady stream of electricity that<BR>>is reliable for years = without=20 maintenance.. I would say you want either<BR>>an orbiting platform in = space=20 with solar power (sun never sets in space)<BR>>or nuclear = power. Every=20 other source of power (especially your local<BR>>power company) is = too=20 unreliable, you can't count on the wind, or<BR>>generators, or=20 hydroelectric. But I suppose they could work if you had<BR>>a = good=20 battery backup system or several redundant sources of=20 power.<BR><BR>>Personally I think space is your best bet.=20 ;)<BR><BR>>-Paul<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>The reason i asked was, i=20 thought, self-evident.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I am theorising about eternal life, existing either=20 as</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>1> a human with a machine brain (that was = orginally a human=20 brain)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>2> a machine with a human brain</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>That way, we could never die, thanks to=20 technology.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>According to me combustion and digestion are the = most=20 widespread(ok, ok.......i know they are not that efficient!!) and = convenient=20 methods of energy production. I am talking about a fully mobile humanoid = unit=20 who can</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>1> trek</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>2> go to african jungles</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>3> remote mountain tops</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>4> white water rafting</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>ad infinitum, ad nauseum</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Keeping these appications in mind:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>1> using a space station may be a trifle = expensive and=20 inconvenient for my budget</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>2> a nuclear thermopile is still really = Asimovian, and i=20 would not trust atom-splitting units in a fun, outdoorsy robot guy. I = dont think=20 we need hundreds of mini-chernobyls walking all over our = planet.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>A cyborg based on digestion may be able to survive = in all=20 climes except mebbe in the tundra or on long space voyages, where your = space=20 station idea is the best. The sun(s) always shine in space. I will tell = my pals=20 at NASA bout ur idea ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Wearables here woulld help in the transfer of logic = and=20 memories to the silicon. .................i.e., as we act in our day to = day=20 life, the wearable tries to captures the logic and stores it for = future=20 programming in the PGA.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Sunil</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Btw..............i use hotmail b4 they were acquired = my=20 WimpySoft. The reason i use it is, amazingly, patriotism. = Sabeer Bhatia is=20 an Indian, and I wanted 2 support the dude. Its nice to see a poor bloke = succeed=20 in silicon v. ;o)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01BEC8BC.BA369A20-- -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org
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