Inventions Of Mine

[scameter]

Hi my friends. :) I am curious: would it be wrong or incorrect for me to invent a topic specifically for the discussion of my own inventions and technological designs? If it is not incorrect, then this is indeed the place! :P Sorry to sound cheesy. But, what I said is indeed the case, I hope. :)

For my first invention (and as a note, much of these inventions will be coming from those recorded into my personal journals): The Laser Pistol. This invention began before I knew any actual facts about what would become the CO2 laser pistol; but that invention, although kept safe and respected of course, is essentially now outdated. My current laser pistol relies on the design of the CO2 laser. It begins by reconnecting a current from a battery in the handle section of the pistol. The pistol, by the way, is shaped sort of like a standing king snake, it's head being where the laser is emitted, and it's body being the handle. The electric current from the connection goes into the flash tube, subsequently creating an extremely bright light/flash. The flash tube, a literal tube, encircles the ruby rod, with it's right section being absent for the laser to pass out of the pistol. The flash tube's light passes into the ruby rod, causing the electrons of the upper orbit of the ruby rod's atoms to inflate with energy, sending them to the lower orbit. When they go to this lower orbit, they release their energy. The right side of the rod, a silvered mirror, causes the leaving energy to focus, thus creating a CO2 laser capable of penetrating steel with ease. This laser, conformed into the confines of a pistol, create a remarkable weapon that could easily penetrate the human body as it penetrates steel. Of course, there are extra parts to the weapon, as well as much room for niggling. One part of the pistol is the wire. I am not entirely certain of this, or really any aspect of the pistol except from what I know, so of course any of it could be wrong; but, I chose to use fiber wire as my mode of electrical conduit. When the trigger is pushed, a fiber wire going from the positive end of the battery in then handle is reconnected with the rest of it's self; that rest of wire's self goes under the ruby rod and thus reconnects with the negative end of the battery, thus creating a current when the wire's current is recreated via the trigger's use. When the trigger is released, the connection ends, ending power supply to the flash tube. Another aspect is that of the flash tube's light when journeying between the tube and the ruby rod. This I rectify by applying light-reflectant material in a sort of covering between the tube and wire, with the material pointing towards the rod in order to force all reflected light into the rod. Thus no light can leave it's path into the rod; and, if this type of material, used on space shuttles, can reflect the sun's light while in space, then I think it could reflect a flash tube's light. This mechanism is also applied between the ruby rod and the pistol area where the laser leaves, creating another covering of sorts, with the laser having no ability to shed light onto the pistol's actual shell, but instead, the material is pointed towards the hole where the laser is emitted, causing the laser's very little escaping light to simply leave the pistol with it's father laser. The light escaping the laser, if any, would be so little that it wouldn't cause any actual puncture to the reflectant material. Here is my main design for my laser pistol. I am anxious for your comment(s). :)

[Thomas Knierim]

Be careful with that thing. :D

How about inventing something less destructive?

Cheers, Thomas

[scameter]

:P Well, I haven't actually created anything, unfortunately; only designed them through pictures and writing. And, actually I hate destruction and killing, and although I love almost everything about the military, I despise the killing and destruction aspect. The reason I chose a laser pistol to invent is because I enjoy military technology; not to have a weapon to kill with. Just as Einstein didn't invent his atom splitting idea for the purpose of creating an atom splitting bomb.

[Thomas Knierim]

When I was your age, my brother and Ihad a small laboratory in the cellar of our house. We went there after school to perform chemical and physical experiments. Among other things, we produced small amounts of explosives which were typically used to blow up disused toys in the garden. Of course, the whole operation was top secret. We told our parents we were working on science assignments.

One day we were working on electrolysis. My brother prepared a saline solution. All we needed a strong electrical current to produce enough gas. What's easier than stripping the insulation from a power cable and using electricity straight from the plug? - That was the first time we blew the main fuse.

Just a few days later my brother ended up with a minor poisoning from inhaling free chlorine when he observed an autocatalytic reaction in an Erlenmeyer flask a bit too closely. On another occasion we had built a miniature steam engine and I acquired some quite nasty erythema from the hot boiler. But that was nothing compared to the injuries from the electrically controlled catapult.

Well, science has its price.

Cheers, Thomas

[scameter]

:D

Indeed. Unfortunately, the most I've ever done of that sort of thing is mixing kitchen condements when I was very young to observe the result, and of late with my grandfather we have disassembled many technologies, from a cordless phone, my old N64 game system, to my old computer. All of it is extremely fascinating to me, because I have always been incredibly curious about such things but have never really had anyone who had similar interests, or that at least was a kind enough person towards me to actually have patience with teaching me and to enjoy it with me, as well as intelligent enough in science; my grandfather, Steve, is a master technician in automotive technology, and has been doing it since he was about 12 (he's currently around 55). His life hasn't been very good, and he was essentially forced into automotive work, but he has confessed to me that he would've either done something in engineering or would have taught something regarding science and/or nature, for he loves nature in a couple with science and technology. He regards them as the same, as do I. He is a quite simple southerner, but has a good heart and an acute mind, especially for things technological and/or scientific. I greatly admire him. But, he doesn't really have any parts that we could experiment on as you use to my friend, unfortunately, besides things to take apart and examine; which is fun, but creation is the true excitement. Perhaps someday I will be able to pursue a career in science, unless the arrogance of it's practitioners disuades me. :D Or if perhaps the "new secret paths and dancing places" (wikipedia, under The Birth of Tragedy) attract me so into that wonderful world of mythology, language, history, and indeed, magic. :)

[scameter]

A new possible design of mine is a device that is biological; it is the enterobacteria phage T4 I believe it is called. It is a bacteria that is shaped oddly similar to a spider, and infects the E. Coli in our intestines with a virus, by inserting it's snout-like membrane into through the cell membrane and into the cell it's self, thus allowing the virus in it's belly to infect the cell. My invention is actually a weaponization of this particular biological device; it is of course at the molecular level and is indeed simply a cloning of the actual bacteria, but without the particular virus in the usual one's belly. Instead, it would have a virus in it that is capable of either killing or incapacitating a human being, and would then, with hundreds of others, be filled into a dart. The dart's small needle end would penetrate into the enemy, causing the hundreds of bacteria to go into the enemy and infect them. This may sound harsh, but it could be incredibly effective. I of course welcome any comments. :)

[Smurf]

oh so you're using your inventions for warfare then Scam? :D

no it is ok, how long would it take to affect the person?

[scameter]

Hmm...well, I suppose however long it would take the virus to get into the blood stream. If the machines worked of their own accord in a somewhat AI fashion, then that process would probably be rather immediate. And thanks for posting here my friend; I really love this aspect of myself, my inventions I mean, and I'm glad you're willing to discuss it with me. :)

[Kether]

The dart's small needle end would penetrate into the enemy, causing the hundreds of bacteria to go into the enemy and infect them.
Ouch...remind me never to make an enemy of you, Scam.

[TruthSeeker]

I never invented anything myself, I just studied many things in my teenager years...

The world is already full of stuff... <_<

[MidnightSun]

Never late to think of of anytihng that can help people improve.

[scameter]

B)

Never late to think of of anytihng that can help people improve.

As soon as people desire such a thing, and my mind wishes to invent it, I shall attempt it. :)

[schrodinger]

Why not invent a microwave freezer? It annoys me that I can heat things up very fast in an microwave oven, but can't cool things down as fast. In the oven, the high frequency vibrations produce electro/frictional heat. It is actually a crude device. A microwave freezer, on the other hand, would be much more sophisticated. There would be a membrane wrapped around the object, and this membrane would detect the microwaves and steer them so the energy flow is away from the object. This high frequency negative flow of energy should cool the object very quickly. In fact, it might only be necessary to invent the special detection membrane, and then the microwave oven could be used as a freezer with no other modifications. Why not? <_<

[scameter]

Well, microwaves could only heat, not deheat. To create a membrane shell around something to redirect heat waves from it would simply allow it's own energy to leave quicker, and would not stop the thing from making heat, which it would because it is a solid or liquid. And, even a gas creates heat, but not as much as solids or liquids. To truly freeze something, it's bodily temperature must be reduced, or it can be encased in ice, which would reduce it's temperature as well. But, for a more instantaneous freezing device, we could simply reduce the size of the instant freezers used by companies that freeze products that are sold frozen, which I believe uses a very, very cold gas to do. This could be done, and would simply require a shell that retains much heat so that it resists the freezing gas, and then a slot in which things could be placed to be frozen. Good idea my friend. :)

[Gesiwuj]

I invented condoms with breathing holes

[scameter]

But wouldn't that defeat the purpose of trying to keep the ejaculated substance inside the condom?

[Kether]

I think he meant it as a joke.

[Gesiwuj]

Yes, it's an evil plan concucted by Tony Blair and George Bush. Since there has been a population slump they asked/paid me to design and manufacture these on a large scale.

[scameter]

Oh. :D

[scameter]

Well, as a semi-update, I am recently contemplating implementing the technology of q-switching into my laser pistol invention; although I am not entirely sure of what q-switching is, although I hope to soon remidy this. Once I discover more about it, I shall post my findings with you, as well as any application of q-switching I have made to my laser pistol idea. If anyone has any ideas, feel very free to share. :)

[scameter]

A new invention I am contemplating, although it is not really an invention but more of a project that could possibly be used, is to create a means of making a gaseous form of food and ejecting it into Earth's atmosphere. That way, we could simply breath and receive nutrients. There could even be scheduled times for ejection of food into the air that stops after a time, so that we do not become over fed. This is probably stupid, but why not. :D

[sonrisa]

how about working on a car that runs on distilled water (as opposed to having to pump hydrogen into it) Then folx could simply get their fuel at the grocery store or drug store. I smell some $ in it Scam..... B)

[scameter]

How about an electric car that is powered by hydroelectricity generated within the car? For instance, the motor is electric, but around that relatively small engine, water is pumped through a traditional hydroelectric system (but obviously smaller than sometihng like a dam) and that electricity fuels the car? Then is all you would need is water. Water is less explosive than other fuels I'd say. :D

[sonrisa]

yep, sounds like a plan Scam. You could make it this semester's science project. Finish it anytime after Nov, & you can test drive it. :D

[scameter]

:D Suuure. I'm a designer, not an... inventor? Engineer? :P Don't know what I am.

Another idea is to use nanotechnology to clone fossil fuels, or for cloning period. Nanotech would make cloning much more exact and specific, and probably quicker. And, if we can clone organic beings, why not something like fossil fuels?

[Smurf]

Oh come come Scameter, you can't just take one part of Fossil Fuel and make it into another with the stroke of nanotechnology. Cloning in organisms require a changing of the DNA, not their molecular structure cirectly. The DNA will then determine how the organism will take shape. That is all cloning is to us at the moment, changing our blueprints and letting "nature" do the rest.



:dunno:

[scameter]

So, we can clone organic things but not inorganic things? Are organic things not more complex? Plus, cloning isn't done with nanotech. That's why I suggested it. :)

[Smurf]

Yes they are more complex, but the breaking down of these things and going straight for the building blocks is even more complex, which is why we can only "clone" by changing the pattern of the DNA to suit our needs. Think of it as just re-programming a computer, we need to have the whole thing for it to work. It is more difficult to go through all of the capacitors and transistors to change them individually...

[scameter]

Actually usually cloning is simply taking the DNA of something, as well as observations of how it has created the thing in focus, and thus hastily creating the thing again. The previous thing will still exist (assuming there are no problems during cloning, which isn't likely), it will just have an entirely identical twin. The main reason humans haven't been cloned yet is because for one, our bodies are more complex than that of other animals even if less potent, and for two we are mostly mental, and thus for a human to be truly human the mind would have to be exactly replicated, which is difficult because every mind is different. We would have to clone the brain of a newly-made baby still within the woman's body, which would be difficult. Cloning an adult human without faults during cloning is currently impossible. But, even the lowest organic life is more complex than in organic life. And, we already know the building blocks of inorganic matter: namely, atoms, which are composed of particles. I think it would be quite interesting, although quite far fetched, if we could simply alter the consistency and form of the random particles in a given area into the thing we desire to make, such as fossil fuels. But, as I said this is far-fetched. But, why not use atoms to do it? If we can use DNA, would it not simply be going a step further, and yet for a process that would be easier once the fundamentals are accomplished, to take atoms and create new things?

[Smurf]

Yes but you can't take something that isn't there Scameter
The whole principle of DNA cloning has nothing to do with recreating fossil fuels. Re-programming the DNA is completely different to creating new substence

[scameter]

There is something almost everywhere in existence, even space. If nothing else but particles. And, since this is true, something could be made using particle configuration manipulation technology (hypothetically, since it doesn't exist currently) anywhere there are unconfigured (or perhaps even already configured) particles.

I know. That's why I didn't say we would use traditional DNA cloning to clone fossil fuels; I suggested other means. :)

[Smurf]

Yes I see ... but that would mean reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally tiny machines, reeeeaaaallly tiny!

[scameter]

Nanotechnology works on the atomic scale.

[Gesiwuj]

Originally posted by @--
I enjoy military technology; not to have a weapon to kill with.
As do I! I really enjoy playing things like war games as well; in which virtually killing other players is fun! I guess it's better than going over to the US with an AK47 and actually shooting someone :D

[scameter]

:lol: Yes indeed! Exactly my feelings. :)

[______]

I'm a huge gamer and a Buddhist to boot. Thus, the most fun I have from games involves killing. :think: :huh: idunno.... :dunno:

[scameter]

:D Every human has the feelings of killing inside them. That is how we are able to kill. At least you getting those feelings out during a game is better than holding them inside and them eventually bursting out of you and causing you to actually kill something/someone. This is why sports exist, and video games, and board games, and any other competition.

[______]

Then explain to me how games can cause people to take a gun to school and shoot people? If they help prevent such occurances, they can't be the problem.

Anyhow, I'd like to think it's other practices that keep that "inner killer" at bay. :D

[scameter]

Then explain to me how games can cause people to take a gun to school and shoot people? If they help prevent such occurances, they can't be the problem.

Because that has happened a couple of times, that doesn't mean the games cause such things every single time. And the couple of times it has happened, it hasn't only been because of the game, or even mostly; the circumstances of the person/people involved take a large effect, such as them having violent lives, or them being oppressed for being different, etc.

Anyhow, I'd like to think it's other practices that keep that "inner killer" at bay.

Hmm.... isn't it funny. We fear death, and we condemn killing, and yet death is inevitable, and killing happens everyday. Why is it so feared?

[______]

Why is it so feared?
Because people are ignorant about death.

[scameter]

Hmm... well, to be honest, I don't think it's necessarily the normal kind of ignorance, i.e. lack of knowledge about something, but rather an ignorance of experience, or a lack of experience. I think because people have never truly experienced death (and even near-death is not the same) and because death is such an odd, final and mysterious thing, people fear it. People always fear the unknown/what they don't understand.

[scameter]

Another of invention I have in mind is the ability to make someone or something invisible through employment of dark matter. Even though I am pretty sure we aren't currently aware of how to construct something out of dark matter, or even how to manipulate it, it's still an idea. :)

[______]

You are indeed way ahead of your time, Scam. :lol:

[namtso]

I'm a huge gamer and a Buddhist to boot. Thus, the most fun I have from games involves killing.

That's why I used to like playing Descent. You're only shooting robot spacecraft run amok. Uru, Ages Beyond Myst is kind of cool too but I can get frustrated with that one pretty quick. Is there a good game similar to Descent that is fairly new? And more importantly, am I going to have to get a new super fast dual core PC with the latest Windows operating system on it? I'm running a Sony PCV-RS520 with a 3 Gh (or slightly faster) cpu.

[______]

I'm more of a console gamer than anything. Really the only thing I play on my computer any more is my SNES emulator. Really addicted to Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons right now!

[scameter]

I wonder what happens if light, or electromagnetic radiation, is shone onto dark matter what would happen. Would it absorb it and no longer be "dark"? Or would it expel it, or would the light bend around it? <_<

[namtso]

I'm more of a console gamer than anything. Really the only thing I play on my computer any more is my SNES emulator. Really addicted to Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons right now!
Thanks, I'll check 'em out. Graphics resolution, speed, physics etc. just keep getting better. The games are just going to get more and more immersive, aren't they.

[scameter]

Yep. One new advancement currently being considered by companies such as Lucasarts is to implement virtual reality for console games, to make them more immersive.

[______]

Thanks, I'll check 'em out. Graphics resolution, speed, physics etc. just keep getting better. The games are just going to get more and more immersive, aren't they.
The next gen consoles (i.e. Xbox 360, PS3, Wii) are only the first steps toward making video games photo-realistic (which to me sort of takes the fun out of gaming). If something looks real and yet has a "carttoony" fell to it, I'll accept it as a game. Once the game looks just like life, I consider it "a poor imitation of reality" (see: The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion). :lol:

[scameter]

Hey, I love Morrowind. :angry: :D I don't have a 360 though unfortunately (can't afford it), so I only know of the XBOX version, Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, and the Game of the Year edition.

[______]

I have both Morrowinds (on Xbox and PC). I've played both Oblivions as well (on 360 and PC). The major reason I don't like Oblivion is because it's far too short compared to Morrowind. Don't get me wrong, Oblivion is a great game. Just used it as an example of games that are closer and closer to photo-realism. ;)

[scameter]

:P Ah. Unfortunately, I've been broke monetarily for about the past year, so I haven't been able to afford a 360, or Oblivion.

[______]

With a kid on the way my money's been tight as well.

Oh, well. :dunno: It's only money. It matters only to the world.

[scameter]

The world makes it matter definitely, but beause of this, it also affects the individual; I want money so I can get a 360! :D

[______]

The world makes it matter definitely, but beause of this, it also affects the individual; I want money so I can get a 360!
You realize that such desire leads to suffering.

Let's see how: You want money to get a 360 -> You get a job that pays minimum wage to earn that money -> You sacrifice time spent with family and friends to earn more money to reach your goal sooner -> Your friends distance themselves from you and your family becomes worried that your job is interfering with your life and grades in school -> You realize this, yet you really want a 360 -> You finally get the 360 and spend a lot of time playing on it -> You stop working so much -> You focus on getting more games that end up occupying most of your time -> Your friends distance themselves even further due to you playing your games more than hanging out -> The games start to keep you up late which causes you to lose focus at school -> Your parents take away your 360 to help you regain your focus -> This makes you angry -> so on and so forth

I could go on, but I think you get the point. While hypothetical at best, it makes perfect sense. You should be mindful of the things you desire and how you go about obtaining them. ;)

[namtso]

I say buy a Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT and forget about the 360 but that's just me. In fact, that's what I'm planning on getting. Can't wait.

[______]

Okay, I can do that one too: You want money for a fancy camera ->........
:lol: :lol: :lol:

That could be done with any desire really. :D

[scameter]

You also took it to the extreme. Why couldn't I work in my spare time for a bit, get a 360, quit the job, resume my school, and play it in my spare time, but not every single time I have spare time?

[______]

I didn't take it to the extreme (such a thing has happened to me)(perhaps not with a 360, but video games all the same). It's simply one possiblility.

You are right, Scam, you could quite your job and all that, but then say something unpredictible happens that causes you to need money. You've just spent well over $500 and quit your job. This would put strain on your life that may ultimatly lead to depression. There are too many factors to say anything for any certainty, except of course the desire of material possessions will lead to suffering of some sort.

[scameter]

didn't take it to the extreme (such a thing has happened to me)(perhaps not with a 360, but video games all the same). It's simply one possiblility.

I'm glad you admitted that. Many people take things to one possible end and think it is the only end.

You are right, Scam, you could quite your job and all that, but then say something unpredictible happens that causes you to need money. You've just spent well over $500 and quit your job. This would put strain on your life that may ultimatly lead to depression. There are too many factors to say anything for any certainty, except of course the desire of material possessions will lead to suffering of some sort.

I've already got clinical depression. :D But, I see your point, and I agree. I was simply discussing the issue. :)

how about this for something to desire

I wouldn't waste my money on a very large house that would gain me too much attention, but it is attractive architecturally, and if that is what you would like, go for it.

[scameter]

:D I see. I still don't think it's worth that much money.

[scameter]

:D Have fun my friend. You deserve it.

[VossistArts]

A couple years ago I saw a C02 gas mining laser for sale on ebay . The auction just started at 1000$. It was an older one but they said it worked., The mining company had gone out of business apparently. I fantasized about having one. Maybe to cut an old enemy's car in half or something heh.

As for the laser pistol.. I think the type of laser youre thinking of creating is far more complex than all that. The transformers for those things are really big. Also I dont think co2 gas lasers use ruby in them. Thats a different type of laser. I think basically the charge sent thru the mineral causes it to glow and then lenses are used to focus the light and create a beam. I think gas lasers are like that too.. with the gas in a vacuum tube.. same idea. Im not sure though. Somehow I dont think you could build a small portable cutting laser like that.. maybe though.

Also, you can find the kind of cutting lasers they use for medical stuff , on ebay. theyre pretty spendy though. Maybe you could find one that doesnt work though cheap... to take apart and mess with. I have one of those green laser pointers. Its super bright.. way brighter than the red ones. I like to shine it through crystals and whatnot.. Im happy it cant cut anything though. Sounds dangerous :)

[scameter]

As for the laser pistol..

I appreciate your input my friend. :) The thing about it is, for one, it wouldn't take as powerful a laser as is used to cut steel or some other mineral to cut through the human body; and for two, the laser I'm speaking of isn't a gas laser. Here, let me post a link where I learned most of what I know about them: http://science.howstuffworks.com/laser5.htm :)

[scameter]

Unless this thread is dead and forgotten, I would like to add another entry to it, something I've been considering lately. I'm not sure if I've already posted it here, but if so, I'll post it again. :P I am considering a new type of computer capable of processing far beyond the current computers and quantum computers that would be a large cube, it's size depending on the usage desired and the size of some of the things used in it, that is a computer. It would have an outer layer of covering, and would have at least thousands, probably much more than that, electrical pathways/circuitry built into it that would travel in the same way circuits do in current computers across a specific type of wood and plastic, among other things, but rather than one flat, rectangular motherboard, long, sturdy tubes would be used, sort of like curling up the current motherboards of computers, and having the inside of the tubes on all sides possess the parts of motherboards. These tubes would connect to a central processing core, which would be able to direct the pathways where to go and what to do, and the pathways would also cross-reference one another within that core, making abstract connections possible, with different compartments of circuits in the cube having specific functions that would be directed within each section with a mini-core therein, and those mini-cores would then transmit the information it could not process to the central core, which would then tell the section how to solve the problem, or would simply ignore the issue. The cores, both the mini-cores and the central core (different only in their processing capacities and function) would be composed of something similar to the processors in current computers, but would be globe-shaped and would process the information given to it by the pathways in it's section, or from the sections if it is the central core, by wireless transmission, such as bluetooth, and would have receptors across the globe that would receive the pathways' information and would then emit it's wireless transmissions from a part within the globe itself, alongside the processing devices alongside it within the globe. The central core's wireless transmissions, while also directing the sections of the cube, would also send information to whatever system the cube is utilizing, such as a computer monitor, a robot, a PAD, etc. The cube would also possess multiple disc processors, of all different types from CDs to Blu-Ray discs, as well as other accessories such as printers, speakers, mouses, etc., which would be controlled by a section of the cube into which the accessories would send their information and would be controlled. The heat generated from the cube would be send to a small section of the cube most likely exactly like the heat controllers (I forget their specific name) in current computers, only larger and more capable, and the heat would be periodically emitted from the heat controller when it was full by a fan behind the heat controller, as in current computers. I chose a cube for this specific design because it was what came to me first, but this could be used for nearly any shape I would imagine, though shapes with more volume and practicality, such as a cube, would probably be best. Sorry for the length, and my bad wording. :)

[sonrisa]

Lord Scam! you describing that cube computer makes my eyes glaze!

but at least you got it all thought out. :)

which begs, the question- have you tried building any of these things you've so carefully thought out? Or are they just thoughts (for the time being)

[Trevor]

These tubes would connect to a central processing core, which would be able to direct the pathways where to go and what to do, and the pathways would also cross-reference one another within that core, making abstract connections possible, with different compartments of circuits in the cube having specific functions that would be directed within each section with a mini-core therein, and those mini-cores would then transmit the information it could not process to the central core, which would then tell the section how to solve the problem, or would simply ignore the issue.
How would the computer choose which problems to solve or ignore? It seems like instead of Artificial Intelligence it is a question of values eg. Artificial Morality or Ethics.

[scameter]

sonrisa:which begs, the question- have you tried building any of these things you've so carefully thought out? Or are they just thoughts (for the time being)

That'd be very difficult, since I have absolutely none of the high-tech parts required for most of my inventions, and can't afford them. :P If I could I would though. I've contemplated getting into science in order to pursue my ideas, but it's just too much math.

Trevor:How would the computer choose which problems to solve or ignore?

Based on hardware programs put into the sectional cores and the main core that would determine which types of problems to ignore/dismiss or attempt to solve.

[jaick true]

:think: I thought that the human security in mass production places could be more safer. I thought of E.S.S.S a security system for nuclear plants or top science labs which could have a giant risk. It would scan the air for any poisonous toxins that could kill people but also fires or anything else harmful.
Like say a poisonous toxin that could kill a person in 1 minute is released. The system would detect it and give the people 30-40 seconds to evacuate that room.
After which the room will be sealed off with slides that will not able the toxins to get. I would make it if I had the money and a team of people to work with on it .:wallbash:

[jaick true]

Unless this thread is dead and forgotten, I would like to add another entry to it, something I've been considering lately. I'm not sure if I've already posted it here, but if so, I'll post it again. :P I am considering a new type of computer capable of processing far beyond the current computers and quantum computers that would be a large cube, it's size depending on the usage desired and the size of some of the things used in it, that is a computer. It would have an outer layer of covering, and would have at least thousands, probably much more than that, electrical pathways/circuitry built into it that would travel in the same way circuits do in current computers across a specific type of wood and plastic, among other things, but rather than one flat, rectangular motherboard, long, sturdy tubes would be used, sort of like curling up the current motherboards of computers, and having the inside of the tubes on all sides possess the parts of motherboards. These tubes would connect to a central processing core, which would be able to direct the pathways where to go and what to do, and the pathways would also cross-reference one another within that core, making abstract connections possible, with different compartments of circuits in the cube having specific functions that would be directed within each section with a mini-core therein, and those mini-cores would then transmit the information it could not process to the central core, which would then tell the section how to solve the problem, or would simply ignore the issue. The cores, both the mini-cores and the central core (different only in their processing capacities and function) would be composed of something similar to the processors in current computers, but would be globe-shaped and would process the information given to it by the pathways in it's section, or from the sections if it is the central core, by wireless transmission, such as bluetooth, and would have receptors across the globe that would receive the pathways' information and would then emit it's wireless transmissions from a part within the globe itself, alongside the processing devices alongside it within the globe. The central core's wireless transmissions, while also directing the sections of the cube, would also send information to whatever system the cube is utilizing, such as a computer monitor, a robot, a PAD, etc. The cube would also possess multiple disc processors, of all different types from CDs to Blu-Ray discs, as well as other accessories such as printers, speakers, mouses, etc., which would be controlled by a section of the cube into which the accessories would send their information and would be controlled. The heat generated from the cube would be send to a small section of the cube most likely exactly like the heat controllers (I forget their specific name) in current computers, only larger and more capable, and the heat would be periodically emitted from the heat controller when it was full by a fan behind the heat controller, as in current computers. I chose a cube for this specific design because it was what came to me first, but this could be used for nearly any shape I would imagine, though shapes with more volume and practicality, such as a cube, would probably be best. Sorry for the length, and my bad wording. :)

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WOW That would be a great thing to make and make it work you should post it to Microsoft and all other major companies I personally think that one of them would give you the funding and the equipment to build it.
I wish you good luck with this and try this who knows they might even give you a life time contract.

[Thomas Knierim]

Some thoughts:

1. I think that a tubular (or otherwise non-flat) design of the motherboard would increase the difficulty and thus the cost of production significantly without rendering any tangible benefits. Motherboards are relatively simple, while complex circuitry tends to get integrated into the CPU. A similar case (that of cost outstripping benefits) can be made for 3-dimensional microprocessor circuit design. Multilayered ICs do exist primarily where packing is an issue such as in memory components.

2. I am not sure what you mean by pathways, but the architecture used in normal commercial computers implements "abstract pathways" through a combined program and data storage and its associated address space. This is called the von-Neumann architecture.

3. The switching speed inside microprocessors and even on the system bus is well out of reach of wireless technologies such bluetooth or Wifi. They are simply not fast enough, and they incur an enormous protocol overhead. Besides, I can't think of any good reason for using radio for components inside a computer.

Cheers, Thomas

[scameter]

Jaick:I wish you good luck with this and try this who knows they might even give you a life time contract.

Thank you my friend, and welcome to thebigview. I may very well try sending my idea to Microsoft, though I assume they wouldn't accept it, mostly because of my age and entirely lack of college degree or experience in the field. But, I could try it I guess.

Thomas:I think that a tubular (or otherwise non-flat) design of the motherboard would increase the difficulty and thus the cost of production significantly without rendering any tangible benefits.

Well, it probably would cost more than a normal computer, mostly because of it's larger size and processing capacity, but the reason I used tube motherboards rather than flat ones is because my idea was to have very small tubes, about half the size of a full motherboard, to act like tunnels in the computer, which would have the same things motherboards have on them integrated into the tube but would take up less space. I suppose a flat motherboard could be used though.

Thomas:I am not sure what you mean by pathways, but the architecture used in normal commercial computers implements "abstract pathways" through a combined program and data storage and its associated address space.

I meant both those abstract pathways and actual integrated circuitry where an electric current travels along a specific pathway on the motherboard; perhaps conduit would be an appropriate word.

Thomas:Besides, I can't think of any good reason for using radio for components inside a computer.

Well, the two reasons I had for them were: one, to have more space for integrated circuits that in normal computers the large amount of wires usually occupy, and two, because I thought wireless transmission would be faster than wire transmission. But, if the first isn't necessary and the second isn't true, I suppose wires could be used, though the amount of space they would occupy would definitely be more than with wireless transmission. One idea I have, if wires and wireless don't work, is to use fiber optic cables.