User talk:Dessydes/Science and Technology

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Contents 1 Miscellaneous 2 Programming 2.1 Object-oriented programming 3 3D Animation 4 Cyborg Technology 5 Emulation 6 Parapsychology 7 Topics discussed on Future Fantastic 7.1 Space 8 Transport 9 Androids / Cyborgs

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Android - Good links if you're into that sort of thing (as I am).
• Haptics - A feedback mechanism, e.g. in virtual reality.
• Space, time, and spacetime.

[edit] Programming

• ‎Integrated development environment
• Pseudocode
• ‎Flowchart

[edit] Object-oriented programming

• ‎Attribute (computing)
• ‎Class (computer science)
• Group (computing)
• ‎Object (computer science)
• ‎Property (programming)

[edit] 3D Animation

• Utah teapot
• Wireframe
• Vector graphics
• Facet
• Texture mapping
• Bump mapping
• Maya
• Blender
• BVH motion capture files
• How to import BVH files into Blender as well as a few BVH files.

[edit] Cyborg Technology

This is about the emerging technology that will allow people to overcome physical barriers in the near future, and the people behind their development.

• John Donoghue - President of Cyberkinetics.
• BrainGate - An invention which allows for Direct Brain Interface.
• Dr. Donald Humphrey – Claims to have been involved in cyborg experiments.
• Extropians – A group of people who want to be cyborgs.
• Extropy – Magazine.
• Joe Rosen – Claims to be involved in NATO cyborg project.
• Nacron – Organic plastic that can replace living tissue.
• Oxygent – Artificial Blood.
• Respirocytes – Nanobots that act as red blood cells, but can deliver six times more oxygen.

[edit] Emulation

• MAME32 - Latest version free.
• MAME32 guide.
• MAME32 CHD files guide.
• Download CHD files here.
• More CHD files.
• MESS
• MESS guide.
• Mednafen
• MAME
• BIOS ROMS
• More BIOS ROMS
• MAME BIOS ROMS
• MESS BIOS ROMs
• Games ROMs
• More games ROMs
• [1]
• HowTo: Writing a Computer Emulator
• Video Power

[edit] Parapsychology

• Visual Impact Register - The place in the brain where telepathy is assumed to "reside".
• [2] Ganzfeld state - A relaxed ("alpha")state of the brain, which is supposed to encourage psychic activity.

[edit] Topics discussed on Future Fantastic

[edit] Space

• Project Daedalus
• Paul Durac – Discovered Antimatter.
• Jack Williamson – First used antimatter in science fiction.
• Solar Sail
• Laser Propulsion
• Ion Propulsion System
• Zero Point Energy
• Gravity Manipulation
• Alcubierre drive - Warp drive.
• 1 – 3GHz – Space is quietest.
• Europa, satellite on Jupiter, has water below surface.
• (Earth’s) moon has solid water (ice).

[edit] Transport

• Brian Motts – Inventor (Ion Propulsion).
• Ionocraft – Uses Ions to Levitate.

• (B)lake Miribo – Physicist.

[edit] Androids / Cyborgs

• Mike Burns – Designer of cloaking device.
• Richard Hull & Peter Grinull / Grinno
• Thomas Townsend Brown – Created Anti-Gravity Device.

• Richard Johnston – Engineered Device to paint Images Directly to the Retina.
• Andrew Junker – Creator of thinking interface device.

• Helium 3 – Fusion isotope.

• Drake Equation – Predicts possibility of life in space.

• A logic named Joe – Novel predicting PCs and the internet.

• (Nuclear) Pulse Engine.

• Prof. Gerald Smith – ‘Traps’ and works with Anti-matter.

• 2 G – Tunnel Vision.
• 10 G – Pass Out.
• Total Immersion Pod – Way of Increasing Gravity Tolerance.