Pop-psych sez...
Left Brain Right Brain
Math
๏ Creativity
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Logic
๏ Emotion
๏
Rigid Thinking
๏ Fashion
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Sense
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Actual
Left Hemi Right Hemi
Language Language
๏ ๏
(grammar, (context,
syntax) intonation)
Symbols Metaphor
๏ ๏
Computation Computation
๏ ๏
(exact, (approximatio
comparison) n, estimation)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Actual
Left Hemi Right Hemi
Emotion (and the stem)
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Math
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Loss on one side *sometimes*
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means the other side takes over
Thursday, March 12, 2009
That’s more like it...
Analytic Synthetic
Step-wise, Pattern
๏ ๏
Linear thinking recognition
Recognizes the Suggests
๏ ๏
parts that make context based
up the whole on bits of the
whole
Thursday, March 12, 2009
A-Brain: Synchronous
Steps through details
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Results (or gaps) are evident right away
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
S-Brain: Asynchronous
A “search” runs in the “background”
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Results come later, unpredictably
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Modes are Exclusive
It’s hard to get functions from one side
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to work alongside functions from the
other or share memory
Evident from studies on patients with no
๏
link
Math prodigies seem to have better links
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Floating Compression
Models
“You never change things by fighting
the existing reality. To change
something, build a new model that
makes the existing model obsolete.”
Buckminster Fuller
Thursday, March 12, 2009
The world’s simplest
body/mind discipline:
“In Spatial Medicine, nothing is
added but information; nothing is
taken away but strain.”
Thomas W. Myers
“Spatial Medicine”
AnatomyTrains.com
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Homework:
Keep finding the float. Share
and discuss your results.
FloatingBones.com
phil@FloatingBones.com
Twitter: @floatingbones
Twitter: #floatdujour
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Human Online Identity
Who the hell am I
and why am I talking about identity?
Bryan Giese or then again
BugFrog
blog at BugFrog.com
portfolio at BgxLabs.com
projects at RedGhostLabs.com
SMS BugFrog to 50500 (text message rates apply)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Renewable Energy
and Its Uses and
Issues
John R. Bryan, PMP
Xcel Energy, Utility Innovations, Program Manager
550 15th St, 11th Floor, Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-571-7248 Cell: 303-997-2824 Fax: 303-571-7440
Email: John.R.Bryan@xcelenergy.com
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Renewable Energy
and Its Uses and
Issues
from the alternative energy R&D guy
from the Fortune 500 energy monopoly
John R. Bryan, PMP
Xcel Energy, Utility Innovations, Program Manager
550 15th St, 11th Floor, Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-571-7248 Cell: 303-997-2824 Fax: 303-571-7440
Email: John.R.Bryan@xcelenergy.com
Thursday, March 12, 2009
What is Power and Energy?
Power is the size of the pipe where energy
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flows
Energy is the amount of juice in the tank
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Cost to run a 100W Light Bulb
is: 1 cent an hour
(in CO but 3 in HI)
Power * Time is Energy
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Xcel Energy sells Energy at a Rate but also
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sells the use of our Power assets to make
and send energy
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Cost to Build a Power Plant
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
How about cost of Solar?
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
How about cost of Solar?
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Solar is coming!
if we can ever borrow again
or have jobs to want to buy it
that’s GOOD, right?
well...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Not just solar...
with more time I could show that Wind
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Energy is very similar but even cheaper
but not good near the surface so not good
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for personal homes
in any case, what do we do?
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
How do we turn the sun on
when we want it
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at the price we need
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so the lights come on
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ALL THE TIME
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even at night or on rainy days
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
That looks REALLY expensive
yup
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Xcel has a 1,000 home battery in
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Minnesota that will cost about $3 per watt
or more than “peaking units”
at scale ... it will be
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cheaper but can we
find another use to
store energy to
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
How about Electric Cars?
They are only used 8% of their day
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Our real world test show that people plug
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in more often over time
85% of the country drives 40 miles or less
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each day so there is energy left in the
batteries
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Not MY Battery
you giant monopoly!!!
They are expensive at about $200 per
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mile range
If used too much, they can loose range
๏
over time
At $1.50 gas, why would I switch?
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Well, yah, but...
I’ll pay you for using them (hopefully)
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Maybe as much as $30k over their 10
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year life (when I don’t have to build power
plants and other assets to support their
load)
“Big Talk. Can you prove it?”
๏
Thursday, March 12, 2009
No, but I’m working on it
Photo by ASC Designs 303-522-0066
and also...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wind 2 Battery Project
1 MW NaS Battery System
Can deliver 1 MW for 7 hrs
Power Conditioning Equipment
Wind farm/grid interconnection
Local and remote data and
communication equipment
Two Phases of Study
Understand how system could
optimize wind farm economies
Understand how system could
optimize utility integration of wind
resources
Thursday, March 12, 2009
There is a bunch of us trying!
Entity Role
Battery technology, wind integration expertise, test
NGK Insulators plan development, and data interpretation
Overall system design and construction, supplier
S&C Electric of power conversion system
MinWind Energy Grid interconnection; “Wind Farm” optimizer
Design participation, data collection and
University of Minnesota interpretation, report preparation
Design participation, data collection and
NREL interpretation, report preparation
Analysis of energy storage regulatory policy
Great Plains Institute implications, independent perspective
Battery System communications and remote
V2Green / GridPoint controls
Functional specification development and design
EPRI participation
System Owner, engineering, and development
Xcel Energy management.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Can we store Renewables
Absolutely!
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Can we do it for the same price as the
๏
cost of energy now?
With the same reliability as we presently
๏
enjoy?
We had better figure it out quickly.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Can we store Renewables
Absolutely!
๏
Can we do it for the same price as the
๏
cost of energy now?
With the same reliability as we presently
๏
enjoy?
We had better figure it out quickly.
๏
WISH US LUCK AND SUCCESS!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Using Garageband to
Generate Lame-Core
Jun Heider
RealEyes Media
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Who am I?
Sr. Flex Developer and Technical Trainer
๏
at RealEyes Media
GarageBand Enthusiast
๏
The Trent Reznor of Lame-core
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Base requirements
Either a Macintosh or Hackintosh OS X
๏
10.2.6 or higher (Currently 10.5.x)
iLife ’04 and higher Suite version (iLife ’09
๏
currently comes pre-installed with new
Macs)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Optional Requirements
USB or Firewire Audio Interface such as and
๏
M-Audio FastTrack Pro or Line 6 TonePort
Good quality microphone
๏
Midi controllers such as keyboards
๏
Analog instruments such as electric guitars
๏
and bass
Audio clips, loops, whatever you can think of
๏
as a source of sound
Audio Hijack pro
๏
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Step 6: Drag in your source
and Disarm Track Recording
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Step 6: Drag in your source
and Disarm Track Recording
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Step 6: Drag in your source
and Disarm Track Recording
Drag in Source Audio
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Step 6: Drag in your source
and Disarm Track Recording
Drag in Source Audio
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Step 6: Drag in your source
and Disarm Track Recording
Disarm the track
Drag in Source Audio
(Red circle=armed,
Grey
circle=disarmed)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Step 7: Create a New Track
to Record MIDI or Analog
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Step 7: Create a New Track
to Record MIDI or Analog
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Step 7: Create a New Track
to Record MIDI or Analog
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Step 9 through whichever
Repeat steps 7 and 8 as many times as
๏
you need to.
Make sure to only arm tracks you want to
๏
record on
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Ways to Embellish the Mix
Adjust Pan and Volume
Select effects for Real Instrument Tracks
Pick different loops and clips for the MIDI tracks
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Dude, Where’s My
Solar Powered Car?
Sean Christmann
Email: mech@craftymind.com
Twitter: @seanalltogether
Thursday, March 12, 2009
There’s a lot of myths floating
around about cars these days.
“Forget water powered cars, I’m
getting a solar powered car!”
Thursday, March 12, 2009
It’s true that solar cars exist, but
the laws of physics are against us
= 2 hp
~27% solar efficiency
= 190 hp
would require over
2500% solar efficiency
Thursday, March 12, 2009
“Well what if I buy power from renewable
resources like solar and wind farms”
“Then I can drive an electric car that’s
technically ‘solar powered’”
Thursday, March 12, 2009
The truth is, unless you own one
of these...
...then congratulations, you
already drive a “solar powered”
car.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
In fact, almost all energy we use
today is a by-product of solar
radiation
Thursday, March 12, 2009
“Yeah, but we can’t wait a million years
for more oil to be created”
Thats true...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
...but don’t assume that electricity
is the only “renewable” way of
storing energy
Thursday, March 12, 2009
So what fuel will be in your
next car when petroleum
runs out?
Answering that question is
problematic, because we built our
entire economy on the best fuel for
the job - petroleum (gas, diesel)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
People don’t want to lose the comforts
๏
engineered around petroleum
I want a lot of horsepower
-
I want to drive 300 miles between refueling
-
Refueling should be fast
-
Fuel tanks shouldn’t take up much room
-
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Fuel Contenders: Batteries
Cheap and no exhaust waste
๏
Electric motors are very efficient at turning
๏
electricity into motion.
Energy density is horrible. In the Tesla car, 200
๏
miles of battery power weigh 1000 lbs and take
up alot of space
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Fuel Contenders: Hydrogen
Electrolysis should allow for clean creation,
๏
fuel-cells cleanly power cars
Should be fast to refuel
๏
Low energy density, compression requires
๏
cooling
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Fuel Contenders: Alcohols
(Ethanol & Long Chain Hydrocarbons)
High energy density; would need a 15 gallon
๏
tank to match a 10 gallon gas tank
Existing technology and infrastructure is ready
๏
to support it
Generates
๏
pollution as
exhaust from
being burned
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Anything else?
General rule of thumb is, the more dense
๏
and complex the fuel, the less you can
create of it
1 Acre
Biodiesel / ??
Electricity
Hydrogen Alcohols
Thursday, March 12, 2009
What’s the bottom line on
these different fuels?
Which one is most
practical?
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Is hydrogen worth the
investment?
Hydrogen only solves one problem with
๏
batteries (refuel rate), but introduces a
more complex problem of building an
entirely new infrastructure.
Hydrogen is more suitable for low
๏
temperature environments
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Can we make enough
alcohol?
Ethanol production might compete with
๏
food production, can we spare the land
and addition water?
Algae might prove to be the holy grail for
๏
generating alcohols
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Are batteries good
enough?
Batteries need to reach 5-10 minute
๏
recharges. Right now you might get stuck
at a station in the middle of nowhere for 2
hours.
Densities need to improve to increase
๏
distance and give people back their trunks
Thursday, March 12, 2009
My predictions for the future
Manufactures should ramp up
๏
on alcohol powered cars
Alcohol is our natural transition
๏
beyond petroleum. Brazil has
already made the transition.
Electric cars will expand when
๏
battery advances allow for
“roadtrip ready” cars.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
The Math
Peggy Dyer leaves Boulder, CO
bound for Birmingham, Naples
and plans to photograph 1 million
faces. How long will this take?
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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