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    15 	<author><a href="aurellem/html/about-rlm.html">

    16 	    Robert L. McIntyre</a>'s blog</author></span>

    17       <h1>au<em>r</em>e<em>l</em>le<em>m</em>.org</h1>

    18       <h2>science, programming, ideas</h2> 

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    23 	<tr>

    24 	  <th><a href="./thoughts/html/good-ideas.html">Big List O'

    25 	  Ideas</a></th>

    26 	  <td>

    27 	    <p class="description">All the ideas I've had that I felt

    28 	      like writing down for the past ~ 8 years. Some of them

    29 	      could be practical inventions and are "just" waiting for

    30 	      that 95% perspiration to bring them to fruition, some

    31 	      are ideas for science fiction, and some are simple

    32 	      observations.

    33 	    </p>

    34 	    <a class="list" href="./thoughts/html/good-ideas.html">Go

    35 	    to the Ideas Page &raquo;</a>

    36 	  </td>

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    39 	<tr><th>Major Projects</th><td>

    40 	    <h2><a href="./ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html">Aldehyde-Stabilized

    41 	    Cryopreservation (2015)</a></h2>

    42 	    <p class="description">

    43 	      A brain-banking technology that can preserve all of the

    44 	      synaptic connections in a whole mammalian brain for

    45 	      longer than a

    46 	      century. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.09.003">Published

    47 	      in Cryobiology</a>

    48 	      and <a href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/small-mammal-announcement">winner</a>

    49 	      of the

    50 	       <a href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/asc_rabbit_fulleval">Brain

    51 	      Preservation Prize</a>. Mentioned in

    52 	      <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/us/cancer-immortality-cryogenics.html">the

    53 	      New York Times</a>,

    54 	      <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-our-minds-live-forever/">Scientific

    55 		American</a>,

    56 	      <a href="http://gizmodo.com/brain-preservation-breakthrough-could-usher-in-a-new-er-1758022181">

    57 		Gizmodo</a>,

    58 		and <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-rabbit-brain-has-been-cryonically-preserved-and-recovered-brain-preservation-prize">

    59 		Vice News</a></br></br>

    60 

    61 	      <a class="list"

    62 		href="./ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html">Introduction

    63 		to Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation (ASC)

    64 		&raquo;</a>

    65 

    66 	      <a class="list"

    67 		href="./ASC/html/ASC-FAQ.html">Frequently asked

    68 		Questions &raquo;</a>

    69 

    70 	      <!-- <a class="list" href="./ASC/html/ASC-images.html">Images -->

    71 	      <!-- of brains preserved with ASC &raquo;</a> -->

    72 

    73 	      <a class="list"

    74 		 href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.09.003">

    75 		Journal article in Cryobiology &raquo;</a>

    76 

    77 	      <!-- <a class="list" href="./ASC/html/ASC-motivations.html"> -->

    78 	      <!-- 	Motivations behind ASC &raquo;</a> -->

    79 

    80 	      <!-- <a class="list" href="./ASC/html/ASC-limitations.html"> -->

    81 	      <!-- Limitations of ASC &raquo;</a> -->

    82 

    83 	      <!-- <a class="list" href="./ASC/html/ASC-full-protocol.html"> -->

    84 	      <!-- 	Detailed ASC protocol &raquo;</a> -->

    85 

    86 	      <a class="list" href="https://nectome.com">Nectome, ASC

    87 	      research company &raquo;</a>

    88 	</p></td></tr>

    89 	

    90 	<tr><th></th><td>

    91 	    <h2>CORTEX: a virtual world for sensate AI (2014)</h2>

    92 	    <p class="description">

    93 	      My MEng thesis at

    94 	      MIT, <a href="http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/91697">

    95 		<em>Recognizing Actions using Embodiment and

    96 	      Empathy</em></a>. It won 1st Place 2014 Charles and

    97 	      Jennifer Johnson Thesis Award for best EE/CS MEng

    98 	      thesis! <code>CORTEX</code> is an exploration of

    99 	      embodied cognition, the idea that our intelligence is

   100 	      deeply connected to our bodies and experience of the

   101 	      world. In the thesis, I teach a simulated worm how to

   102 	      recognize other worms performing various actions like

   103 	      wiggling and curling by giving it a sense of empathy:

   104 	      the worm imagines what it would feel like to be the

   105 	      other worm, and then recognizes the actions based on its

   106 	      own previous experience. All code and text for the

   107 	      thesis is freely licensed under the GPL.<br/><br/>

   108 	      <a class="list" href="./cortex/thesis/rlm-cortex-meng.pdf">

   109 		Thesis &raquo;</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

   110 	      <a class="list" href="./cortex/html/index.html">Online Thesis Notes

   111 		&raquo;</a><br/>

   112 	      <a class="list" href="./cortex/releases/cortex-1.0.0.tar.bz2">

   113 		Source Code (cortex-1.0.0.tar.bz2) &raquo;</a>

   114 	</p></td></tr>

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   117 	    <h2><a href="./vba-clojure/html/total-control.html">

   118 		Pok&eacute;mon Yellow Total Control Hack (2013)</a></h2>

   119 	    <p class="description">

   120 	      Just by buying and rearranging certain items and

   121 	      pressing certain buttons in Pok&eacute;mon Yellow, you

   122 	      can get the game into a state where you can completely

   123 	      reprogram it from the inside. It's the first hack of its

   124 	      kind, and it won

   125 	      multiple <a  href="http://tasvideos.org/2187M.html">TAS

   126 	      awards</a>.<br/><br/>

   127 	      <a class="list" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5T81yHkHtI">Watch

   128 		on Youtube&raquo;</a>

   129 	      <a class="list" href="./vba-clojure/html/total-control.html">Guide to

   130 		the Pok&eacute;mon Yellow total control hack

   131 		&raquo;</a>

   132 	    </p></td></tr>

   133 

   134 	<tr>

   135 	  <th>Small Projects</th>

   136 	  <td>

   137 	    <ul>

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   139 	      <li><a href="../papers/html/papers.html">

   140 		  <div class="date">2015 Jul</div>Cryobiology and

   141 		  Electron Microscopy reading list</a></li>

   142 	      

   143 	      <li><a href="../hardware-hacking/html/hardware-hacking.html">

   144 		  <div class="date">2015 Mar</div>Building a

   145 		  web-controlled Gameboy</a></li>

   146 

   147 	      <li><a href="../aurellem/html/organ-preservation-alliance-victory.html">

   148 		  <div class="date">2015 Feb</div>VICTORY at the

   149 		  Global Organ Banking Summit</a></li>

   150 	      

   151 	      <li><a href="../cold-storage/html/cold-storage.html">

   152 		  <div class="date">2015 Jan</div>Preserving a DVD

   153 		  with Liquid Nitrogen</a></li>

   154 

   155 	      <li><a href="../water-loss-kinetics/html/water-loss-kinetics.html">

   156 		  <div class="date">2014 May</div>Modeling water loss

   157 		  from a cell during freezing</a></li>

   158 	      	      

   159 	      <li><a href="../thoughts/html/sussman-reading-list.html">

   160 		  <div class="date">2014 May</div>Professor Sussman's

   161 		  recommended reading</a></li>

   162 	      

   163 	      <li><a href="../marble-paintings/html/marble-paintings.html">

   164 		  <div class="date">2014 Jan</div> Painting on broken

   165 		  marble with acrylic paints</a></li>

   166 

   167 	      <li><a href="../minsky">

   168 		  <div class="date">2013 Sep</div> Marvin Minsky's

   169 		  "Society of Mind" (mostly "Dylan Holmes'

   170 		  work)</a></li>

   171 	      	      

   172 	      <li><a href="../bbbgs/html/bbbgs.html">

   173 		  <div class="date">2013 Aug</div> Improving

   174 		  background subtraction with top-down

   175 		  vision </a></li>

   176 	      

   177 	      <li><a href="../cortex/html/ai-journal-review.html">

   178 		  <div class="date">2013 May</div>Review of the

   179 		  Journal of Artificial Intelligence

   180 		   </a></li>

   181 	      

   182 	      <li><a href="../pony-stories/html/pony-stories.html">

   183 		  <div class="date">2012 Aug</div>fimfinder.net, a

   184 		  website to search fimfiction.net </a></li>

   185 	      

   186 	      <li><a href="../pokemon-types/html/types.html">

   187 		  <div class="date">2011 Aug</div>  Best-first

   188 		  search for effective Pokemon types </a></li>

   189 

   190 	      <li><a href="../pokemon-types/html/lpsolve.html">

   191 		  <div class="date">2011 Aug</div> Discovering

   192 		  effective Pokemon types using linear

   193 		  optimization </a></li>

   194 	      

   195 	      <li><a href="../abomination/html/no_parens.html">

   196 		  <div class="date">2011 Jul</div> Calling it quits

   197 		  without parentheses</a>

   198 	      </li>

   199 	    </ul>

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   206 	  <th>How-to Guides</th>

   207 	  <td>

   208  	    <ul>

   209 	      <li><a href="../stream/html/how-to-stream.html">Share

   210 		  audio/video on GNU/Linux<div class="date">2016 Jan</div></a>

   211 	      </li>

   212 	      <li><a href="../free/html/ftp.html">Set up your own FTP

   213 		  server<div class="date">2015 May</div></a>

   214 	      </li>

   215 	      <li><a href="../6.945/html/dont-panic.html">Set up

   216 		  mit-scheme (from MIT's 6.945

   217 		  class)<div class="date">2014 Jan</div></a>

   218 	      </li>

   219 	      <li><a href="../free/html/wiki.html">Set up your own

   220 		  Wiki<div class="date">2013 Sep</div></a>

   221 	      <li><a href="../free/html/email.html">Set up your own

   222 		  Personal Email Server<div class="date">2013

   223 		  Jun</div></a>

   224 	      </li>

   225 	      <li><a href="../cortex/html/capture-video.html">Capture

   226 		  video from JMonkeyEngine3<div class="date">2011

   227 		  Dec</div></a>

   228 	      </li>

   229 

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   235 	<tr>

   236 	  <th>Essays</th>

   237 	  <td>

   238 	    <ul>

   239 	      <li><a href="../thoughts/html/patents.html"> Free

   240 		   Culture Patents<div class="date">2013 Jul</div></a>

   241 	      </li>

   242 	      <li><a href="../thoughts/html/man-years.html"> A

   243 		  Universe of Human Experience<div class="date">2011

   244 		  Oct</div></a>

   245 	      </li>

   246 	    </ul>

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   255 	  <th>Links</th>

   256 	  <td>

   257 	    <ul>

   258 	      <li><a href="https://logical.ai/">LOGICAL.AI</a><br/>The

   259 	      homepage of Dylan Holmes, who helped to make this website.

   260 	      </li>

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author	Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date	Tue, 09 Feb 2016 11:45:48 -0800
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