What are the parameters and contents of our mind? And how can we directly interact with them, to program our moods, goals and mental content? If we use meditation to work with them, we start with an interface that is not exactly user friendly and informative:

from Moebius: 37 days in the desert

Clearly, we need something more helpful than the content itself: the interface must expose an equivalent to the cybernetic infrastructure that drives our motivational system and the architecture of our mental processes.

Moebius: an early depiction of architectures of the mind (from Hara Kiri?)

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3D printers and desktop manufacturing, once a science-fiction, is now a reality. Primarily meant for  prototyping, 3d printers is a vision for replicating physical objects. Current technology involves printing with plastic and metal. One of my friend has printed living tissues and printing with bacteria is happening at my lab.

It all started with Star Trek’s replicator. It started out as a food printer and later it was shown as a machine which can make anything.

There have been attempts to make food printers a reality.

Printing Apple

Edible Growth

Food as complex 3D structures

For this class I want to build a food printer which can print food with unconventional 3D structure. It would be interesting to be able program flavors, tastes and texture and have an interface to mix-and-match to make unusual food.

I was so sad about Jack’s death when I was watching the movie. And this idea came to me at that moment. It’s over-all suit covers all body except the head. It’s too thin to realize its exists like a light watch on your arm.

If there any emergence or extreme situation happens, such as a marine perils or the Martian Immigrant, the suit could be sealed around the neckband. And the device inside the suit could generate air. In a short time, the suit will become a giant balloon to provide a safe environment.