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www.tonydude.net Ysurvey Home > View Responses - HTML Format Sign Out View Responses - HTML Format Survey Title: Homework VII - Coming Back Home. (even) Question Response Participant #1 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the A simple motor has six parts: armature or rotor, steps in turning a motor's rotor. commutator, brushes, axle, field magnet and DC power supply of some sort. AN eletric motor is all about magnets and magnetism: a motor uses magnets to create motion. If you have ever played with magnets you know about the fundamental law of all magnets: opposites attract and likes repel. So if you have two bar magnets with their ends marked "north" and "south," then the north end of one magnet will repel the north end of the other (and similarly, south will repel south). 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a Moving charges create a magnetic field. Therefore, all bar magnet? electrical wires have a magnetic field around them (but only when the current flows). The field lines are a concentric circle pattern. The direction of the field lines can be found using the right hand grip rule. You must know this. Grip a pencil in your right hand so that your thumb points in the same direction as the pencil tip and your fingers curve around it. The pencil represents the current and its tip the direction of the current arrow. Your fingers curl round in the direction of the field lines. 3) A generator is different from a motor a. a generator uses a reverse magnetic field. because 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor d. a generator is smaller and less complicated. because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a A speaker is essentially the final translation machine loudspeaker works. the reverse of the microphone. It takes the electrical signal and translates it back into physical vibrations to create sound waves. When everything is working as it should, the speaker produces nearly the same vibrations that the microphone originally recorded on a Date Submitted 4/30/2004 4/30/2004 4/30/2004 4/30/2004 4/30/2004 4/30/2004 4/30/2004 4/30/2004 tape, CD, LP, etc. Traditional speakers do this with one or more drivers. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the The light bulb lit up because of electromagnetism. connected light bulb on top of the Thomson Electromagnetism is a magnetism produced by an Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb electric current and the branch of physics concerned light-up? with electromagnetic phenomena. The basic ides behind an electromagnet is extremely simple: by running electric current through a wire, you can create a magnetic field. By using this simple principle, you can create all sorts of things including motors, solenoids, read/write heads for hard disks and tape drivers, speakers and so on. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. The rules of John Conway's Game of Life are for a What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to space that is "populated": each cell with one or no be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as neighbors dies, as if by loneliness. Each cell with four or being both natural and simple, why? Which more neighbors dies, as if by overpopulation. Each cell characters in the game of life lived the with two or three neighbors survives. For a space that longest? is "empty" or "unpopulated" each cell with three neighbors becomes populated. 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum An approach to the mind-body problem based on Consciousness slide show. physical laws had been advocated by several thinkers. Quantum Theory has been particularly intriguing for scientists eager to provide a physical explanation of consciousness. Loosely speaking, the point is that conciousness is unlikely to arise from classical properties of matter (the more we understand the structure and the fabric of the brain, the less we understand how consciousness can occur at all), which are well known and well testable. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were It is a major undertaking to define consciousness for the most fundamental aspect of two reasons. First the term has been used in different consciousness. After watching and reading the disciplines differently and secondly one readily creates a QC slide show, why would you disagree? vicious circle for the instance by stating that people are conscious of their consciousness and therefore consciousness exists. Rather than starting from personal experience it is preferable to define properties of consciousness beforehand and to judge thereafter if it leads to a notion that may be recognized in the world around us and in our personal experiences. 11) Your Name. Nichole Givans 4/30/2004 4/30/2004 4/30/2004 4/30/2004 4/30/2004 4/30/2004 Participant #2 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the The electric current is supplied externally through the 5/1/2004 steps in turning a motor's rotor. commutator, then it will pass through the loop that is located in a magnetic field. The two sides of the loop will experience magnetic forces in opposite directions, since the electrons are flowing in the opposite direction. This produces a torque which turns the motor. The commutator will change the direction of the current every half cycle so the loop of wire will continue to rotate, since this keeps the torque turning the loop in the same diredtion. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a It is like a bar magnet because a current-carrying coil of 5/1/2004 bar magnet? wire will create a magnetic field around it. Thus they become essentially the same thing. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. 5/1/2004 because 3) A generator is different from a motor because 3) A generator is different from a motor because 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a loudspeaker works. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the connected light bulb on top of the Thomson Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb light-up? 7) A hologram is created 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? e. the current goes in the opposite direction in a generator. f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce electricity. c. magnetic and holographic methods 5/1/2004 A speaker consists of a circular permanent magnet surrounding a freely moving coil, which is attahed to a cone shaped diapragm. There will be an alternating current flowing through the coil, generated by the radio, microphone, etc. This alternation will be the same frequency as the sound waves that generated it. The current will induce an alternating magnetic field in the coil. This will repel and attract itself to the permanent magnet, thus causing the coil to vibrate. The vibrating coil causes the attached cone shaped diaphragm to vibrate and reproduce the sounds generated by the original source. 120 volts at 60 Hz will be sent to the coil of wire. Once a current starts in the wire it will produce a magnetic field. This magnetic field will be alternating 60 times per second, which is standard for an AC plug at home. The iron core will become magnetized, i.e. the magnetic domains within the iron will align, from the current carrying coil and it will also alternate 60 times every second. This iron core is only there for effeciency purposes, it will amplify the magnetic field produced by the coil. Now if a second coil is attached to the iron core a current will be induced in the wire, since magnetic fields causes the electrons within the wire to move. This second coil just so happens to be a bulb that produces light when held close enough to the iron core. All this is is a transformer which uses the changing magnetic field produced by the current in one coil to induce voltage into a second coil. c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. The rules of the games for a space that is populated: each cell with four or more neighbors dies, as if by overpopulation; each cell with one or no neighbors dies, as if by lonliness; each cell with two or three neighbors survives. For a space that is empty or unpopulated: each cell with three neighbors becomes populated. Life seems evident because it looks as if it is a society of organisms on the page that rise, fall, and alter like in real life, but it is just a simulation. Bryson's mentioning of complexity as being both natural and simple fits in perfectly with this game. You can start with a simple pattern that in turn does some of the craziest things that don't make any sense when you're just looking at it, but if you break it down slowly, that complexity is following rules and guideline that are really very simple. In all of the chaos there is order. It's amazing. The 5/1/2004 5/1/2004 5/1/2004 5/1/2004 5/1/2004 5/1/2004 characters that move away from the pack that turn into blocks, blinkers, beehives, etc., i.e. patterns that 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum There is a big problem with consciousness, we can't 5/1/2004 Consciousness slide show. detect nor define it, but we know we have this "emergent property", this "inner life". To figure out what is creating this consciousness we look within the neurons and into the cytoskeleton where there are microtubules made up of hexagonal lattices of proteins, known as tubulins. Normally we have known the microtubules as being purely structural elements, but now we know they have mechanical signaling and communication functions also. We are starting to learn that tubulins can exist in quantum superposition and be switching between two or more or both conformational states. They interact with their neighbors to create a dynamic pattern, or automata, in the mirotubule which can evolve, interact, and lead to the emergence of new patterns. This microtubule automata computation could support classical information processing, transmission, and learning within neurons. We know that qubits can interact by quantum entanglement, so that q 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were I disagree because there are many forms of motile 5/1/2004 the most fundamental aspect of single-celled organisms lacking neurons or synapes that consciousness. After watching and reading the are able to swim, find food, learn, and multiply through QC slide show, why would you disagree? the use of their internal cytoskeleton. Which means that neurons can't be the most fundamental aspect of consciousness. 11) Your Name. Mike Magallanes 5/1/2004 Participant #3 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the A current is put through a loop of wire immersed in a steps in turning a motor's rotor. magnetic field. Each side of the loop of wire experiences a different force. The force on one end pushes the wire up and the force on the other pushes the wire down, causing the whole thing to rotate. If the current in the wire stayed the same, the motion would stop. However, in the motor there is a communicator, which makes the current alternate. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a The current carrying coil is like the bar magnet because bar magnet? they both carry a magnetic field. Also, they are both dipolar. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a The coil of wire on the base of the speaker alternates loudspeaker works. causing is to be attracted to and repelled by the permanent magnet. The coil vibrates in the same frequency as the sound. The vibration is transfered to the paper cone, reproducing the sound. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the The Thomson ring is connected to the outlet in the wall. 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 connected light bulb on top of the Thomson Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb light-up? The wall outlet produces alternating current. The alternating current of the Thomson ring is transfered to the copper wires in the long tubular thing. The current in that is also alternating so when a coil is place on top of it, a current will be created. This is the current that lights the bulb. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. The rules to the game of life are: What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to 1. a cell with less than three neighbors will die. be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as 2. a cell with more than three neighbors will die. being both natural and simple, why? Which 3. a cell with exactly three neighbors will stay alive. characters in the game of life lived the 4. a cell with three neighbors will produce life. longest? Life seems evident because it changes, reproduces, dies, and almost evolves. Bryson refers to the complexity of some non-living things. Complex entities, such as crystals and snowflakes. These things appear in nature, so they're natural. The characters in the game that lived the longest are the ones that are able to follow the rules to where they always have exactly three neighbors. 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum The Quantum Consciousness slide show suggested that Consciousness slide show. consciousness did not come from the neurons. In the Quantum Consciousness theory, the microtubules experience entanglement. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were I don't think that the neurons are the fundamental the most fundamental aspect of aspects of consciousness. They simply pass a charge consciousness. After watching and reading the from one cell to the next. Also, other types of animals QC slide show, why would you disagree? have neurons but do not experience consciousness. The Quantum consciousness theory seems to be a creative solution to the question "what is consciousness" I don't really believe in the theory. I don't think that natural selection could make such a change in the species. I think that consciousness has to come from something else. There is so much of the brain that we don't understand. Maybe consciousness doesn't start with neurons but with a section of the brain we don't have enough information about. 11) Your Name. Brian Lewis 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 Participant #4 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the When electric current passes through a coil in a 5/2/2004 steps in turning a motor's rotor. magnetic field (magnetic fields are produced by electric currents) the magnetic force makes a torque which turns the motor. The commutator (electric current is supplied externally through a commutator) reverses the current each half revolution to keep the torque turning the coil in the same direction. Magnetic force reacts perpendicular to the both wires and magnetic field. Steps: 1. A current flows through a loop of wire immersed in a magnetic field. 2. Each end of the loop of wire will experience a force due to the electrons flowing in the loop of wire. 3. The commutaton will change the direction of the current every half cycle. 4. Each end of the loop of wire will experience an opposite force due to the electrons flowing in the opposite direction. 5. The loop of wire will continue to rotate due to the changing direction of the current immersed in a magnetic field. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a A current-carrying coil of wire is like a magnetic bar bar magnet? because magnetic fields are produced by electric currents, which can be macroscopic currents or microscopic currents (associated with electrons in atomic orbits) Magnetic field sources are essentially dipolar in nature, having a north and a south magnetic pole. A long straight coil of wire can be used to generate a nearly uniform magnetic field similar to that of a magnetic bar. the field can be greatly strengthened by the addition of an iron core. Such cores are typical in electromagnets. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two c. magnetic and holographic methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a Most loud speakers consist of a circular permanent loudspeaker works. magnet surrounding a freely moving coil- which is attached to the diaphragm. The current, alternating at the same frequency as the sound waves that generated it, induces an alternating magnetic field in the coil. As the polarity of the magnetic field of the coil alternates, it is alternatively attracted to and repelled by the permanent magnet. This is what causes the coil to vibrate. The vibrating coil causes the attached diaphragm to vibrate and reproduce the sounds generated by the original source. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the The magnetic field alternates 60 times per second, connected light bulb on top of the Thomson magnetic field induces a voltage in the coil which is Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb sufficient to light the bulb if it's close enough. When you light-up? bring the bulb close enough for it to produce light, it's the action of a transformer(a transformer efficiently raises or lowers AC voltages) which uses the changing magnetic field produced by the current in one coil to induce a voltage into a second coil. 7) A hologram is created 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 NOTE: 120 volts at 60Hz is applied to the coil. Since it has an iron core, a large alternating magnetic field is produced. c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and 5/2/2004 the interference of light concept. Life is played on a grid of square cells; it expands 5/2/2004 infinately in every direction. A cell can be live or dead. A live cell is shown by putting a marker in its square. A dead cell is shown by leaving the square empty. Each cell in the grid has a neighborhood consisting of the eight cells in every direction, including diagonals. We count the number of live neighborhoods for each cell. What happens next depends on this number. Adead cell with exactly three live neighbors becomes a live cell. A live cell with two or three live neighbors stays alive. In all other cases, a cell dies or remains dead. Life seems to be evident because by each rule it seems like if it were going through life stages. The first stage is the stage of birth as we start out being young, then the stage of survival, when we are growing and working for our food and srtuggling through hard obstacles, and finally crowding or loneliness, when we are old we feel lonely and like if we are bothering. The character in life 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum In the Quantum Consciousness slide show it start out 5/2/2004 Consciousness slide show. explaining about nerves in the brain that are connected by dendrites and then it goes to smaller things like neurons then the neural nets and its entanglements, then synapses that act like basic switches. Inside the networks we also see microtubles and other filamentous structures. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were Neurons are not the most fundamental aspect of 5/2/2004 the most fundamental aspect of consciousness because at the start of the pathway, consciousness. After watching and reading the images from the retina at the back of each eye are QC slide show, why would you disagree? channeled first to a pair of small structures deep in the brain called the lateral geniculate nuclei. Individual neurons in the LGN can be activated by visual stimulation from either one eye or the other but not both. They respond to any change of brightness or color in a specific region within an area of view known as the receptive field, which varies amoung neurons. Neurons help us discern shapes, help us identify moving in a specific direction, and help us distinguish faces, but many neurons in the visual pathways, still respond with their characteristic selectivity to visual stimuli even in a human that has been completely anesthetized. 11) Your Name. Dana Palacios NS-100 @10:00am 5/2/2004 Participant #5 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the A mortor works because of the magnetic force that is steps in turning a motor's rotor. created within a coil and this produces a current that allows for the motor to work. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a They are similar because they are both magnetic field bar magnet? sources. They both create a current and are able to produce electricity. They are both dipolar in nature thus means they both have both a north and south magnetic pole. These pole will not combine and will always stay opposite. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a A loudspeaker has coil wrapped round a cone which is loudspeaker works. in the back of the loud speaker this coil recognizes sound and is able to reproduce it thanks to the vibrations these vibrations produce sound waves and we are able to hear them. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the The light bulb lit up because the coil carries a current connected light bulb on top of the Thomson and has a magnetic current which is strong enough to Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb light up the bulb. This current goes up through the coil 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 light-up? 7) A hologram is created and light it at the speed of light. c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. The game of life consists in being able to create life What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to and have it be able to survive. However this can only be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as happen if you folow the rule that are set by the creter of being both natural and simple, why? Which the game. rules are such as you must put two of the characters in the game of life lived the litle squares together and you must follow these rules if longest? you want to crete life. Bryson says complexity is both natural and simple because that is how it is. This means that complexity is something that can be hard to understand however it is just the way nature makes it. This means that when someday we understand how ecxatly nature works we will actually think it is simple. However to us it seems a lot more complex because it is way beeyond what we can do, althogh I know modern day technology is really advanced.But its things like, how or brain works, that really amazes scientist. 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum In the slide show we are shown the way our brain racts Consciousness slide show. to different situations and it also talks about microtubules which are what actually helps reactions occur. It also teaches about sapce time and hat it avctually reffers to not what we would suppose it reffers to.This slide show along with what we talked about inclass left me wondering what it really means to be conscious. Be cause I am seriously beging to thing that our body so programed to recat certain ways that I begin to think of myself as some kind of robot, which reacts and has a certain personality depending on the life situations that I have lived. It is also perhaps why Psychologist ahve been able to determine our behaviors and the causes for those behaviors. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were I actually believe that microtubules are the must the most fundamental aspect of fundamental becasue of the fact that they are what it all consciousness. After watching and reading the goes back to and they are also where it all starts from. QC slide show, why would you disagree? Microtubules are what the cytoskeleton is manly composed of. They are also very important in determinig cell shape , function, movement and division. 11) Your Name. Beatriz Manriquez Nat,. Sci. 100 (10-10:50) Participant #6 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the A current flows through a wire which is in a magnetic steps in turning a motor's rotor. field. each opposite end of the wire will recieve a force due to the incoming electrons. A device called a comunicater will change the direction of the force every half cycle. Now each end of the loop of wire is recieving opposite forces and it will continue to turn because a chaning direction of the electron force and the magnetic field. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a Because of the electric charge traveling through the bar magnet? wire a magnietic field is produced. this gives the wire the same attractive properties of a bar magnet. The magnetism is produced because of the moving charge callled the Lorentz force. 3) A generator is different from a motor a. a generator uses a reverse magnetic field. because 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 3) A generator is different from a motor because 3) A generator is different from a motor because 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a loudspeaker works. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the connected light bulb on top of the Thomson Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb light-up? 7) A hologram is created 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum Consciousness slide show. e. the current goes in the opposite direction in a generator. f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce electricity. b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods 5/2/2004 A current which is alternating at the same frequencies as the sound causes an alternating magnetic field in the coil. because the coil is constantly alternating it is subsequently pushed and repelled by the permanent magnetic behind the cone. So the vibrating coil causes the diaphram cone to vibrate and to reproduce the original sound at a higher volume. Because the electric field traveled through the coil it produced and electric charge which subsequently traveled through the tiny filaments in the bulb causing it to light up. c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. I had trouble getting the praogram to run. 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 In this slide show we see how subjective conciousness 5/2/2004 is. Our conciousness is not like any other persons on the planet. this is becasue we draw our conclusions based upon our own experiences and of course or inevitalbe bias. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were I would disagree because in the slide show i learned 5/2/2004 the most fundamental aspect of about microtubles. these appear to be the most consciousness. After watching and reading the fundamental aspects of conciousness. And these things QC slide show, why would you disagree? are smaller than neurons so this makes them the most fundamental aspects of our conciousness 11) Your Name. Peter Catalano 5/2/2004 Participant #7 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the There must be a wire loop placed between two 5/2/2004 steps in turning a motor's rotor. opposing manetic poles creating a magnetic field. The electrons flow through the wire which creates a greater force when it is mixed with the magnetic field. This greater force causes the wire loop to turn on a commutator (this is where the electrons are supplied). The wire loop will continue to turn because of the changing directions of the electrons in the current within the magnetic field. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a Like a bar magnet, a current-carrying coil of wire has a 5/2/2004 bar magnet? magnetic domain. Like the bar magnet, if the magnetic domain is in the same direction it is magnetized and if something hits it and messes up the domain's direction then it can be demagnetized. 3) A generator is different from a motor because 3) A generator is different from a motor because 3) A generator is different from a motor because 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a loudspeaker works. c. a generator produces mechanical work. 5/2/2004 e. the current goes in the opposite direction in a generator. f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce electricity. c. magnetic and holographic methods 5/2/2004 A loudspeaker produces sound by vibrating the air. An electrical current causes the cone to vibrate, because there is a wire inside of the cone that blocks the electrons' path so the electrons bounce back and this is how the air vibrates and the loudspeaker produces sound. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the The alternating magnetic field in the iron core produced connected light bulb on top of the Thomson enough power in the second coil to light up the lightbulb Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb when it came close enough due to the force created by light-up? the alternating magnetic field. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. The rules are to put markers (live cells) in the squares What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to in such a way that the cells can remain alive and be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as maybe even reproduce. In order for a dead cell to come being both natural and simple, why? Which to life it must have exactly three live neighbors. Also, in characters in the game of life lived the order for live cells to stay alive it must have at least two longest? or three live neghbors. Anything more or less than 2-3 live neighbors will cause the cell to die. Life seems to be evident, because in the game when I put 2-3 cells together it usually produced an unpredictable reaction where cells would die and some cells would reproduce and become more complex than the 2-3 celled organisms that they started out from. This is what Bryson must have been talking about. All the cells needed were the right conditions and they became complex and that is evidence that complexity is both natural and simple...The changes occured on their own with the start of simple cells and a couple of small conditions. The characters in the game of life that survived the longest were the 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum The slideshow showed different slides of the Consciousness slide show. microscopic parts of neurons and talked about how the small parts that make up these neurons change their states and that is how consciousness occurs. Of course what they said was more complicated than this, however, the idea that they were presenting was that it is the small structures in the neurons making up our brain that change states and do unpredictable things to create our consciousness. That's what I got out of it at least. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were The most fundamental aspect of consciousness would the most fundamental aspect of be the qubits that make up the microtubules in our consciousness. After watching and reading the neurons. The neuron just houses the important QC slide show, why would you disagree? structures that work to create consciousness...without 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 11) Your Name. these inner structures in the neuron consciousness probably wouldn't be the same...from the viewpoint of the slideshow creators, of course, since no one actually knows what consciousness is. Crystalin Crinnion 5/2/2004 Participant #8 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the Motors use magnents to create motion by having steps in turning a motor's rotor. opposite poles attract. These repealing and atracting forces are responsible for creating the rotational motion that motors make. The coil that is composed of an outer layer of insaltion and wires insides, transmitts the electrcal current from one place to another. Once the wire or coil becomes aligned with the magnet, it becomes a mechanism that controls and transmitts the current. The permant magnet, aka the rotor, and the electromgnet on the stationary area surrounding the motor, work together to complete one motion or rotation. To move the rotor clockwise the upper electromagnet is deactivated and the right side is activiated. The magnets than repeat the process to keep the motor running. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a When a current flows through the wire it acts like a bar magnet? peramnet or bar magnet. As the current rotates the coil, it points the magnet side North,attracting and repelling the poles of other electro and permanent magnents. Therefore, the magnetism that is being developed in a current carrying coil is not simply restricted to being defined as a bar magnet, but results from the current as well as a strong bar amgnet that are made by putiing iron inside the core coil of an electromagnet. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a Loudspeakers consits of a permant magnet that loudspeaker works. surrounds a moving coil. Once the electric current or radiowaves are transmittd through the wire to the speaker, the intensity of their frequency enables the coil to produce a magnetic field. Like the motor, as the magnet is moved back and forth from the changing of the metal coil, its polarity changes. This process causes the frequency that produces the loudness of the speaker to vibrate the speaker. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the The light bulb was able to light up becasue of the connected light bulb on top of the Thomson electrons that were still near the surface of the bulb. As Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb electrical current runs through a wire, it is controlled by light-up? a switch or some device to turn it on and off. Immediately when the current begans again the electrons push on one another to cause the bulb to light. In class the current was going through the wires 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 creating a magnetic field through the magnet. Therefore the two worked together to complete the electrical cycle. 7) A hologram is created b. using any light, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of electrons concept 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. Bryson believes that complexity is a natural state that What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to all objects or elements can be described. Honestly, if be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as one thinks about it they will realize how true this being both natural and simple, why? Which statment is.Our bodies are made up of an intricate characters in the game of life lived the system that relays on one another to make us function. longest? Each piece is a vital asset in the procedure therefore its complexity and specialization in its area allow life to continue. 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum The Quatum Consciousness slide show goes through Consciousness slide show. the various functions of the brain and theories that could possibly explain what consciousness is. In some ways it tries to define the brain as a computer that utlizes this function to create a "soul" or an emergent property that makes us experenice a conscious state. RAnd suggest that the more complex we are, the more conscious we can obatin or experenice. Using the idea of quantuam systems, these ideas have been able to put into action, and by exploring such biological elements as proteins, can help us get a closer to understanding the brain and its consciousness. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were Many scientist believe that the basic idea of the most fundamental aspect of consciousness is a computer, rather than a neuron. consciousness. After watching and reading the Such evidence as glia cells, dendrites, electric gap QC slide show, why would you disagree? junctions, and the brain's linely state has proved this idea wrong. But the most important aspect that does not define a neuron as a basic unit of consciousness is that it does not explain how it happens. Neurons cant control how we learn to do things, what we say, like other organism,rather they transmit these procedures from one place to another. Like other organisms that do not have neurns and still function similar to us proves that there has to be something greater in control. I believe this statment to be true. Neurons directly enable the process to happen, but they dont aid us in our understanding of consciouness. This is an idea that no one will be able to explain because we can't even define the word itself. 11) Your Name. Leah Gwosdz 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 Participant #9 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the An electric motor is caused by an AC ( alternating 5/2/2004 steps in turning a motor's rotor. current) or DC ( direct current). it has 6 parts: rotor, commutator, brushes, axle, field magnet, and a DC power support of some sort. it mostly relies on magnets that creates its motion and magnetism. there attracting repelling motion creates rotational motion. the armature is electromagnetic made by coiling thin wire around two ro more poles of a metal core, and has an axle that is attached to it. examples of things with motors: blemder, washer, dryer, basically anything that moves using an electric motor to accomplish its movement. Turninng a motors rotor needs a torque which is normally produced by magnetic forces that come from between magnetic poles on the rotor. Then theres either a attractive or repulsive pull and push on the outside of the rotor. this produces the torque that makes the rotor spin faster and faster until the friction reduces its net. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a A current carrying coil is a production of magnetism by 5/2/2004 bar magnet? electricity. As you coil the wire the magnetic field circles and combine their effects, which then generates a total magnetic field much like a bar magnet. One end becomes a north seeking pole and the other end becomes a south seeking pole. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. 5/2/2004 because 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two e. none of these 5/2/2004 methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a When a speech current is passed through the coil a 5/2/2004 loudspeaker works. varying magnetic field is generated by the coil. then the 2 magnetic fields interact causing movement to the coil. The movement of the coil causes a cone to move back and forth. this compresses and decompresses the air so then it generates the sound waves. the loudspeaker is a transducer converting one form of energy to another. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the Electric current in a solid conductor and is the mass 5/2/2004 connected light bulb on top of the Thomson movement of free electrons. Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb Bound electrons boost up to higher energy levels,and light-up? caused electricity to run through the coil and this engergy caused the light bulb to light up. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and 5/2/2004 the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. im sorry but i couldnt figure out how to 'play' it. it was 5/2/2004 What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to difficult to understand eventhough i tried many times. be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum The problem of consciousness is imagining technologies 5/2/2004 Consciousness slide show. demonstrated anatomical location of activities that correlate with the consciousness but may not be directly responsible for it. * neurons are fundamental units of information in the brain. *computer functioning brain *Activities within cells ranging from single-celled organisms to the brain's neurons *mechanical signaling and communication functions also exist: Research indicates that microtubule automata computation could support classical information processing, transmission and learning within neurons. *consciousness is a process of events occurring in a wide, basic field of proto-conscious experience. observation of quantum systems have shown that, at least at small scales, particles (mass) can exist in two or more states or locations simultaneously (quantum superposition). * A separation in underlying reality. * As quantum superposition may only occur in isolation from environment. *An explanation for conscious e 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were Non-computability, or the notion that consciousness 5/2/2004 the most fundamental aspect of involves a factor which is neither random, nor consciousness. After watching and reading the algorithmic, and that consciousness cannot be QC slide show, why would you disagree? simulated. if neurons were the fundamental aspects of consciousness the how would we explain our free will and subjective time flow. and another thing is that since many forms of motile single-celled organisms lack neurons they are still able to swim, find food, learn, and multiply through the use of their internal cytoskeleton, if it was neurons were the most fundamental aspect then they would'nt be able to do any of these things. they would be a vegetable. 11) Your Name. Grisel Sandoval 5/2/2004 Participant #10 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the First, the current flows through the loop of wire steps in turning a motor's rotor. immersed in a magnetic field, then each end of the loop of wire will feel a force due to the electrons flowing. The commutator will change the direction of the current every half cycle. Each end of the loop of wire will experience an opposite force due to the electrons flowing in the opposite direction. Last, the loop of wire will continue to rotate due to the changing direction of the current immersed in a magnetic field. I liked when you did this experimebt! 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a They are both dipolar and have a north and south pole. bar magnet? They both can create magnetic fields that are produced by electrical currents. 3) A generator is different from a motor a. a generator uses a reverse magnetic field. because 3) A generator is different from a motor e. the current goes in the opposite direction in a because generator. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two c. magnetic and holographic methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a A coil vibrates when the polarity of the magnetic field loudspeaker works. alternates. The vibrating coil causes the cone shape to vibrate and reproduce the sounds. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the Because the magnetic current traveled through the coil connected light bulb on top of the Thomson to light the bulb. The field source was dipolar so the Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb electrical current was able to travel through the coil. light-up? 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. Every living cell dies every generation, but most What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to patterns explode anyway. It's a challenge to build new be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as patterns that don't explode. Arguably the simplest being both natural and simple, why? Which challenging rule. Life is evident because the universe is characters in the game of life lived the 1 million X 1 million. Complexity is natural and simple longest? because everything starts out small and grows bigger. 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum Consciousness slide show. It discusses the problem of cosciousness and what consciousness actually is. There are 11 slides, each with a new topic that include quantum computing. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were The Brain processes relevant to consciousness extend the most fundamental aspect of downward within neurons to the level of cytoskeletal consciousness. After watching and reading the microtubules, so that is why I'd disagree. QC slide show, why would you disagree? 11) Your Name. Adam Cady Participant #11 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the First there has to be an electric current that moves steps in turning a motor's rotor. along a wire. The wire must be at a magnetic field. The electrons in the wire will cause each end of the wire to carry a force. Then the commuter will change direction every half cycle it completes because of this force. Opposite forces will be at each end of the wire due to the difference of the flowing electrons. Since the electrons flow in opposite directions the wire will continue to rotate. This is how the motor works. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a A coil wire carries a current in a magnetic field (just like bar magnet? in question no. 1) Magnets also carry this current, but only while it is in motion. 3) A generator is different from a motor c. a generator produces mechanical work. because 3) A generator is different from a motor g. a generator uses electricity to produce mechanical because work. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two c. magnetic and holographic methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a Loud Speakers work with vibrations. Inside there is a loudspeaker works. coil and it has a magnetic field. The north and south poles are always changing back and forth. The magnet is the reppeled and attracted at the same time to the poles because they are alternating. what we get from this is a vibrating coils that prudes sound. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the This esxperiment works like the speaker. The coil has a connected light bulb on top of the Thomson magnetic fiel around it with alternating poles. A change Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb in direction of a current will light up the bulb. light-up? 7) A hologram is created d. using a laser, object, any film, and the electromagnetic induction concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. Unfortunately, I could not see this game in my computer What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to but I did notice that life can be veryu simple. Life that be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as was only like three squares big were lasting a long time being both natural and simple, why? Which alive. Other life froms that were very large, did no characters in the game of life lived the survive very long. longest? 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum The conscious is very hard to determine. No one really Consciousness slide show. knows about it and there is no precise definition. We DO know that concsiousness can realate to quantum physics because both are very strange and unusual. Consciousness holds true to the basic principles of quantum physics. 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were the most fundamental aspect of consciousness. After watching and reading the QC slide show, why would you disagree? 11) Your Name. The most funadamental part of concsiousness cannot 5/2/2004 be the neuron becasue these are very large and contain smaller parts inside them, like proteins, molecules, atoms, and even these have smaller particles inside! Arlene Rodriguez 5/2/2004 Participant #12 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the Electric motors are everywhere even my house. Every steps in turning a motor's rotor. mechanical object in my house is either caused by an AC (alternating current) or DC (direct current) electric motor. Motors work in terms of energy transformation. You can learn a lot about magnets, electromagnets and electricity just by studying motors. An electric motor is all about magnets and magnetism. A motor uses magnets to create motion. Inside an electric motor, attracting and repelling forces from a magnet can create rotational motion. The rotor, which is the rotating part of an AC motor, is an electromagnet made by coiling thin wire around two or more poles of a metal core. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a Because of magnetic induction. A current-carrying coil bar magnet? of wire has a magnetic field similar to that of a bar magnet. When you move a magnet towards a current carrying coil, the current moves to positive. When you move the magnet away from the coil, the current is negative. So moving magnet can make a current in a coil of wire 3) A generator is different from a motor a. a generator uses a reverse magnetic field. because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a Sound travels in waves of air pressure fluctuation. We loudspeaker works. hear sounds differently depending on the frequency and amplitude of these waves. Microphones translate sound waves into electrical signals, which can be encoded onto CDs and tapes. Those players convert the stored information back into an electric current for use in the stereo system. A speaker is essentially the final translation machine. It takes the electrical signal and translates it back into physical vibrations to create sound waves. When everything is working, the speaker produces the same vibrations that the microphone originally recorded and encoded on a tape or CD. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the It works because when you turn on the switch, a current connected light bulb on top of the Thomson starts moving inside the coil. The current creates a Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb magnetic field, which changes polarizations, north to light-up? south, constantly(change of field, change of current). The magnetic field goes to the light bulb and turns it on. The magnetic field is so strong that the light bulb doesn’t even have to touch the coil of wire. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? Bryson says complexity is both simple and natural 5/2/2004 because its whats supposed to happen. Because of the unexpected chaos that results from lifes very simple rules. Chemical reactions in life are very common and natural. Life has chemical reactions on its own. Life assembles, creates and reproduces to make more life, just like in the game. This idea is complex to us because we are used to the order of situations while nature is spontaneous and inexplicable at times. The rules are that 2 or 3 neighbors allow a cell to survive, and exactly 3 neighbors around a dead cell cause it to come alive for the next generation. Life uses the eight cells surrounding each cell as its neighborhood 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum David Chalmers is one the only philosopher to confront 5/2/2004 Consciousness slide show. todays issues of consciousness. The problem of consciousness is the patterns of neural network activities that correlate with mental states. Quantum Consciousness is used for brain imaging. They found that brain activity is associated with consciousness. Our consciousness is innate. Just like how people in China are born and learn Chinese automatically. Panexperiential is widespread attention. It is the consciousness that the universe is quantum foam so we are quantum foam as well. We are all space in the universe because the presence of virtual photons in space time has been verified 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were The most fundamental unit of information in the brain 5/2/2004 the most fundamental aspect of are neurons and their chemical synapses. These neural consciousness. After watching and reading the firings lead to thoughts and feelings QC slide show, why would you disagree? 11) Your Name. Diane Salvador 5/2/2004 Participant #13 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the A motor works with a magnet, some kind of current steps in turning a motor's rotor. (battery), and loop coil. the magnet is use to make a magnetic field which turns the loop wire and the current has somewhere to flow. a motor uses the the electric current to make mechical work. In turn the motor it must be step where there a magnet with shape like a C and the wire is in a loop in between the space of the magnet.In that space a magnetic field is made. the wire is connected to the current which moves the wire in the magnetic fild. the the wire is turning it current flows throgh the wire from oppsite direction. every half turn the current would reverse so the current could run motor supplied by the battery. if take out a section or unplugg the battery the motor will stop. the motor is is like a cycle. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a Current-carrying coil is like bar magnet because they bar magnet? both produce a magnetic field. A coil could be be straight, loop , or coiled. The bar magnet and the current-carrying coil both have a north and south poles. they both repell when the north ends come close together. They have the same effect of a compass. if you put a current-carrying coil near a compass the needle will go crazy. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor e. the current goes in the opposite direction in a 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 because 3) A generator is different from a motor because 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a loudspeaker works. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the connected light bulb on top of the Thomson Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb light-up? 7) A hologram is created 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum Consciousness slide show. generator. f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce electricity. b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods A loudspeaker has a magnet which surrounds the coil and is attach to a cone. there is alternating currents which flows through the coil. as the coil vibrates between the magnet because is atractive and reppels causing it move. the vibrastion of the cone attach to the wire causing it to move to whiich bounces the noise around. the noise it where it originated would be louder then when it comes out of the cone. The iron rod acts a the magnet creating a magnetic field and the light has a coil which the current from the electric connected with the rod would carry the current. that current will go through the coil as long as the coil is touching the rod. this much like a DC motor. c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. I couldn't download onto my computer and when i downloaded it would work and i could not figure it out and the Help Button wasn't helpful. 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 5/2/2004 i could see the slide show so this is from the lecture. 5/2/2004 The Quantum Consciousness first talk about microtubles and how they work. Then in the next slide talk about they use quatum physics in the work. The next talks about objective reaction (OR) and how it works in quatum computing. then it mentions the Orch OR model to show how the microtubles works in the brain. Then on the last page brings up the questions when did the consciousness first appear and will it appear in computers. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were I would disagree because in our whole history about the 5/2/2004 the most fundamental aspect of human race we find things smaller or larger. in the consciousness. After watching and reading the 1400's the people thought that we the only planet and QC slide show, why would you disagree? just in the last 30 years we thought that the atom is the smallest thing but they discovered quarks. There is always something smaller. i don't think in my life time we are going to find the smallest thing possible. the question which came first chicken or the egg comes up to mind. We don't have a answer to that expect God. Our concsciousness has thoughts and how do we measure that. I hope we get five points for our name because it is a numbered question. 11) Your Name. Alvic Ventinilla 5/2/2004 Participant #14 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the A two-pole direct current motor has six parts: a rotor, steps in turning a motor's rotor. commutator, brushes, axle, field magnet and a DC 5/2/2004 power supply. A motor uses magnets to create motion. The attracting and repelling forces from the north and south poles create motion. A motor works when an electromagnet is connected to a battery source and placed in between or surrounded by a magnet (think horseshoe magnet). If the south side of the electromagnet matches up with the north side of teh regular magnet and visa versa and the electromagnet is connected to opposite poles of the battery, this causes a slight half-turn to occur in the electromagnet. This turn occurs because of the way that magnets naturally repell and attract each other. At the very moment when the half-turn completes, the electromagnettic field flips causing a change in direction of the electrons. When this flipping is done correctly, the motor freely spins. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a A current carrying coil of wire is like a bar magnet 5/2/2004 bar magnet? because its field pattern is like that of a bar magnet's. It has both north and south poles ans its current flows in that direction. The only difference beteween the two is that you have to extend the magnetic field lines through the center of the coil which in turn forms loops instead of starting and ending on a pole. However, the field lines are parallel through the center of the bar magnet. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. 5/2/2004 because 3) A generator is different from a motor g. a generator uses electricity to produce mechanical 5/2/2004 because work. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods 5/2/2004 methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a A loud speaker has a back plate that is connected to a 5/2/2004 loudspeaker works. magnet which in turn is connected to the coil, which is connected to the voice coreilthe top plates. The cone looking part is actually called the basket and at the end of the basket are terminals. Withing the basket is the spider withing the cone and there is also the dust cap along with the gasket. When an electircal current passes through a wire coil (the voice coil) and this produces a force. THe cone which is connected to the voice coil moves in and out which creates waves of high and low air pressure. The coil and magnet are considered the "motor structure" of the loudspeaker. THe loudspeaker's suspension is what controls the movement. The surround and spider let the coil move freely along the magnet core's axis without it touching the sides of the magnetic gap. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the The light bulb lit up because there is a magnetic current 5/2/2004 connected light bulb on top of the Thomson that runs through the coil going north, south, north, Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb south and this current around the coil changes light-up? directions working back and forth. This energy running though the coil emmits enough energy to light the bulb. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and 5/2/2004 the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. I couldn't download. 5/2/2004 What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum Consciousness slide show. The human consciousness is often compared to a 5/2/2004 computer. Our brains have synapses and nerurons and a computer has switches. Quantum superstition has various levels and particles. There is also quantum entanglement in which particles are estranged in detactchment and may not have connections. Lastly there is quantum mechanics which describes the strange behavior of energy and matter at highly microscopic scales. These three views of consciousness are the patterns of neural network activities that go along with mental states, binding information in the thalamuns and cerebral cortex, and the emergence of computational complexities among the neurons. The cytoskeleton and microtubules are role players in consciousness. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were I would disagree and say that instead, tubulin is the 5/2/2004 the most fundamental aspect of most fundamental aspect because it is what makes up consciousness. After watching and reading the microtubules which make up the cytoskeleton, and as QC slide show, why would you disagree? mentioned in #9, the cytoskeleton plays a major role to consciousness and it's all thanks to the little tubulin who made it all possible. 11) Your Name. Kellyn Thompson 5/2/2004 Participant #15 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the 1) Two magnets, one facing North and the other facing 5/3/2004 steps in turning a motor's rotor. South on each other, create a magnetic field. A rectangular conductor loop is placed in the magnetic field, and current flows through the conductor loop. 2) When electric current (the flowing electrons) passes through the conductor loop in a magnetic field, the magnetic field produces a torque. Torque is “a measure of how much force is acting on an object causes that object to rotate (physics.uoguelph.ca),” and the “force” is the one produced by the three finger rule, and “object, in this case, is the direct current (DC) motor. The three finger rule is composed of the conventional direction of current, magnetic field, and the Lorentz force, and is also called the right hand rule. Each force is represented by a finger, and by the direction of the fingers on right hand, we can find the direction of the torque vector. 3) Electric current is supplied externally through a commutator, which changes the directio 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a A current-carrying coil of wire is like a bar magnet in the 5/3/2004 bar magnet? way that they carry their magnetic fields. A piece of wire holds its magnetic fields around it like a loop, but a coli of wire produces the North magnetic pole and the South, just 3) A generator is different from a motor because 3) A generator is different from a motor because 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a loudspeaker works. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the connected light bulb on top of the Thomson Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb light-up? 7) A hologram is created 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? like a bar magnet does. The charge of a bar magnet and that of a coil of wire works flows the same way (North to South and circulating), unlike the charge of a piece of wire, which goes around the wire in a circular motion. b. a generator produces electricity. 5/3/2004 f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce electricity. b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 Attach a triangular diaphragm to a magnet with a loose 5/3/2004 coil in its hole. Then let a current run through the coil; this would allow an alternating magnetic field to occur in it. This magnetic field is either repelled by or attracted to the magnet, and the motion creates vibrations. The vibration of the coil triggers the vibrations of the diaphragm, which is recognized as sound to humans! because of the magnetic field conducting the current. 5/3/2004 c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and 5/3/2004 the interference of light concept. rules - there are two kinds of cells; dead or alive. A 5/3/2004 dead cell is represented by an empty square, and a live cell is represented by a filled square. To keep themselves alive, a live cell must keep 3 live neighbors around it. A live cell dies when there is less than 3 neighbors around them (because it becomes lonely), or the population becomes overcrowded. However, a dead cell can become alive again (rebirth!) when it surrounds itself with 3 live cells. This is a good model of life because life does go extinct when the world gets overcrowded and there is no room and food for everyone, and regain population once it goes down because there is more room for them! However, a life cannot reproduce by its own, so we need "neighbors." Complexity is natural and simple, according to Bryson, because all live species are made for each other and are a part of the big life of earth. Many of us can't live without some other live species, like eagles can't live wh 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum Neural firings are thoughts and conclusion. 5/3/2004 Consciousness slide show. Consciousness happens as a critical level of complexity is reached in the brain's neural network, and synapses are the fundamental units of information in the brain. Emergence theory states that consciousness just happens, but how does it "just happen?" The mind is the computer of the brain. Microtubules are the synaptic connector helpers that interact with membrane structures. According to a philosopher of the name of Alfred North Whitehead, consciousness may involve quantum state reduction, meaning consciousness can involve the very smallest state that is known to exist in science! 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were Neurons are not the most fundamental aspect of 5/3/2004 the most fundamental aspect of consciousness, because neurons consciousness. After watching and reading the are not the fundamental aspect of human body after all. QC slide show, why would you disagree? In a neuron, there is nucleus, and in nucleus, there is nucleon. And even these tiny nucleons are made of atoms and atoms are made of neutrons, protons and electrons. Each part of a neuron plays individual roles in responding to stimuli and consciousness is not perceived by the neurons, but their individual parts. So the neurons are not the most fundamental aspect of consciousness. 11) Your Name. Satoko Fujinami 5/3/2004 Participant #16 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the 1) First, current flows in a magnetic field through the steps in turning a motor's rotor. loop of a wire 2) electrons flow and produce force 3) every half cycle the cummutator will change direction of current 4) electrons are moving in an opposite direction, so this will produce an opposite force 5) Finally, the loop of wire will continue to rotate because of the changing direction of the current in a magnetic filed 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a It is like a magnet because it has a magnetic field that bar magnet? forces electons to move 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a loudspeaker works. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the connected light bulb on top of the Thomson Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb light-up? 7) A hologram is created 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? A current induces alternating magnetic field in coil, at 5/3/2004 the back of speaker. The magnetic field of the coil is attracted and repelled by a permanent magnet. The coil vibrates and makes the cone shaped diaphragm vibrate and reproduce sounds generated by the source. It lit because there was a magnetic field involved 5/3/2004 c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and 5/3/2004 the interference of light concept. There are four rules 5/3/2004 Populated Space: Each cell with 1 or no neighbors dies. Each cell with 4 or more neighbors dies. Each cell with 2-3 neighbors survives. Unpopulated Space; Each cell with 3 neighbors becomes populated Life seems to be evident because some die and others live or survive and multiply. They die because of loneliness. Complexity is natural and simple because it just happens. Most of the characters had a lot of generations. 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum Consciousness is a new property of computational 5/3/2004 Consciousness slide show. among neurons. Consciousness is capable of accelerating evolution 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were I would disagree because consciousness is ambiguous. 5/3/2004 the most fundamental aspect of It extends within neurons to the level of cytoskeletal consciousness. After watching and reading the mycrotubules. QC slide show, why would you disagree? 11) Your Name. Evelyn Barrientos 5/3/2004 Participant #17 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the Basically, you have a round case of an electrical motor. steps in turning a motor's rotor. Inside the case are two magnets attached to teh sides of the case along with a rotor (armature) that sets in the center. Two wires extend from the motor which connect to stationary contacts attached to the rotor. Current charges the electromagnets in the rotor. As the rotor turns the magnetism of the rotor changes opposite to the magnets inside the case, causing the motor to turn. As long as current in supplied the motor will turn. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a When you wrap a coil of wire around a piece of steel bar magnet? and apply current it magnatizes the steel this is called an electromagnet. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two d. biomagnetic and electromagnetic methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a loudspeaker works. Basically, a small paper tube with an electrical coil within a magnet is a basic speaker. When you put voltage, which creates impulses, on the electrical coil it causes it to move quickly, or vibrate. As it moves the paper is vebrated creating sound. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the As the current goes through the coil, the magnetic field connected light bulb on top of the Thomson is changing; back and forth, north to south. The Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb magnetic field goes through the wire which creates and light-up? current and lights the light bulb. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. The game of life is played on a grid that looks like What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to graph paper. There are live and dead cells all over the be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as grid. A live cell is one that is marked, dead cells are just being both natural and simple, why? Which plain. Depending on the number of "neighbors" you characters in the game of life lived the have, you either live or die. Life seems to be evident longest? because just like real life because we don't know when a stable population will form, if we will go on forever, or when everything will die out. Bryson says that complexity is both natural and simple because there is a reason for everything, everything is just there and it happens around and goes on unconsciously even if it is complex. For example cells, they just keep doing their job decade after decade its just a natural thing to do even though they are so complex, but because it is unconscious to us it seems very simple. 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum The Quantum Consciousness slide show starts by Consciousness slide show. talking about the problem of consciousness which is that how scientist view consciousness right now isn't complete bacuse they are missing important aspects like the "inner life", free will, and the subjective time flow. The slideshow goes on to talk about how neurons and microtubles work and objective reduction. Evolution would be incapable of accelerating without consciousness. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were Neurons are not the most fundamental aspect of the most fundamental aspect of consciousness becasue although they relay messages consciousness. After watching and reading the throughout our bodies and allow us to move and react QC slide show, why would you disagree? to a number of different things, they do not allow us to show our free will and they cannot allow us to understand time flow which in turn would throw off our perception of reality. 11) Your Name. Megan Stock 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 Participant #18 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the A motor works very simply. First you send a current 5/3/2004 steps in turning a motor's rotor. through the wire where part of it is immersed in a magnetic field. This causes a force to be enacted on the wire because of the flow of electrons. This flow makes the wire move. Every half cycle the current in the wire is changed by a commutator, this is a neutral piece of something that allows the circuit to break which allows for the change in current. The wire which was rotating will keep rotating due to conservation of momentum. Once the current is changed the wire then spins in the other direction due to the opposite force that is now enacted. So this causes the wire to keep rotating in the same direction. The force that is enacted on the wires causing them to leave the magnetic field and rotate is called the Lorentz force 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a A current-carrying coil of water and a bar magnet are bar magnet? alike in an essential way. They both create the same magnetic field. The way this is achieved is by the electron flow through the coil of wires makes the coil polar an inducing the magnetic field. The reason the current carrying coil has a magnetic field is faraday’s law. A magnetic filed is created looping around a wire when there is a flow of current through it. When the wire is in coils or loops it causes the magnetic field lines become bunched and overlap causing them to concentrate in the center of the loop. This is also the cause of the similar magnetic field as the permanent magnetic field of a bar magnet. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a Ok so first you put and alternating current flowing loudspeaker works. through coiled wire that is near a magnet and attached to a cone. When the current is alternating at the same frequency as the sound waves, like ever ½ second to make a c note?, enables the cone to make the same sound that was taken in. The alternating current in the coil causes a magnetic field to be created. Once that field is created it causes the coil to vibrate because of the coil field being attracted to and repelled from the permanent magnet. The vibration in the coil causes the cone which is attached to it to vibrate as well. This creates sound and taduh we have sound. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the The light bulb light up because of faradays law. This is connected light bulb on top of the Thomson also known as electromagnetic induction. When the Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb contraption was plugged in it sent an alternating current light-up? through the coil of wires. This creates a magnetic field in side the coil of wires that is very strong. When the pipe of wires is then placed inside it creates a magnetic field in that as well, a sort of electromagnet. When the light bulb has its circle loop of wire brought near the bar it lights up when there is a change in the magnetic field. This is true because when there is space in which the magnetic field is changing with time, an electric field is induced. The induced electric field creates a current in the wire causing the light bulb to light. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. The rules are that there are three births and the What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to survival is 2 and 3. The new cell explodes every be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as generation. Life seems to be evident because I am being both natural and simple, why? Which making it. There are copious colors and movement. Life characters in the game of life lived the is so natural and simple. That is why it occurs so much longest? in so many different varieties. It can happen in the most 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 barren and hostile environments. The characters that live the longest life are those that can adapt. Adaptation is the key to survival. This is true with all creatures. Like the cockroach learned to live inside houses and find food. It’s been around for years. Permanent Species. 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum The quantum consciousness slide show begins by 5/3/2004 Consciousness slide show. presenting the problem, that consciousness is very hard to define. Next the physiology of consciousness is discussed with microtubules. This is what gives us consciousness? It then proceeds to discuss the Philosophy and discusses empty space as well as space-time and its similarity to our memory storage. The plank scale is then discussed and used to talk about the mathematical computing behind consciousness. For this to occur it is necessary to get quibits to collapse or to reduce. It then explains object reduction and the equation for it E=h/T. Also questions if the brain utilizes object reduction. Are proteins quibits, they might be but it’s a stretch and if they are that means biological protein structures could be quantum computers, this is unlikely it most likely is the microtubules automata. Orch model is then discussed and the idea is introduced that consciousness arose from evolution. It seems logical that consciousness h 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were After watching and reading the slideshow I would 5/3/2004 the most fundamental aspect of disagree that the most fundamental aspect of consciousness. After watching and reading the consciousness is not neurons. Because neurons can be QC slide show, why would you disagree? broken down even further into the microtubules. From there protein quibits then aid in the idea of consciousness. Mostly I would disagree because the neuron can be broken down into so many smaller parts. Its almost like saying the atom is the most fundamental unit of matter. It kind of is but can be broken into smaller parts. That’s why I disagree. 11) Your Name. Justin Myers 5/3/2004 Participant #19 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the There are six main parts in a two-pole motor such as a 5/3/2004 steps in turning a motor's rotor. commuter, rotor, axle, bruses, fixed magnet, and a DC power supple. In order for motion to be created the motor must use magnets. The rotation motion is then created from the attracting and repelling forces from the N and S poles. A motor works when an electromagnet is connected to a battery source and placed in between or surrounded by a magnet. Now if the north side of the magnet paired up with the south side of the regular magnet and visa versa and the electromagnet is connected to opposite poles of the battery then this causes a half-turn to occur in the electromagnet. This occurs because of the natural repel and attraction of the magnets. The electromagnetic field flips causing a change in the direction of the electrons as soon as the half-turn completes. This cause the motor to spin. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a A currant carrying coil of wire is like a bar magnet 5/3/2004 bar magnet? because it is field pattern is like that of a bar magnet. It has both worth a south poles and its currant flow follows in that direction. The only different between the two is that you have to extend the magnetic field lines 3) A generator is different from a motor because 3) A generator is different from a motor because 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a loudspeaker works. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the connected light bulb on top of the Thomson Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb light-up? 7) A hologram is created 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum Consciousness slide show. through the center of the coil which in turn forms loops instead of starting and ending on a pole. b. a generator produces electricity. 5/3/2004 g. a generator uses electricity to produce mechanical work. b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods 5/3/2004 A car stereo loudspeaker when broken down into parts, from the end of the speaker there is the back plate that is connected to the magnet then the core, to the voice core, then to the top plates. then the part that looks like a cone is called the basket and at the end of that is terminals Inside the basket is the spider within the cone, then the dust cap and the gasket. When an electrical current passes through a wire coil which is the voice coil, it then produces a force. The cone, connected to the voice coil, moves in and out creating waves of high and low air pressure. The coil and magnet assembly are the "motor structure" of the loudspeaker. The movement is controlled by the loudspeaker's suspension which comprises the cone surround and the "spider". The surround and spider allow the coil to move freely along the axis of the magnet's core without touching the sides of the magnetic gap. The light bulb lights up because there is a magnet currents that runs through the coil going north, south and this current around the coil changes directions working back and forth. This energy running through the coil gives off enough energy to light the light bulb. c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. In 1970 the game Life was invented be a mathematician named John Conway. The game was carefully though out and the rules are that there are no players or wining or losing. This game is played on a grid with many squares. There are cells are live or they are dead. The player has to create a neighborhood of these cells. I downloaded the game and played a few times. I did not really understand the game at first but now I realize that we can see what we are living through everyday as a game on the computer. The block players are pretty strong the way that the four stick together and can not be sweep away. The mention of complexity from Bryson just means that having something be complicated can defiantly be simple. And all problems are natural. Many people compare consciousness in the brain to a computer. It has neurons and synapses acting like they are switches. Quantum mechanics describes the odd behavior of matter and energy at microscopic scales. There are many levels, and particles, quantum superposition can be in two or more places at the same 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 time. Then there is quantum entanglement where the particles are estranged in detachment , and might not be connected. The three views that scientist have about consciousness are the patterns of neural network activities correlate with mental states, second, synchronous network oscillations in thalamus and cerebral cortex temporally bind information, and third consciousness emerges as a novel property of computational complexity among neurons. These views are not valid all the time so that is the problem with consciousness. The cytoskeleton plays a ,major role in consciousness and microtubules are components of those. Microtubules are cylindrical polymers of the protein tubulin, 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were Neurons definatly play a major role within the 5/3/2004 the most fundamental aspect of consciousness aspect but ut is not the most important. consciousness. After watching and reading the An aspct that scientist are leaning more twords is the QC slide show, why would you disagree? cytoskeleton where microtubules are cimonents of that. 11) Your Name. Esther Hilleli 5/3/2004 Participant #20 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the Electric motors are everywhere you can think of in your steps in turning a motor's rotor. house now a day. Washer, hair dryer, ice maker, microwave oven, etc. Mechanical movements are cased by an AC 'alternating current' or DC 'direct current' electric motor. Axle holds the armature and the commentator. Electric motors are all about magnets and magnetism. A motor uses magnets opposites attract and like to repel. So if you have two magnets with their ends marked 'north' and 'south', then the north end will attract the south end of the magnet. On the other hand the north end of one magnet will repel the north end of the other, and the south will repel south. Inside of the electric motor these attracting and repelling forces create rotational motion. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a Both a current-carrying coil of wire and a bar magnet bar magnet? have a magnetic field. The also both have a north and south pull to them. Since magnetic field lines are continuous, that is never starting or ending anywhere, the field lines inside the bar magnet must necessarily go from the S to the N pole. (Electric fields begin and end on electric charges. At this point we have yet to discover any equivalent magnetic “charge.”) All the field lines that are outside the magnet thus must be concentrated on the inside. If this is confusing to you, draw a simple diagram of a bar magnet, and then add the field lines to your drawing indicating the direction with arrows. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a loudspeaker works. An electric signal, or the current coming from a source is transmitted to the coil of a wire. The current causes a magnetic field to be set up around the magnet. The magnetic acts on the coil and makes it move back and forth. The cone shaped diaphone vibrates and reproduces the sound. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the The bulb lit up because there was an alternating current connected light bulb on top of the Thomson in the coil of wire that was plunged up. That caused for Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb the current transfer to the group of copper wire light-up? therefore causing a magnetic field the current in the wires connected in the light bulb, which caused for the light-to-light up. 7) A hologram is created b. using any light, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of electrons concept 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. Rules: the game of life is played on a grid of square What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to cells. A cell can be live or dead. Live cells (come to be be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as by putting a mark on its square), A dead cell is its being both natural and simple, why? Which opposite (empty square). Each grid has a neighborhood. characters in the game of life lived the -A dead cell with exactly three live neighbors becomes longest? a live cell (birth). -A live cell with two or three live neighbors stays alive (survival). - In all other cases, a cell dies or remains dead (overcrowding or loneliness). Elaborate patterns and behaviors can emerge from very simple rules. "Emergent complexity" or "self-organizing system" - Helps us to understanding the diversity of life that has evolved on earth. "Just like we can study simple animals (like worms) to discover things about more complex animals (like human), people can study the game life to learn about patterns and behaviors in more complex system. 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum Consciousness is a very complex process, within the Consciousness slide show. human mind. The brain process consciousness as if a person uses a computer. The inner workings of the brain included Quantum Mechanics, which encompass all the atoms and sub-atomic particles. Neutrons are also very highly complex. They control many elements within the atoms. It is the neutron's job to organize cellular activity, creating consciousness and making the computer work. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were . I would disagree with the scientists that believe that the most fundamental aspect of neurons are the most fundamental aspect of consciousness. After watching and reading the consciousness, because there are certain parts and QC slide show, why would you disagree? systems to the body in which a human does not control. We are aware of things and we see things however, there is a certain level of consciousness that the body has no control over. 11) Your Name. Dalilia Stewart 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 Participant #21 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the An electric motor is built mainly around magnetism and 5/3/2004 steps in turning a motor's rotor. magnets. A motor creates motion using magnets. The simple principal behind magnets is that opposites attract and likes repel. So if you were to have two bar magnets with each of their ends marked, the opposite ends would attract while the same ends would repel. Inside an electric motor, these magnetic repelling forces create something called rotational motion. The rotor itself is an electromagnet and is the secret behind the motor. The magnetic field is constantly changing inside of the motor and the electrons in the rotor keep changing direction. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a The current-carrying coil becomes a metal 5/3/2004 bar magnet? electromagnet. If you were to run an axle through the middle of it and suspend it in the middle of a horseshoe magnet and then attach a battery to the electromagnet so that the north end of the coil would be repelled from the north end of the horseshoe magnet and attracted to the south end of the horseshoe magnet. The south end of the electromagnet would be repelled in a similar way. The bar magnet acts the same way. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. 5/3/2004 because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce 5/3/2004 because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods 5/3/2004 methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a A loudspeaker makes sound by taking electrical signals 5/3/2004 loudspeaker works. from an audio source and converting it into a mechanical motion. Sound comes from the loudspeaker when the cone moves back and forth. The cone is made of a paper or plastic material. There is also a tweeter that produces the higher pitched tones that contains a voice coil and a magnet. Both the tweeter and the cone contain a magnet. The sound usually comes from an electronic source called an amplifier. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the Because of using magnetic induction, the switching of 5/3/2004 connected light bulb on top of the Thomson magnetic poles from north to south made an Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb electromagnetic current that produced enough power to light-up? make the light bulb light-up. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and 5/3/2004 the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. The rules are: For births, each empty cell with exactly 3 5/3/2004 What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to neighbors whose cells are full (contain a bit) is a birth be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as cell. A bit is placed in it for the next move. For deaths, being both natural and simple, why? Which each full cell (containing a bit) with 4 or more neighbors characters in the game of life lived the dies from overpopulation. Every full cell with 1 or no longest? neighbors dies from isolation. The bit is removed from it for the next move. In other words, every bit with 2 or 3 neighbors survives (remains) for the next move. Life seems to be evident because of the rules set forth for the game. Bryson says complexity is both natural and simple because of the way the earth is today. Even the smallest things can be so completely complex, but it is that way naturally, and everything about the complexities is simple. Because that is the way it occurred naturally on this earth. 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum The Quantum Consciousness slideshow basically 5/3/2004 Consciousness slide show. showed how most of the brain acted when it was computing conscious thought. It went on to show how there was tubulins within microtubules that could switch between two or more states like a computer processor (i.e.: 0 or 1). But there was a quantum state in-between that was a combination of the two states that could produce transmission and learning within neurons. This could further be explained as the thinking that is going on in the background of your head. Like if you were to look at a dinner menu, in your mind, these microtubules are already making your decision. This in turn questions free will. Scientists argue that these microtubules are simply calculating a complex algorithm that decides your each and every choice. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were It’s obvious that neurons aren’t fundamental. I think the 5/3/2004 the most fundamental aspect of scientists found very substantial evidence that the consciousness. After watching and reading the tubulins inside the microtubules were influencing the QC slide show, why would you disagree? neurons via entanglement. 11) Your Name. Alex Podgurski 5/3/2004 Participant #22 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the A motor has a couple of magnets, that face in the steps in turning a motor's rotor. opposite direction (one is facing the north, and the other, the south side). This creates a magnetic field, and when a conductor loop is inserted in this magnetic field, the current flows through it, as well. The electric current consists of flowing electrons, and once in the magnetic field produces a torque (AKA-a measure of how much force is acting on an object, causing it to rotate). Then, it becomes evident that the electric current is supplied through a commutator, which makes the direction of the current, in each half cycle, change. This allows the torque to turn the coil in the same direction. This is because the electric current flows in an opposite direction, and gives each end of loop the opposite force. This will make the conductor loop rotate continuously mainly because the electric current keeps changing its direction (when it is flowing)...and that is how motor's rotor is kept rotating! 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a It is like a bar magnet primarily in the way that they bar magnet? both carry their magnetic fields. Both the bar magnet and the CC coil of wire produce the north magnetic pole, and the south. They also both charge in the same manner, both flowing from the North to the South, circulating. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a In order for a loudspeaer to work, we would need a loudspeaker works. magnet that has a hole in it, to allow a loose (or free) coil through it. This also would need to be attached to a diaphragm. Then, an alternating current goes through the coil of the speaker, via microphone, radio, etc. This causes an alternating magnetic field in the coil and its 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 "alternations' are attracted to or repelled by the magnet, which causes vibrations. And when the coil vibrates the diaphragm, this produces loud sounds! 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the This occurred because the magnetic field went back connected light bulb on top of the Thomson and forth, and through the ring with the bulb. This made Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb the light bulb light up, when these currents went light-up? through (remember, the currents were changing!). 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. In the game of life, there are cells that can either live, What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to or die. These cells are represented by a square that are be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as darker than the surrounding areas. So, in other words, if being both natural and simple, why? Which a square is white, the cell is dead, or non-existent. A characters in the game of life lived the birth can occur, however, if the three neighboring cells longest? are all alive, which produces the birth (reproduction?). Chances are, with 2 or 3 live cells around it, the cell will also live. 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum The Slide Show had a lot of interesting parts in it. I Consciousness slide show. learned about neurons and chemical synapses, which were simply fundamental units of information in the brain. Consiousness, however, in the brain, occurs at a critical level of complexity and it gets even more intriguing, via Quantum Consciousness. Its kind of like there is a computer within our brain. There was also the mention of microtubules, which helped make synaptic connections occur, etc. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were After reading the 'Introduction: Quantum the most fundamental aspect of Consciousness", I believe that the neurons are not the consciousness. After watching and reading the most fundamental aspect of our consciousness. Within QC slide show, why would you disagree? the neurons, there are highly ordered "networks" that consist of microtubules and other filaments/structures that organize the cells' activities. So, beyond just neurons, there are many other smaller, more precise quantum effects occurring in our consciousness. 11) Your Name. Helen Yohannes 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 Participant #23 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the First, an electric current comes from the positive end of 5/3/2004 steps in turning a motor's rotor. a battery, goes through a brush that is touching a commutator with a wire loop. The current goes through the wire loop, which is within a magnetic field, and exits the commutator through a brush on the other side, from which the current returns to the battery (on the negative side). When an electric current goes through the loop within the magnetic field it produces a torque, which turns the DC rotor. Because the commutator has a rubber middle section to separate the positive and negative ends, the current stops momentarily. But because the electrons in the wire are still moving and it is within a magnetic field, the wire will continue to turn until the rubber part of the commutator no longer touches the brushes, in other words, the current is no longer disrupted. Since the commutator has both a positive and a negative side, the current will reverse every half turn to keep the torque turning the loop in the same direction. Each 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a A current-carrying coil of wire is like a bar magnet 5/3/2004 bar magnet? because it has a magnetic field around it when a current is running through it. f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce electricity. b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods 3) A generator is different from a motor because 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a A cone-shaped diaphragm has a coil wrapped around loudspeaker works. its smallest end. This part is within a magnet’s magnetic field. A microphone or other source makes noises, which create an alternating current that moves through the coil. This current is produced according to the sound vibrations from its source. Currents produce a magnetic field around their wires. Because it is an alternating current and within a permanent magnetic field it gets attracted and repelled at the same frequency by the permanent magnet. This attraction and repulsion causes the coil, which causes the diaphragm, to vibrate. The vibrations of the diaphragm are the same as that of the sound’s source, making it able to recreate the source’s sound (generally at a higher volume). 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the The light bulb lit up because the Thomson Ring demo connected light bulb on top of the Thomson apparatus has a metal rod in the center of a container Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb with a metal coil. Although the coil does not touch the light-up? rod, when a current is produced and goes through the coil, a magnetic field results. The rod, which is within the magnetic field, is a conductor of electricity. A magnetic field is created all along the metal rod. When the coil of wire with the connected light bulb is placed on the top of the rod, the magnetic field gets created within the light bulb’s coil, which produces a current. This current goes from within the coil into the light bulb, lighting it up. So it is because of the magnetic capabilities of metal that the light bulb was lit. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. There are four rules. 1) A cell with 0 or 1 dies because What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to of loneliness. 2) A cell with four or more neighbors dies be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as because of overcrowding. 3) A cell with two or three being both natural and simple, why? Which neighbors survives because it is not too crowded or too characters in the game of life lived the empty. And 4) A cell with three neighbors is born longest? because of a thriving area. This seems to be evident because it is the simplest example of a self-organizing system. It explains how the simple cell system can cause variations and changes in all living things and still survive. Complexity is both natural and simple because its very core is that of DNA. DNA is the combination of only two pairs of nucleotides. Everyone is different from everyone and every other living thing on this earth because of the combination and replication of their DNA. As far as characters go, I’m not sure as to what you are referring to. I could not open the .zip file and had to use another website’s program. It didn’t have the same names, but I think it was called the shooter in the .zip fil 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum Consciousness slide show. The slide show went over the different ideas of 5/3/2004 consciousness. It talked about it at quantum levels (microtubules) It gave the thoughts on consciousness throughout time around the world. It talks about concept of space-time, quantum foam, and their relations to some theories, such as Planck’s scale and a Penrose spin network. The relating of ideas between relativity and biology is examined. It takes a look at quibits and quantum computation (the quantum superpositioned states and their related classic outcome states). Lastly, it talks of Penrose’s Objective Reduction theory, which when dealing with quantum gravity, can have some features of consciousness within the brain. It talks of the OR model, the possibility of proteins being quibits, and the relationship between Orch OR and cognition. Lastly, it talks of the evolution of consciousness. Basically, it talks about how the idea of consciousness came about, and looks into possible biological foundations for it. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were I would disagree because neurons are made up of 5/3/2004 the most fundamental aspect of microtubules. It is these things that create and maintain consciousness. After watching and reading the the synaptic connections. They speed up the process QC slide show, why would you disagree? and make patterns to help the brain compute information. The patterns make me think of the game of life; in which patterns determine the survival and success of a system. Consciousness is complex, so why can’t it be simple and natural, too? 11) Your Name. Genessy Glory 5/3/2004 Participant #24 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the - Steps on how a motor works: 5/3/2004 steps in turning a motor's rotor. 1) A current flows through the loop of wire immersed in a magnetic field as shown. 2) Each end of the loop of wire will experience a force (right -hand rule) due to the electrons flowing in the loop of wire. 3) The commutator will change the direction of the current every half cycle. 4) Each end of the loop of wire will experience an opposite force due to the electrons flowing in the opposite direction. 5) The loop of wire will continue to rotate due to the changing direction of the current immersed in a magnetic field. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a A magnetic field is created around a current-carrying 5/3/2004 bar magnet? wire. They are produced by electrical currents, which can be macroscopic currents in wires. The interaction of magnetic field with charge leads to many practical applications. Magnetic field sources are essentially dipolar in nature, having a north and sound magnetic pole. The possibilities of producing a forces: - a moving charge 3) A generator is different from a motor because 3) A generator is different from a motor because 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a loudspeaker works. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the connected light bulb on top of the Thomson Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb light-up? 7) A hologram is created 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? - a current in a wire - and movie wire - in a magnetic field. c. a generator produces mechanical work. 5/3/2004 f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce electricity. b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods 5/3/2004 Theres a cone and voice coil that moves the cone up and down. Also, theres a magnet that movies the voice coil. When all three components work together thus the cone vibrates creating sound. The coil of wire with the connected light bulb created current around the wire. When the Thomson Ring apparatus light lit up, the direction of the magnetic field changes. The glass was its insulator. Another example of this is like the electric toothbrush. c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. The game of life is played on a grid of square cells. A cell can live or be dead. A live cell is shown by putting a marker on its square. A dead cell is shown by leaving the square empty. Each cell in the grid has a neighborhood consisting of the eight cells in every direction including diagonals. 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 First, we count the number of live neighbors for each cell. What happens next depends on this number. A dead cell with exactly three live neighbors becomes a live cell (birth). A live cell with two or three live neighbors stays alive (survival). In all other cases, a cell dies or remains dead (overcrowding or loneliness). 'Life' seem to be evident because as in nature, we observe many fascinating phenomena. Nature, however, is complicated and we aren't sure of all the rules. The game of Life lets us observe a system where we know all the rules. Just like we can study simple animals (like worms) to discover things about more comp 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum Quantum Consciousness is the idea that light energy is 5/3/2004 Consciousness slide show. contained in discrete packets called quantra. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were Most approaches to the problem of consciousness see 5/3/2004 the most fundamental aspect of the brain as a computer, with neurons and synapses consciousness. After watching and reading the acting as basic switches, or "bits". In this approach, QC slide show, why would you disagree? consciousness is thought to "emerge" as a novel property of complex computation. 11) Your Name. However this approach fails to adequately deal with enigmatic features of consciousness and more radical approaches may be necessary. Janice Macahilas Participant #25 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the An electric current moves througha coil in a magentic steps in turning a motor's rotor. field and the force makes a "torque" which makes the motor spin. The electric current needs to keep moving in order for the magnetic force to keep going. The electrical current also needs to turn on and off so that the motor and the force of the magnets will keep the motor spinning. The electric current that comes from the commutator goes on and off so that the signs of the magnetic field will flip from positive to negative and back to positive. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a the coil and the bar magnet's magnetic current both bar magnet? move the same way. The current goes throught the middle of the coil or bar and then loops around on the outside of the bar or coil and then continues back into the bar or coil. It goes into a sort of "London Bridge is falling down" path (the current travels under the bridge and then goes in a circle, continuing to go under the bride.) 3) A generator is different from a motor a. a generator uses a reverse magnetic field. because 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor c. a generator produces mechanical work. because 3) A generator is different from a motor g. a generator uses electricity to produce mechanical because work. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a and alternating current goes through the coil and in the loudspeaker works. speaker. The current brings the changing fiel into the coil in the speaker. As the poles change on the coil, the magnet is attarcted to and repelled from the coil making the coil vibrate. These vibrations on the cone of the speaker replicate the sounds made by the source and amplifies them. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the by moving a magnet through the rings, it created a connected light bulb on top of the Thomson current. The current that was going around the the Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb apparatus and into the coil caused a current in the light-up? lightbulb, making it light up when it was touching. Tony also did a demonstration where the lightbulb wasn't touching the aparatus and the bulb still lit. This is because the current is also around the apparatus. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. The rules to the game of life is to keep going as long What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to as possible. Life seems so evident becaseu of the 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? movement of the life form, this means there's complexity in the lifeform. Bryson states that complexity is both natural and simple because it is proven through evolution that as we evolve we become more complex. Complexity is also simple because in order for one to conitinue to be complex they need to stay alive, that's it. In order to be complex and increase in complexity, you need to survive. The character that lived the longest for me was the character that I made when I was playing around with the game. It lasted for a while, but I can't remember what the exact layout was because I was just clicking around. 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum The slide show first describes why scientists are wrong 5/3/2004 Consciousness slide show. about their belief that neurons are most important in conciousness. It also goes the jobs of cells and how they're jobs are according to their size. Their size it determined by their microtubles. Then the slides go on to talk about the Casimir force, Quantum electodynamics and Roger Penrose's spin network. Mostly, however, the slides spend a lot of time comparing the activity in a tubulin and a spacetime curvature. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were The neural aspects did not cover the explanations of 5/3/2004 the most fundamental aspect of conciousness. It leaves out the nature of "subjective consciousness. After watching and reading the experience" and it doesn't explain one's free will, and QC slide show, why would you disagree? subjective time flow. The slides point out a lot of holes in the neural aspect. There were also images that show that brain activity is going on without the individual being concious of it. Things neurons aren't the only compounds that are in the brain, there are Glial cells and electronic gap junctions. It's not all neurons.. scientists are giving those neurons too much credit. 11) Your Name. Audrey Lao 5/3/2004 Participant #26 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the One of the simplest versions of a motor consists of a steps in turning a motor's rotor. loop of wire positioned within a magnetic field. This field is created by the placement of two magnets with opposited poles on either side of the loop of wire. The wire then has a current run through it, this produces a Lorentz force due to the electrons moving through the wire. This force moves either end of the loop of wire. To produce continuous torque, which would be required in a motor, the wire must have the current changed within it once every half-cycle, that would cause the rotor to be moving continuously. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a Both a current-carrying coil of wire and a bar magnet bar magnet? produce magnetic fields. These fields are strikingly similar to one another, they appear dipolar and can be seen by sprinkling iron shavings around the two objects. When seen side-by-side the two magnetic fields appear to be identical, with bands radiating progressively more outwards and connecting each pole. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a The construction of a simple loudspeaker includes a loudspeaker works. fixed magnet with a coil moving freely over it. An imput source sends an alternating current through the coil. This source could be a radio or microphone, this current alternates at the same frequency as the original input. The change in current moves a magnetic field through the coil which reacts to the fixed magnet, causing the coil to move in correlation with the change in frequency, the coil is attatched to a cone-shaped diaphragm which then reproduces and amplifies the original input. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the The light bulb lit up becuase when you touched the connected light bulb on top of the Thomson button and allowed a current to run through the outer Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb coil a magentic field was produced. This was the same light-up? magnetic field which lifted the metal rings placed on the coil to be tossed into the air. This field created enough of a charge to light the bulb on top of the Thomson Ring. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. The game of life contains a grid of cells who have two What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to possible states, live cells and dead cells. The rules for be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as the game of life are that any dead cell with exactly being both natural and simple, why? Which three living cells as neighbors then become living cells, characters in the game of life lived the any living cells with two or three living neighbors stays longest? alive and in all other cases a cell dies or remains dead. 'Life' seems to be evident in that the rules are what create the patterns and results, not the programmers settings. Bryson is right to say that complexity is both natural and simple, for it is with the few simple rules of the game of life which an infinite amount of complex patterns and series emerge. The characters in the game of life which I saw to live the longest were the blocks of four living cells, they would remain forever if not interrupted by living cells moving across the grid. 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum It was once believed by nearly the entire field of Consciousness slide show. individuals who study consciousness that consciousness was simply the result of classical computation in the brain. This view however does not account for numerous things, such as free will. We can see using advanced imaging techniques today which areas of the brain appear to correlate with consciousness but we can't say for certain they are responsible. Neurons are composed of microtubules which contain tubulins. These tubulins can be in one of two states, however it is now known that due to their incredibly tiny size and the speed in which they change states that they can be in both states at the same time. Objective Reduction (OR) will occur at different times, collapsing these twostate tubulins. Using the Orch OR model was can predict when consciousness emerged, during the Cambrian explosion in urchins and worms. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were I would have to disagree. Neurons hold the tubules the most fundamental aspect of which may indeed be the most fundamental aspect of 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 consciousness. After watching and reading the consciousness, but it is not the neruon. The neuron QC slide show, why would you disagree? does not have nearly enough complexity to it, nor was there enough evidence in the QC slideshow to make me think that the neuron is the fundamental aspect. 11) Your Name. Eric Olney Participant #27 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the steps in turning a motor's rotor. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a bar magnet? 3) A generator is different from a motor because 3) A generator is different from a motor because 3) A generator is different from a motor because 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a loudspeaker works. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the connected light bulb on top of the Thomson Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb light-up? 7) A hologram is created 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum Consciousness slide show. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were the most fundamental aspect of consciousness. After watching and reading the QC slide show, why would you disagree? 11) Your Name. 5/3/2004 a motor works by having a wire connected to a battery. 5/3/2004 the battery will emit electricty to the spining axel. it has a current flowing from postitive to negative. The 5/3/2004 current carrying wire generates amagnetic feild. Like a magnet, the magnetic feild flows from north to south a. a generator uses a reverse magnetic field. 5/3/2004 b. a generator produces electricity. 5/3/2004 e. the current goes in the opposite direction in a generator. a. Input-Output methods 5/3/2004 when the sound wave frequency is fast, we hear a higher pitch. And the air pressure level will determine how loud the sound is, if the air wave is moving faster the light bulb lighted up because there was a current running through it. 5/3/2004 c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. link did not work 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 there are different parts of the brain that works for 5/3/2004 different parts. orchs, protiens and etc were mentioned. i would disacgree because i feel that neurons aren't the 5/3/2004 most fundamental aspect. Neurons have many other ablilites, and for consciousness i feel it has to do with more of the brain. minhtam nguyen 5/3/2004 Participant #28 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the The elecdric current is supplied externally through a 5/3/2004 steps in turning a motor's rotor. commutator. The communtatorreverses the current each half reuduction to keep the torque, turning the coili in the same direction. When an electric current passes through a coil in a magnetic field, the magnetic force produces a torque which turns the motor rotor. (Facts from your website). 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a A current carrying coil of wire is like a bar magnet bar magnet? because like a bar magnet, a current carrying coil has a magnetic field. 3) A generator is different from a motor a. a generator uses a reverse magnetic field. because 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two a. Input-Output methods methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a The current alternating at the same frequency as the loudspeaker works. sound waves that generated it, induces an alternating magnetic field in the coil. As the polarity of the magnetic field of the coil alternates, it is alternatively attracted to and repelled by the permanent magnet. This causes the coil to vibrate, the vibrating coil causes the attached cone shaped diaphram to vibrate and reproduce the sounds generated by the engine source. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the THe magnetic field altenates 60 times per second, connected light bulb on top of the Thomson being produced by an AC, iron core coil, the changing Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb magnetic field creates a voltage in the coil which lights light-up? the bulb. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. THe rules are that a cell can be either alive or dead. a What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to live squre is shown by a marker on it. a dead cell is be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as empty. each cell has a neighborhood of eight. a dead being both natural and simple, why? Which cell with three neighbors by him can become alive. a characters in the game of life lived the live cell with 2 or 3 neighors stays alive. any other longest? combination the cells die. "We must first find all of the cells that change before changing any of them." (Web source) 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum The slides attempted to explain what consciousness is Consciousness slide show. and how we could have possibly acquired it. the slides begin explaining the problems of conscinousness, then move on the microtubles, pan experientital philosophy, quantum computing, roger penroses objective reduction, qubits, orch OR model, cognition and free will and finally how we evolved to our current consciousness state 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were I would disagree because neurons seem to simply make the most fundamental aspect of up the wiring of our brain. from watching and reading consciousness. After watching and reading the the QC slide show there are many more parts which QC slide show, why would you disagree? make up human consciouness. There are microtubles, quibits, orch OR, etc. 11) Your Name. Sarah Hutchinson Participant #29 1) How does a motor work? Briefly explain the A motor works only if there is a current flowing through steps in turning a motor's rotor. a wire, which then passes through a magnetic field, which changes the current flowing through that wire. 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 The end of the loop of the wire will experience a force and will change the flow of the current, which is found within. The reason for the change in direction is because the commutator will end up changing the direction of the current every half cycle, which will force the current to flow in the opposite direction. As a result the motor will continue to work because of the changing direction of the current, which is found within the magnetic field. 2) How is a current-carrying coil of wire like a A current-carrying coil of wire is like a bar magnet 5/3/2004 bar magnet? becase of its ability to carry a current. The current is not necesarily found in the same place but has the same aspect. In coil the current is found from within and the current is changing directions. In a magnet the current is found outside becuase it produces a magnetic field and what the magnet does is intensify it. That why the light bulb lit up in when the coil of wire was placed near the apparatus. 3) A generator is different from a motor b. a generator produces electricity. 5/3/2004 because 3) A generator is different from a motor f. a generator uses mechanical work to produce 5/3/2004 because electricity. 4) In Future Fanatastic, there were two b. Top-down/Bottom-up methods 5/3/2004 methods used to develop memory and using it. They showed the chasing mice to demonstrate one method to develop memory. The other method mentioned was the computerized chess champion Big Blue. What are these two methods. 5) In your own words, briefly explain how a The speaker consists of a magnet, a coil of wire, and a 5/3/2004 loudspeaker works. cone. When a current is passed into the speaker it travels through the wire and it is constantly changing dirrection due to the magnet that is surrounding it. The coil is attached to the cone where the sound comes out of. The reason there is sound is because of the alternating currnet which cause sound waves to be generated. Since there is a source which sends a current into the speaker that travels inside the coil in alternating its current which causes vibratins within the cone is what cause sound to come out at differnt frequencies. 6) In class, I placed the coil of wire with the The reason why the light lit up was becasue of the 5/3/2004 connected light bulb on top of the Thomson magnetic field that was being produced by the Ring demo apparatus, why did the light bulb apperatus. Since a current was running through the light-up? apparatus it caused a magnetic field as result and the rod just intensified the field arround it. Since the wire was placed near the apparatus a current was produced within the coil and as a result the light bulb lit up. 7) A hologram is created c. using a laser, mirrors, object, holographic film, and 5/3/2004 the interference of light concept. 8) Download the game of life. Play with it. did not have enough time to put in 5/3/2004 What are the rules? Why does 'life' seem to be evident? Bryson mentions complexity as being both natural and simple, why? Which characters in the game of life lived the longest? 9) Briefly, summarize the Quantum did not have enough time to put in 5/3/2004 Consciousness slide show. 10) Some scientists thought that neurons were did not have enough time to put in the most fundamental aspect of consciousness. After watching and reading the QC slide show, why would you disagree? 11) Your Name. Alex Nunez 5/3/2004 5/3/2004