--- Day changed Wed Jan 14 2009 04:10 < ybit> anyone looked at the patents for rTMS and its application to treating depression? 04:11 < ybit> almightly open rTMS leader, were you planning on using these patents to create the device? 04:12 < ybit> hmm, is Thor the lead in this project now, because I just heard lightning. And now I'm confused, was that a yes or a no?! 04:13 < ybit> lightning/thunder* 04:15 < genehacker_> I don't think Kanzure is here right now 04:16 < ybit> gracias genehacker_ 04:19 < ybit> http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F13%2F2126232&from=rss 04:32 < genehacker_> well I don't think that can be scaled up to scanning in brains 04:43 < genehacker_> The new device does not work like a conventional MRI scanner, which uses gradient and imaging coils. Instead, the researchers use MRFM to detect tiny magnetic forces as the sample sits on a microscopic cantilever essentially a tiny sliver of silicon shaped like a diving board. Laser interferometry tracks the motion of the cantilever, which vibrates slightly as magnetic spins in the hydrogen... 04:43 < genehacker_> ...atoms of the sample interact with a nearby nanoscopic magnetic tip. The tip is scanned in three dimensions and the cantilever vibrations are analyzed to create a 3D image. 04:43 < genehacker_> maybe a single neuron, but not a whole bunch 05:47 < genehacker_> hey kanzure, ultrahighres MRI made, only works on small samples though 05:47 < genehacker_> http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F13%2F2126232&from=rss 14:31 < kanzure2> TechShop is seeking another round of funding, about $600k for machinery, and $2 mil for a "foundational base". Jim Newton doesn't get it. fwd'd to openmanufacturing. 14:35 < kanzure2> Hi worldmonkey. 15:02 < kanzure2> http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/14/015210 Holy shit, my ISP has balls. Yay. 16:09 < kanzure2> http://heybryan.org/~bbishop/docs/comparison.html a poor comparison of fablab, techshop and emachineshop. 16:22 < genehacker_> could you arrange that inventory in videogame style? 16:23 < genehacker_> wow I didn't know e-machine shop did so much 16:23 < kanzure2> What would videogame style be? 16:24 < genehacker_> it's a joke 16:25 < genehacker_> http://www.wowinsider.com/media/2006/02/inventory.jpg 16:25 < kanzure2> http://www.wowinsider.com/media/2006/02/inventory.jpg 16:25 < kanzure2> http://www.wowinsider.com/media/2006/02/inventory.jpg 16:25 < kanzure2> sorry, new interface. 16:26 < genehacker_> you know supposedly e machine shop has an AI that figures out the manufacturing process 16:26 < genehacker_> nice comparison though 16:27 < genehacker_> might be useful if I ever want to get something made in a fablab 16:29 < genehacker_> I've also been trying to design a lego self-replicating automaton that assembles copies of itself 16:29 < kanzure2> no, emachineshop gives you this crappy proprietary software interface where you draw up your thingy, and then you select how you want it made from a list. 16:30 < kanzure2> http://heybryan.org/shots/2008-11-14_emachineshop.png 16:40 < genehacker_> what are you doing with IE? 16:41 < genehacker_> I wonder how e machine shop extrudes custom parts 16:46 < kanzure2> hopefully not manually. 16:47 < genehacker_> I guess they custom machine the extrusion die