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	Positronic brain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A positronic brain is a fictional technological device, originally conceived by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov.
		When Asimov wrote his first robot stories in 1939/1940, the positron was a newly discovered particle and so the buzz word positronic, coined by analogy with electronic, added a contemporary gloss of popular science to the concept.
		Asimov remained vague about the technical details except to assert that the brain's substructure was formed from an alloy of platinum and iridium.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Positronic_brain (873 words)

	Positronic brain - Memory Alpha - A Wikia wiki
		The positronic brain is an extremely sophisticated computation device capable of artificial sentience, created by Dr.
		The construction of a positronic brain is extremely complex, and Dr. Soong is the only scientist to have done so successfully - on at least seven occasions: three unspecified prototypes, B-4, Lore, Data and Juliana Soong (although the latter three were the only truly stable units).
		The term 'positronic brain' was coined by Isaac Asimov.
	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Positronic_brain (365 words)

	Bladed scitech
		Her artificial brain was unable to cope with the situation, and finally broke down permanently.
		He created a series of functional positronic brains of varying sophistication Unfortunately little is known about the details of his work because the colony was destroyed by the Crystalline entity in 2336.
		When his wife was killed, Soong transferred her personality into a positronic brain and built an android body which was indistinguishable from her own.
	www.ditl.org /datscitech.php?38 (1559 words)

	Brain - Memory Alpha - A Wikia wiki
		The brain is the part of the central nervous system that is the center for regulation and control of the body.
		The brain is made up of neurons that make use of chemical reaction and electricity by way of neurotransmitters to function.
		Spock's brain was removed by the Eymorg in 2268.
	memory-alpha.org /en/index.php?title=Brain&printable=yes (478 words)

	The Positronic Brain
		The positronic brain is a piece of science fiction gobbledygook invented by author Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992) and since taken up as a standard in the genre.
		Little more is said about the operation of the robotic brain other than the implication that it somehow relies on pairs of positrons and electrons being created and annihilating each other.
		The concept of a positronic brain, although undefined and meaningless, has become so well accepted that it has appeared in the work of other writers.
	www.wyrdology.com /robots/positronic.html (236 words)

	Computers
		First suggested in the fictional works of Issac Asimov in the 20th century, the positronic brain was long thought to be impossible but was finally realized by Soong in the 24th century.
		Lal's brain was in many ways superior to Data's, allowing her to experience emotions and overcome some of the program limitations imposed on Data by Soong.
		By 2371 positronic technology had advanced to the stage where implants could replace some of the functions of a damaged organic brain, although there are considerable ethical difficulties inherent in this type of procedure.
	www.pbem-portal.com /trek/starbase_apollo/computer.htm (1188 words)

	The History of the Positronic Robot and Foundation Stories
		Over the course of the 1940s, a young science fiction writer named Isaac Asimov created two series of stories that would form the basis for his reputation as one of the top practitioners of his field.
		These were the Positronic Robot series and the Foundation series.
		The Positronic Robot series, the earlier of the two, began in 1940 with the publication of "Strange Playfellow" in the September issue of
	www.asimovonline.com /oldsite/Robot_Foundation_history_1.html (2080 words)

	Cast Biographies
		Data was based on a sophisticated positronic brain developed by Soong, from concepts first postulated in the 20th century by Dr. Isaac Asimov.
		Although Data's systems were primarily mechanical, cybernetic, and positronic, sufficient biological components were present to allow him to become infected by the Psi 2000 virus in 2364.
		Data employed a new submicron matrix transfer technology to allow his own neural pathways to be duplicated in another positronic brain, which he used as the basis for his child.
	www.krillmeed.com /Data1.html (1549 words)

	The Star Trek Explorer sample --- Data's Positronic Brain
		Unfortunately, the producers of the show locked onto the "positronic" aspect as if that were the key quality to Asimov's robots.
		Asimov's view was exactly the opposite -- his robots are "positronic" because positrons had just been discovered when he started writing robot stories and the word had a nice science-fictiony ring to it.
		Unlike the Three Laws, however, the Zeroth Law is not a fundamental part of positronic robotic engineering, is not part of all positronic robots, and, in fact, requires a very sophisticated robot to even accept it.
	www.pathcom.com /~boby/brain.htm (809 words)

	Lost Tales: Isaac Asimov
		After endless trial and error a breakthrough is made in the creation of the positronic brain and the Three Laws of Robotics are imbedded into the positronic brain, so deeply that no robot could possibly be created without them.
		It's in the 2040s that the Brain, the great positronic computer of US Robots, once again aids mankind by helping in the creation of the Interstellar drive; though colonisation was still a couple of decades away.
		The Brain was the first of The Machines, positronic computers that led mankind through the many problems of the 21st century, their powers so great that their benevolent rule was thought in 2052 to be inevitable by Stephen Byerley and Susan Calvin.
	www.angelfire.com /rings/katsaris/isaac.htm (843 words)

	eReader.com: Excerpt from Isaac Asimov's Robot City 2
		It was "positronic" because four years before my first robot story, the positron had been discovered in a reverse kind of electron, so that "positronic" in place of "electronic" had a delightful science-fiction sound.
		An artificial brain, however, must be the precise replica of the brain it replaces, or the human being in question is no longer the same human being.
		A robotic brain is better off in a robotic body since a human body is far the more fragile of the two.
	www.ereader.com /product/book/excerpt/6652 (2186 words)

	Lal - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In The Offspring, widely considered one of the most memorable and moving episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Data, having recently attended a cybernetics conference where a new sub-micrometre matrix transfer technology was introduced, returns to construct an android and transfer his own positronic pathways to the new android's brain.
		Data names the android "Lal," which we learn means "beloved" in the Hindi language, and introduces it to his friends on the Enterprise crew as his child.
		She had informed Data that creating a stable positronic matrix was not very easy, and that she and Dr. Soong had lost five androids before Lore.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Lal (595 words)

	The Bicentennial Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The story formed the basis of the novel Positronic Brain (1993), co-written with Robert Silverberg, and the 1999 box office flop Bicentennial Man, starring Robin Williams.
		In The Positronic Man, the trends of fictional robotics in Asimov's Robot Series (as outlined in the book I, Robot) are detailed as background events, with an indication that they are influenced by Andrew's story.
		It is clearly set a number of centuries prior to the events of his novelette "Mother Earth" and the novel The Caves of Steel, during a period in which the Spacer worlds have yet to turn against the people of the Earth, and in which the U.S. Robots corporation is still active.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Positronic_Man (483 words)

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		Data was created using a sophisticated positronic brain developed by Dr. Noonien Soong.
		His positronic brain was based on concepts derived from Isaac Asimov book, the positronic man. Data's body was designed to closely mimic humanoid form and, contains approximately 24.6 kilograms of tripolymer composites, 11.8 kilograms of molybdenum-cobalt alloys and, 1.3 kilograms of bioplast sheeting.
		Although most of Data's systems were primarily mechanical, cybernetic and, positronic, sufficient biological components were present to allow him to become infected by the Psi 2000 virus in 2364.
	home.insightbb.com /~r.resnick/Data.html (1643 words)

	Bicentennial Man Movie Mistake : The Broken Rule
		Data from the Star Trek series, who HAS a Positronic brain, is capable of harming a human being (though It's been rare when he has done it...usually a malfunction or something).
		His brother, who ALSO has a Positronic brain (I believe his name is Lore?) is quite capable of harming many human beings.
		She still had a positronic brain, and thus could not break the laws.
	www.slipups.com /items/1536.html (1073 words)

	UFOP: SB118 - Profile for Advanced Android Research Initative Nexus (AARIN) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The brain frequently overloaded, and attempts for automated positronic neural expansions would often result in loss of memory in the older pathways.
		The brain quickly deteriorated into a series of of subdivided independent extensions, the result could be best described in biological terms as an Acute case of Split Personality.
		The positronic brain is quickly abandoned and replaced with a hybrid bio-electrical neural matrix.
	www.starbase118.net /lcars/profdet.php?pid=644 (854 words)

	Waste World Bestiary: Panzers
		They have very primitive positronic brains which enable them to operate without direct control of their master.
		They are controlled by positronic brains and they usually have their own personalities.
		However, the deteriorating positronic circuits of their brains ensure that they often suffer from amnesia and bouts of madness.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Dunes/4656/WasteWorld/Beastiary/Panzers.html (642 words)

	Robots that Jump
		A recent study out of Cornell University has cast serious doubt on the idea that the brain works like a computer, and in fact questions whether computers will every be capable of true artificial intelligence at all.
		A complex math theory was used to calculate the change in potentials over time, strongly implying the positronic brain "computing" was actually similar to the "dynamic continuum" described by the Cornell study.
		Asimov was able to develop this biologically-inspired model for robot brains because computers hadn't advanced in the 1940s as much as they have today.
	www.plyojump.com /weblog/2005_07_10_archive.html (1501 words)

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		USC Brain Project is based at USC as well and involves mapping the entire brain, slice by slice and putting it up on the web.
		Neural Prosthetics is an overview of all the research going on in any brain add-on equipment, the most practical of which involves correcting debilitating diseases like Parkinson's with a brain pacemaker.
		I guess the ultimate computer interfaced brain would be the positronic brain of fictional Data in Star Trek, New Generation.
	www.angelfire.com /ri/rickpotvin/brainimplant.html (386 words)

	Random Rambling
		Yes, I know that positronic brains don't actually exist as of yet but that's not the point.
		Yes, I'm aware that Data from Star Trek: TNG had a positronic brain and that the inside of his head was shown on more than one occasion.
		So seriously if you can find a schematic or a clear description of the workings of the positronic brain than please leave a comment and a link to a website that gives either or both of those.
	huh-what.blogspot.com (1437 words)

	Social Security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With the descendants of Terry Schiavo at his side, DeLay said that because the positronic brain uses “biological molecules” to store data, that it would be wrong to deny any humbot equipped with such a brain the electricity required for sustenance.
		In a related development, Dr. What Who, the scientist who perfected the brain replacement, explained that the positronic brain allowed for “hard copy” backup so no memory was ever lost.
		Why Not, who collaborated with Who, was excited that miniature wind-driven devices attached to the skull using a hair transplant technique invented in the 20th century power the entire brain and organ system.
	www.massliberalvoice.org /wayne_delay.htm (452 words)

	SF Citations for OED
		One is fact to face with an inscrutable positronic brain.
		We've produced a positronic brain of supposedly ordinary vintage that's got the remarkable property of being able to tune in on thought waves.
		His positronic brain had had enough processing time to review the contents of the last four standard years of the journal.
	www.jessesword.com /sf/view/92 (150 words)

	BRmovie.com: Encyclopedia Blade Runner
		In early Blade Runner scripts, it is said that replicants have "positronic brains".
		This was just gobbledygook but it represented some unknown power source that was useful, versatile, speedy, and compact — like the as-yet uninvented computer." This may or may not be a subtle homage to Asimov by Hampton Fancher.
		Psycho-programs may, or may not, be connected with brain implants.
	www.brmovie.com /Encyclopedia/PQRST.HTML (2930 words)

	TWG - The Next Generation - Data Dump
		Positrons could be emitted as a form of radiation, as well as being trapped and used to store information in a positronic brain.
		The result had been the entire content of Data's positronic brain replaced with a substitute, in the same way that biological matter could be replaced by minerals to form a fossil.
		Nog had his uncle's instinct for all things mechanical, but positronic androids were out of his area of expertise.
	www.twguild.com /archive/datadump-tng.html (3027 words)

	SciForums.com - Do Androids dream of electric sheep?
		While we think of human brains as mostly electrical pulses between neurons in fact the connections between neurons, the synapses, are chemical.
		Just consider electronics brains and AI machines as simply on all the time in the same way as you are on during the day.
		Stryder, When you enter REM sleep your brain is slightly altered — the connection between the motor sections of the brain is blocked to prevent you from physically moving during the dream state, otherwise indeed you would be thrashing around all the time while you dreamt.
	www.sciforums.com /printthread.php?t=3958 (3306 words)

	ANDROIDS & ROBOTS 2
		It says that 'Data is an android, an advanced form of artificial life, with a positronic brain.'...
		I'm sure you know that the "positronic brain" was a sci-fi gimmick originated by Isaac Asimov.
		Another that got to me, because of its focus on the brain and language, was "Conversations With Neil's Brain", by William H. Calvin and George A. Ojemann.
	home1.gte.net /trcbmc/id42.html (2868 words)

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