I got my PhD in physics 50 years ago. At that time we thought commercial fusion reactors were "right around the corner."
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Obsolescence
By one count I have 68 small robots and the component parts* for at least 20 more. Some of these are obsolete and others soon will be**. I try to counter this to some degree using reconfigurable designs* but this can increase the costs involved*** and so is not a universal solution.
* For example LEGO, Meccano, Vex IQ, Vex EDR, Raspberry Pis, etc.
** For example LEGO RCX, NXT, Ev3, early Arduinos, etc. The LEGO Technic cables from my RCX Mindstorms sets are actually disintegrating due to age.
*** Hacking toys, for instance, can be cheaper. See my blogs of 1 March and 7 April 2025.
My SCSs
My specialist AIs* are my version of SCSs (Self-Contained Systems**), software AND hardware. With cointelligence some of the specialist agents can even be humans.
* See, as one example, my blog of 1 July 2023.
** See scs-architecture.org
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