Necessity is the mother of invention. The father is unknown.
The following patent was issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office on December 14, 2004.
Instrument for Contemplationpatent#: US 6830455 filed under Computers Something to contemplate: How am I going to pay for these six computers?
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Comments on Instrument for Contemplation
kyle | Dec 14, 2006 10:45 AM
OK....so, there you have it....any thoughts?
StarkRG | Jun 15, 2006 4:30 AM
Here's a perfect example of why NOT to use babelfish for something important (well, patents are SUPPOSED to be important).
Get a frelling translator, they're a dime-a-dozen in Japan... Though, perhaps, after a few like this Think Tank Ltd. didn't have a dime...
Also, it looks like they got their names backwards, Japanese names are Family first, given second. Harada Yasuo should be written exactly like that, I believe "Harada" is a family name
adam | Jun 1, 2006 1:21 PM
so thats how crop circles were made
Jon | May 30, 2006 5:10 PM
Where's the on switch?
kris | May 11, 2006 6:29 AM
42 is the answer !
InfoSocialist | Mar 23, 2006 12:22 AM
Wow, I think they just invented token ring ethernet!
Is this maybe bittorrent?
Aime Watts | Nov 21, 2005 6:21 PM
I believe that he is attempting to establish an associative, cognitive thought analyzer and through it, establish cognitive computing through association. In other words, he is attempting to capture the steps a human brain goes through in decision making. In essence, a self aware computer.
The token ring shows computers 61-66 but also shows that the other 60 are in there. It is a simple way of showing a finite number of computers networked in a hierarchical organization with each layer playing off of the 'ideas' generated in the previous. To paraphrase him, one idea leads to several thoughts about the idea, each an idea unto itself - the next layer generates other thought based on the thoughts generated from the first. i.e.: cat-fur-PETA; cat-fur-static electric...; cat-purr-emotion; cat-purr-vibrations... This example shows that the main idea (thought) leads to several ideas (fur, purr,...) and each of those secondary ideas lead to tertiary ideas (Static electricity, vibrations). The first computer would generate (or input) the 'cat' idea; the next level would input all the thoughts that 'cat' generates; the tertiary level deals with those ideas generated from the original idea, etc.
It is, actually, an interesting concept, perhaps worthy of investigation. Initially humans would input the ideas and relative ideas generated at each stage; after the computers stored enough of these relationships they may be able to mimic the workings of the mind, insofar as associative function is concerned.
There's my $0.02, for what it's worth.
Richie Torrens | Nov 21, 2005 4:58 PM
I think it's for brainstorming. See a similar system at http://www.grouputer.com
Loonier | Apr 23, 2005 6:13 AM
No one has mentioned that the numbering starts at 60 and ends at 66. This means, obviously, that it is intended for those who could loosely be classified as "seniors" and is, thusly, a parallel processing supercomputer array intended to facilitate the search for extraterrestrial intelligences who, as someone else noted, maybe also still use 5-1/4 inch floppy diskettes. QED
stom | Mar 15, 2005 4:08 AM
it's a roundabout description of email.
Ryuu | Feb 24, 2005 3:35 AM
The picture looks a lot like a token-ring network setup, with a few extra wires. According to the description, it sounds like work grouping... but it isn't clear on who's doing the thinking; is it humans, or the computers themselves? Regardless, it was a nice way to waste a couple of minutes.
reofbl | Jan 7, 2005 12:00 AM
Its not really a workgroup in design, and rather different in purpose.
It seems that this array of computers is more aimed towards acting as a semi-intellegence to, as the title implies, "contemplate" a given subject.
Well... | Jan 6, 2005 11:10 PM
I think it's pretty hot. I'm turned on.
Fred | Jan 6, 2005 8:41 PM
In the words of Frank Barron: "Holy crap!"
the evil one | Jan 6, 2005 7:44 PM
and preventing personal interaction is good...
jodell | Jan 6, 2005 8:24 AM
Actually it appears to be a collaborative "think tank" application that allows controlled cumulative input. First person types a subject/idea. Second person adds comments/thoughts, third person then get to add, and on it goes until all ideas are gathered.
I must say that it took a little time with a Japanese co-worker to reverse engineer the grammar.
In our organization this style of meeting is called pattern brainstorming. My colleague (who is Japanese) suggests that the use of a terminal may actually IMPROVE this method since it will prevent interruptions and personal interaction.
Keith | Jan 6, 2005 7:16 AM
I think it's 6 computers all connected together by a central point. Maybe there trying to patent that desine. Someone patented the weel in Aulstraila afew years ago.
derfwood | Dec 30, 2004 2:26 AM
HUH? Whats it do now?
BRIAN CARVER | Dec 27, 2004 3:02 PM
SKYNET!!
Noclaf | Dec 27, 2004 1:55 AM
it a bunny toy. the bunnies live in the cages(they look like computers).
the circle of wire thing is to eliminate offspring. the little babies chew on it and get electrocuted. each box has a minimum of 60 bunnies at any time....one of the boxes hides bodies untill they are disposed of. simple.
Banjo Man | Dec 27, 2004 12:11 AM
EVIL!!!!!!!!
Banjo Man | Dec 27, 2004 12:10 AM
To me, it seems like AI, AKA "The Beast", It's evil, and will do the world no good, but to rid earth of all humanity....
Derek Bever | Dec 26, 2004 10:58 PM
This is meeting software, I think
shaun | Dec 26, 2004 9:16 PM
I need one of these thingys to comprehent what the patent is trying to say...
Phil Vitale | Dec 25, 2004 9:29 AM
Sounds like they want to keep token ring lan technology from disappearing. I think this is a put on from IBM. . .
mike gaffney | Dec 24, 2004 10:28 AM
What the inventor fails mention in the application is the fact that Number 6 entity, having been given a word, could then have the word turned into an elaborate question by runnning the process in reverse. I would suggest a trial run on the word "yes" to discover if there are other key phrases to begin meetings other than the tired, "shall we begin." Alternate end words might be "Hawking", "Zarathurstra" or "What?".
rettingr | Dec 23, 2004 8:14 PM
Fascinating. A patent on a computer network. Wish I had thought of it. Maybe I would have 5 cents more than I do now if I had...
eben | Dec 23, 2004 3:48 PM
i am busy contemplating the floppy drives on these computers. when was this patent issued? 1985?
peterg22 | Dec 23, 2004 5:18 AM
I have forwarded a copy of this patent to our Development Team manager for further analysis :-) My own opinion is that it looks suspiciously like a workgroup, and therefore one of Micro$oft's creations ?
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