Well, the Proposal for a Great Earth Mother Cyborg
(http://www.creative-catalyst.com/e-femoral/regina.html) is not alone...
Read this below;
"FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 11, 2006 FBO #1566
SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Hybrid Insect MEMS (HI-MEMS)
Notice Date
3/9/2006
Notice Type
Solicitation Notice
NAICS
541710 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life
Sciences
Contracting Office
Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts
Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22203-1714
ZIP Code
22203-1714
Solicitation Number
BAA06-22
Response Due
6/5/2006
Archive Date
3/9/2007
Description
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting research
proposals in the area of Hybrid Insect MEMS. Proposed research should
investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in
science, devices or systems. Specifically excluded is research, which
primarily results in evolutionary improvement upon existing
state-of-the-art. DARPA seeks innovative proposals to develop technology to
create insect-cyborgs, possibly enabled by intimately integrating
microsystems within insects, during their early stages of metamorphoses. The
healing processes from one metamorphic stage to the next stage are expected
to yield more reliable bio-electromechanical interface to insects, as
compared to adhesively bonded systems to adult insects. Once these platforms
are integrated, various microsystem payloads can be mounted on the platforms
with the goal of controlling insect locomotion, sense local environment, and
scavenge power. Multidisciplinary teams of engineers, physicists, and
biologists are expected to work together to develop new technologies
utilizing insect biology, while developing foundations for the new field of
insect cyborg engineering. The HI-MEMS may also serve as vehicles to conduct
research to answer basic questions in biology. The final demonstration goal
of the HI-MEMS program is the delivery of an insect within five meters of a
specific target located at hundred meters away, using electronic remote
control, and/or global positioning system (GPS). Although flying insects are
of great interest (e.g. moths and dragonflies), hopping and swimming insects
could also meet final demonstration goals. In conjunction with delivery, the
insect must remain stationary either indefinitely or until otherwise
instructed. The insect-cyborg must also be able to transmit data from DOD
relevant sensors, yielding information about the local environment. These
sensors can include gas sensors, microphones, video, etc. In order to
successfully demonstrate the mission described above, it is anticipated that
effort in the following technical areas is required: 1. Demonstrate reliable
bio-electromechanical interfaces to insects, 2. Demonstrate locomotion
control using MEMS platforms, and 3. Demonstrate technologies to scavenge
power from insects."
more at:
http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2006/03-March/11-Mar-2006/FBO-01003518.htm
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Now, remembering the Proposal for a Great Earth Mother Cyborg:
13 March
"Regina Célia Pinto has made the first contribution to "e-Femoral: the
severed head and other stories.
(http://www.creative-catalyst.com/e-femoral/index.html)" Her story is an
extract from her current work in progress, an electronic artist's book
entitled "Proposal for a Great Earth Mother: Bio Art and Digital Literature"
(translated from Portuguese by Sabrina Gledhill). Read it here
(http://www.creative-catalyst.com/e-femoral/regina.html)."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Proposal for a Great Earth Mother:
Bio Art and Digital Literature
Regina Célia Pinto
(English Version: Sabrina Gledhill)
The renowned anthropologist Sir R.B. was the first to note the strange
symbols on Kiwi multimedia artist HVJ's femur stem. As a result, this item
was immediately taken to the CALS (Center for Anthropological and Linguistic
Studies) in the main city on the Island of Aotearoa. The world's foremost
anthropologists and experts in linguistics and codes flocked to that
important research center to witness an unheard-of event in the world of
Science.
For months on end, these specialists devoted themselves to the study of that
femur stem without making any discoveries. Meanwhile, multimedia artist HVJ
got used to walking with her new tantalum1 hip implant, and was amazed at
the sudden fame gained by that former part of her bone structure. Every day,
the wildest claims appeared in the newspapers, but the scientists were
stymied. The code (?) was still unbroken.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Much more at:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.creative-catalyst.com/plog.html
Please, I will be delighted if you browser at:
http://www.creative-catalyst.com/plog.html , read the text and send me small
chips to be installed into the head of the "Great Earth Mother Cyborg".
(images, animations or movies > maximum: 100 pixels x 100 pixels, poems >
+ - 3 lines)
To receive lots of chips would be really great!
Send your chip to [log in to unmask] , subject: Great Earth Mother
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Regina Célia Pinto
http://arteonline.arq.br/
http://arteonline.arq.br/library.htm
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