Comments on: A Basic stamp supercomputer

By: nuos-datacenter

nuos-datacenter — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:01:51 +0000

I agree with mitmen on this. Obviously stanlykinkleheim is retarded to go off like that. Humanoido has offered many hours of research and proven results at no charge. His open source projects are accurate and easily duplicated. I especially enjoyed the two links. The program in under 80 lines of BASIC that achieves Self Evolving Enumerating Deterministic Code is an eye opener. I am sure many hobbyists with small processors and little budget but wanting to do introductory AI will welcome this. On one level, this code is similar to the popular game of life where life forms evolve and can be watched in their transformations. Only here, the life forms output is not only on the screen – it communicates in English and achieve some great things represented in simple ways with code. The other link shows another project altogether, which moves processors with robots to achieve simulations and reproductions of some physics experiments, such as the doppler effect, beat frequency, and constructive destructive interference of sound waves. Again I agree with mitmen this is a first as I have never seen a computer with physically moving Stamp cores. While visiting the links I saw several newer stamp supercomputers by humanoido for example seed at http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=21&m=361377&p=1 and tricore, minuscule and one more. If you follow more url links, he has a robot connected to a stamp supercomputer. This is some really great stuff not to be put down. Personally I don’t care if he’s an attorney and doing hobby stuff in his spare time, or not, or whatever. I’m enjoying these projects very much.

By: mitmen

mitmen — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:08:43 +0000

I came across this through google. It’s a hack that is truly innovative for basic Stamps with all claims appearing accurate. This model appears to be fully functional. According to research, his claim of being the first with this type of stamp project is accurate. This and his newer projects are all very interesting, some of which have found their way into universities and school curriculum, as I can attest. There are obviously some lesser jealous minds posting here who have more time on their hands than intelligence. If you don’t like the project, just leave. humanoido, this is work appreciated by everyone here enjoying the hobby and those of us creating technical projects for school and higher learning. We look forward to your next project.

By: stanlykinkleheim

stanlykinkleheim — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:53:11 +0000

I’d be willing to bet that half of the glowing statements in the comments here were posted by “Dr” Humanoido himself. Especially considering all of the posts which point out that it’s the first Stamp-based “supercomputer.” I have engineered the first Stamp-based toilet- it has a heterogeneous Super-Beowulf network of MCUs, even more wires *and* an analog computing capacity achieved with a matrix of H2O suspended in a patented stable derivative of sintered Al6Si2O13. Sure, it sounds fancy- but in the end, it’s still a Stamp-based toilet that doesn’t do much of anything.

Don’t get me wrong- this is a fun project. But, like Mr. Simpson said above, it is completely unnecessary. There’s really no innovation here- just a nice little movie. The statements made by Humanoido are grandiose, bordering on those made by someone with megalomania. Check out this link for a lot more of the ramblings of someone with what appears to be a form of manic schizophrenia or a very special form of autism:

http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=21&m=343484

It’s a real treat to read some of his code- I recommend one of his programs which implement a fully-conscious Artificial Intelligent Being. Apparently, humanoido’s genius is such that he can code up a new conscious entity in 80 lines of BASIC code. To those 80 lines code, there are _500_ lines of self-important claims about the “supercomputer,” or the ability of the AI to act creatively- write poetry, etc.

John McCarthy would bow down before him if he was able to write the code he claims to- and if he did it in 80 lines, John McCarthy would probably jump off a bridge. Or something.

Somebody call MIT- obviously we have an unparalleled genius on our hands!

I kid you not!
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/attach.aspx?a=33046

It’s sad, really. The guy is obviously pretty smart on some levels- he can articulate himself very well, he can handle writing simplistic BASIC programs, knows how to solder, can prepare plastic bits without trouble, etc. But something isn’t right- someone this smart but grounded in sanity would know how how embarrassingly laughable his claims and statements are. He isn’t a computer scientist- he’s just playing one on TV. Trying to make real some fantasy of being a smart, famous, and well-respected scientist at the cutting edge of his field.

thank you for your support!
dr. humanoido’s psychiatrist

By: Rocket Scientist

Rocket Scientist — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:29:21 +0000

Awesome! I got started with Basic stamps that led to my career at NASA. This project is what I dream about doing someday.

By: Don't have a cow, man!

Don't have a cow, man! — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:55:44 +0000

In the words of Homer Simpson, “It’s so unnecessary!”

By: opensource

opensource — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:15:17 +0000

agreed, the video is spectacular!

By: Dcon

Dcon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:35:49 +0000

The epic-ness of this video alone just gives me the shivers.

By: devonsilk

devonsilk — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:02:21 +0000

cool!

By: gonzalaz

gonzalaz — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:41:50 +0000

Just doing some research and his post now has a 2 stamp wiring example for guys on a thin budget.

By: Dr. Donald Besserman

Dr. Donald Besserman — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:34:35 +0000

Outstanding Hack! You turned a common chip into a super project!

By: hackman

hackman — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:12:08 +0000

This is a full scale supercomputer by the true definition.

By: darknite

darknite — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:21:59 +0000

Dude, if you read the movie blog, he’s now connecting it to pc’s faster than P3. I think this is the most spectacular project!

By: StampMaster

StampMaster — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:05:19 +0000

Maybe it’s the consideration that he actually did something more than lip service and put one together and made it work.

Since the Basic Stamp is a Pic Chip, I’m sure you can call this a Pic Chip Supercomputer. :) Have a great Christmas!

By: Colbert

Colbert — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:53:06 +0000

This is NOT a supercomputer, by todays standards it is crap compared to Pentium 3, but I like the idea.

I was working on something like this also, but I could not get more then three basic stamps with my money, and I was working on making a seperate protocall so that I would not have to mess with slow speeds using one wire.

Either way, I do not understand why there are lots of people going ga ga over this when a better use of his time and money could have been used to make a PIC “super computer”.

By: nancydrew

nancydrew — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:12:31 +0000

IMPRESSIVE!