OpenSCAD 3D model of the world's first Bidirectional Artificial Neuron for conscious machines built from carbon nanotubes, nanotorus, and human ssDNA.
(November 22, 2024) Publication of UPDATE to Open Letter dated April 19, 2024.
(November 11, 2024) Publication of Open Letter dated April 19, 2024, addressed to various U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories, major Universities, and industry leaders.
In the "OpenSCAD_STL" folder of this repository, you will find the "neuron_2.scad" program that you can use to render a 3D model of the Bidirectional Artificial Neuron. Within the same folder are various pre-rendered .STL files of armchair and zig-zag carbon nanotube segments used to construct the dendrites, axon, and nanotorus aspects of the neuron model.
The code allows substitution of much simpler "model" CNTs and nanotorus built from solid cylinder segments, which render much, much faster. This method is suggested if you are just starting out. Once you become familiar with the code, then you can substitute the use of much more realistic armchair and zig-zag CNT models provided in the source code and .STL files provided in the repository within that folder. For those of you just starting out with OpenSCAD, the first step would be to go to the OpenSCAD website to download and install the OpenSCAD software for your platform at the following link.
The following are some thumbs of renderings done using the more realistic .STL armchair and zig-zag CNT segments. To see larger versions of them, simply click on the corresponding thumb. Note that the images were desaturated to B/W using an external tool to make them look even more realistic.
The following images were rendered using Blender. To do that, each component comprising the OpenSCAD model was rendered and exported out of OpenSCAD separately in .STL format. Then each .STL component was imported into Blender. Starting out, your best bet is to work with the "model" solid components first, then when you have your desired camera angles, etc., set up, then substitute the more realistic armchair and zig-zag components for final render. Otherwise, it will take forever due to detail and complexity. These files are rather large and can take a few seconds to load.
To view an 11-inch x 17-inch poster-sized Preliminary Information sheet (.PDF), click on the thumb below. If you'd rather view a .PNG file, click on the link below the poster thumb.
https://github.com/jerry-D/Bidirectional-Artificial-Neuron/blob/main/Consciou_Neuron_Publish_LR.png
Finally, to get grip on the basic physics of how this new science actually works, click on the thumb below to download and read short paper published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory in November 2017, entitled, "Visualization of Higher Genus Carbon Nanomaterials: Free Energy, Persistent Current, and Entanglement Entropy". You probably won't understand most of it, but I think you will at least get the gist of it.
