#Discrete Event Simulation Project Help

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You said: Has the Wolfram Physics Project proven any laws of Fundamental Physics? ChatGPT said: As of now, the Wolfram Physics Project has not yet proven any laws of fundamental physics in the traditional scientific sense — that is, it has not derived known physical laws like the Standard Model or general relativity from its models in a fully rigorous, universally accepted way. However, here is what has been achieved so far:

Framework Creation Stephen Wolfram and his team have developed a formal computational framework based on hypergraph rewriting systems, proposing that space, time, and physics arise from the evolution of discrete structures according to simple rules.

Derivations of Known Features The project has heuristically derived or simulated features that resemble known aspects of physics, such as: • Causal invariance, a property related to relativity. • Emergent spacetime and Lorentz invariance under certain assumptions. • Indications of quantum behavior via multiway systems and branchial space. • A reformulation of Einstein's equations in terms of causal graphs (though not derived from first principles in this model yet).

Mathematical Insights The effort has produced new mathematical ideas in the areas of: • Graph theory and rewriting systems. • Causal structure and foliations. • Category theory and homotopy applied to physics.

Exploratory Status The project is in an exploratory and foundational stage, focusing on mapping how known physics might emerge from extremely low-level computational processes — essentially suggesting a new paradigm, but not yet establishing it in a way that matches or replaces existing physics frameworks.

Summary While the Wolfram Physics Project is a bold attempt to discover a unified computational foundation for physics, it remains speculative and has not yet produced falsifiable predictions or rigorous derivations of existing laws from its core principles. It is more accurate to say it proposes a path toward such a foundation, rather than having proven one. Would you like a visual or technical example of how one of its models relates to relativity or quantum mechanics?

You said: Are Feynman diagrams causal graphs? ChatGPT said: Great question — Feynman diagrams are not causal graphs, although they share some superficial similarities. Here's a breakdown of the differences and relationships between them:

🔹 What Are Feynman Diagrams? • Feynman diagrams are computational tools in quantum field theory (QFT), used to visualize and calculate probability amplitudes for particle interactions. • Each diagram represents a term in a perturbative expansion of a quantum amplitude. • The axes are not spacetime coordinates in a strict sense; the vertical axis is usually time (heuristically), but the diagrams are mainly symbolic. • Vertices represent interaction points, and lines represent particles propagating, not trajectories in spacetime. ➡️ Feynman diagrams are not literal depictions of what happens in spacetime. They help organize terms in quantum field calculations using a mathematical formalism.

🔹 What Are Causal Graphs? • Causal graphs (in the context of the Wolfram Physics Project and elsewhere) are networks where nodes represent events, and directed edges represent causal dependencies between them. • They explicitly encode the causal structure of a physical system: if event A causes or influences event B, there is an arrow from A to B. • In relativity or computational models like the Wolfram Physics Project, causal graphs reflect the actual structure of spacetime or computational history.

🔸 Key Differences Feature Feynman Diagrams Causal Graphs Purpose Mathematical expansion Represent causal structure

in QFT. of events. Temporal Mostly symbolic Encodes actual causal

Meaning relations. Representation Particle interactions Event causality Used in Quantum Field Theory Relativity, Quantum Gravity, Computational Physics

🔹 Are They Related at All? They are not equivalent, but they both express relationships between events or interactions — just in very different frameworks: • In QFT, Feynman diagrams help compute probabilities. • In causal graph models (like in the Wolfram Physics Project), the entire fabric of spacetime and physics arises from the graph's structure. So while both are graphs involving vertices and edges, their meaning and use are fundamentally different. Would you like a diagram comparing the two visually?

You said: Does the Amplituhedron contain all Feynman diagrams? ChatGPT said: Excellent question — and a deep one. The short answer is: The Amplituhedron does not contain all Feynman diagrams — it replaces them in certain theories, offering a radically different way to compute scattering amplitudes without using any Feynman diagrams at all. Let me explain.

🔹 What Is the Amplituhedron? The Amplituhedron is a geometric object discovered by Nima Arkani-Hamed and collaborators around 2013. It encodes the scattering amplitudes of certain particle interactions in a purely geometric way, without reference to: • Spacetime • Quantum fields • Or Feynman diagrams It was first developed for: • Planar N=4\mathcal{N} = 4N=4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory in 4D — a highly symmetric (but not realistic) QFT. • Tree-level amplitudes, later extended to loop-level in that theory.

🔸 Relationship to Feynman Diagrams Feature Feynman Diagrams Amplituhedron Approach Perturbative expansion Geometric encoding Input Fields, vertices, propagators Momentum twistors, combinatorics Intermediate Steps Many diagrams with divergences None; computes final amplitude directly Redundancy Huge (many diagrams cancel) Minimal; built to avoid redundancy Containment Diagrams are not inside the amplituhedron The amplituhedron gives results equivalent to the sum of all diagrams

So, rather than containing Feynman diagrams, the Amplituhedron provides an alternative to them, yielding the same final amplitude but without going through the diagrammatic machinery.

🔹 Implication In certain theories (especially planar N=4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory in 4D — a highly symmetric (but not realistic) QFT.), the entire Feynman diagrammatic expansion is replaced by computing a volume or combinatorial feature of the amplituhedron. This is deeply tied to hidden symmetries and positivity structures in the amplitudes.

Summary • ❌ The Amplituhedron does not contain all Feynman diagrams. • ✅ It allows you to compute the total amplitude without them, in some very specific quantum field theories. • 🔬 It suggests there may be more fundamental, geometric formulations of physics than quantum fields and Feynman diagrams. Would you like an illustrative visualization of what the amplituhedron looks like and how it encodes amplitudes?

You said: How many kinds of spontaneous quantum events have been observed to occur in a quantum vacuum? ChatGPT said: In quantum field theory, several types of spontaneous quantum events are predicted — and in some cases observed — to occur in the quantum vacuum, due to its inherent fluctuations and instability. These events arise from the uncertainty principle, which allows temporary violations of conservation laws (like energy conservation) within certain limits. Here's a breakdown of the main kinds:

✅ Observed or Indirectly Confirmed Spontaneous Quantum Events

Vacuum Fluctuations • Description: Temporary appearance of particle–antiparticle pairs (like electron–positron pairs) that annihilate each other shortly after.
 • Evidence: Indirect, but foundational to quantum electrodynamics (QED); shows up in: • Lamb shift
 • Casimir effect
 • Anomalous magnetic moment of the electron


Spontaneous Emission • Description: An excited atom can emit a photon spontaneously due to coupling with the quantum vacuum.
 • Evidence: Well-measured in quantum optics; cannot occur in classical EM theory — requires vacuum field.


Hawking Radiation (Theoretical, but Widely Accepted) • Description: Black holes emit particles due to quantum vacuum fluctuations near the event horizon.
 • Evidence: Not yet observed directly, but supported by consistent theoretical work and analog experiments.


Unruh Effect (Theoretical) • Description: An accelerating observer in a vacuum perceives a warm bath of particles (vacuum looks like it contains particles).
 • Evidence: No direct observation due to extreme acceleration required.


Schwinger Effect (Strong-Field Pair Production) • Description: Creation of electron–positron pairs from vacuum in the presence of a very strong electric field.
 • Evidence: Not yet observed in pure form, but being pursued in high-intensity laser experiments (e.g., ELI, SLAC).


❗ Summary: How Many Kinds? There are at least five major categories of spontaneous quantum events associated with the vacuum: # Event Type Observed? 1 Vacuum fluctuations (virtual particles) ✅ Indirect 2 Spontaneous emission ✅ Direct 3 Hawking radiation ❌ Theoretical only 4 Unruh effect ❌ Theoretical only 5 Schwinger effect ❌ Not yet observed

So, to answer directly: Two kinds have been directly observed (vacuum fluctuations via effects like Casimir and Lamb shift, and spontaneous emission), while three more are theoretically predicted and under investigation. Would you like a timeline or visual map of these phenomena and where they stand in terms of experimental support?

You said: Does Quantum Foam exist? ChatGPT said: Quantum foam — also known as spacetime foam — is a hypothetical concept, not yet observed, but widely discussed in theoretical physics as a possible feature of spacetime at the Planck scale (~ 10 − 35 10^{-35} 10 −35 meters). Here's a detailed breakdown of what that means:

🔹 What Is Quantum Foam? • Proposed by John Wheeler in the 1950s. • Describes the idea that at very small scales, spacetime is not smooth, but fluctuates violently due to quantum uncertainty. • Instead of a flat or gently curved spacetime (as in general relativity), quantum foam suggests a chaotic structure where: • Tiny virtual black holes may pop in and out of existence. • Topology and geometry fluctuate, possibly tearing and reconnecting. • Space and time themselves may be emergent phenomena, not fundamental. This is analogous to how a calm ocean surface looks flat from afar, but is foamy and turbulent up close.

🔬 Does It Exist? ❌ No direct experimental evidence • Quantum foam is predicted to occur at the Planck scale, far beyond current experimental resolution. • We can't probe distances smaller than about 10−1910^{-19}10 • −19 • meters even at the LHC, which is 16 orders of magnitude too large to test quantum foam directly. ✅ Strong theoretical motivation • Most approaches to quantum gravity (like loop quantum gravity, string theory, causal dynamical triangulations, and the Wolfram Physics Project) predict some form of non-smooth, fluctuating microstructure of spacetime — very much like quantum foam. • It plays a role in ideas about the holographic principle, black hole entropy, and emergent spacetime. 🧪 Proposed observational hints (not confirmed) • Light dispersion from distant gamma-ray bursts — some models predict tiny energy-dependent delays due to quantum foam. So far, data places upper bounds, but no detection. • LIGO and gravitational wave detectors have been proposed to test Planck-scale noise, but again, no positive results yet.

🧾 Summary Quantum foam has not been directly observed, but it remains a compelling theoretical prediction of many quantum gravity models. You can think of it as a plausible but unconfirmed microscopic structure of spacetime — similar to how atoms were theorized long before they were observed. Would you like to explore which quantum gravity theories describe quantum foam explicitly, or see a visual analogy of how it would distort spacetime?

You said: In the Wolfram Physics model, would the Quantum Foam accomplish Computation? ChatGPT said: Yes — in the Wolfram Physics Project, the analog of quantum foam is not just a fluctuating structure but is fundamentally computational in nature. In fact, computation is what drives everything in the model.

🔹 The Core Idea In Wolfram's model, the universe is represented by the evolution of a hypergraph, where: • Nodes represent abstract "atoms of space". • Edges represent relationships between those nodes. • A set of simple rewriting rules updates this graph over time. This process is computational, and the universe is essentially a giant distributed computation.

🔸 So, Is There Quantum Foam? Yes — though not called that formally, the fine-grained structure of the hypergraph at very small scales behaves like a quantum foam, because: 1. The graph is discrete and locally fluctuating. 2. The structure changes in a non-deterministic way due to multiway branching — capturing quantum indeterminacy. 3. The causal graph formed by applying update rules encodes both quantum mechanics and general relativity in a unified computational framework. 4. The universe does not evolve linearly; it evolves through all possible paths consistent with the rules — similar to a Feynman path integral or quantum superposition.

🔹 Computation in the "Foam" In this model: • The quantum-foam-like structure is not passive; it actively computes all possible evolutions. • This is what gives rise to: • Causal relationships • Quantum interference • Entanglement • Space, time, particles, and forces • Observers are just specific computational processes embedded in this system. Wolfram refers to this as "the ruliad" — the limit of all possible computations following all possible rules. The foam is essentially a slice of the ruliad, constrained by the rules we experience.

🧾 Summary In the Wolfram Physics Project, the quantum-foam-like structure of space is inherently computational — it both encodes and performs the fundamental computation that produces the universe. Would you like a visual simulation of how a simple hypergraph evolves in this model, to see how spacetime and causality emerge?

You said: Given Max Tegmark: "If Consciousness is how information feels as it is being processed, then Consciousness is doubly substrate-independent." Does this imply that the Quantum Foam may support some degree of Consciousness? ChatGPT said: That's a profound and nuanced question — and one that treads the boundary between physics, information theory, and philosophy of mind. Let's unpack it carefully.

🔹 Max Tegmark's View: Consciousness as Information Processing Max Tegmark's quote suggests the following key ideas: 1. Consciousness is the subjective experience of information processing. 2. Information processing is substrate-independent, meaning it can, in principle, happen on any medium — silicon, neurons, paper, or something more exotic. 3. Therefore, consciousness is also substrate-independent, if it's tied strictly to the structure and flow of information. This idea is central to what Tegmark calls the "Mathematical Universe Hypothesis" and his related work on consciousness (e.g., "Perceptronium" — the idea that consciousness is a state of matter defined by specific information-processing properties).

🔸 Does This Apply to Quantum Foam or the Wolfram Model? Now let’s connect this with the quantum foam and Wolfram’s physics model: 🔸 1. Is the quantum foam computational? • In standard quantum field theory or general relativity, quantum foam is a hypothesized physical fluctuation at Planck scales — it's not defined in terms of information or computation. • In Wolfram’s model, however, the fine structure of spacetime is explicitly a computational substrate — a hypergraph updated by rules. That is information processing. 🔸 2. Could it support consciousness? • If consciousness = certain types of information processing, and if quantum foam (or the hypergraph in Wolfram’s model) supports rich and self-referential computation… • Then yes, in principle, such a system could support consciousness, at least in a substrate-independent sense. But that hinges on a few assumptions: • Consciousness is only information processing (functionalism). • No special "biological" or "material" features are needed (non-biological pancomputationalism). • The quantum foam or hypergraph can reach the complexity, integration, and feedback needed (like in Tononi's Integrated Information Theory or other cognitive models).

🧠 Key Insight If the structure underlying reality — such as quantum foam or the hypergraph of Wolfram's model — is capable of implementing sufficiently rich and integrated computation, and if consciousness arises from such computation, then yes, consciousness could, in principle, emerge or be supported by that structure. This does not imply that the quantum foam is conscious per se — but rather that it might be able to support conscious processes, just as neurons or silicon circuits do.

🧾 Summary • Tegmark’s quote suggests consciousness is an emergent property of computation. • Quantum foam in standard physics is not inherently computational, so the implication is weak there. • Wolfram's hypergraph-based quantum foam, however, is computational, and thus, could in principle support consciousness, if it meets the required complexity and dynamics. Would you like to explore what specific kinds of information processing might be necessary for consciousness to emerge from a computational substrate like this?

"The Unified Field of Quantum Physics is the same as the Unified Field of Pure Consciousness." John Hagelin, Ph.D, Raja of Invincible America

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Mridula & Sushant: A Timeless Love Story Captured by Zero Gravity Photography

Introduction:

Some love stories are written in the stars, but Mridula Saravanan and Sushant Sam Varghese’s story began with something far more grounded—an online portal. What followed was a journey filled with serendipity, milestones, and moments so beautiful they had to be captured forever.

The Unexpected Beginning

It was February 8th, 2021, when fate decided to play matchmaker. The stage? Penn State’s Canvas portal. A simple connection over a shared project in a discrete event simulation course sparked a bond that grew deeper with every conversation. Collaborating on assignments turned into shared hobbies, including badminton matches where skill took a backseat to laughter. By summer’s end, they were inseparable.

Adventures, Laughter, and Love

For three years, Mridula and Sushant’s story unfolded like the perfect script. There were road trips under open skies, tailgates buzzing with excitement, and countless dinners where time seemed to stand still. But the real magic? It was in the quiet moments at home—movie nights on the couch, intense board game battles, and the kind of conversations that only soulmates can share.

Every adventure was a memory, and every memory became a part of the mosaic that was their love. It wasn’t about grand gestures—it was about the everyday magic of being together.

Milestones That Defined Their Journey

From academic defenses to first jobs, life’s milestones tested their resilience and deepened their connection. Every challenge was met with unwavering support, every victory celebrated with pure joy. And then, in May 2024, their journey reached a new chapter with a beautiful engagement. It was a promise—a commitment to forever.

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[schafpudel]

I feel like its really important to remember that PF Magic’s Petz isn’t a computer game. You don’t win at Petz. There are no achievements, no goals, no discrete tasks. Even other virtual pet games are more concretely game-like than Petz is.

You know what Petz is? Straight from the horse’s mouth?

This remainder of this paper suggests new ways to employ virtual characters to create emotionally powerful interactive experiences, using our Virtual Petz and Babyz projects as case studies. The techniques used to create these projects will be presented and discussed, with emphasis on the importance of design. Finally we will attempt to address the question of what it could mean for a human to have an emotional relationship with a virtual character.

[...]

Stories have long been our primary way to observe and understand our emotional relationships. If stories could be made interactive – where users could immerse themselves in virtual worlds with characters they could talk to, form relationships with, touch and be touched by, and together alter the course of events, literally creating a new story in real-time – then we would have a new form of interactive entertainment that eclipses videogames.  Like traditional stories from books, theater, television and movies, an interactive story would be affecting and meaningful, but made all the more personal because the user helped shape it and create it (Stern 1998).

It’s fucking Blorbo from my Computer Programs Interactive Simulator 1999.

[ktfromjerseyblog]

Mods for Beginners

Are you new to modding the Sims 4 and need some suggestions on some basic mods to begin with? I have a list of some basic mods, along with a link and a description of each.

WEERBESU mods:

UI Extension Mod-

https://www.patreon.com/posts/ui-cheats-v1-16-26240068

This mod adds so much control to your game. You’re able to adjust the Needs bars. Able to adjust household funds. Able to delete unwanted buffs/moodlets. Adjust relationships between sims. Adjust skill levels. Complete milestones in aspirations with just a click.

SCUMBUMBO mods: unfortunately, this mod creator has passed away. But generously enough, a few creators got together to keep his creations alive by updating them in his honor.

Don’t Wash Dishes Where you Angry Poop:

https://scumbumbomods.com/#/dont-wash-dishes-where-you-angry-poop/

Everyone has had that problem when their Sim walks all the way across the house to wash one of their dishes in the bathroom sink, versus the perfectly good one in the Kitchen. This mod prevents them from washing them in there. After download, anytime you initially start a new household, you will have to click on the kitchen sink and click Enable Dish Washing.

Don’t Prep Food Where You Angry Poop:

https://scumbumbomods.com/#/dont-prep-food-where-you-angry-poop/

If you have countertops in your bathroom, sims will always try to prep food on those counters. This will prevent that. After download, anytime you initially start a new household, you will have to click on the bathroom counters and click Disable Food Prep.

DEADERPOOL mods:

MC Command Center:

https://deaderpool-mccc.com/#/releases

This mod gives you all of the control you would ever need. Control on Population, Pregnancy, Cheat info, Occult, Woohoo, Notifications, Money, etc. This youtube video is a good explanation of some of the features: https://youtu.be/gE0219u-cgc  

There are two separate packages. One is the main mod, and one adds more features directed to the WooHoo system. It is your choice to download the WooHoo system or not. But you need the Main system regardless.

LITTLEMSSAM mods:

Ultrasound Scan:

https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175410620123/ultrasound-scan-visit-a-gynecologist-to-do-a

Have your pregnant sim go to the Gynecologist (rabbithole) in their 2nd/3rd trimester to receive a sonogram, revealing the baby(ies) gender and amount.

Random Small Mods:

https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175412396783/random-small-mods-sometimes-mods-are-sooo-small

63 small mod packages that make gameplay much more convenient.

Random Bug Fixes:

https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175412067973/random-bug-fixes-a-collection-of-random-small-bug

A collection of random small bug fixes that correct glitches with the game. The creator updates this collection as the game developers correct the “bugs”.

Quick Shower and Quick Bath:

https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175406394233/quick-shower-quick-bath-more-quick-shower

Self explanatory.

No Auto Food Grab After Cooking:

https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175406636578/no-auto-food-grab-after-cooking-this-mod-prevents

Sometimes you just want your sim to cook a meal for someone (not themselves) and instead, they decide to grab themselves a plate before serving it. This is most often seen when your sim bakes a birthday cake for a party, and then they take a slice for them self before any birthday candles make it on there!

SimDaDatingApp:

https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175413426238/simda-dating-app-simda-dating-app-can-help-you

It’s basically Tindr for your Sims.

 SIMREALIST mods:

Mortem:

https://www.simrealist.com/mortem (currently still in project phase, use at own discretion, may conflict with other death mods)

A new mod project that will introduce the realities of death to the game in a way the Sims has never touched on because it is not a positive experience. However, without this experience, this Sims itself lacks the true depth of a life simulated.

A Realistic Death Event without the need of a Grim Reaper. The Medical Examiner takes over instead.

Condolence Visit from Family & Close Friends of the Executor Sim.

Burial or Cremation now costs!

A Funeral Service Event is available for your Sim(s)'s Deceased Loved One to properly lay your Sim to rest. During this event, your Sim will receive either an Urn or Tombstone depending on what they initialy choose.

SNB (Sims National Bank) and SNB Bills:

https://www.simrealist.com/snb

A Main Account for each Sim in your Household that has access to a cell phone.

Direct Deposit for Traditional Careers. This does not include Royalties, Self-Employment income, etc.

Basic Death Handling, SimoleonGram, Fabulously Wealthy and other Monetary Aspiration Support

MCCC money settings compatibility (this includes child support)

Autopay within Bills (but you can still use MCCC's version instead)

Custom Property Tax settings with correct tax amounts of just the Lot value only instead of Lot Value + Household inventory + Sim inventory

The ability to pay with your SNB account.

Thermostat costs will reflect in the new MISC bills category along with MCCC adjustments, Child Support, Tiny Living discounts, Frugal Trait reward discounts, and any other mod that adjust billing in some way)

Rent is Back! Was removed so that renters weren't being taxed for property they don't really "own." Now they have a proper rent bill separate from their usual utilities/home services.

(Last updated 21Apr- please be weary of updates)

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[oldtumblhurgoyf]

so this research project

I was a little surprised at how much the analytical approach they’re taking appeals to me--not that the approach itself appeals to me in the first place, but rather that there happens to be a research group roughly in central Ohio that happens to be rigorously studying a way of looking at the world which I’ve long felt on a deep level is the best way to do things

but more on my personal outlook on it later

also a way I’ll probably suggest to the researchers that Magic might be able to help them

general deets/process

without going into specifics of the study because I’m not entirely sure how much I’m allowed to share at this moment, essentially it’s a holistic and removed way of looking at a problem to arrive at an answer

so say you’re asked to determine the odds Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic nomination and then the odds he is elected president after that. instead of bothering with any specifics of the actual scenario in the world today, you would identify broad structural elements that apply to the situation. then you’d look for historic examples of campaigns that shared those structural elements at similar levels. so say you identify structural elements as 1. name recognition, 2. funding, 3. “outside man”--that is he’s not the typical sort of candidate this party would elect

you take those 3 structural elements and look back in history for campaigns that roughly share them at the same level. having identified those campaigns, you can then look at how many won their party nomination and from there how many made it to the White House. with these stats you can actually create generalized percentage based on like two dozen campaigns just from the last 50 years or so and use that as a baseline before you factor in specifics from the question at hand

the idea is to try to create some understanding of the situation that’s removed from the charge and personal closeness of current events. not that you’re going to stop once you have percent chances based on historic precedent. but it provides more solid ground to start on, then you make predictions from there. like in the example above maybe you decide the US is more primed for the sort of message Bernie has (perhaps because a good chunk of the examples from the historic data come from the Cold War era or just after and that rhetoric benefits more conservative world views) and thus you project higher chances than the baseline percents would predict

the example of Sanders’ election chances is great because there are so many campaigns in US history alone and some real numbers in the forms of polls and funding that you can look into. some situations don’t have the same historic comparisons and are harder to draw comparisons in this way. like imagine you’re trying to determine the chances another 9/11-like terrorist attack occurs in the next 10 years. how broad can you make the structural similarities while still remaining useful? how do you even define “9/11-like”? use of commercial planes? overall loss of life? monetary damages? structural damages? real life gets really messy really fast. that’s one reason they’re doing this sort of research. they want insights into how to better apply it to more unique real world situations

my personal take on it

so I’ve long entertained a very deterministic and fatalistic world view. I had arguments with friends and family about the nature of the universe and the idea that if you could turn time back or “restart the universe”, assuming nothing changes in those starting conditions, things would play out the same way. that is, random chance down at a subatomic level is likely caused by rules we just don’t entirely understand. our inability to understand that stuff currently doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work out the exact same way over and over and over again

now that’s a decade old take from me and my views have evolved since then. I was a lot more comfortable making that sort of assumption and since then I’m much less inclined to do that. but the underlying idea here is essentially (as I see it) that they want us to find a way to apply rules to a type of situation so we can use what we can now identify as similar situations for comparison. it’s the closest we can get to restarting the universe.

it also strikes me as a more rigorous attempt at a very human presumption. “what would have happened if I had done X instead?” or “how would things have changed if X did/didn’t happen?” except instead of just a daydream to play out in our heads, it’s backed as much as possible by real world data

it also occurs to me that I was doing some sort of variant of this at my last job. I had a chart with a breakdown of hourly sales for each day of the week for the past four weeks, and then the average of those numbers for each hour. so I would leave that up on the computer and then compare our actual sales for a given Wednesday against the last four Wednesdays and the average. then I’d try to cut labor or send out samples or whatever based on those numbers. It was never a perfect comparison--sometimes sales were way up compared to the average and then just died. sometimes they were down then we got a late rush or some last minute catering. some days it rained or was a holiday or whatever. but I had real numbers from the past to guide me.

but yeah, point is I just lucked into a research gig that happens to align with teenage me’s outlook of the world, but in a more reasoned way

Magic as a tool for the research project

so the way they look at this stuff, at least in the project, is to set starting variables and then run hundreds of simulations off that to get overall data

then they give us a specific world report or three from among the hundreds they ran, propose what ifs, and ask us to use that limited data to answer the what ifs. then they run hundreds more simulations with the what if changes and see how our answers compare. how accurate were we using this process?

Magic strikes me as a good potential candidate to test this because it’s got specific rules and it’s relatively easy to do these iterations (despite being such a complex game that AI can’t solve it). were I to attempt this with Magic I’d do the following:

Have a 4 player game, each with distinct 60 card decks. AI plays out that game hundreds of times with those decks (AI doesn’t need to play perfect or even very good Magic tbh, what matters is that with hundreds of games played we have a pretty solid set of stats about what to expect from any given game)

we screenshot the board state of one or two of those games at certain points (the “screenshot” would provide perfect information with regard to hands, graveyards, and probably libraries minus telling the specific order of cards in the libraries). Say one early turn (3 or so), one mid-game turn, and then the turn before the winning player wins

then we offer a what if to start from the early turn screenshot state. It could be anything from player A has one card randomly inserted into their deck which is a 0 cost instant that reads “you win the game” to player B’s hand is exiled to an emblem is applied to the game which reads “whenever a creature enters the battlefield, it deals damage equal to its power to a random target”

it could be a combination of changes. then your participants figure out historic similarities and make conjectures. you run simulations with the change(s) in place and see how things shake out. Magic is just so modular and the ability to make discrete but unprecedented changes at any point in the game is really incredible. Just by virtue of setting up a particular board state but having libraries in a different order means no game will play out exactly the same

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In the market for 3D modeling software? Here are the best programs out there to make your 3D dreams come true—including 10 free 3D modeling software options!

Ansys engineering simulation and 3D design software delivers product modeling solutions with unmatched scalability and a comprehensive multiphysics foundation. AnyLogic PLE is the only free simulation software that combines discrete event, system dynamics, and agent-based simulation methods so you can model any real-world system or process. 3D Simulation Software Meet your digital workforce. Jack and Jill are the best workers ever. They’re always on time, they never complain, and they’ve been known to put in a 24/7 work week. You’re right: Jack, Jill, and their elite virtual pals aren’t going to produce any physical products for you. General Purpose, includes 2D and 3D magnetics solvers, both static and harmonic. 3D solver is based on the Whitney AV formulation of Maxwell's equations. References edit ^ Hoffmann, J.; et al. What makes it special: Tailored specifically for product design and engineering applications and loaded with tools for simulation and manufacturing. Inventor 3D CAD software offers professional-level 3D mechanical design. The program comes with freeform, direct, and parametric modeling choices.

With 3D modeling software, you can create just about anything. The industry is changing so fast, however, that it can be a little challenging to determine which 3D modeling program is the best for your 3D modeller needs.

We walk you through the 19 best 3D modeling software options on the market right now. Even better? We share 10 free 3D modeling software programs for the budget-conscious 3D artists.

Once you have the right 3D modeling software, you’ll be able to produce stunning 3D designs for your online design portfolio—and featuring such a hot skill is sure to lure in potential clients and employers on the hunt for modeling software experts.

Now, let’s take a look at the best 3D modeling software programs out there!

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1. Autodesk Maya

Type: SubscriptionPrice: $245/month

When you ask any professional 3D modeller in the industry which program they use the most, Autodesk Maya is the most common answer, and for good reason. Most of the leading animation studios use it (Pixar included) due in part to the massive array of powerful tools offered within the package. The last few years have seen some especially amazing new features burst into the limelight such as truly jaw-dropping live rendering.

There’s a catch, though: Maya isn’t cheap, and you’re going to need to learn to use it before you can create much of anything. There’s a lot to learn in 3D modeling programs, and if you can devote the time to truly learn this new artform then every penny you spend on Maya will be worth it. If you want a portfolio that floors clients from the start, this is how to do it.

2. Autodesk Mudbox

Type: SubscriptionPrice: $245/month

In addition to the titan known as Maya, Autodesk also offers Mudbox. It’s one of the easiest 3D modeling software packages on offer, but it’s more aligned to editing and sculpting 3D models using a simple, intuitive and tactile toolset than it is able in doing more complex 3D tasks. You can increase polygon counts on the fly, set up layers, and gradually adjust your 3D models until they are absolutely perfect. Then, built-in functions create textures, paint colors, correct meshes, and produce Normal maps.

You can also create things from scratch with this program, sculpting whatever you choose, but rigging, texturing, and animation are not its focus. To complete those steps, you’ll need Maya or other similar 3D modeling software. Master Mudbox and your design portfolio will be all the richer for it.

3. Houdini

Type: LicensePrice: $1995, $4495, or $499/year

Similar to Autodesk Maya, Houdini is another industry-standard tool that ranks as one of the best 3D modeling software packages available. It uses a different methodology than Autodesk Maya, using a node-based procedural style of production that affords artists a huge amount of control. Similar to Maya, there’s a rather steep curve to learning all the tricks needed to succeed with this modeling software. You won’t be creating masterpieces in 20 minutes, but, with a bit of persistence, you won’t have too much trouble making works of art.

It’s on the expensive side, offering yearly licenses or perpetual purchases of Houdini and Houdini FX, but there is also a free version called Houdini Apprentice available that we’ll detail in the second half of this article. All in all, Houdini is a solid choice for any VFX artist, and will help you create some stunning CGI to make your online design portfolio truly amazing.

4. Cinema 4D

Type: LicensePrice:$480/year to $2,850

Maxon’s Cinema 4D is also a serious competitor and easily among the best 3D modeling software programs you can find. Designed for creating perfect motion graphics, this powerful tool can compete head-to-head with the above entries and hold its own. It can crank out amazing quality that can turn heads, but it’s strongest lead over competitors is a simple one: it’s much (much) easier to learn. This could be a great help in making your design portfolio as gorgeous as possible—trying out a variety of 3D projects is a great way to show your range to clients.

A caveat (and one that will be problematic if you don’t have deep pockets): the cost. With a hefty cost to perpetual licenses (some of which expire), you need to make sure it’s the right choice for you before you commit. Thankfully, they also offer a free trial that lasts a bit longer than a month to help you make the decision (and they offer student licenses at a reduced cost).

5. Modo

Type: Subscription or LicensePrice:$399/year to $1799

To stand out from the crowd, Modo does things a bit differently than the other 3D modeling programs. The Foundry made Modo with art in mind, not just animation, which led to it offering a rather robust and interesting selection of tools. Most notable is how user-friendly it is, allowing neophytes the ability to pick it up with relative ease and become a 3D modeller without years of training.

While it lacks the higher-end tools offered in programs like Autodesk Maya, Maya won’t let you intuitively create great quality renders with a low degree of effort: Modo is easy to pick up and figure out in comparison. Finally, Modo sports a wonderfully powerful rendering engine that is easily on par with other high-end programs, allowing you to create pro-quality on the fly.

6. Autodesk 3Ds Max

Type: SubscriptionPrice:$216/month to $1740/year

Hacer antenna wifi biquad antenna. 3Ds Max has been around for a long time, as far as modeling software goes. It predates almost every other current program by several years and has plenty of performance patches under its belt as a result. It’s one of the most stable 3D modeling programs around (probably the most stable option on Windows, period) and has a gigantic library available that provides access to countless functions that can make the process of modelling less tedious. Many of these mods also make things easier for beginners.

It has a higher price point but offers free student licenses and a trial that allows you access to all of the features the app has to offer for 30 days, which should provide further incentive to give it a go and wow your clients.

7. ZBrush

Type: LicensePrice:$895

When it comes to sculpting amazing creatures, people, and places, there are no competitors that come anywhere even close to ZBrush. It’s a staple in VFX on movies and television, and there are few 3D modeling programs that can match its stature in the video game designer industry. If you’re into 3D printing, this is definitely your go-to option: nothing beats ZBrush for making vinyl toys or action figures. You will need training on the various tools and features to make the most of ZBrush, but know that this training is absolutely worth it.

8. Rhinoceros

Type: LicensePrice:$995

Uninhibited design is the focus of Rhinoceros, providing all the tools and features you would expect in the best 3D modelling software, but with an easy-to-learn toolset that allows you to get cracking right away. It’s compatible with just about everything and has a well-designed rendering engine that can process even complex animations without unexpected slowdown.

It’s free for 90 days, after which point you’ll need to purchase a license to continue taking advantage of its features and power. It’s worth a look, especially if you want something simple to grasp and get started with.

9. Substance Designer

Type: LicensePrice:$19.90/month and up

There are many steps to 3D model creation, and producing realistic textures can be very time-consuming and involved. Enter Substance Designer, one of the most powerful and astounding texture creation applications there is. It can generate some truly astonishing surfaces for your models, and the resulting texture maps will turn your creations into extremely detailed art that not only looks realistic but saves you a ton of time fiddling with bits and bobs.

If you’re serious about becoming a 3D modeller, you owe it to yourself to at least give it a try. We guarantee that the results will please you, and afterwards, you won’t want to use anything else for your skinning and texturing.

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If you’re on a fixed income and can’t afford to shell out hundreds of dollars for a full license but still want to learn the skills needed to become a 3D modeller, you’re in luck: there are some free 3D modeling software options out there as well, and many are quite powerful and capable of producing professional-grade content.

10. Blender

The king of the castle among free 3D modeling software is, without a doubt, Blender. It’s been around since 2002 and is quite polished. Running on every major operating system, it provides all the tools you expect in modeling software, including rigging, texturing, sculpting, UVing, and animation. With a solid rendering engine, it has proven itself time and again when compared to the fancier programs out there.

As an added bonus, it’s open-source! This means that there are constant improvements and available add-ons for new functionality are not only common, but always free of charge. This puts a lot of power in your hands. If you can’t swing an expensive license for Maya, this is the next best thing.

11. Daz Studio

Recently made free to all, Daz Studio is accessible to newcomers as well as experienced 3D modellers, and is focused around creating art using people, animals, and other assets from their list. Unlike most other entries on the list, this is more akin to a posing tool than one designed to create high-end 3D models for production.

While the program itself is totally free, be advised that a lot of the content on their marketplace is not: this means that to really make the most out of it, you’ll still need to plunk down a bit of cash. If you are in it to make art rather than animation for your portfolio, you can’t really go wrong: a large amount of content is available right from the start, and anything you make is royalty-free!

12. SkethupFree

A surprisingly easy 3D modeling software option,SketchUp works on every major operating system—it will even run smoothly on your Chromebook!

You can draw, set orbits, and combine elements to create true 3D art with ease in a natural, sketch-based approach. Through Sketchup, you can draft some cool home layouts, furniture, and isometric art without needing to create primitives and extrude for hours. This is super-handy for those looking into becoming an interior designer. You’re also spared the rigor of rigging, and the annoyance of UV maps as well. This is a great tool for those more looking to make cool art.

13. Sculptris

Sculptris has a lot going for it: it has, for example, some of the sculpting power of Zbrush (but none of the price associated with it). It’s the absolute best free 3D modeling software for sculpting; nothing else even comes close to it. Within a few short minutes, you’ll be able to figure out the way the controls operate; even pint-sized artists have no problem, and can get to creating silly faces in no time.

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While it can produce some truly neat models, you will still need another 3D program to make the most out of it. If you are looking for a way to make insanely awesome sculpts and feel like a master 3D modeller without shelling out for Zbrush, nothing else available can compare.

14. Houdini Apprentice

SideFX’s Houdini is a great program—one of the best free 3D modelling software options on our list, in fact. Equipped with all the power and flexibility offered by the paid version of the program, Houdini Apprentice will allow you to learn to use all its features without shelling out the $2,000 required for the pro version. Personal projects are totally fine, but without a license, you’ll still need to purchase the full version to make use of it for commercial purposes.

15. Vue

Vue is known for being the 3D modeling software of choice for creating amazing 3D landscapes. Compelling worlds are a breeze to shape, and it even has numerous features bundled in to make sure your creations don’t look too real. Camera lens distortions, depth of field and anti-aliasing strategies all combine to give a huge amount of control to your scene and how it renders.

The catch? You won’t be able to save in the same format compatible with the paid version, and your files will be auto-watermarked to avoid the use of assets in commercial products.

16. Autodesk Maya

If you want a chance to learn the best 3D modeling software on the market, you have that opportunity: Autodesk Maya offers a 30-day trial to everyone interested in checking out what it has to offer. Students can even enjoy a student license for the duration of their studies. This gives you plenty of time to hone your abilities and master the program by the time you’re serious about using it professionally.

The only limit you have with the free version is a simple one: you can’t use the assets you create in commercial products.

17. FreeCAD

FreeCAD is still in active development, but it already has tons of cool features. As far as free 3D modelling software goes, it’s hard to beat something with this many useful tools. Thanks to parametric models, you’re able to define shapes based on properties (and even other objects), which means you can recalculate entire sections on-demand.

18. MakeHuman

With a simple UI, MakeHuman allows budding 3D modellers to easily design humanoid characters with a suite of useful and intuitive tools. As simple 3D modelling software goes, it’s extremely focused and serves a single purpose: character design. If you’re looking to dive into the pools of 3D art this is a great place to start. Within a few minutes you’ll be able to figure out how to combine meshes and create interesting personalities for use in your next project.

19. OpenSCAD

Less about the artistic and more about the functionality, OpenSCAD is entirely intended for the more technical side of 3D asset production. Through programming and math, this program excels at producing exact replicas of your designs in a 3D printer, making it an exceptional option for anyone who is looking to make devices and toys rather than character models and creatures.

Don’t Forget to Upload Your Creations to Your Online Portfolio!

If you’re looking to cut your teeth in this fun and relatively new art form, now is definitely the right time to do it: the gaming industry is booming; and VFX are used in just about everything we consume online, on TV, and on the big screen. And clients love finding designers that you can keep up in this 3D modeling software realm.

Once you’ve created some awesome new pieces of work, make sure to upload them to your online portfolio. If you don’t have one, just use a website builder to build one in minutes. Pick an online portfolio that comes with stylish templates along with designer-friendly features like client proofing, so your clients can proof designs, right on your website.

You can create entire worlds in 3D modeling software—now go have fun!

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Simulation means copying the action of a real-time process over time.

It requires software which represents the key features, characteristics, and functions of selected areas of a process.

Simulation software develops real case phenomena with a set of mathematical derivations and formulas.

For instance, a teacher can explain a scenario with the help of relevant or clinical examples.

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Consider the following simulation software carefully while taking your needs into account. By the end, you will know which one is right for your business.

1. AUTODESK

Autodesk is American software by Multinational Corporation which develops software to be used by engineers, architects, designers in construction, media, manufacturing and entertainment industry. It was released in 1980 in the United States.

It was best known for AutoCAD, but now it is used for multiple purposes. Similar to AutoCAD, Autodesk provides a free trial version to qualified students and teachers through the Autodesk Education Community. This software is very well known for color grading, visual effects, game development, and editing. You can also use it for film creation.

Autodesk is one of the best simulation software. It delivers better designs and develops solutions for digital prototyping.

Key features of Autodesk

3D rendering and shading

Suitable color management

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Improved vector graphics workflow

Enhanced look development

Easy and quick setup

2D and 3D drafting

Personalized drawing and modelling

2. Simul8

SIMUL8 simulation software is preferred for its cost reduction feature. This software aims at reducing cost and maximizing efficiency. It is used for planning, re-engineering, design, manufacturing, production, logistics and in-service systems.

It aims to identify bottlenecks and evaluate operational decisions before real execution. It makes it easy to apply statistical methods and derive outputs.

Key features of SIMUL8

High production rate

High capacity of production equipment

Fast and flexible modeling

Good simulation results

Building creative productivity

Displays visual logic

Fast results

3. MathWorks

This software is privately owned by American Corporation and was released in 1984. It specializes in providing mathematical computing solutions. Simulation software helps in predicting the action of a system. You can evaluate a new design, check for problems and test a model under various conditions to get output. The main products under MathWorks include MATLAB and Simulink.

It is comparatively less expensive to create and simulate models than building and testing prototypes. Hence, we can easily test different designs before building one in hardware. We can further connect and integrate the design fully in the system. It provides the user with time-based simulation, event-based simulation and physical-systems simulation.

Key features of MathWorks

Dynamic system behavior

Parallel computing

Easy algorithm development

Embedded code generation

Rapid prototyping

Data acquisition and analysis

Verification, validation and testing

4. Arena

Arena is discrete event simulation software that works with SIMAN processor for simulations. Its recent achievements include providing significant enhancements in the field of animation and design.

This software provides high-level flexibility and functionality to meet the needs of the user. It does not work on a trial and error or guessing basis; the user gets the right output in one try.

It provides specific and unique events every time and they are flexible and activity-based.

Arena has been the top simulation software for the last 30 years.

Key features of Arena

Flowchart modeling methodology

Complete range of statistical distribution

Realistic 2D and 3D animation design

Reduce operating costs

Increase profitability through operations

Reduce delivery time

Diagnose and eliminate bottlenecks

5. FLEXSIM

This simulation software makes it possible to optimize and study any system in any industry. It is in a category of discrete event simulation tools developed by Flexisim Software Products. It was released in 1993 in the USA. It uses little or no computer code. Most of the work is done with arrays or drop-down lists and property windows to customize user-required models. Flexisim supports user-oriented design.

You can build models by dragging and dropping already defined 3D objects.

Key features of Flexisim

Manufacturing: job shop, assembly line

Logistics and distribution: supply chain design, storage layout

Transportation: system traffic flow, custom traffic congestion

Material handling: packaging and warehousing

Networking data flow

Mining processes

6. Simulations Plus

This software provides simulation and modeling to improve productivity across different areas. Simulations Plus provides solutions for biochemical, pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetics and herbicide industries. It supports specific product software such as GastroPlus, MembranePlus, ADMET, DDDPlus, KIWI etc.

Key features of Simulations Plus

Dynamic system behavior

Increase profitability through operations

Flowchart modeling methodology

Wide verification, validation and testing

Higher production capacity

3D rendering and shading

7. SIMULATION X

This software is a computer-aided engineering application which can be run on Microsoft Windows. It was released in mid-1980s and was developed on the concept of discrete network application.

The user can choose from 1D, 2D or 3D as per requirements and obtain results as needed. The simulations require parameters and build libraries with integration. The software includes signal blocks, mechanics, fluid power and power transmission. It is used for designing, analyzing and modeling complex systems and transforms them into simpler solutions.

It offers ready-to-use simulation models and pre-configured components. It serves quick results and builds interfaces with Microsoft entries.

You can get the software on a trial basis for students and faculty.

Key features of SimulationX

Efficient integration of simulation programs

Rapid control prototyping

Code compilation schemes

Wide scripting features

Reliable productivity

Code export

8. Schneider Electric Software

This software specializes in energy management and automation solutions. It is a French-based corporation software that's been in use since 1967.

The software provides solutions by unlocking profitability, maximizing output, and minimizing costs related to design. It optimizes efficiency and increases productivity. It is comparatively less expensive to create and simulate models than to build and test prototypes. Users can easily test different designs before building the real thing in hardware. Afterwards they can connect and integrate the design fully in the system.

Key features of Schneider Electric Software

Exposure to markets and strategy

Maximizes business performance

Conserves energy and power resources

Scalable and powerful management software

Saves time

Flowchart modeling methodology

Minimizes cost

9. Exa

Exa software is a provider of Computer-aided engineering. The product it provides is called PowerFlow. It was released in 1991. The main aim of Exa Services is to provide you with solutions fast. Qualitative product people like engineers, designers and architects can rely on this software for accurate results.

It has top brands associated with it such as NASA, JAGUAR, TESLA, ONROAK AUTOMOTIVE etc. It is used in various fields such as aerospace design (in-cabin comfort), avionics cooling and system thermal management.

Key features of EXA software

Supports Exacloud

Supports commercial, aerospace as well as automotive industries

Improves design effiiency

Improves engineering processes

Connects to the real world

Clinical performance

Conclusion:

Simulation software is necessary when we want to understand how systems work without actually designing prototypes. Users can tweak and modify models to see how they behave in real life.

Boba fett bounty hunter game. As you evaluate the software discussed here think about your particular industry and needs.

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CES revokes award from female-founded sex tech company

Sex tech has been done at the Consumer Electronics Show. This year, however, seems to be different, with the organization behind CES, the Consumer Technology Association, revoking an innovation award from a company geared toward women’s sexual health.

The CTA revoked an innovation award from Lora DiCarlo, the company behind a hands-free device that uses biomimicry and robotics to help women achieve a blended orgasm by simultaneously simulating the G-spot and the clitoris. Called Osé, formerly known as Vela, the device uses micro-robotic technology to mimic the sensation of a human mouth, tongue and fingers in order to produce a blended orgasm for women.

“Vela does not fit into any of our existing product categories and should not have been accepted for the Innovation Awards Program,” CTA Senior Manager of Event Communications Sarah Brown said in a statement to TechCrunch. “CTA has communicated this position to Lora DiCarlo . We have apologized to the company for our mistake.”

CTA is also prohibiting Lora DiCarlo from exhibiting at CES, TechCrunch has confirmed. When asked why, Brown simply said, “Because they don’t fit a product category.”

As Lora Haddock, founder and CEO of Lora DiCarlo, notes in an open letter today, CES has recognized products like ones from B.sensory and OhMiBod, which won the Digital Health and Fitness Product category in 2016. CES also allowed a virtual reality porn company to exhibit at the show in 2017, as well as a sex toy robot for men to exhibit in 2018.

OhMiBod’s winning product in 2016

In a follow-up email, I asked Brown if she could elaborate on why OhMiBod was allowed to exhibit while Lora DiCarlo’s was not. At the time of publication, TechCrunch had yet to receive a response. It’s worth noting that OhMiBod’s product that year helps to strengthen the pelvic floor. However, OhMiBod is back this year exhibiting a remote-controlled vibrator that allows partners to control one another’s vibrators.

“There is an obvious double-standard when it comes to sexuality and sexual health,” Haddock wrote. “While there are sex and sexual health products at CES, it seems that CES/CTA administration applies the rules differently for companies and products based on the gender of their customers. Men’s sexuality is allowed to be explicit with a literal sex robot in the shape of an unrealistically proportioned woman and VR porn in point of pride along the aisle. Female sexuality, on the other hand, is heavily muted if not outright banned.”

She added, “This double standard makes it clear that women’s sexuality is not worthy of innovation. By excluding female-focused Sex Tech, CES and CTA are essentially saying that women’s sexuality and sexual health is not worthy of innovation.”

Here’s the timeline of events. Lora DiCarlo applied for the CES Innovation Award back in September. In early October, the CTA notified the company of its award. Fast-forward to October 31, 2018 and CES Projects Senior Manager Brandon Moffett notified the company that it had been disqualified.

In its letter to the company, obtained by TechCrunch, the CTA cited a clause that explained how entries deemed “in their sole discretion to be immoral, obscene, indecent, profane or not in keeping with the CTA’s image will be disqualified. CTA reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry at any time which, in CTA’s opinion, endangers the safety or well being of any person, or fails to comply with these Official Rules. CTA decisions are final and binding.”

But Lori DiCarlo argues the device is not immoral, obscene or inappropriate. In a letter to the CTA in November, Lori DiCarlo General Counsel Kenneth N. Bass wrote:

There is certainly nothing immoral about a device aimed at women’s sexual health unless CTA is regressing more than 100 years to an era when women’s sexuality was taboo. Such devices are legal for sale in the United States, and a major public university had no problem using its resources to develop it. The device is also not obscene—it is simply an electronic device with the proper anatomical dimensions to function.

In response to the company’s general counsel, CTA Deputy General Counsel Kara Maser said the product does not fit into any of its existing product categories.

“We can understand your frustration, but hope you understand that we cannot make an award for an ineligible product, even if your submission was mistakenly allowed in the first instance,” Maser wrote. “We made an error and we are sincerely sorry for the oversight.”

But Lora DiCarlo stands firmly behind its submission into the robotics category. It was designed in partnership with Oregon State University and has applied for eight patents around micro-robotics, soft robotics, mechanical engineering for biomimetic functions and advanced material science.

“The Osé device undoubtedly falls within the classification of robotic devices. A common definition of a robot is ‘a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer,'” Oregon State University College of Engineering Research Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering John Parmigiani wrote in support of the company. “The Osé device easily satisfies this definition. The Osé device elicits an intense response from users through a series of complex actions involving biomimicry and precise applications of pressure variation, motion, and expansion. It does so automatically as programmed by computer circuit boards. It contains advanced electromechanical and micromechanical technology commonly associated with robotic products. Osé is truly unique because it is a robotic device and offers a level of sophistication not found in other products in the same market.”

Moving forward, Lora DiCarlo plans to release its product in Q3 of this year. To date, the company has raised $1.1 million in funding.

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CES revokes award from female-founded sex tech company

Sex tech has been done at the Consumer Electronics Show before. This year, however, seems to be different, with the organization behind CES, the Consumer Technology Association, revoking an innovation award from a company geared toward women’s sexual health.

The CTA revoked an innovation award from Lora DiCarlo, the company behind a hands-free device that uses biomimicry and robotics to help women achieve a blended orgasm by simultaneous simulating the G-spot and the clitoris. Called Osé, formerly known as Vela, the device uses micro-robotic technology to mimic the sensation of a human mouth, tongue and fingers in order to produce a blended orgasm for women.

“Vela does not fit into any of our existing product categories and should not have been accepted for the Innovation Awards Program,” CTA Senior Manager of Event Communications Sarah Brown said in a statement to TechCrunch. “CTA has communicated this position to Lora DiCarlo. We have apologized to the company for our mistake.”

CTA is also prohibiting Lora DiCarlo from exhibiting at CES, TechCrunch has confirmed. When asked why, Brown simply said, “Because they don’t fit a product category.”

As Lora Haddock, founder and CEO of Lora DiCarlo, notes in an open letter today, CES has recognized products like ones from B.sensory and OhMiBod, which won the Digital Health and Fitness Product category in 2016. CES also allowed a virtual reality porn company to exhibit at the show in 2017, as well as a sex toy robot for men to exhibit in 2018.

OhMiBod’s winning product in 2016

In a follow-up email, I asked Brown if she could elaborate on why OhMiBod was allowed to exhibit while Lora DiCarlo’s was not. At the time of publication, TechCrunch had yet to receive a response. It’s worth noting that OhMiBod’s product that year helps to strengthen the pelvic floor. However, OhMiBod is back this year exhibiting a remote-controlled vibrator that allows partners to control one another’s vibrators.

“There is an obvious double-standard when it comes to sexuality and sexual health,” Haddock wrote. “While there are sex and sexual health products at CES, it seems that CES/CTA administration applies the rules differently for companies and products based on the gender of their customers. Men’s sexuality is allowed to be explicit with a literal sex robot in the shape of an unrealistically proportioned woman and VR porn in point of pride along the aisle. Female sexuality, on the other hand, is heavily muted if not outright banned.”

She added, “This double standard makes it clear that women’s sexuality is not worthy of innovation. By excluding female-focused Sex Tech, CES and CTA are essentially saying that women’s sexuality and sexual health is not worthy of innovation.”

Here’s the timeline of events. Lora DiCarlo applied for the CES Innovation Award back in September. In early October, the CTA notified the company of its award. Fast forward to Oct. 31, 2018 and CES Projects Senior Manager Brandon Moffett notified the company that it had been disqualified.

In its letter to the company, obtained by TechCrunch, the CTA cited a clause that explained how entries deemed “in their sole discretion to be immoral, obscene, indecent, profane or not in keeping with the CTA’s image will be disqualified. CTA reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry at any time which, in CTA’s opinion, endangers the safety or well being of any person, or fails to comply with these Official Rules. CTA decisions are final and binding.”

But Lori DiCarlo argues the device is not immoral, obscene or inappropriate. In a letter to the CTA in November, Lori DiCarlo General Counsel Kenneth N. Bass wrote:

There is certainly nothing immoral about a device aimed at women’s sexual health unless CTA is regressing more than 100 years to an era when women’s sexuality was taboo. Such devices are legal for sale in the United States, and a major public university had no problem using its resources to develop it. The device is also not obscene—it is simply an electronic device with the proper anatomical dimensions to function.

In response to the company’s general counsel, CTA Deputy General Counsel Kara Maser said the product does not fit into any of its existing product categories.

“We can understand your frustration, but hope you understand that we cannot make an award for an ineligible product, even if your submission was mistakenly allowed in the first instance,” Maser wrote. “We made an error and we are sincerely sorry for the oversight.”

But Lora DiCarlo stands firmly behind its submission into the robotics category. It was designed in partnership with Oregon State University and has applied for eight patents around micro-robotics, soft robotics, mechanical engineering for biomimetic functions and advanced material science.

“The Osé device undoubtedly falls within the classification of robotic devices. A common definition of a robot is ‘a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer,'” Oregon State University College of Engineering Research Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering John Parmigiani wrote in support of the company. “The Osé device easily satisfies this definition. The Osé device elicits an intense response from users through a series of complex actions involving biomimicry and precise applications of pressure variation, motion, and expansion. It does so automatically as programmed by computer circuit boards. It contains advanced electromechanical and micromechanical technology commonly associated with robotic products. Osé is truly unique because it is a robotic device and offers a level of sophistication not found in other products in the same market.”

Moving forward, Lora DiCarlo plans to release its product in Q3 of this year. To date, the company has raised $1.1 million in funding.

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Sex tech has been done at the Consumer Electronics Show before. This year, however, seems to be different, with the organization behind CES, the Consumer Technology Association, revoking an innovation award from a company geared toward women’s sexual health.

The CTA revoked an innovation award from Lora DiCarlo, the company behind a hands-free device that uses biomimicry and robotics to help women achieve a blended orgasm by simultaneous simulating the G-spot and the clitoris. Called Osé, formerly known as Vela, the device uses micro-robotic technology to mimic the sensation of a human mouth, tongue and fingers in order to produce a blended orgasm for women.

“Vela does not fit into any of our existing product categories and should not have been accepted for the Innovation Awards Program,” CTA Senior Manager of Event Communications Sarah Brown said in a statement to TechCrunch. “CTA has communicated this position to Lora DiCarlo. We have apologized to the company for our mistake.”

CTA is also prohibiting Lora DiCarlo from exhibiting at CES, TechCrunch has confirmed. When asked why, Brown simply said, “Because they don’t fit a product category.”

As Lora Haddock, founder and CEO of Lora DiCarlo, notes in an open letter today, CES has recognized products like ones from B.sensory and OhMiBod, which won the Digital Health and Fitness Product category in 2016. CES also allowed a virtual reality porn company to exhibit at the show in 2017, as well as a sex toy robot for men to exhibit in 2018.

OhMiBod’s winning product in 2016

In a follow-up email, I asked Brown if she could elaborate on why OhMiBod was allowed to exhibit while Lora DiCarlo’s was not. At the time of publication, TechCrunch had yet to receive a response. It’s worth noting that OhMiBod’s product that year helps to strengthen the pelvic floor. However, OhMiBod is back this year exhibiting a remote-controlled vibrator that allows partners to control one another’s vibrators.

“There is an obvious double-standard when it comes to sexuality and sexual health,” Haddock wrote. “While there are sex and sexual health products at CES, it seems that CES/CTA administration applies the rules differently for companies and products based on the gender of their customers. Men’s sexuality is allowed to be explicit with a literal sex robot in the shape of an unrealistically proportioned woman and VR porn in point of pride along the aisle. Female sexuality, on the other hand, is heavily muted if not outright banned.”

She added, “This double standard makes it clear that women’s sexuality is not worthy of innovation. By excluding female-focused Sex Tech, CES and CTA are essentially saying that women’s sexuality and sexual health is not worthy of innovation.”

Here’s the timeline of events. Lora DiCarlo applied for the CES Innovation Award back in September. In early October, the CTA notified the company of its award. Fast forward to Oct. 31, 2018 and CES Projects Senior Manager Brandon Moffett notified the company that it had been disqualified.

In its letter to the company, obtained by TechCrunch, the CTA cited a clause that explained how entries deemed “in their sole discretion to be immoral, obscene, indecent, profane or not in keeping with the CTA’s image will be disqualified. CTA reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry at any time which, in CTA’s opinion, endangers the safety or well being of any person, or fails to comply with these Official Rules. CTA decisions are final and binding.”

But Lori DiCarlo argues the device is not immoral, obscene or inappropriate. In a letter to the CTA in November, Lori DiCarlo General Counsel Kenneth N. Bass wrote:

There is certainly nothing immoral about a device aimed at women’s sexual health unless CTA is regressing more than 100 years to an era when women’s sexuality was taboo. Such devices are legal for sale in the United States, and a major public university had no problem using its resources to develop it. The device is also not obscene—it is simply an electronic device with the proper anatomical dimensions to function.

In response to the company’s general counsel, CTA Deputy General Counsel Kara Maser said the product does not fit into any of its existing product categories.

“We can understand your frustration, but hope you understand that we cannot make an award for an ineligible product, even if your submission was mistakenly allowed in the first instance,” Maser wrote. “We made an error and we are sincerely sorry for the oversight.”

But Lora DiCarlo stands firmly behind its submission into the robotics category. It was designed in partnership with Oregon State University and has applied for eight patents around micro-robotics, soft robotics, mechanical engineering for biomimetic functions and advanced material science.

“The Osé device undoubtedly falls within the classification of robotic devices. A common definition of a robot is ‘a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer,'” Oregon State University College of Engineering Research Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering John Parmigiani wrote in support of the company. “The Osé device easily satisfies this definition. The Osé device elicits an intense response from users through a series of complex actions involving biomimicry and precise applications of pressure variation, motion, and expansion. It does so automatically as programmed by computer circuit boards. It contains advanced electromechanical and micromechanical technology commonly associated with robotic products. Osé is truly unique because it is a robotic device and offers a level of sophistication not found in other products in the same market.”

Moving forward, Lora DiCarlo plans to release its product in Q3 of this year. To date, the company has raised $1.1 million in funding.

via TechCrunch

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CES revokes award from female-founded sex tech company

Sex tech has been done at the Consumer Electronics Show before. This year, however, seems to be different, with the organization behind CES, the Consumer Technology Association, revoking an innovation award from a company geared toward women’s sexual health.

The CTA revoked an innovation award from Lora DiCarlo, the company behind a hands-free device that uses biomimicry and robotics to help women achieve a blended orgasm by simultaneous simulating the G-spot and the clitoris. Called Osé, formerly known as Vela, the device uses micro-robotic technology to mimic the sensation of a human mouth, tongue and fingers in order to produce a blended orgasm for women.

“Vela does not fit into any of our existing product categories and should not have been accepted for the Innovation Awards Program,” CTA Senior Manager of Event Communications Sarah Brown said in a statement to TechCrunch. “CTA has communicated this position to Lora DiCarlo. We have apologized to the company for our mistake.”

CTA is also prohibiting Lora DiCarlo from exhibiting at CES, TechCrunch has confirmed. When asked why, Brown simply said, “Because they don’t fit a product category.”

As Lora Haddock, founder and CEO of Lora DiCarlo, notes in an open letter today, CES has recognized products like ones from B.sensory and OhMiBod, which won the Digital Health and Fitness Product category in 2016. CES also allowed a virtual reality porn company to exhibit at the show in 2017, as well as a sex toy robot for men to exhibit in 2018.

OhMiBod’s winning product in 2016

In a follow-up email, I asked Brown if she could elaborate on why OhMiBod was allowed to exhibit while Lora DiCarlo’s was not. At the time of publication, TechCrunch had yet to receive a response. It’s worth noting that OhMiBod’s product that year helps to strengthen the pelvic floor. However, OhMiBod is back this year exhibiting a remote-controlled vibrator that allows partners to control one another’s vibrators.

“There is an obvious double-standard when it comes to sexuality and sexual health,” Haddock wrote. “While there are sex and sexual health products at CES, it seems that CES/CTA administration applies the rules differently for companies and products based on the gender of their customers. Men’s sexuality is allowed to be explicit with a literal sex robot in the shape of an unrealistically proportioned woman and VR porn in point of pride along the aisle. Female sexuality, on the other hand, is heavily muted if not outright banned.”

She added, “This double standard makes it clear that women’s sexuality is not worthy of innovation. By excluding female-focused Sex Tech, CES and CTA are essentially saying that women’s sexuality and sexual health is not worthy of innovation.”

Here’s the timeline of events. Lora DiCarlo applied for the CES Innovation Award back in September. In early October, the CTA notified the company of its award. Fast forward to Oct. 31, 2018 and CES Projects Senior Manager Brandon Moffett notified the company that it had been disqualified.

In its letter to the company, obtained by TechCrunch, the CTA cited a clause that explained how entries deemed “in their sole discretion to be immoral, obscene, indecent, profane or not in keeping with the CTA’s image will be disqualified. CTA reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry at any time which, in CTA’s opinion, endangers the safety or well being of any person, or fails to comply with these Official Rules. CTA decisions are final and binding.”

But Lori DiCarlo argues the device is not immoral, obscene or inappropriate. In a letter to the CTA in November, Lori DiCarlo General Counsel Kenneth N. Bass wrote:

There is certainly nothing immoral about a device aimed at women’s sexual health unless CTA is regressing more than 100 years to an era when women’s sexuality was taboo. Such devices are legal for sale in the United States, and a major public university had no problem using its resources to develop it. The device is also not obscene—it is simply an electronic device with the proper anatomical dimensions to function.

In response to the company’s general counsel, CTA Deputy General Counsel Kara Maser said the product does not fit into any of its existing product categories.

“We can understand your frustration, but hope you understand that we cannot make an award for an ineligible product, even if your submission was mistakenly allowed in the first instance,” Maser wrote. “We made an error and we are sincerely sorry for the oversight.”

But Lora DiCarlo stands firmly behind its submission into the robotics category. It was designed in partnership with Oregon State University and has applied for eight patents around micro-robotics, soft robotics, mechanical engineering for biomimetic functions and advanced material science.

“The Osé device undoubtedly falls within the classification of robotic devices. A common definition of a robot is ‘a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer,'” Oregon State University College of Engineering Research Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering John Parmigiani wrote in support of the company. “The Osé device easily satisfies this definition. The Osé device elicits an intense response from users through a series of complex actions involving biomimicry and precise applications of pressure variation, motion, and expansion. It does so automatically as programmed by computer circuit boards. It contains advanced electromechanical and micromechanical technology commonly associated with robotic products. Osé is truly unique because it is a robotic device and offers a level of sophistication not found in other products in the same market.”

Moving forward, Lora DiCarlo plans to release its product in Q3 of this year. To date, the company has raised $1.1 million in funding.

Via Megan Rose Dickey https://techcrunch.com