Beam me up, Scotty ! or is it down, left right...

I was fortunate to be able to attend a really quite excellent presentation @Science Friday - 'Teleportaion Tuesday' by Prospero Frobozz a.k.a. Prospero Linden (Dr Rob Knop) giving a 1 hour talk on Quantum Teleportation.



Yes, as part or the AvaStar Empires keen interest in all things Sci-Fi and scientific the idea of instant transportation between two points 'Star Trek enter your mind's eye...' was too great an opportunity to miss. Prospero used voice while others typed questions in chat to delve into the incredibly unusual world of Quantum Mechanics.




I asked Prospero a question (referring to an electron being observed): "...when we measure and find say a spin "left" the other particle will be "right" we can reconstruct?" To which I had an affirmative YES! This bizarre reaction to a particle being observed was actually the key to teleportaion - allowing a reconstruction of an electron in another location. Probability played a big role in this: left spin would yield right spin and visa versa - also spin up an down as exampled above etc...

The Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen, (EPR) paradox explains this well: '...a phenomenon predicted by quantum mechanics, known as quantum entanglement, to show that measurements performed on spatially separated parts of a quantum system can apparently have an instantaneous influence on one another.' You could say what the right hand is doing the left hand does the opposite lol.

Well for the sci-fi people, the real 'downer' was you can't do it faster than the speed of light - You cant win them all. Einstein is safe for the moment...


Hope to see some more talks of this caliber soon :)

Assimilating Terrains in OpenSim

More OpenSim experiments... This time I was testing the compatibility between SL (TM) raw terrain files and OpenSim files. Essentially I downloaded a raw terrain file from my simulator in SL (TM) and then uploaded it into OpenSim. It worked! But with a strange transfer effect. OpenSim appears to produce a mirror image of the terrain:

This image shows the SL (TM) actual terrain (note that this island's simulator left hand corner is located in the NNW on the mini map)

This is how the same raw terrain file looks in OpenSim (Note that the corresponding sim corner is in the SSW corner of the mini map - when compared to SL (TM) above)

So its scratch head and back to the drawing board. I suspect that it is to do with coordinates, but more testing required. Still it is fun experimenting :D

For the OpenSim developers, I was using: OpenSim 0.5.6-build

Google Lively : a Second Life (TM) alternative?

Leonor and I both had a go at running our own Google Lively "simulator" - yes you guessed it a tropical island :D Well if you are interested in visiting there is a link on the right hand bar of this blog. Anyways, here are a couple of screen shots to wet your appetite:

Leonor and I at our island in lively We have added a phone box and TV recently, lol.

Pathfinder Lindens plot in Lively nice - but you cant beat SL (TM) really ;)

Radioactive Target Released :D

We have improved on our product range again! This target uses sculptie animations. It gets dented when you hit it! it also explodes into pieces of shrapnel and radioactive particles! Well your saw the testing in the last blog. Here are some more details :



I know we are biased, but we really love this one :D

Target available at SL Exchange and Shop OnRez

Testing Testing Testing 1, 2, 3x103 LOL

LOL what a "blast" Jad kindly offered to test AvaStars product range of Barrel Targets. We needed to make sure that they really worked properly. All this from just two Linden pop gun blasts. Also in the photo: Gigs, ariesviper and myself.

Dont try this at home all!!!! LOL



JAD! are you ok back there - I'll come and save you :D Just keep away from the radioactive particles lol.