Singer
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Post by Singer on Aug 31, 2015 20:46:50 GMT
Um. You'd probably have to go into more detail about what you mean?
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Post by Branch on Aug 31, 2015 22:01:38 GMT
Yes. For example: what kind of evil? And what kind of magic?
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Post by Lady of Death on Sept 1, 2015 15:24:46 GMT
Wow. Okay. This is new. Umm... Any of you know how to get rid of evil magic? Yes, I do in fact. I have an array that will try to eat the evil magic, but I cannot guarantee success of course. Depends on if the magic is actually evil or just used for evil purposes.
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Locus
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Post by Locus on Sept 12, 2015 23:56:31 GMT
Hello? I didn't expect this at all, but this forum looks very interesting and potentially useful.
...I'll go read through recent posts forum so far to see what kind of introduction would actually give you any information. I've just read this thread so far. I'm a human; my world's an Earth.
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Post by Locus on Sept 13, 2015 3:37:03 GMT
OK, I read through all the recent posts in this board and have a better idea of which things are relevant.
So. Hi, I'm Locus, (Locus is a pseudonym, but it's who I am on here) I design organs and run a charity. I'm interested in collaborating with people using either of these skills, although I'm not sure how applicable they are across worlds.
I'll be going to various other threads and adding relevant information to them as I notice it's needed. If there's something I miss, point me at it and I'll go look.
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Post by Lioncourt on Sept 13, 2015 17:39:17 GMT
OK, I read through all the recent posts in this board and have a better idea of which things are relevant. So. Hi, I'm Locus, (Locus is a pseudonym, but it's who I am on here) I design organs and run a charity. I'm interested in collaborating with people using either of these skills, although I'm not sure how applicable they are across worlds. I'll be going to various other threads and adding relevant information to them as I notice it's needed. If there's something I miss, point me at it and I'll go look. Would you care to share any designs? Even if we're using completely different methods, we can probably learn from each other.
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Post by Locus on Sept 13, 2015 18:18:52 GMT
OK, I read through all the recent posts in this board and have a better idea of which things are relevant. So. Hi, I'm Locus, (Locus is a pseudonym, but it's who I am on here) I design organs and run a charity. I'm interested in collaborating with people using either of these skills, although I'm not sure how applicable they are across worlds. I'll be going to various other threads and adding relevant information to them as I notice it's needed. If there's something I miss, point me at it and I'll go look. Would you care to share any designs? Even if we're using completely different methods, we can probably learn from each other. The specifics for the ones I already designed are patented to the company I work for. However, I think I can advise for any you are trying to design, and give general explanations of how mine work. (I am not a legal expert.) In general, one of the most useful things in making any kind of transplant is to have a way to copy the genes from the intended recipient into almost all of the transplant to stop it from being rejected by the body. And a way to reset and repeat this process if it is going to be used multiple times. It also helps to make them out of synthetics that are resistant against diseases, toxins, and deterioration. (This should probably go to another thread if we continue much, but I don't think any of the existing T&C threads look right.)
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Post by Lioncourt on Sept 13, 2015 21:02:27 GMT
Would you care to share any designs? Even if we're using completely different methods, we can probably learn from each other. The specifics for the ones I already designed are patented to the company I work for. However, I think I can advise for any you are trying to design, and give general explanations of how mine work. (I am not a legal expert.) In general, one of the most useful things in making any kind of transplant is to have a way to copy the genes from the intended recipient into almost all of the transplant to stop it from being rejected by the body. And a way to reset and repeat this process if it is going to be used multiple times. It also helps to make them out of synthetics that are resistant against diseases, toxins, and deterioration. (This should probably go to another thread if we continue much, but I don't think any of the existing T&C threads look right.) For implantation, do you prefer metals or ceramics? Or do you use some other material, such as plastic? Personally, I prefer my own specially-made ceramics, but some of my colleagues in the community have made good cases for specific alloys.
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Post by Locus on Sept 14, 2015 1:23:12 GMT
The specifics for the ones I already designed are patented to the company I work for. However, I think I can advise for any you are trying to design, and give general explanations of how mine work. (I am not a legal expert.) In general, one of the most useful things in making any kind of transplant is to have a way to copy the genes from the intended recipient into almost all of the transplant to stop it from being rejected by the body. And a way to reset and repeat this process if it is going to be used multiple times. It also helps to make them out of synthetics that are resistant against diseases, toxins, and deterioration. (This should probably go to another thread if we continue much, but I don't think any of the existing T&C threads look right.) For implantation, do you prefer metals or ceramics? Or do you use some other material, such as plastic? Personally, I prefer my own specially-made ceramics, but some of my colleagues in the community have made good cases for specific alloys. I use a combination of metals and various plastics. Most transplants need to be tough, flexible, and resistant to corrosion and fatigue. Ceramics usually fracture easily; how do you get them to work safely, if you're willing and able to share? Plastics are usually best for flexibility, and metals are usually best for firmness. Cobalt-chromium and titanium are especially good for not corroding, but be careful of metal ion diffusion, if you don't have a specific plastic or other coating to reduce it. Titanium has lower toxicity, but is rarer and more expensive. Nitinol is useful if you need an elastic metal with shape-memory, and it's usually biocompatible enough to reduce the need for gene-copying in parts of a transplant whose surfaces are only nitinol, which helps reduce the price, although it's important to be careful of nickel allergies when using it. Some additions to transplants also require metal and silicon chips, small motors, wiring, light-emitting diodes, or speakers.
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Post by Ignite The Light on Oct 21, 2015 21:07:02 GMT
Getting a hold of this place is hard. Is there a easier way than dreaming?
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Post by Come Forth Winter on Oct 21, 2015 22:52:45 GMT
Getting a hold of this place is hard. Is there a easier way than dreaming? We are learning. Ignite The Light is my brother, we came to notice this place recently through a special kind of magic, and we are-
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Post by Tama Eternal Stationmaster on Oct 21, 2015 23:29:16 GMT
Getting a hold of this place is hard. Is there a easier way than dreaming? We are learning. Ignite The Light is my brother, we came to notice this place recently through a special kind of magic, and we are- "We are what?"
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Post by Mother Starlight on Oct 22, 2015 17:05:12 GMT
Getting a hold of this place is hard. Is there a easier way than dreaming? Some worlds are harder to interface with than others, but I'll see what I can do.
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Post by Ignite The Light on Oct 22, 2015 18:15:59 GMT
We are learning. Ignite The Light is my brother, we came to notice this place recently through a special kind of magic, and we are- "We are what?" I think he was going to say "curious" this place is weird. Getting a hold of this place is hard. Is there a easier way than dreaming? Some worlds are harder to interface with than others, but I'll see what I can do. Thanks, it feels a bit easier now, still a lot of energy to spend when we could use it to dream something better. You guys can call me "Ignite the light", "Ignite" or "ITL". We are skymages, the dream thing is a little more complicated.
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Post by Lioncourt on Oct 24, 2015 19:04:42 GMT
For implantation, do you prefer metals or ceramics? Or do you use some other material, such as plastic? Personally, I prefer my own specially-made ceramics, but some of my colleagues in the community have made good cases for specific alloys. I use a combination of metals and various plastics. Most transplants need to be tough, flexible, and resistant to corrosion and fatigue. Ceramics usually fracture easily; how do you get them to work safely, if you're willing and able to share? Plastics are usually best for flexibility, and metals are usually best for firmness. Cobalt-chromium and titanium are especially good for not corroding, but be careful of metal ion diffusion, if you don't have a specific plastic or other coating to reduce it. Titanium has lower toxicity, but is rarer and more expensive. Nitinol is useful if you need an elastic metal with shape-memory, and it's usually biocompatible enough to reduce the need for gene-copying in parts of a transplant whose surfaces are only nitinol, which helps reduce the price, although it's important to be careful of nickel allergies when using it. Some additions to transplants also require metal and silicon chips, small motors, wiring, light-emitting diodes, or speakers. Personally, I find it much easier to prevent rejection when I use ceramics: originally I worked with bone-ash porcelain, but careful experimentation has enabled me to synthesize what a chemist from my world would call "Bone Salt," and what offworld texts refer to as "Carbonated Hydroxylapatite." While I generally prefer to work within the body, there are occasions when outside implantation allows me time for delicate architecture that I otherwise wouldn't have. Nonoxidizing metals are exceedingly rare in my world: high-quality steel is generally still reserved for military applications. Titanium is known, but no-one has yet been able to extract a useful metal from the ore: cobalt-chromium alloy was recently synthesized, and I agree that it could be very useful if we could somehow solve the rejection issue and we had a more efficient process for its production. I've never even heard of nitinol, and I can't think of a plastic that would be useful for medical purposes. As such, my early experiments with ceramics proved more effective due to the reduced issues with metal poisoning, as well as the natural sympathy of bone ash with bone. There were fragility problems initially, but as I became more able to reproduce the structure of natural bone (and moved to more accurate simulacrums) I was able to reinforce the material significantly. Unfortunately, the process requires specialist Memni in order to introduce the living principles into the artificial bone, and therefore is highly unlikely to ever result in mass-produced implants. You say you have a process called 'gene-copying' that allows you to reduce the chance of rejection for metal implants: could you elaborate more? It seems more likely to me that I could emulate such a thing with my Memni than I could use them to create a biocompatible alloy.
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