My friend and co-creator of the robots designed and built at this site,
Ron Blue, passed away right before the New Year due to complications
which developed in the hospital after a heart attack. Ron was an
interesting and unique person whose talents and insights on AI will be
missed.
He is shown here with one of our first creations, Cory, which he
"lugged" all around the Trump Taj Mahal for a conference being held
there....he made
several acquaintances and was able to wrangle some good feedback
from
some of the 'talking heads' there. It seemed Ron had no fear when
it
came to
getting people to listen to his ideas, and he was always willing to go
the extra mile in order to secure a meeting or at least a conversation
with the likes of NASA, the Military, and others with some
"pull" in
the AI World.
His contributions to this field are relatively unknown, and not by any
fault of his own, but rather because of the seemingly hard line the AI
community takes with
new or different ideas. He did successfully publish a few papers and by
way of the Internet, able to get a lot of our ideas into the public
eye.....still, it seemed like a never ending uphill battle to get
anyone to take us seriously....but that wouldn't stop him as he was
committed one hundred percent to what we where trying to do.
His ideas and enthusiasm for our projects will continue through me in
the best way I possibly can do without him coaching me along. The
memory of Ron will be embedded into every new project that I
complete,
and within every word I write about our efforts.
It's sad to think that I will never share pie and coffee with him again
as we discuss everything from geology to the Universe.
See you in another life, my friend.
Steven R. Grimm
1-11-10
"Bell's theorem dealt a shattering blow to Einstein's position by
showing that the conception of reality as consisting of separate parts,
joined by local connections, is incompatible with quantum theory...
Bell's theorem demonstrates that the universe is fundamentally
interconnected, interdependent, and inseparable." --Fritjof Capra
