about dr.addn
. "DR.ADDN" -- Discussion
Recommended . Americium
Dream Doc's
Networker --
is my brand name for on-going doctoral work, concerned with
surveying literature
and then writing enhancements, clarifications, and applications .
Philip M. Torrance III (Spokane, Wa., USA)
B.A. Math & Comp.Sci EWU 1990
the Americium Dream Documents
project
- improve
quality of life through easily accessable, practical knowledge (health,
psych, religion, politics)
esp'ly for children (the time of our life when learning is most
important)
- produce child-friendly openware -- cost-free opensource software
--
so that everyone
can make "computerese" second
language
- make human knowledge accessable to robots or network agents
(cyberspace engineering)
- produce software tools that enable every professional to train
robots in assisting and checking their work
so that every expert can be a programmer of expert systems (knowledge
engineering)
- enhance accessability with cyborganics (wearable
computing systems that
enhance learning or info.access)
. the time I spent at ewu --
majoring in math with a minor in computer science --
was intended to be a foundation for my childhood dream of being a
robotics engineer;
and,
while struggling through college (after a lack-luster
prep-schooling)
I became interested in computer-aided learning,
the automation of prep-schooling,
and finding ways to interest children in learning
by associating it with the power of having perfect control over
computers .
. after graduating, 1992, ... 2005, I worked a labor job for seed
money,
and continued to study cyberspace engineering,
intending to use my savings for self-employment at the Americium Dream Documents
project
. I helped the employment-challenged at Nova
Services
by doing the difficult, odd, or trial jobs within subcontract
assembly
. during this labor, I often listened to audiobooks
(health, religion,
psy., phi.)
and to talk radio (consumer
advocacy, religious
studies.,
and politics.)
. as a volunteer, I contributed toward
enhancing Nova`s web presence,
and designed a more
reliable method of personal protective equipment
to deal with their heavy involvement in under-ventilated silicates at
the time
(laundry soap, pottery, burr grinding, paint sanding, and bagging of
sterilized (micronized and respirable) sand
)
. I also produced several reports
that
increased staff awareness
of silicates
as a representative for labor
on Nova`s safety committee
.
. after graduating, I worked a labor job and continued my studies
for Americium Dream Doc's
or preventive health
intending to use my savings for self-employment at the ADDs project
. since being self-employed, my primary occupation has been
building a mobile office that is also a human-powered vehicle.
