Irrational Fears
Doug Bosley
2019
Collector
A large (20cm wide) collector typical of non-terrestrial collectives.
Doug Bosley
2020
Secondary Context
A small piece of a particle computer uncovered by upheavals on the surface of Foundation.
Doug Bosley
2020
Impartation
The exposed particle computer reflexively engages with a compatible collector that has wandered close enough.
Doug Bosley
2020
The Reef (Outer Boundary)
Attendant (AiChicAe) approaching what is colloquially known as 'The Reef' from the southern border. The Reef is a collection of ferral auxons working in loose collaboration that emerged near ancient cliff walls on Foundation.
Doug Bosley
2021
Saturn
A Drifter with a compliment of attendant auxons in care of biological resources en-route to the nearly finished Foundation ring surrounding the surface of Saturn.
Doug Bosley
2022
The Crown
An attendant and cohort of collectors carrying biological resources has arrived on the surface of a Drifter contained within an anomalous space.
Doug Bosley
2022
Compass
An attendant and particle computer begin the trek to the top of a myd to visit the Loyalist that resides at the peak.
Doug Bosley
2022
Influenza
Douglas Bosley
2022
RSV
Douglas Bosley
2022
SARS CoV-2
Douglas Bosley
2022
Polio
Douglas Bosley
2022
LD:4334.4366
Attendants carrying completed idea-elements via sub-surface route.
2013
G212.08:34.09.13.01.21.35
Auxons use seed crystals to grow the information and data clusters that form their libraries. In addition to storing the cumulative knowledge of the collective, information clusters also house critical instructions for how to engage with the environment. An Auxon that becomes separated from these resources is at significant risk without the knowledge of its collective.
2013
[G212.08:34.09.12.20.47.50]
Researchers have noted that collectives use the principles of seed crystals and atomic crystalline structure as the basis for their computing hubs. It is hypothesized that auxons grow critical infrastructure whenever possible to minimize energetic costs. While not as powerful as more traditional data centers, these computation schemes are highly robust and fault tolerant.
2014
LD:4334.1210
The initial Orb that established the Anomaly was eventually able to enter the pocket of space-time itself. Here it established itself to supervise work and make calculations that would otherwise be intractable.
Within the Anomaly, collectors can be seen ferrying materials and idea-elements between construction projects.
2013
LD:4334.1409
Collectors are very similar to their attendant counterparts, but a collector can reach as tall as thirty centimeters whereas an attendant is rarely larger than eight or nine. The collector is thought to be essentially a descendant of autonomous machines originally created to restore environmental sites ruined by desertification and climate change. While initially dismissed as impossibility, population biologists were stunned to find that small territories are being successfully groomed and prepared for restoration.
Attendants receive collected seeds from their collectors and typically grow specimens in isolation before handing them off again to collectors for introduction at the intended restoration site.
2013
LD:4334.001
An observer sifting through a crystal trial looking for suitable crystals. A compression gradient has created crystals of varying size.
2014
LD:4334.003
An attendant attempting to interpret an interference pattern. Each dot in the pattern is left by an X-ray that was reflected upon striking electrons within the crystal lattice.
2014
Isomorphous Replacement
Due to the uncertainty principle, it is not possible to precisely measure both the momentum and position of a particle simultaneously. Yet, this missing information is essential to write an equation that will ultimately determine a protein’s structure. In crystallography, this is known as the ‘phase problem’ since the inevitably missing component of diffraction data is the phase of the X-ray. Many creative solutions to this problem have been invented. One is to create a derivative protein that has a heavy atom like gold or zinc bonded to it. The heavy atom offsets nearby phases, and because it has a large number of electrons, it easily stands out within the dataset. Once the heavy atom is located, its contribution to phasing can be compared to the same location in the original sample, and the previously missing phase data can be inferred. When two or more heavy atom derivatives are used, their phases can be used to triangulate the phases of the original sample.
2015