learning regulation

[Don]

Hi Steven,

Why would it cost $50k?

At 04:10 PM 2/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Kam asked (about how to learn regulation):
>>...Or should I buy an old junker just for practice?...
>> 
>A bit of shameless self-advertising here (with enuf general interest to 
>maintain list credibility I hope).....
>
>I proposed a while back that this process of learning the basic
>inter-relationships between action parameters and geometry could very well
>be done through the use of a dynamic computer model. This idea is much the
>same as the computer models used now frequently in teaching medicine, in
>fact replacing much of the basic training that used to be done on cadavers
>or guinea pig patients in that profession. This is not a replacement for
>experience with the real thing, but a very useful training method to teach
>the fundamentals, in this case action regulation. A sophisticated,
>although easy to use, computer model could be used to study what-if
>scenarios, tinker here, change this geometry, put more weight here
>etc..and immediately see the effects of the change on action behaviour.
>This could be a very effective tool, also useful for design purposes. No
>such dynamic model exists, or even comes close to the required level of
>realism, but the systems techniques to develop one have recently become
>available. The only snag is the $50k or so it would take to do it. I
>expect that could quickly be re-couped, though, through sales and
>royalties of a commercial educational product. [Anyone interested 
>contact me off-list.] 
>
>Stephen
>
>Stephen Birkett Fortepianos
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>email: birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca
>
>
>
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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