1 00:00:00,004 --> 00:00:04,092 25fps 2 00:00:04,092 --> 00:00:09,064 The "Centrifuge Brain Project" started in the 70's. 3 00:00:09,064 --> 00:00:12,004 Dr. Brenswick at the University of the State of New York 4 00:00:12,004 --> 00:00:15,004 was involved in a research 5 00:00:15,004 --> 00:00:18,000 on the effects of kindergarden rides 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:23,072 on the learning curve of 4 year old children. 7 00:00:23,072 --> 00:00:28,092 We developed the idea of building a larger, stronger device 8 00:00:28,092 --> 00:00:33,006 to examine the effects also on adults. 9 00:00:33,006 --> 00:00:36,056 The first tests were a desaster. 10 00:00:36,056 --> 00:00:39,076 It reached 6 G's and it broke apart. 11 00:00:39,076 --> 00:00:42,092 We lost our academic standing. 12 00:00:42,092 --> 00:00:45,052 And then we had an idea. 13 00:00:45,052 --> 00:00:47,076 Matt's brother-in-law was on the board of a company 14 00:00:47,076 --> 00:00:50,068 that designed and manufactured amusement park rides. 15 00:00:50,068 --> 00:00:55,048 They had all the resources for us to continue our experiments. 16 00:00:55,048 --> 00:01:09,044 We designed our first real prototype which was the "Spherothon". 17 00:01:09,044 --> 00:01:14,068 When the rotation starts the seats are lifted slowly, 18 00:01:14,068 --> 00:01:20,016 causing the people to float upside down. 19 00:01:20,016 --> 00:01:24,012 The difficulty was stopping the rotation 20 00:01:24,012 --> 00:01:30,052 without people coming crashing down in the upper levels. 21 00:01:30,052 --> 00:01:36,068 We established an independent company funded by amusement park visitors. 22 00:01:36,068 --> 00:01:39,024 Well, the more people that came around to the amusement park 23 00:01:39,024 --> 00:01:43,068 the more funding we had. 24 00:01:43,068 --> 00:01:46,068 The second machine was named the "Wedding Cake" 25 00:01:46,068 --> 00:02:01,004 because of the four platforms set on top of each other. 26 00:02:01,004 --> 00:02:04,064 These machines provide total freedom. 27 00:02:04,064 --> 00:02:06,072 Cutting all connections from the world you live in: 28 00:02:06,072 --> 00:02:09,004 Communication, responsibility, weight 29 00:02:09,004 --> 00:02:17,024 everything is on hold while you're being centrifuged. 30 00:02:17,024 --> 00:02:21,028 Some of the test results that year were a little too extreme to be published 31 00:02:21,028 --> 00:02:34,028 so for the next phase we shifted our attention to height instead of acceleration. 32 00:02:34,028 --> 00:02:37,096 Well actually the first day wasn't really planned out very well. 33 00:02:37,096 --> 00:02:44,008 Everybody wanted to get on and not realizing that it was a 14 hour ride 34 00:02:44,008 --> 00:02:49,004 some people fell asleep, missed their stops 35 00:02:49,004 --> 00:02:52,012 and had another 14 hours, you know, 36 00:02:52,012 --> 00:03:02,044 and you could imagine the problems that entailed. 37 00:03:02,044 --> 00:03:05,008 Well, after the experience of the"High Altitude Conveyance" 38 00:03:05,008 --> 00:03:09,048 we found that people needed something to do in there 39 00:03:09,048 --> 00:03:13,016 and we introduced an interactive option. 40 00:03:13,016 --> 00:03:16,004 Each cabin was equipped with a button. 41 00:03:16,004 --> 00:03:29,024 This way they felt they had a little bit control over the ride itself. 42 00:03:29,024 --> 00:03:31,006 Except for one incident where the "Expander" 43 00:03:31,006 --> 00:03:35,004 was placed a little bit too close to a building 44 00:03:35,004 --> 00:03:37,036 there were no real problems with it 45 00:03:37,036 --> 00:03:41,000 and there was a level of undefined brain activity 46 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:57,048 around 30% higher than the kids who stayed on the ground. 47 00:03:57,048 --> 00:03:59,088 This contraption was the "Dandelion". 48 00:03:59,088 --> 00:04:03,004 It was designed to simulate the prenatal experience. 49 00:04:03,004 --> 00:04:09,052 For example, when a mother is walking, the baby would kind of move around. 50 00:04:09,052 --> 00:04:13,004 So we tried to compensate for the weight 51 00:04:13,004 --> 00:04:27,024 and size differential between an adult and a baby. 52 00:04:27,024 --> 00:04:31,004 The concept behind this one was that the subject 53 00:04:31,004 --> 00:04:36,000 had no idea which track it was going to take 54 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:46,056 Unpredictability was an important aspect of our work 55 00:04:46,056 --> 00:04:56,044 which in many people resulted in readjustments of key goals and life aspirations. 56 00:04:56,044 --> 00:05:00,064 We are using only ten thousand horsepower now, 57 00:05:00,064 --> 00:05:03,008 but l am convinced once we reach twenty thousand 58 00:05:03,008 --> 00:05:07,052 we are going to be free of all boundaries. 59 00:05:07,052 --> 00:05:14,096 Permanently, and it will be very stable. 60 00:05:14,096 --> 00:05:20,036 We had set backs, but I wouldn't say that it was a mistake. 61 00:05:20,036 --> 00:05:25,002 It was not a mistake. If anything, the mistake is in nature. 62 00:05:25,002 --> 00:05:30,048 Gravity is a mistake. 63 00:05:30,048 --> 00:05:34,092 We fight the forces that hold us down 64 00:05:34,092 --> 99:59:59,999 and the whole life is an effort to escape from reality.