WEBVTT 00:00:00.004 --> 00:00:04.092 25fps 00:00:04.092 --> 00:00:09.064 The "Centrifuge Brain Project" started in the 70's. 00:00:09.064 --> 00:00:12.004 Dr. Brenswick at the University of the State of New York 00:00:12.004 --> 00:00:15.004 was involved in a research 00:00:15.004 --> 00:00:18.000 on the effects of kindergarden rides 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:23.072 on the learning curve of 4 year old children. 00:00:23.072 --> 00:00:28.092 We developed the idea of building a larger, stronger device 00:00:28.092 --> 00:00:33.006 to examine the effects also on adults. 00:00:33.006 --> 00:00:36.056 The first tests were a desaster. 00:00:36.056 --> 00:00:39.076 It reached 6 G's and it broke apart. 00:00:39.076 --> 00:00:42.092 We lost our academic standing. 00:00:42.092 --> 00:00:45.052 And then we had an idea. 00:00:45.052 --> 00:00:47.076 Matt's brother-in-law was on the board of a company 00:00:47.076 --> 00:00:50.068 that designed and manufactured amusement park rides. 00:00:50.068 --> 00:00:55.048 They had all the resources for us to continue our experiments. 00:00:55.048 --> 00:01:09.044 We designed our first real prototype which was the "Spherothon". 00:01:09.044 --> 00:01:14.068 When the rotation starts the seats are lifted slowly, 00:01:14.068 --> 00:01:20.016 causing the people to float upside down. 00:01:20.016 --> 00:01:24.012 The difficulty was stopping the rotation 00:01:24.012 --> 00:01:30.052 without people coming crashing down in the upper levels. 00:01:30.052 --> 00:01:36.068 We established an independent company funded by amusement park visitors. 00:01:36.068 --> 00:01:39.024 Well, the more people that came around to the amusement park 00:01:39.024 --> 00:01:43.068 the more funding we had. 00:01:43.068 --> 00:01:46.068 The second machine was named the "Wedding Cake" 00:01:46.068 --> 00:02:01.004 because of the four platforms set on top of each other. 00:02:01.004 --> 00:02:04.064 These machines provide total freedom. 00:02:04.064 --> 00:02:06.072 Cutting all connections from the world you live in: 00:02:06.072 --> 00:02:09.004 Communication, responsibility, weight 00:02:09.004 --> 00:02:17.024 everything is on hold while you're being centrifuged. 00:02:17.024 --> 00:02:21.028 Some of the test results that year were a little too extreme to be published 00:02:21.028 --> 00:02:34.028 so for the next phase we shifted our attention to height instead of acceleration. 00:02:34.028 --> 00:02:37.096 Well actually the first day wasn't really planned out very well. 00:02:37.096 --> 00:02:44.008 Everybody wanted to get on and not realizing that it was a 14 hour ride 00:02:44.008 --> 00:02:49.004 some people fell asleep, missed their stops 00:02:49.004 --> 00:02:52.012 and had another 14 hours, you know, 00:02:52.012 --> 00:03:02.044 and you could imagine the problems that entailed. 00:03:02.044 --> 00:03:05.008 Well, after the experience of the"High Altitude Conveyance" 00:03:05.008 --> 00:03:09.048 we found that people needed something to do in there 00:03:09.048 --> 00:03:13.016 and we introduced an interactive option. 00:03:13.016 --> 00:03:16.004 Each cabin was equipped with a button. 00:03:16.004 --> 00:03:29.024 This way they felt they had a little bit control over the ride itself. 00:03:29.024 --> 00:03:31.006 Except for one incident where the "Expander" 00:03:31.006 --> 00:03:35.004 was placed a little bit too close to a building 00:03:35.004 --> 00:03:37.036 there were no real problems with it 00:03:37.036 --> 00:03:41.000 and there was a level of undefined brain activity 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:57.048 around 30% higher than the kids who stayed on the ground. 00:03:57.048 --> 00:03:59.088 This contraption was the "Dandelion". 00:03:59.088 --> 00:04:03.004 It was designed to simulate the prenatal experience. 00:04:03.004 --> 00:04:09.052 For example, when a mother is walking, the baby would kind of move around. 00:04:09.052 --> 00:04:13.004 So we tried to compensate for the weight 00:04:13.004 --> 00:04:27.024 and size differential between an adult and a baby. 00:04:27.024 --> 00:04:31.004 The concept behind this one was that the subject 00:04:31.004 --> 00:04:36.000 had no idea which track it was going to take 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:46.056 Unpredictability was an important aspect of our work 00:04:46.056 --> 00:04:56.044 which in many people resulted in readjustments of key goals and life aspirations. 00:04:56.044 --> 00:05:00.064 We are using only ten thousand horsepower now, 00:05:00.064 --> 00:05:03.008 but l am convinced once we reach twenty thousand 00:05:03.008 --> 00:05:07.052 we are going to be free of all boundaries. 00:05:07.052 --> 00:05:14.096 Permanently, and it will be very stable. 00:05:14.096 --> 00:05:20.036 We had set backs, but I wouldn't say that it was a mistake. 00:05:20.036 --> 00:05:25.002 It was not a mistake. If anything, the mistake is in nature. 00:05:25.002 --> 00:05:30.048 Gravity is a mistake. 00:05:30.048 --> 00:05:34.092 We fight the forces that hold us down 00:05:34.092 --> 99:59:59.999 and the whole life is an effort to escape from reality.