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Strain Gauge Experiments
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As a result of technical contacts with Prof. John
Hasted, Birkbeck College, University of London, during an Iceland
Conference on Physics and Parapsychology, we have developed an interest
in attempting to confirm his claim24, 25
that he has observed inelastic
and elastic deformations of metal bars by some kind of remote human
interaction. During these experiments the subjects are reported to
cause effects without any physical contact with the metal.
In an effort to replicate Prof. Hasted's results, we
have constructed an electrically shielded enclosure having more than
135 dB RF attenuation from 10 KHz to 10 Mhz and plexiglass sides (to
shield against air currents). Within this enclosure is an experimental
system of resistive strain gauges attached to a thin metal bar. These
are wired as a temperature-compensating bridge and connected to battery-
operated amplifiers and recording instruments. At present we can detect
changes in the length of the bar on the order of 500 angstroms and
applied transverse forces of approximately 100 mg. To date, we have
been successful in isolating and correcting several sources of artifact,
and have obtained hours of artifact-free baseline operation. All of the
data will be magnetically recorded for later computer analysis, and a
simple stripchart record will provide immediate feedback to the subject
of any changes in the bar. We are encouraged with the progress of
artifact isolation, and we propose to begin to task subjects to attempt
to perturb the isolated metal bar.
Should experimentation reveal genuine subject
induced perturbations, we propose to determine whether such effects can
be used as a message-transmission device (remote telegraph).
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Random Number Generator Experiments
Another class of experiments that have been extensively
reported are those that involve alleged human/machine interaction with
electronic random-number generators. In these experiments, digital
electronic noise derived either from a thermal noise source or from the
decay of a radioactive material is monitored while a subject is
attempting to alter the statistical properties of the noise distribution.
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