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Positronic is a private manufacturing company based in Springfield, Missouri, that produces and supplies electronic connectors for various industries worldwide. Founded in 1966 by Jack Gentry, the company has expanded its operations to Europe, Asia and India, and offers training programs and online commerce services.
Before founding Positronic. After the Korean War, Gentry worked for Minneapolis Honeywell in Phoenix, Arizona. On a flight from Los Angeles to New York City, Gentry met business manager and philanthropist Harry Gray. Four months later, Gray called Gentry and offered him a job with Litton Industries in Van Nuys, California.
A positronic brain is a fictional device from Isaac Asimov's robot stories, based on a hypothetical particle called positron. It is a form of artificial intelligence that follows the Three Laws of Robotics and can be modified or deleted depending on the robot's function and design.
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is a microchip that uses light instead of electrons to perform functions such as detection, generation, transport, and processing. Learn about the history, comparison, examples, and applications of PICs in fields such as fibre-optic communication, biomedical, and photonic computing.
PET is a functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances to visualize and measure metabolic processes and other physiological activities in the body. PET scans can be used for various purposes, such as detecting cancer, brain diseases, and drug development.
R. Daneel Olivaw is a fictional robot created by Isaac Asimov, who has a positronic brain that can mimic human behavior and perform cerebroanalysis. He appears in several books of the Robot and Foundation series, and is a friend and partner of human detective Elijah Baley.
The Positronic Man is a 1992 novel by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg, based on Asimov's 1976 novelette "The Bicentennial Man". It is about a robot that becomes a human being over time, and the challenges he faces in a futuristic society.
A science fiction novelette by Isaac Asimov about a robot who becomes more human over 200 years. The story explores themes of identity, creativity, and robot rights, and inspired a novel and a film.