Dr. Ta-You Wu
"Bringing Science To China And Post-Science To The World"
Just one day before he passed away, Ta-You Wu at 95 gave a press release in which he mentioned four notable students, one of whom was the Founder of Post-Science Institute (Hugh Ching, and
the others were his two famous Nobel Prize winning students Yang and Lee and Paul Lee). The WuKuniiChing Team, which consisted of Ta-You Wu, T. L. Kunii (http://kunii.com), and Hugh Ching did the (robot) touch research leading to the discovery of the concept of jumpulse, a sudden change of force (as impulse is a sudden change of momentum). The solution to touch is
missed by Isaac Newton and all the scientists since Newton. Jumpulse kicks off the Post-Science
Knowledge Revolution, and post-science, thus, rises on the shoulder of a scientific giant. Jumpulse also explains ball control, which is the ability of a player to keep a ball on the racket for a prolonged period of time and is the secret of consistency in sports. Post-science deals with knowledge beyond science, namely, social science and life or computer science. Technically, post-science has contributed mainly the solutions to touch, value, and complete automation, which characterizes life (http://post-science.com). The solution to touch is necessary to create Self-manufactured General Purpose Robots which can replace all human physical labors. Today, without robots, humans are used as robots in manufacturing and physical work where the ability of touch is required. Because touch is intimately connected to the design of robot or life, it qualifies as one of the main fields in post-science, even though it is still in the field of science. Furthermore, touch could be one of the most subtle problems in robotics or even in physics or science. Accordingly, a robot should be defined as an intelligent machine that can touch or that can come safely into contact with an uncontrolled environment. For example, if bounceless cars can be built (i.e. cars which can be driven on natural roads), we would not need to spend trillions of dollars to build perfectly flat roads (i.e. controlled environments). Post-Science Institute nominates Ta-You Wu to be a candidate for The Father of Robotics, and the unit of jumpulse to be wu (weight unit) where one wu equals one newton.
Dr. Ta-You Wu and Dr. Hugh Ching in Dr. Wu's home in Taiwan (1990)
Jumpulse Research by Ta-You Wu, Hugh Ching, and T. L. Kunii
English Translation of above excerpt from an article in China Times, March 19 - 25, 2000 [ "...After moving into the Emergency Ward of the hospital, what he most regret is not being able to watch Li Ao's TV show. He does not necessarily admire Li Ao as a person, but likes to watch him criticize people, as if Li Ao is doing it for (Dr. Wu) himself, quite enjoyable. He also likes to watch "Bo Chin Ten" (a TV show of a perfectly honest judge) making judgment and punishing the wicked.
Ms. Wu Jin Tse (Dr. Wu's goddaughter) says that Wu Ta-You has lived an active live in his final years, always hoping to live longer, doing more things. And he has a completed manuscript of a paper on the dynamics of tennis, but could not have it published after moving into the hospital, making him feeling uncomfortable. He has already asked his students Lee Su Chong (Dr. Paul Lee) and Cheng Yew (Dr. Hugh Ching) to continue the work to complete one of his wishes.
Ms. Wu Jin Tse says that Father is gone, but his socially conscience heart shows its true feelings, learning tireless and without complaints for decades and will live on forever among us, and that his longevity is not unrelated to his moderate and forgiving nature, living his final years alone, but not lonely, though gone, still causing people to remember, reminisce, and respect..."]
Tennis Magazine No. 16 1997 September (Defined jumpulse and its Chinese translation)
Wu's Paper Introducing Jumpulse
Abstract of a paper on jumpulse to be published by Ta-You Wu, T. L. Kunii, Hugh Ching
Ta-You Wu and Hugh Ching
Go to jumpulse applied to Ball Control Tennis
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