I didn't resume research then, I probably never would.” Frederick took up physics again. He allocated five months where he devoted his full energy to do nothing but physics: thinking about quantum theory every waking moment and taking it to bed with him. Frederick's starting point was his Stochastic Space-time paper from many years back. “After relentlessly beating my head against the brick wall of an uncompromising theory, the wall began to crumble (as did arguably, my head). I realized that stochasticity had its limits; there was something else at play in the universe. That realization forced a major alteration of my Stochastic Space-time theory, a modification I call Crypto-stochastic Spacetime theory.” Almost immediately, Crypto-stochastic Space-time theory gave results: he could explain the two-slit experiment, superposition in general, and explain photon polarization (a more compelling explanation than afforded by conventional quantum mechanics). The joining of Frederick's stochastic and crypto-stochastic approaches resulted in a paper called 'Towards a Conceptual Model for Quantum Mechanics'. Omnivac/Omnivor Robot In 1983, OMNI magazine wanted a true robot (AI, etc.). Frederick (and his little start-up company Wolfdata) got the contract to build it. When OMNI closed, Frederick got his robot back. It currently 'lives' in his living room. (OMNI called the robot Omnivac. Frederick called it Omnivor.) After he finished making the Omnivac, Frederick and his (startup) brought the robot in pieces to OMNI magazine's publisher, Bob Guccione's posh New York City brownstone. Frederick and his company still needed to get the approval of OMNI to finish the robot for them. After a successful demo for the editorial staff of the influential electronics trade magazine, EDN, Frederick had to demonstrated the Omnivor to the top level officers of OMNI magazine. Ben Bova, OMNIs editor at the time, led the questioning of the Omnivor. It was he whom Frederick had to impress to get the contract to build the complete robot. Frederick explains how the scene went down on his website: “While my partner talked about how we could provide what OMNI wanted, I connected the robot head to the computer and fired up the system. Then I said 'hello' to the, as yet unnamed, robot. Nothing happened. I said 'hello' again, forcing my voice to the flat unemotional intonation that the voice recognition system required. Still, nothing. Then I smelled the smoke from the control-electronics circuit board. Using one of my partner's hands as a clamp