A brain in a supercomputer

-


  Henry Markram is director of Blue Brain, a supercomputing project that can model components of the mammalian brain to precise cellular detail — and simulate their activity in 3D. Soon he'll simulate a whole rat brain in real time.
Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved — soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain's 100,000,000,000,000 synapses.

Σχόλια

Δημοσίευση σχολίου

Δημοφιλείς αναρτήσεις από αυτό το ιστολόγιο

A practical mind map tester

-
Εικόνα
This is a great event for me and a totally new experience. Thanks to my peer Hand Buskes ( MasterMindMaps ) who pushed me in the adventure and the  Biggerplate Event at Utrecht  where we decided to make it happen, I'm going to publish a first book worldwide. The book is about  mind maps , a domain on which I focused a lot these last years. But the book is not about how to create them. Hundreds of books already exist on the subject and it is very easy to find the answer on the Internet. Moreover, learning how to draw mind maps is not a question of days, not even hours, it can be taught in a few minutes. What is more difficult is to apply the technique efficiently. The number of mind maps is growing exponentially. A  Google search  finds you hundreds of millions maps. Because of the vast numbers and the enormous variety, consumers of mind maps are confused. What is a helpful mind map? Which one should I use? How to prevent readers to be frustrated by consuming incorrect, inco
Διαβάστε περισσότερα

The NEURON

-
Εικόνα
http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/2011/05/04/science-101-the-neuron/ SCIENCE 101! The NEURON May 04 2011 Published by  scicurious  under  Basic Science Posts ,  Uncategorized Sci has been intending to do one of these posts for a while. I seem to spend ages talking about neurons,  synapses ,  action potentials , connections, neurotransmitters , and  different brain areas . But for all that, a lot of people don't really know what a neuron looks like and where the connections are taking place. So it's time to get back to basics. And that means a neuron (of course, things can get WAY more basic and in turn get more complicated, but we're sticking with the neurons for now). And to help me out with this, I'm gonna take my first hack at Vuvox, a program allowing me to make an interactive collage. I saw Ed try it out to great effect for a post on  ants as rafts  (yes, AS rafts, it's awesome, go look), and I knew I HAD to try this one myself. Here's what I'v
Διαβάστε περισσότερα

Το ΠΡΩΤΟ ΔΣ του ThinkTank Ροδόπη Σκέψη

-
Εικόνα
Την Παρασκευή 12 Φεβρουαρίου πραγματοποιήθηκε σε αίθουσα της πόλης μας η κοπή της βασιλόπιτας του νεοσυσταθέντος Τhink Τank ενεργών πολιτών με την επωνυμία  «Ροδόπης Σκέψη». Ακολούθησαν εκλογικές διαδικασίες μεταξύ των μελών μας για την ανάδειξη διοικητικού Συμβουλίου. Εξελέγησαν οι εξής:  Πρόεδρος Γιάννης Τζαμπάζης,  αντιπρόεδρος: Ευστάθιος Κεφαλίδης,  γραμματέας Γεώργιος Μήλιογλου,  ταμίας Ευάγγελος Βαρτζόπουλος,  ειδικός γραμματέας Θεοδόσιος Θεοδοσίου,  μέλος Ελένη Χατζοπούλου, μέλος Μαρία Παπαγεωργίου.  http://www.xronos.gr/detail.php?ID=101248Στη συνέχεια ανακοινώθηκε ο προγραμματισμός των στόχων και δράσεων μας και η παρουσίαση των Ομάδων Εργασίας.  Πηγή:  http://www.xronos.gr/detail.php?ID=101248 http://inkomotini.gr/%CF%80%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%B4-%CF%83-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF-think-tank-%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%AE%CF%82-%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%B4%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%83/ rodopis.gr
Διαβάστε περισσότερα