Computer Based on Insights From The Brain Moves Closer to Reality

Just to annoy Fred ;-) (who is strongly skeptical of transhumanist claims), here's a fascinating article on brain scanning. Truly amazing:

Computer Based on Insights From The Brain Moves Closer to Reality November 18, 2009

BlueMatter, a new algorithm created in collaboration with Stanford University, exploits the Blue Gene supercomputing architecture in order to noninvasively measure and map the connections between all cortical and sub-cortical locations within the human brain using magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging. Mapping the wiring diagram of the brain is crucial to untangling its vast communication network and understanding how it represents and processes information.

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