| archmage | Date: Tuesday, 17-May-2011, 7:51 PM | Message # 1 |
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A team of scientists has assembled in Switzerland and Germany to pursue a unique goal - the building of a computer model of a human brain.
Called the Human Brain Project - but perhaps inevitably dubbed 'Team Frankenstein' in the media - it is in discussion with the EU for a £1billion grant.
Scientists claim success may lead to cures for various diseases like Parkinson's.
It could also lead to intelligent robots and supercomputers which would dwarf those currently in existence.
Henry Markram, a neuroscientist at the École Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne, Switzerland, has assembled a team of nine top European scientists for the research effort.
Full article/source - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/science....de.html
Message edited by sanju - Tuesday, 17-May-2011, 7:56 PM |
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