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Scientists Create Basic Living Model Of Human Brain
2009-03-18 15:45:00 Researchers at Aston University in Birmingham, UK are currently in the process of developing a new way to model how the human brain works ? by making a living model of the human brain.
New Kitten Eats Human Brain
2008-05-21 20:02:00 (a web comic from xkcd via Lauren)That Girl: I like my new tan.Schmutzie: For a fake tan, it's turned out pretty nice.That Girl: I just don't know about putting all these chemicals on my skin.Schmutzie: Do you worry about that?That Girl: [shrugs] I'd probably still use it if it was made of baby seals.Schmutzie: Which brings us back to my new kitten!That Girl: [blinks] How does that work?Schmutzie: Well, you said something about seals, and then I thought about the noises they make, which made me remember how the new kitten sounds when she growls while chewing on her food.That Girl: [blinks]Schmutzie: If the other cats come too close, she goes OM-NOM-NOM-NOM-NOM, but like a really growly Cookie Monster.That Girl: [blinks]Schmutzie: [growling] OM-NOM-NOM-NOM-NOM.That Girl: Uh-huh. You're in love with her, aren't you?Schmutzie: Yeah.That Girl: I'm just going to go back to my desk now.Schmutzie: [growling] OM-NOM-NOM-NOM-NOM. [inhale] OM-NOM-NOM-NOM-NOM.That Girl: ...
The Human Brain Able to see into the future?
2008-05-20 06:00:00 The Human Brain Able to see into the future?2 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
Scientists Create First Memristor: Missing Fourth Electronic Circuit Elemen
2008-05-01 01:42:00 Researchers at HP Labs have built the first working prototypes of an important new electronic component that may lead to instant-on PCs as well as analog computers that process information the way the humain brain does. The new component is called a memristor, or memory resistor. Up until today, the circuit element had only been described ...
By: Gadgets Are Us
The Mysteries of the Human Brain
2008-04-22 22:07:00 Many years ago, I was talking to a friend of mine who was a medical student on his neurology rotation. He related what was, to me, an amazing story. The patient he saw that day was a fairly young man who had suffered a major stroke, resulting in an almost complete loss of ...
By: Webloggin
Adding Human Brain To A Computer Gives A Brain Box?
2008-04-04 07:23:00 'A new type of computer that mimics the complex interactions in the human brain is being built by UK scientists'Manchester scientists' work aims tomake computers more reliableThe £1m machine, nicknamed the "brain box", will be constructed at the University of Manchester.The first of its kind in the world, it will be used to help researchers engineer fail-safe electronics.Professor Steve Furber, of the university school of computer science, said computer science had much to learn from biological systems."Our brains keep working despite frequent failures of their component neurons, and this 'fault-tolerant' characteristic is of great interest to engineers who wish to make computers more reliable," he explained.Visual encodingIn the brain, groups of neurons work together, producing bursts of activity called "spikes".These spikes give rise to the characteristic brain wave patterns seen on an electroencephalogram (EEG) trace.The "brain box" will use large numbers of microprocessors ...
Adding Human Brain To A Computer Gives A Brain Box?
2008-04-04 07:23:00 'A new type of computer that mimics the complex interactions in the human brain is being built by UK scientists'Manchester scientists' work aims tomake computers more reliableThe £1m machine, nicknamed the "brain box", will be constructed at the University of Manchester.The first of its kind in the world, it will be used to help researchers engineer fail-safe electronics.Professor Steve Furber, of the university school of computer science, said computer science had much to learn from biological systems."Our brains keep working despite frequent failures of their component neurons, and this 'fault-tolerant' characteristic is of great interest to engineers who wish to make computers more reliable," he explained.Visual encodingIn the brain, groups of neurons work together, producing bursts of activity called "spikes".These spikes give rise to the characteristic brain wave patterns seen on an electroencephalogram (EEG) trace.The "brain box" will use large numbers of microprocessors...
Adding Human Brain To A Computer Gives A Brain Box?
2008-04-04 07:23:00 'A new type of computer that mimics the complex interactions in the human brain is being built by UK scientists'Manchester scientists' work aims tomake computers more reliableThe £1m machine, nicknamed the "brain box", will be constructed at the University of Manchester.The first of its kind in the world, it will be used to help researchers engineer fail-safe electronics.Professor Steve Furber, of the university school of computer science, said computer science had much to learn from biological systems."Our brains keep working despite frequent failures of their component neurons, and this 'fault-tolerant' characteristic is of great interest to engineers who wish to make computers more reliable," he explained.Visual encodingIn the brain, groups of neurons work together, producing bursts of activity called "spikes".These spikes give rise to the characteristic brain wave patterns seen on an electroencephalogram (EEG) trace.The "brain box" will use large numbers of microprocessors...
First Peek Into Deepest Recesses Of Human Brain [Digg]
2008-02-29 06:42:00 A team of scientists from Princeton University has devised a new experimental technique that produces some of the best functional images ever taken of the human brainstem, the most primitive area of the brain.
Computer Intelligence Will Outpace the Human Brain By 2030
2008-02-18 05:22:00 Get ready, you mortal, the Matrix needs you!By Bogdan Botezatu, Hardware EditorFeb 18, SoftpediaThe computers will become more intelligent than the human beings within the next 20 years, if the computer industry keeps up with the actual progress. Scientific futurologists claim that the next 50 years will bring 32 times more technical progress than the entire 20thcentury.One of the most important achievements of the next 20 years will be artificial intelligence that will reach the human capacities. American computer guru Ray Kurzweil claims that the machines will rapidly become more intelligent than humans. The apocalyptic scenarios are out of discussion, and Dr. Kurzweil claims that their intelligence will be put to work in order to solve some of the most challenging problems of the 21st century.Kurzweil is one of the computing pioneers that could be called a technology prophet. He is deeply related to multiple fields of computing, such as optical character recognition, optical stor...
‘Human brain is a keener detective of auditory change than visual changeâ
2008-01-21 10:29:00 Human brain is capable of differentiating the minutest visual and auditory changes, but it uses more efficient mechanisms in auditory memory than in visual memory, according to a new study. Several studies have shown that that even a small span of time in between pre- and post-change images can disturb the brain’s ability to detect visual discrepancies. “The pre-change scene must be memorized in some way,” explained psychologists Laurent Demany, Wiebke Trost, Maja Serman and Catherine Semal from the University of Bordeaux and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). “In the visual domain, numerous experiments have shown that even a very short gap of less than 100ms can dramatically disrupt our ability to detect a local change in complex images. Following such a gap, local changes can be detected only in very simple images.” This phenomenon is known as ‘change blindness,’” they added. ...
By: B4U India
The human brain is the most outstanding thing...
2008-01-05 16:40:00 The human brain is the most outstanding thing. It functions 24 hours, 365 days. It functions right from the time you were born until you fall in love and malfunctions after getting married. --- A 7-year old girl asks her dad, "Why does my leg cramp and couldn't feel anything?" Dad answered, "Your leg becomes numb if you lay still and don't move because blood doesn't circulate properly." When the girl turned 18, she fell in love and experienced her first heartbreak. One day, dad saw his daughter laying still while holding her chest. Dad asked her, "What's wrong?" The girl said, "I'm laying still while holding my breath, I'm trying to make my heart cramp so I could be numb and would be hurt no more!" --- Online shopping for Categories Directory from a great selection of the Embassy-Club.com and Countrylinks
Lab comes one step closer to building artificial human brain
2007-12-23 04:54:00 In a laboratory in Switzerland, a group of neuroscientists is developing a mammalian brain - in silicon. The researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in collaboration with IBM, have just completed the first phase of an ambitious project to reproduce a fully functioning brain on a supercomputer. By strange coincidence, their lab ...
Lab comes one step closer to building artificial human brain
2007-12-21 19:46:00 An ambitious project in Switzerland was scoffed at - but researchers have just succeeded in simulating a rat’s brain in silicon Computer model of a single neocortical column from a rat’s brain (Photo: IBM) Clint Witchalls The Guardian, Thursday December 20 2007 In a laboratory in Switzerland, a group of neuroscientists is developing a mammalian brain - in silicon. The ...
ITRC develops Neurons for human brain cells
2007-11-18 00:00:00 The ITRC, Lucknow developed neurons for human brain cells. Hopefully, Alzheimer and Parkinson’s diseases will become curable. But scientists at ITRC maintain that ‘it is too early to say anything’. Stem cell research may cure dreaded diseases.
Human Brain Cloud - Massively multiplayer word association "game"
2007-11-14 22:17:00 Human Brain Cloud - Massively multiplayer word association "game"
Imaging neural progenitor cells in the living human brain
2007-11-09 15:54:00 From Physorg: For the first time, investigators have identified a way to detect neural progenitor cells (NPCs), which can develop into neurons and other nervous system cells, in the living human brain using a type of imaging called magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). The finding, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), may lead to improved ...
Killer amoeba eats human brain until you die
2007-10-01 21:35:00 Originally posted at Right Truth "A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die." It sounds like science fiction but it's true. (Hat tip Ron) Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are extraordinarily rare, it's killed six boys and young men this year. The spike in cases has health officials concerned, and they are predicting more cases in the future. "This is definitely something we need to track," said Michael Beach, a specialist in recreational waterborne illnesses for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "This is a heat-loving amoeba. As water temperatures go up, it does better," Beach said. "In future decades, as temperatures rise, we'd expect to see more cases." According to the CDC, the amoeba called Naegleria fowleri (nuh-GLEER-ee-uh FOWL'-erh-eye) killed 23 people in the United States, from 1995 to 2004. This year health officials noticed a spike with six cases ? three in ...
By: Faultline USA
Seeing eye tongue: Like I said, the human brain is flippin' weird
2007-06-05 17:48:00 This is fascinating. Using the tongue as the interface with the brain for Brain Computer Interface (BCI). Cool idea. Lotsa nerve endings, very sensitive, can discern pixels up to 64k...with some training this could be very interesting. And if they can work with the taste buds you could flavor colors... a growing body of research indicates that the tongue may in fact be the second-best place on the body for receiving visual information from the world and transmitting it to the brain. [linky] glumbert.com - The Seeing Tongue
By: techRivet
The human brain is flippin' weird.
2007-06-04 18:37:00 So. Some stroke victims that have experienced paralysis on one side of their body experience something called "anosognosia". They believe that the paralyzed limb attached to their body does not belong to them. In fact, fibers in the motor cortex on the right side of her brain, which controls movement on her left side, have been irreparably damaged by the stroke, and she will never use her left arm again. But Mrs. M. is not a stubborn old woman refusing to admit a difficult truth. A few minutes later Mrs. M. looks at her left hand, resting inertly in her lap. Doctor, she asks, whose hand is this? Whose hand do you think it is? Well, it certainly isn?t mine! Then whose is it? It is my son?s hand, Doctor. They honestly, completely, consciously deny the fact that the paralyzed limb belongs to them. This article is fascinating if a bit long: The Brain That Misplaced Its Body Should we design our AI to be weird too? A tangenti...
By: techRivet
Aliens live in human brain
2007-05-26 12:01:00 Psychologist Frederick Malmstrom of the U.S Air Force Academy has observed that the typical representation of an alien is in the brain of every human being. He announced that the image of the alien is no different to the image of the mother that is in a baby?s brain from the moment of birth and remains there their whole life. This discovery has allowed scholars all over the world to claim that extra-terrestrial beings exist in our heads and not in other universes. read more
By: Dangerous News.
What Is Unique About The Human Brain?
2007-05-11 04:52:00 In certain ways that involve their brains, some animals are clearly superior to human beings. Eels, salmon, caribou, and many kinds of birds perform astonishing feats of navigation in their long-distance migrations. Owners of dogs or cats know that these mammals have senses of smell and hearing that are better than our own. Behind each such superhuman talent is an area of the animal's brain, enlarged or tailored in some way that makes the special skill possible.In turn, what distinguishes the human brain from other brains is the relative size of the cerebral cortex, the quarter-inch-thick covering of gray matter on the lobes and hemispheres of the cerebrum. Only in human beings is the cerebral cortex so large in relation to body size.The human cerebral cortex is further distinguished by its great quantity of foldings and refoldings (convolutions, or gyri), valleys (fissures and sulci) and ridges, all of which increase the surface area of the cortex and allow a maximum amount of gra...
Memory Capacity of the Human Brain?
2007-03-03 01:19:01 i was just thinking how much would be the memory capacity of average human brain and was wondering if it was limitted and intelligent people make full...
the adult human brain can create new cells
2007-02-25 01:05:02 http://www.sciam.com/article.cf-m?chanID=sa017&articleI-D=C7C4F883-E7F2-99DF-389FD83DDE-EC22EC Scientists have found that the adult human brai... |
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