A supercomputer scheduled to go online in April 2024 will rival the estimated rate of operations in the human brain, according…
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The world is infatuated with artificial intelligence (AI), and for good reason. AI systems can process vast quantities of data…
Despite the best efforts of clinicians and researchers for decades, we still do not fully know why some people develop…
A defining characteristic of the way many people live today is persistent online connectedness. Since the introduction of smartphones about 15…
If thoughts, feelings and other mental activities are nothing more than electrochemical signals flowing around a vast network of brain…
The field of brain-machine interfaces (BMI) – which use electrodes, often implanted into the brain, to translate neuronal information into commands capable of controlling external systems such as a computer or robotic arm – have actually been around for some time. Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s company, Neuralink, is aiming to test their BMI systems on a human patient by the end of 2020.
What better way to build smarter computer chips than to mimic nature’s most perfect computer – the human brain? Being able to store, delete and process information is crucial for computing, and the brain does this extremely efficiently.