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Normal.dotm 0 0 1 137 782 AUX 6 1 960 12.256 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false As computing power continues to increase, it may ultimately be possible to simulate the functioning of the most complex system of the known universe: the brain. This is the ambitious goal of the Blue Brain Project , the first attempt to reverse-engineer the mammalian brain. The project is expected to provide answers to a number of fundamental questions, ranging from the emergence of biological...

Via MilTech Nanotechnology researchers in France have developed a hybrid transistor called NOMFET (Nanoparticle Organic Memory Field-Effect Transistor) that shows the main behavior of a biological spiking synapse and can lead to a new generation of neuro-inspired computers, capable of responding in a manner similar to the nervous system. The organic device is made of a molecule called...