2010年11月1日 星期一

Henry Markram builds a brain in a supercomputer 2009

Henry Markram builds a brain in a supercomputer

Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved -- soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain's 100,000,000,000,000 synapses.

馬克拉姆說,亨利的心靈奧秘是可以解決的 - 很快。 精神疾病,記憶力,感知:它們是由神經元和電子信號,並找到他們,他計劃用超級計算機模型都大腦的100,000,000,000,000突觸。

Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome 我就是我的聯結體 2010

Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome

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Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our "connectome," and it's as individual as our genome -- and understanding it could open a new way to understand our brains and our minds.

塞巴斯蒂安升是映射一個雄心勃勃的新模式大規模的大腦,更著重於每個神經元之間的連接。 他稱之為我們的“connectome”,它作為個人作為我們的基因組 - 和理解它可以打開一個新的方式來了解我們的大腦,我們的頭腦。

Richard Dawkins on our "queer" universe

Richard Dawkins on our "queer" universe
理查德道金斯我們的“奇怪”的宇宙

Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe.

Martin Luther King Jr.: I have a dream

Martin Luther King Jr.: I have a dream

1963. Atop the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. stood before 200,000 supporters to call for racial equality, in what would become the defining moment of the African-American civil rights movement -- and a turning point in human history.

Richard Dawkins: Growing up in the universe

Richard Dawkins: Growing up in the universe

At the Royal Institution in 1991, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at our universe with new eyes. Packed with big questions and illuminating visuals, this memorable journey through the history of life magnifies the splendor of evolution and our place in it.