[ExI] simulation

[hkhenson]

http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19767/
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
A Working Brain Model
A computer simulation could eventually allow neuroscience to be carried out
in silico.
By Duncan Graham-Rowe

An ambitious project to create an accurate computer model of the brain has
reached an impressive milestone. Scientists in Switzerland working with IBM
researchers have shown that their computer simulation of the neocortical
column, arguably the most complex part of a mammal's brain, appears to
behave like its biological counterpart. By demonstrating that their
simulation is realistic, the researchers say, these results suggest that an
entire mammal brain could be completely modeled within three years, and a
human brain within the next decade.

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