[ExI] Billion euro projects

[Tom Nowell]

After reading that Henry Markram's blue brain team was competing for a billion euros in funding, I decided to check out the shortlist on http://www.fet-f.eu/pilots. Six projects are shortlisted, two will win a billion euros in funding. They are

http://www.futurict.eu/ - "global computing for our complex world" - linking ICT, complexity theory and social sciences to better understand global complexity and connectivity.

 
http://www.graphene-flagship.eu/ - graphene research with electronic/spintronic spinoffs.


http://www.ga-project.eu/ - "Guardian angels", or ultra-low power wearable devices for healthcare.


human brain project preparatory study - web site not given on the main site, http://www.humanbrainproject.eu/ appears to be the site. The blue brain team wants to spend a billion on integrating as much neuroscience research as possible into a brain model.

http://www.itfom.eu/ - "IT future of medicine" which is about personalised medicine.


http://www.robotcompanions.eu/ - Companion robots for care purposes. Sounds a bit like what Japan is currently researching.


All six are of potential transhumanist interest and offer a vision of the future.

Tom
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