<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">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 <a href="http://www.fet-f.eu/pilots" style="font-size: 12pt; ">http://www.fet-f.eu/pilots</a>. Six projects are shortlisted, two will win a billion euros in funding. They are</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div>http://www.futurict.eu/ - "global computing for our complex world" - linking ICT, complexity theory and social sciences to better understand global complexity and connectivity.<br></div><div> </div><div>http://www.graphene-flagship.eu/ - graphene research with electronic/spintronic
spinoffs.<br></div><div><br></div><div>http://www.ga-project.eu/ - "Guardian angels", or ultra-low power wearable devices for healthcare.<br></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>http://www.itfom.eu/ - "IT future of medicine" which is about personalised medicine.<br></div><div><br></div><div>http://www.robotcompanions.eu/ - Companion robots for care purposes. Sounds a bit like what Japan is currently researching.<br></div><div><br></div><div>All six are of potential transhumanist interest and offer a vision of the future.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom</div> </div></body></html>