Want to Upload Your Brain? Science Fiction Comes to Life
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/02/13/Sebastian_Seung_Connectome Professor of Computational Neuroscience at MIT Sebastian Seung discusses how the study of "connectomes", a comprehensive map of neural connections in the brain, can help turn science fiction into reality. Seung proposes that through the study of the connectome we can test w... Read more
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- -: Want to Upload Your Brain? Science Fiction Comes to Life
March 16, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/02/13/Sebastian_Seung_Connectome Professor of Computational Neuroscience at MIT Sebastian Seung discusses how the study of "connectomes", a comprehensive map of neural connections in the brain, can help turn science fiction into reality. Seung proposes that...
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September 11, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Sensing the motives and feelings of others is a natural talent for humans. But how do we do it? Here, Rebecca Saxe shares fascinating lab work that uncovers how the brain thinks about other peoples' thoughts -- and judges their actions. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the...
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- -: Henry Markram: Supercomputing the brain's secrets
October 15, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com 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. TEDTalks is a daily vi...
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- -: VS Ramachandran: The neurons that shaped civilization
January 4, 2010 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran outlines the fascinating functions of mirror neurons. Only recently discovered, these neurons allow us to learn complex social behaviors, some of which formed the foundations of human civilization as we know it. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves
July 22, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tan Le's astonishing new computer interface reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications. TEDTalk...
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