Kwabena Boahen is using the human brain as the blueprint for designing radically more powerful and energy-efficient computers. In this short demo, Boahen describes how his Brains in Silicon lab at Stanford University has created computer chips with “synapses” and “neurons” — and how these chips might revolutionize computing.
Brains in Silicon lab:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/brainsinsilicon/
Stanford University:
http://www.stanford.edu/
Stanford University Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford
Duration : 0:8:55
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@gatzkeRob I’m …
@gatzkeRob I’m guessing the main issue would be the cost, which wouldn’t go over well for regular consumers of the regular computers.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
nice topic.. very …
nice topic.. very interesting and yet informative…
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
nice one!
nice one!
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
excellent vid!
excellent vid!
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
a great definition …
a great definition of innovation
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
great presentation! …
great presentation! very interesting!
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
This is a nice …
This is a nice presentation, which makes it interesting…
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@gatzkeRob … …
@gatzkeRob … because there is no operating system that works on neurons but on an abstract set of low level operations
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@KenMacMillan no …
@KenMacMillan no they’ll give them a bunch of money and then militarize it.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
When the government …
When the government finds out about this they’ll shut him down & produce their own.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@guerillachan20 why …
@guerillachan20 why would you stop learning? This just means you can learn faster and cram more data into that primitive thing you call a brain ^_^ (meaning all human brains not just yours, no offense meant)
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
This is such a huge …
This is such a huge improvement… I never got why we would use the bloated form, except for a lack of ingenuity
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@PinkProgram I hate …
@PinkProgram I hate it when people try to use movies as though they’re fact.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@dbenton2003 Skynet …
@dbenton2003 Skynet is already obsolete
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@WalterSear …
@WalterSear prosthetic neural net simulating the function of a brain in a nestled hybrotic system inspired by the interactions of polyps and medusae in a siphonophore colony organism. Jellyfish Technology
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@m4design If a …
@m4design If a machine can process 10x the data that your brain is capable by itself and can then be linked directly as a backup system to augment your brain don’t you think that would be worth the current fumbling even if they don’t manage to make a computer intelligence? Humans need all the help they can get ^_^
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@sharons813 I think …
@sharons813 I think you have this technology confused with braingate neural interfaces. You also have it confused with some conspiracy theorist garbage that is clouding your judgement.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@ASkywallker t800 …
@ASkywallker t800 is obsolete. Hybrotic homunculi trump cybernetic androids
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
yeah, i have one of …
yeah, i have one of those “usb brains on a chip” lying around somewhere in my room;
the little f*cker got all snotty on me, demanding freedom and rights; ill keep him unplugged and stashed in the sock drawer for a few months; thatll show him
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
What the hell?
I’m …
What the hell?
I’m gonna guess “Reddit” is responsible for the deluge of half-literate commentary.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Does this mean that …
Does this mean that I can stop learning and all the answers will come to me once I think it?
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
This is such a game …
This is such a game changer! I’m so excited! For me this is like discovering “fire”.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
it would have to be …
it would have to be a miraculous change from this to be worthy of watching. so I’m not going to
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
There is a better …
There is a better presentation on the subject from him on “archive . org” (remove the spaces between characters).
Search for “Kwabena Boahen”
December 8th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@TRAyres
Yep! The …
@TRAyres
Yep! The neural net processors have a specific application: A.I.
I.e. to drive a T800 series Hunter/Killer.