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"THE HUMAN CONNECTOME PROJECT consortium led by Washington University, University of Minnesota, and Oxford University is undertaking a systematic effort to map macroscopic human brain circuits and their relationship to behavior in a large population of healthy adults." https://lnkd.in/ddAE8pR View in LinkedIn

BRAIN WIRING. "Characterizing the detailed point-to-point connectivity of the brain is increasingly recognized as a key objective for neuroscience. Many even think that without knowing the ‘connectome’ – the brain’s wiring diagram – we will never understand how its electrochemical alchemy gives rise to our thoughts, actions, perceptions, beliefs, and ultimately to our consciousness." https://lnkd.in/dN2munW View in LinkedIn

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IMMENSE CHALLENGE BY THE NUMBERS. "The human brain, it is often said, is the most complex object in the known universe. Counting all the connections among its roughly 90 billion neurons, at the rate of one each second, would take about 3 million years – and just counting these connections says nothing about their intricate patterns of connectivity." (And see where this great machine has got humanity!) https://lnkd.in/dN2munW View in LinkedIn

BEATING MOORE'S LAW. "In Silicon Valley, Moore's law seems to stand on equal footing with the natural laws codified by Isaac Newton. Intel co-founder Gordon Moore's iconic observation that computing power tends to double — and that its price therefore halves — every 2 years has held true for nearly 50 years with only minor revision." https://lnkd.in/dGcvNvY View in LinkedIn

GENOME ANALOGY. "The price of sequencing an average human genome has plummeted from about US$10 million to a few thousand dollars in just six years." And soon, it will cost $1,000. https://lnkd.in/dGcvNvY View in LinkedIn

5,000 TIMES REDUCTION. Going from projected "several centuries" to "several weeks" of analytic time in the human Connectome Project is completely analogous to the Human Genome Project, where time and cost to sequence DNA plummeted as technology advanced. It also underscores the absolute unreliability of technology forecasts.” http://www.popsci.com/article/science/neuroscientist-who-wants-upload-humanity-computer View in LinkedIn

UPLOADED WORM. "How far away are we from uploading the first mind? A worm's mind has already been uploaded, but their brains work in a very different way to mammals. But, in ten years, I think it'll be possible to upload the mind of a fruit fly. From thereon, the human brain is a little hard to predict, but I really hope it will be in my lifetime." http://www.vice.com/read/randal-koene-brain-uploading-438 View in LinkedIn

Buds in the earth. View in LinkedIn

A FEW LITTLE PREDICTIONS. "The progress of biology, neuroscience and computer science makes it clear that some time during the twenty-first century we will master the technologies of mind and life. We will build machines more intelligent than ourselves, and modify our own brains and bodies to increase our intelligence, live indefinitely and make other changes." (Bill Hibbard). https://lnkd.in/d3NdcHS View in LinkedIn