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IBM Produces First 'Brain Chips'

Posted August 18, 2011 12:26 PM

From BBC News - Technology:

IBM has developed a microprocessor which it claims comes closer than ever to replicating the human brain.

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Anonymous Poster #1	#1 Re: IBM Produces First 'Brain Chips' 08/18/2011 1:17 PM
	Does this mean Sarah Connor is somewhere locked up in a psych ward?
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KJK/USA Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Mid Western USA - The Corn Belt Posts: 1439 Good Answers: 58	#2 In reply to #1 Re: IBM Produces First 'Brain Chips' 08/18/2011 2:02 PM
	Yes, as Sarah repeatedly hums the same song verse over and over again "the silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload.............." _{BOOMTOWN RATS - I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS LYRICS} __________________ The first 5 days after a weekend are always the hardest................................
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#3 Re: IBM Produces First 'Brain Chips' 08/19/2011 5:08 AM
	Spare parts, anyone? __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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ronwagn Guru Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1059 Good Answers: 12	#4 Re: IBM Produces First 'Brain Chips' 08/19/2011 1:04 PM
	Does this mean that they are approaching the brain power of a cockroach? Higher? Lower? The lowly cockroach is one of the most likely species to survive as we destroy our planet, so I do not mean to denigrate it. It took a long time for them to beat man at chess, and a huge investment. That is just one game, with a predictable number of moves.
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