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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 5227836" data-attributes="member: 92282">Scientists could create an artificial human brain within the next 10 years to    help with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorder.Professor Henry Markram told delegates at the TED conference in Oxford that    scientists had already successfully replicated elements of a rat’s brain.    “It is not impossible to build a human brain and we can do it in 10 years,” he    said. Prof Markram, a member of the Blue Brain Project, which seeks to unravel the    mysteries of brain function and dysfunction using laboratory data, said a    simulated human brain could be invaluable in finding cures for mental    illness.    “There are two billion people on the planet affected by mental disorder,” he    said. “The project may give insights into new treatments.”    However, developing an artificial brain require huge technical resources as    well as scientific and medical expertise. Prof Markram told delegates that    one computer is needed to process the data from a single neuron, meaning    that tens of thousands of machines would be needed to start mapping the    complex functions of the human brain.    The scientists working on the Blue Brain Project use a “super computer”, a    machine capable of handling millions of algorithms and data strings at once,    to streamline this process.    Much of the team’s research centres on the neocortex of mammal brains, which    is responsible for higher functions such as sensory perception, spatial    reasoning, conscious thought, and speech and language.    Although individual neurons are unique, Prof Markram says his team have    identified common neurological “circuits” in different brains.    “Even though your brain may be smaller, bigger, may have different    morphologies of neurons, we do actually share the same fabric,” he said. “We    think this is species-specific, which could explain why we can’t communicate    across species.”<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/5894875/Artificial-human-brain-could-be-built-in-next-decade.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i25.tinypic.com/2njikih.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

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