“…It’s called the Blue Brain project, and it’s an attempt to create a neuron-by-neuron simulation of a mammalian brain, using IBM’s Blue Gene super-computer. So far, Markram’s team has managed to simulate one neocortical column from a rat’s brain, which contains about 10,000 neurons. Markram has said that he hopes to have a complete virtual human brain up and running in 10 years. (Even Kurzweil sniffs at this. If it worked, he points out, you’d then have to educate the brain, and who knows how long that would take?)”

Seems like it would not take more than 18 years.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2048299,00.html#ixzz1YkGrvDLj

oh yeah I forgot I did this, last 10 or so seconds of every episode of the first season of Star Trek TNG. just something I’ve always wanted to see.

Quicktime VR looks like a Holodeck when it’s loading

article and creepy video of a similar android.

An awesome new Tom Moody MS Paintbrush drawing
(click for full size).

The is the best answering machine message I’ve ever received. It’s my friend Alex expressing his suprise over how entertained he’s been recently watching old episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

alex_tng_1.mp3