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Brain-Like Chip With 4000 Processor Cores

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Bob

IBM Unveils a ‘Brain-Like’ Chip With 4,000 Processor Cores. The TrueNorth chip mimics 1 million neurons and 256 million synapses that IBM calls “spiking neurons.” …the chip can encode data as patterns of pulses, which is similar to one of the … Continue reading →

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Brain-Inspired Computing

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Bob

Bringing artificial intelligence to mobile computing is a significant challenge. That’s the goal of Qualcomm’s new Zeroth Processors. Mimicking the human nervous system and brain to allow computers to learn about their environment and modify their behavior based on this … Continue reading →

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TED Presentations: Jeff Hawkins on Brain Theory

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Bob

I found two related posts today: Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law On Ted, Avant-Guarde Presentation Styles, and My Emerging RWnes The content of the Larry Lessig talk is interesting, but it’s the presentation that’s unique … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Robots and Medicine

Posted on August 5, 2007 by Bob

In this months IEEE Spectrum magazine there’s an interesting article about Microsoft’s efforts in robotics called Robots, Incorporated by Steven Cherry. The article describes the team that created Microsoft Robotics Studio, how the group came to be, some of the … Continue reading →

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