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Dharmendra Modha on How to Build a Brain-like Computer

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Mapping the entire human brain one neuron at a time, discovering its complete functionality and then simulating it in a virtual environment is one of the major benchmarks on the way to the singularity. If successful it will have wide ranging implications for a variety fields from medicine and supercomputing to neuroscience and artificial intelligence. [...]

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Elementary, my dear, Watson: Who is Smarter than Human?

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In the 1940s Alan Turing famously predicted that one day computers will defeat humans in chess. In 1997 IBM’s Deep Blue defeated the reigning world chess champion Gary Kasparov. Currently, IBM is building a natural language processing computer named Watson, designed to compete in the game show Jeopardy and, ultimately, defeat any human opponent. (You [...]

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IBM Creates Smallest 3D Nano-Map

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The documentary Nano, the Next Dimension is interesting and worth watching but is a bit dated because it was produced in 2002. Just two days ago IBM announced a fresh breakthrough in the field of nanotechnology and to demonstrate its capabilities created the world’s smallest 3D nanoscale map. See this video detailing the challenges and [...]

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IBM: 5 Innovations that will Change Cities in the Next 5 Years

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Buildings that know when they need to be fixed before something breaks; sensors that tell the fire department details of a fire before they receive the emergency phone call; smart water and sewage systems that filter and recycle water. . . See the modern city as it will be in 5 years time as foreseen [...]

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