The document discusses the Blue Brain project, which aims to create a virtual model of the human brain. The Blue Brain would be created through a partnership between IBM and EPFL to simulate the brain's neurons and synapses using a powerful supercomputer. In the future, nanobots may be able to scan a person's brain and upload the neural connections to create a digital copy of their memory and consciousness that could continue functioning in the computer. The goal is to understand how the brain works and potentially cure neurological diseases.

1. BLUE BRAIN
PRESENTATION BY
S.GURU GOMATHI AKSHAYA

2. SYNOPSIS
• INTRODUCTION
• WHAT IS BLUE BRAIN
• WHAT IS VIRTUAL BRAIN
• WHY WE NEED VIRTUAL BRAIN
• FUNCTION OF NATURAL BRAIN
• NATURAL BRAIN VS SIMULATED BRAIN
• BLUE BRAIN OBJECTIVES
• HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
• UPLOADING HUMAN BRAIN-NANOBOTS
• EXAMPLE OF BLUE BRAIN
• CURRENT RESEARCH WORK
• FUTURE PERSPECTIVE
• APPLICATION OF BLUE BRAIN
• ADVANTAGE
• LIMITATIONS
• CONCLUSION

3. INTRODUCTION
• Human Brain Is The Most Valuable Creation Of God. The Man Is
Called Intelligent Because Of The Human Brain. But We Loss The
Knowledge Of A Brain When The Body Is Destroyed After The Death
• “Blue Brain”-the Name Of The World's First Visual Brain. That Means A
Machine That Can Function As A Human Brain

4. WHAT IS BLUE BRAIN
• The Concept Of Blue Brain Is Designed By
IBM(INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE)in
Partnership With Ecole Polytechnique Federal De Lausanne’s
(EPFL)
• It Would Be The World’s First Visual Brain
• Within 30 Years We Will Be Able To Scan Our self Into The
Computers

5. WHAT IS VIRTUAL BRAIN
• Virtual Brain Is An Artificial Brain
• It Can Think Like Brain, Take Decisions Based On The Past
Experience, And Response As The Natural Brain Can.
• It Is Possible By Using A Super Computer, With A Huge
Amount Of Storage Capacity, Processing Power And An
Interface Between The Human Brain And This Artificial One .
• Through This Interface The Data Stored In The Natural Brain
Can Be Uploaded Into The Computer .

6. WHY WE NEED VIRTUAL
BRAIN
• To Upload The Contents Of Natural Brain Into It
• To Keep The Knowledge And Intelligence Of Person For Ever
• To Remember Things Without Any Effort

7. FUNCTION OF NATURAL
BRAIN
• To Understand The Function Of Human Brain We Need To
Understand About Three Main Functions Such As
• Sensory Inputs:
Receiving Input Such As Sound, Image Etc. Through
Sensory Cell
• Interpretations:
Interpretation Of The Received Input By The Brain By
Defining States Of Neurons In The Brain
• Motor Output:
Receiving Of Electric Response From The Brain To
Perform Any Action

8. • INPUT
Through The Silicon Chip
Are Artificial Neuron
• INTERPRETATION
By A Set Of Bits In The
Set Of Register
• OUTPUT
Through the silicon chip
NATURAL BRAIN
• INPUT
Through The Natural
Neurons
• INTERPRETATION
By Different States Of
Neurons In The Brain
• OUTPUT
Through The Natural
Neurons
SIMULATED BRAINvs
NATURAL BRAIN VS SIMULATED BRAIN

9. NATURAL BRAIN VS SIMULATED BRAIN
NATURAL BRAIN
• PROCESSING
Through Arithmetic And Logic
Calculation
• MEMORY
Through Permanent States Of
Neuron
• PROCESSING
Through arithmetic and logical
calculation and artificial
intelligence
• MEMORY
Through Secondary Memory
SIMULATED BRAINVS

10. BLUE BRAIN OBJECTIVES
 The Project Will Search For Insights Into How Human
Beings Think And Remember.
 Scientists Think That Blue Brain Could Also Help To Cure
The Parkinson's Disease.
 The Brain Circuitry Is In A Complex State Of Flux, The
Brain Rewiring Itself Every Moment Of Its Existence. If The
Scientists Can Crack Open The Secret Of How And Why
The Brain Does It, The Knowledge Could Lead To New
Breed Of Supercomputers.

13. HARDWARE AND
SOFTWARE
• A Super Computer( Blue Gene/L)
• Processor With A High Processing Power
• Micro Circuit
• A Program To Convert The Electric Impulses From The Brain
To Input Signal Which Is To Be Received By The Computer
And Vice Versa
• Very Powerful Nanobots To Act As The Interface Between
The Natural Brain And The Computer

14. The Blue Gene/L supercomputer
architecture

15. UPLOADING HUMAN
BRAIN:NANOBOTS
• The Uploading Is Possible By The Use Of Small Robots
Known As The Nanobots
• These Robots Are Small Enough To Travel Throughout Our
Circulatory System
• Traveling Into The Spine And Brain, They Will Be Able
To Monitor The Activity And Structure Of Our Central
Nervous System
• They Will Be Able To Provide An Interface With
Computer While We Still Reside In Our Biological
Form

16. UPLOADING HUMAN
BRAIN:NANOBOTS
• Nanobots Could Also Carefully Scan The Structure Of Our Brain,
Providing A Complete Readout Of The Connection.
• This Information, When Entered Into A Computer, Could Then
Continue To Function As Us.
• Thus The Data Stored In The Entire Brain Will Be Uploaded Into The
Computer

17. EXAMPLE OF BLUE BRAIN
• A Very Good Example Of Utilization Of Blue Brain Is The
Case Short Term Memory
• Another Situation Is When A Person Gets Older Then He
Starts Forgetting Or Takes A Bit More To Recognize A Person
• For The Above Reason We Need A Blue Brain. It Is A Simple
Chip That Can Be Installed Into The Human Brain For Which
The Short Memory And Volatile Memory At The Old Age
Can Be Avoided

18. CURRENT RESEARCH
WORK
• Researchers At Microsoft’s Media Presence Lab Are
Developing A “Virtual Brain”, A Pc Based Database That
Holds A Record Of An Individual’s Complete Life
Experience. Called My Life Bits, the Project Aims To Make
This Database Of Human Memories Searchable In The
Manner Of A Conventional Search Engine

19. FUTURE PERSPECTIVE
• It Is Essential To Guide Reductionist Research Into The
Deeper Facts Of Brain Structure And Function
• Detailed Model Will Probably Become The Final Form Of
Database That Are Used To Organize All Knowledge Of The
Brain And Allow Hypothesis Testing, Rapid Diagnoses Of
Brain Malfunction, As Well As Development Of Treatment
For Neurological Disorder
• It Will Allow Paths For Potential Brain Transplant Which Is
Unachieved Yet

20. FUTURE PERSPECTIVE

21. APPLICATIONS OF BLUE
BRAIN
 Cracking The Neural Code
 To Develop A New Breed Of Supercomputer
 Understanding Neocortical Information Processing
 A Novel Tool For Drug Discovery For Brain Disorders
 A Global Facility
 A Foundation For Whole Brain Simulations
 A Foundation For Molecular Modelling Of Brain Function

22. ADVANTAGES
• Remembering Things Without Any Effort
• Making Decision Without The Presence Of Any Person
• Using Intelligence Of A Person After Death
• Understanding The Activities Of Animal
• Allowing The Deaf To Hear Via Direct Nerve Simulation

23. LIMITATIONS
• We Become Dependent Upon The Computer
• Others May Use Technical Knowledge Against Us
• Another Fear Is Found With Respect To Human Cloning
• A Very Costly Procedure Of Regaining The Memory Back

24. CONCLUSION
• We Will Be Able To Transfer Ourselves Into Computer At
Some Point
• It Will Bring Both Benefits and Harm To Human Society
• Very Soon This Technology Will Be Highly Accepted All
Over The World

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