This document discusses the Blue Brain project, which aims to create a virtual brain through detailed computer simulation. The Blue Brain would function similarly to a natural human brain by receiving sensory input, interpreting and processing that input, and generating motor outputs. It would allow uploading of a person's memories, knowledge, and intelligence so they could theoretically live on after death. The project is a collaboration between IBM and the Brain and Mind Institute in Switzerland, using supercomputers to simulate brain circuitry at the neuronal level in an effort to better understand human cognition and potentially cure neurological diseases.