The document discusses the Blue Brain project, which aims to create a virtual brain through detailed computer simulation. The Blue Brain project is being developed by IBM and the Brain and Mind Institute to better understand human cognition and potentially cure diseases. It involves using nanobots to scan a natural brain at the neuronal level, uploading that information to a supercomputer which would then simulate brain functions like memory, decision making, and processing sensory inputs and motor outputs. The ultimate goal is to faithfully simulate an entire human brain through massive parallel processing.

1. A blue brain presentation by Deshna Sachan

2. BLUE BRAIN
A VIRTUAL BRAIN…

3. -:INTRODUCTION:-
o Human brain, the most
valuable creation of
o God. The man is called
intelligent because of the
brain. But we lose the
knowledge of a brain
when the body is
destroyed after the death
.
o “BLUE BRAIN”- The name
of the world’s first virtual
brain. That means a
machine that can
function as human brain.

4. -:What is BLUE BRAIN:-
o“YES", The IBM is now
developing a virtual brain
known as the BLUE BRAIN.
oIt would be the worlds first
virtual brain.
o Within 30 years, we will
be able to scan ourselves
into the computers.

5. -:WHAT IS virtual BRAIN:-
oA machine that can function as brain
oIt can take decision.
oIt can think.
oIt can response.
oIt can keep things in memory.
oIt also has feelings and emotions.

6. -:WHY WE NEED VIRTUAL BRAIN:-
oTo upload contents of the natural
brain into it
oTo keep the intelligence , knowledge
and skill of any person for ever .
oTo remember things without any
effort .

7. -:FUNCTIONING OF BRAIN:-
o Sensory Input :-
o
o Receiving input such as sound ,image,
etc
o through sensory cell .
o Interpretation.
o
o Interpretation of the received input by
the brain by
o defining states of neurons in the brain.
o Motor Output.
o
o Receiving of electric responses from
the brain to
o perform any action .

8. -:FUNCTIONING OF BRAIN:-

9. -:UPLOADING HUMAN BRAIN:-
oThe uploading is possible by the use of small
robots known as the nanobots.
oThese robots are small enough to travel
through out our circulatory system.
oTraveling into the spine and brain, they will be
able to monitor the activity and structure of our
central nervous system.
oThey will be able to provide an interface with
computer while we still reside in our biological
form .

10. o Nanobots could also carefully scan the
structure of our brain, providing a complete
readout of the connection.
o This information, when entered into a
computer, could then continue to function as
us.
o Thus the data stored in the entire brain will be
uploaded into the computer.

11. -:SIMULATING THE MICRO CIRCUIT:-
Once the microcircuit is built, the exciting work
of making the circuit function can begin. All the
8192 processors of the Blue Gene are pressed
into service, in a massively parallel computation
solving the complex mathematical equations
that govern the electrical activity in each neuron
when a stimulus is applied. As the electrical
impulse travels from neuron to neuron, the
results are communicated via inter-processor
communication (MPI). Currently, the time
required to simulate the circuit is about two
orders of magnitude larger than the actual
biological time simulated. The Blue Brain team is
working to streamline the computation so that
the circuit can function in real time - meaning
that 1 second of activity can be modeled in one
second

12. -:EXAMPLE OF BLUE BRAIN:-
A very good example of utilization of blue brain is the case "short
term memory".
In some movies we might have noticed that a person might be having
short term memories.
A very good example of utilization of blue brain is the case "short
term memory".
In some movies we might have noticed that a person might be having
short term memories.

13. -:RESEARCH WORK:-
o IBM developing the “Blue brain”
oIBM, in partnership with scientists at
Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Federale De
Lausanne’s(EPFL) Brain and Mind Institute will
begin simulating the brain’s biological systems.

14. -: BLUE BRAIN PROJECT 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.

15. -: ADVANTAGES :-
o Remembering things without any effort.
o Making decision without the presence of a
person.
o Using intelligence of a person after the death
o Understanding the activities of animals .
o Allowing the deaf to hear via direct nerve
stimulation.
-:DISADVANTAGES:-
o We become dependent upon the computer .
o Others may use technical knowledge against us.

16. -:HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
REQUIRMENT:-
o 22.8 TFLOPS peak processing speed.
o 8,096 CPUs at 700 MHz (downgraded to handle
massive parallel processing).
o 256MB to 512MB memory per processor.
o Linux and C++ software.
o 100 kilowatts power consumption.
o very powerful Nanobots to act as the interface
between the natural brain and the computer.

17. -:CONCLUSION:-
o We will be able to transfer
ourselves into computers at some
point.
o It will bring both benefits and
harm to human society .
o Eventually aim of applying
terrific computer power to the
simulation of an entire brain.
oVery soon this technology will be
highly accepted whole over the
world.

18. THANK YO
DESHNA SACHAN
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