The document discusses blue brain technology, which aims to create an artificial brain through computer simulation. The IBM is developing a virtual brain called the Blue Brain to function like the human brain by taking decisions, thinking, responding, and storing memories. Scientists believe that within 30 years it will be possible to scan a human brain into a computer using nanobots, allowing one to upload their intelligence, knowledge, and skills into a virtual brain that could continue functioning as that person even after death. The Blue Brain project uses a supercomputer to simulate 10,000 neurons in an effort to replicate aspects of the human brain's circuitry and memory capabilities.