The document discusses IBM's Blue Brain project, which aims to create a virtual brain through simulation. The Blue Brain would allow the knowledge, intelligence, personalities, feelings and memories of a person to be preserved after death by interfacing their brain with a computer. Nanobots would be used to scan a person's brain structure and activity, uploading all of the data to a computer system that could continue functioning as that individual. The Blue Brain could help cure diseases like Parkinson's and provide insights into human thinking and memory.