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- 1. Institute of Engineering& Technology, Alwar Presented by: Priyanka Vijay Roll no: 12EIACS067
- 2. Introduction Whatis blue brain? Virtual brain Why we need virtual brain? Functionality of brain Brain simulation Current research work Advantages Disadvantages Hardware and software requirements Application of blue brain conclusion
- 3. Human brain,the most valuable creation of God. The man is called intelligent because of the 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 virtual brain. That means a machine that can function as human brain. Is it really possible to create a human brain? “YES", The IBM is now developing a virtual brain known as the BLUE BRAIN. INTRODUCTION
- 4. Blue brainis a simple chip that can be installed into the human brain for which the short term memory and volatile memory at the old age can be avoided. A very good example of utilization of blue brain is the case "short term memory". Another situation is that when a person gets older, then he starts forgetting or takes a bit more time to recognize to a person.
- 5. Virtual brainis an artificial brain, which does not actually the natural brain, but can act as the 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. • Intelligence ,Knowledgeand skill of a person can be made eternal. • We can upload the contents of natural brain into it. • Things can be made easy as everything is automated. • We will be able to scan ourselves into the computers.
- 7. Sensory Input:- Receiving input such as sound ,image, etc through sensory cell . Interpretation. Interpretation of the received input by the brain by defining states of neurons in the brain. Motor Output. Receiving of electric responses from the brain to perform any action .
- 8. Once theneural 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
- 11. Now, there isno doubt that the virtual brain is similar to us but… …the question is how human brain will be uploaded into it???? Let’s take a look :)
- 12. • The uploadingis 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
- 13. • Nanobots couldalso 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
- 14. IBM, isdeveloping the blue brain project. Blue brain was found in may 2005 by Henry Markaram who is founder and director of EPFL and blue brain project. IBM, 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. The original group of IBM for research is of 13 leading institution of Europe.
- 15. • REMEMBRING thingswithout any effort. • Making decision without the presence of a person. • Using intelligence of a person after the death . • Understanding the activities of animals . • Allowing the deaf to hear via direct nerve stimulation.
- 16. • We becomeDependent upon the computer . • Others may use technical knowledge against us. • Computer viruses will pose an increasingly critical threat. Humans are loose their brain power.
- 17. A supercomputer. (Blue Gene/L ) 22.8 TFLOPS peak processing speed. Processor with a very high processing power. 8,096 CPUs at 700 MHz (downgraded to handle massive parallel processing). 256MB to 512MB memory per processor with a very large storing capacity.. Linux and C++ software. 100 kilowatts power con A very wide network. Very powerful Nanobots to act as the interface between the natural brain and the computer
- 18. Cracking theNeural 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
- 19. We willbe able to transfer ourselves into computers at some point. It will bring both benefits and harm to human society . Eventually aim of applying terrific computer power to the simulation of an entire brain. Very soon this technology will be highly accepted whole over the world.
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