BLUE BRAIN

BY:- VIJAY THAKKAR

CONTENT• INTRODUCTION• VIRTUAL BRAIN• BLUE BRAIN • BLUE BRAIN PROJECT• HUMAN BRAIN• FUNCTIONING OF BRAIN• BRAIN SIMULATIONS• NANOTECHNOLOGY USED• OBJECTIVES OF BLUE BRAIN PROJECT• ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF BLUE BRAIN TECHNOLOGY

INTRODUCTION• HUMAN BRAIN-THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE BODY. IT’S LIKE CPU OF A

COMPUTER WITHOUT WHICH THE WHOLE SYSTEM CANNOT WORK.• WITHOUT WHICH WE CANNOT THINK, FEEL, ACT OR DO ANYTHING.• WHAT HAPPENS IF OUR BRAIN MALFUNCTIONS….??• CAN WE STORE DATA OF HUMAN BRAIN INTO MEMORY DEVICES….??• CAN WE HAVE THE BENEFITS OF A PERSONS INTELLIGENCE EVEN AFTER HE

DIES….??• CAN A PERSON MAKE DECISIONS AND ATTEND MEETINGS WITHOUT BEING

PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY PRESENT THERE….??

• THE ANSWER TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS IS :- “BLUE BRAIN”

WHAT IS VIRTUAL BRAIN?

• A MACHINE THAT CAN FUNCTION AS BRAIN.• IT CAN TAKE DECISION.• IT CAN THINK.• IT CAN RESPONSE.• IT CAN KEEP THINGS IN MEMORY.

WHAT IS BLUE BRAIN?• BLUE BRAIN IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE VIRTUAL HUMAN

BRAIN.• IT WOULD BE THE WORLDS FIRST VIRTUAL HUMAN BRAIN.• WITHIN NEXT 30 YEARS WE WILL BE ABLE TO SCAN OR BRAINS

INTO OUR COMPUTERS INCLUDING:>>MEMORY >>INTELLIGENCE>>IMAGINATIONS >>THOUGHTS

>>EVERYTHING

THE BLUE BRAIN PROJECT

• THE BLUE BRAIN PROJECT IS AN ATTEMPT TO REVERSE ENGINEER THE HUMAN BRAIN AND RECREATE IT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL INSIDE A COMPUTER SIMULATION.

• THIS INCLUDES: STUDYING SLICES OF LIVING BRAIN TISSUE USING HIGHLY

ACCURATE APPARATUS. COLLECTING DATA ABOUT DIFFERENT NEURONS. DATA COLLECTED IS USED TO BUILD BIOLOGICAL REALISTIC

MODEL. THIS DATA IS THEN SIMULATED INTO ARTIFICIAL NEURONAL

NETWORK BY A SUPERCOMPUTER.

FOUNDED IN MAY 2005 IN ECOLE, POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE OR SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LOCATED IN LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND.

HENRY MARKRAMNeuroscientist, EPFL

Director of BLUE BRAIN Project

THE BLUE BRAIN PROJECTThe simulations are carried out on a Blue Gene supercomputer built by IBM

BLUE GENE SUPER COMPUTER (IBM)

HUMAN BRAIN

Neocortex of brain showing neurons in neocortical column.

Brain continuously forms networks among these

cells.

Huge neuronal network, Neurons uses electrical and

chemical signals to communicate.

FUNCTIONING OF BRAIN 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 .

BRAIN SIMULATION

INPUT Through the natural neurons

INTERPRETATION By different states of the neurons in the brain.

INPUT Through the silicon

chip or artificial neurons

INTERPRETATION By a set of bits in the

set of register

Natural brain Vs Simulated brain

OUTPUT Through the natural neurons.

PROCESSING Through arithmetic and logical calculations

MEMORY Through permanent states of neurons

OUTPUT Through the silicon chip.

PROCESSING Through arithmetic and logical calculation and artificial intelligence

MEMORY Through Secondary memory

Natural brain Vs Simulated brain

How the Blue brain will work…??

How the human brain will be uploaded into it …??

Possible due to the fast growing technology.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

NANOTECHNOLOGY Nanobots could 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.

The project will search for insights into how human beings think and remember.

Scientists think that blue brain could also help to cure many brain diseases including the well known Parkinson 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.

Objectives of blue brain project

A very good example of utilization of blue brain is the case "short term memory

We can implant a micro chip into brain to act as secondary memory.

One of the most important aspect of blue brain project is that we can retain memory and intelligence even after a person dies.

ADVANTAGES Remembering things without any effort.

Making decision without the presence of a person.

Using intelligence of a person after the death .

Curing various brain disease as we could study them properly.

LIMITATIONS We may become dependent upon the computer

for making decisions.

Others may use technical knowledge against us.

Another fear is found with respect to human cloning.

Sources : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Gene

http://www.artificialbrains.com/blue-brain-project#data

http://technology-report.com/category/artificial-intelligence/blue-brain-artificial-intelligence/

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=brain-project-neuron-to-whole-brain