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BLUE BRAIN

Charanleen KaurCSE-1 (0361322708)Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology

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INTRODUCTION

Human brain, the most valuable creation ofGod. The man is called intelligent because ofthe brain. But we loss the knowledge of abrain when the body is destroyed after thedeath .

BLUEBRAIN- The name of the worlds firstvirtual brain. That means a machine that

can function as human brain.

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IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE TO CREATE A HUMANBRAIN?

Main aim is to upload human brain intomachine.

After the death of the body, the virtual brainwill act as the man.

IBM is now in research to create a Virtual

Brain.The first phase of Blue Brain project startedafter 15 years of systematically dissecting asingle neocortical column.

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The project has focused not only on buildinga model of NCC, but on developing a genericfacility.

The model of NCC consists of 10,000 3Ddigitalization of real neurons.

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FUNCTIONING OF BRAIN

Sensory Input

Receiving input such as sound ,image, etcthrough sensory cell .

Interpretation

Interpretation of the received input by thebrain by defining states of neurons in the

brain.

Motor Output

Receiving of electric responses from the brain

to perform any action .

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Modeling The Blue Brain

1: Modeling the neurons:-

Shape & Structure influences its electricalproperties.

Neuron morphology & Electrical behavior ofthe Juvenile Rat is used as the basis for themodel.

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2: Modeling connections:-

Precise density & Volume of the Cell providesessential information for constructing cortical

circuits.

Blue Gene is used in intensive calculation tofix the synapse locations

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3: Modeling the column:-

The result of all these calculations is a recreationat the cellular level of the NCC.

A model of NCC was completed at the end of2006.

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Model of NCC

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BRAIN SIMULATIONNATURAL BRAIN SIMULATED BRAIN

INPUTThrough the natural neurons

INPUTThrough the silicon chip or artificialneurons

INTERPRETATIONBy different states of the neurons in thebrain

INTERPRETATIONBy a set of bits in the set of register

OUTPUTThrough the natural neurons.

OUTPUTThrough the silicon chip .

PROCESSINGThrough arithmetic and logicalcalculations

PROCESSINGThrough arithmetic and logicalcalculation and artificial intelligence

MEMORYThrough permanent states of neurons

MEMORYThrough Secondary memory

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UPLOADING HUMAN BRAIN

The uploading is possible by the use of smallrobots known as the nanobots.

These robots are small enough to travelthrough out our circulatory system.

Traveling into the spine and brain, they will beable to monitor the activity and structure of ourcentral nervous system.

They will be able to provide an interface withcomputer that is as close as our mind can bewhile we still reside in our biological form .

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Nanobots could also carefully scan thestructure of our brain, providing a completereadout of the connection.

This information, when entered into acomputer, could then continue to function asus.

Thus the data stored in the entire brain will beuploaded into the computer.

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HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIRMENT

A Super computer

Memory with a very large storing capacity

Processor with a very high processing power.

A very wide network.A program to convert the electric impulsesfrom the brain to input signal, which is to bereceived by the computer and vice versa.

very powerful Nanobots to act as the interfacebetween the natural brain and the computer.

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BENEFITS

1. Gathering and testing 100 years of data:

To provide a working model into which the past100 years knowledge about the microstructureand workings of the neocortical column can begathered and tested.

2. Cracking the neural code:

The Neural Code refers to how the brain builds

objects using electrical patterns. Creating anaccurate replica of the NCC which faithfullyreproduces the emergent electrical dynamics ofthe real microcircuit, is an absolute requirementto revealing how the neocortex processes, storesand retrieves information.

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3. Understanding neocortical informationprocessing:

The power of an accurate simulation lies in thepredictions that can be generated about theneocortex. Indeed, iterations betweensimulations and experiments are essential tobuild an accurate copy of the NCC.

4. A novel tool for drug discovery for braindisorders:

Understanding the functions of differentelements and pathways of the NCC willprovide a concrete foundation to explore thecellular and synaptic bases of a wide spectrum

of neurological and psychiatric diseases.

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5. A global facility:

A software replica of a NCC will allowresearchers to explore hypotheses of brain

function and dysfunction accelerating research.

6. A foundation for whole brain stimulations:

Generate reduced models that retain criticalfunctions and computational capabilities, whichcan be duplicated and interconnected to formneocortical brain regions. Knowledge of the NCCarchitecture can be transferred to facilitatereconstruction of subcortical brain regions.

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7. A foundation for molecular modeling of brainfunction:

Will provide the first and essential step to agradual increase in model complexity movingtowards a molecular level description of theneocortex with biochemical pathways being

simulated.

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ADVANTAGES

Remembering things without 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 nervestimulation.

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DISADVANTAGES

We become dependent upon the computer .

Others may use technical knowledge against us.

Another fear is found today with respect tohuman cloning

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RESEARCH WORK

IBM developing the Bluebrain

IBM, in partnership with scientists atSwitzerlands Ecole Polytechnique Federale De

Lausannes(EPFL) Brain and Mind Institute willbegin simulating the brains biological systems.

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FUTURE

Information from the molecular and genetic

level will be added to the algorithms.

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

Scientists think that blue brain could also helpto cure the Parkinson's disease.

The brain circuitry is in a complex state of flux,the brain rewiring itself every moment of itsexistence. If the scientists can crack open thesecret of how and why the brain does it, the

knowledge could lead to new breed ofsupercomputers.

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CONCLUSION

We will be able to transfer ourselves intocomputers at some point.

It will bring both benefits and harm to humansociety .

Eventually aim of applying terrific computerpower to the simulation of an entire brain.

Very soon this technology will be highlyaccepted whole over the world.

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Thank You