Googling the Brain on a Chip (Kwabena Boahen, Stanford University)

Kwabena Boahen is using the human brain as the blueprint for designing radically more powerful and energy-efficient computers. In this short demo, Boahen describes how his Brains in Silicon lab at Stanford University has created computer chips with "synapses" and "neurons" -- and how these chips might revolutionize computing.

Brains in Silicon lab:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/brainsinsilicon/

Stanford University:
http://www.stanford.edu/

Stanford University Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford

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[beaner4life]

No racists comments? Good job YouTube. So far..

[gatzkeRob]

One thing I don't get - If those chips are so powerful, why aren't they being put in regular computers?

[Haseeb2]

@beaner4life No racist comments here because racist whites can't stand to see intelligence in blacks. They are attracted to videos which verify their ignorant preconceived views to make them feel better about themselves. Most of them hate themeselves more than they hate people of other races.

[marcpapas]

@gatzkeRob I'm guessing the main issue would be the cost, which wouldn't go over well for regular consumers of the regular computers.

[thegreeensky]

nice topic.. very interesting and yet informative...

[potpie921]

excellent vid!

[thebigfootme]

great presentation! very interesting!

[agapitoflores001]

This is a nice presentation, which makes it interesting...

[supahacka]

@gatzkeRob ... because there is no operating system that works on neurons but on an abstract set of low level operations