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Tuesday, August 06, 2002
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/489039p-3903735c.html Engineers look to human brain to help advance computers LISA RATHKE, Associated Press It's nearly as fast as the most advanced computer, but uses a fraction of the energy. It simultaneously zaps information to thousands of points and is equipped to correct itself. It's not made of silicon and it came long before the computer chip. It is the human brain. In searching for new ways to advance computers, engineers are looking to man's gray matter for inspiration. And while comparing the two, they often wonder why a computer can't act more like a brain....
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