Carboncopies
How Pieces of Live Human Brain are Helping Scientists Map Nerve Cells
How Pieces of Live Human Brain are Helping Scientists Map Nerve Cells A summary of the article by Laura Sanders reporting on the experimental project by Nick Dee When you think of how scientists study a piece of brain tissue it is easy to imagine them pulling a pale green mass out of an old […]
Experimental Enhancement of Neurophysiological Function
Experimental Enhancement of Neurophysiological Function A summary of an opinion article by Diana Deca and Randal Koene Enhancing brain function has long been a desirable goal by neuroscientists and trans-humanists alike. Experimental procedures using drugs, sensorimotor stimulants, and neural prostheses have shown practical results demonstrating how neural activity can be stimulated directly through influences outside […]
Numenta Numenta is trying to trying to create artificial intelligence by applying insights about how the brain works. Their plan: reverse engineer the neocortex. Numenta publishes theories that help advance this mission, but in the short term, they license their technology for commercial applications. The group is led by CEO & Co-Founder Donna Dubinsky and […]
BrainGate An overview of the informative research hub and company One day we may be able to control computers with our minds. This is the concept that drives researchers at BrainGate.org. They are dedicated to making brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) possible and have been working tirelessly to that end since their first experiments in 2002 at […]
Where We Go From Here An Introduction to the Carboncopies Foundation 2019 Summer Event “Updating the Roadmap to Whole Brain Emulation Part 2: Where We Go From Here.” by Dr. Randal Koene Whole brain emulation is the technical term for a process by which the very specific functions of a brain can be recreated so […]
Is the Brain a Quantum Computer?
Is the Brain a Quantum Computer? A summary of an argumentative paper by Litt, Eliasmith, Kroon, Weinstein, and Thagard Consciousness, learning, perception, and memory are mental phenomena that are essential for defining the self and identity. With the rise of quantum computing, theorists have compared explaining mental phenomena to quantum computing in that non-local entanglement […]
Episode 9: “Slicing and Imaging a Rodent Brain”
In this episode we hear a presentation by Dr. Shawn Mikula who describes slicing and imaging a whole rodent brain.
Restoration of Function After Brain Damage Using a Neural Prosthesis
Restoration of Function After Brain Damage Using a Neural Prosthesis A summary of the proof-of-concept testing for repairing neural pathways using prostheses by Guggenmos, Azin, Barbay, Mahnken, Dunham, Mohensi, and Nudo Most often neural prosthesis are associated with giving people superhuman like abilities such as controlling machines by thought or adding the seemingly infinite information […]
Single Neuron Dynamics and Computation
Single Neuron Dynamics and Computation An Article Review on Research in Neuron Plasticity and Dendritic Arbor Anatomy by Brunel, Hakim, and Richardson When looking at the inner workings of the brain at its most basic component, the neuron, forms the basis of the brain’s ability to send signals from one location to another. Neurons generate […]
BrainFacts.org A Review on the Public Information Initiative Website The human brain likely holds a place in the list of top ten marvels of the universe. It’s where we experience everything, and in that way it’s the place in which we live, and yet we still have much to understand about it. It’s no wonder […]
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