Posts Tagged ‘brain’

Reading Your Mind

Neuroscience has learned much about the brain’s activity and its link to certain thoughts. As Lesley Stahl reports, it may now be possible, on a basic level, to read a person’s mind.

The Final Frontier? – Science Comedian Brian Malow

In an all new program, science comedian Brian Malow spins hilarious and thought-provoking routines on evolution, our brains, relativity, Roomba, extraterrestrial life, and more. What do the frontiers of science hold? Journey from space travel to time travel, from extremophiles in the ocean depths to black holes in the far reaches of space. This program is for all audiences! Music is not just for musicians. Art is not just for artists. And science is not just for scientists.

Larry Smarr – Supercomputing and the Human Brain

Larry Smarr discusses the state of the art in supercomputing, with a focus on how current computation compares to the human brain and when supercomputers will surpass human processing power. Current supercomputers are estimated to match the human visual cortex and will reach human brain’s computational ability within the next twenty years.

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