Researchers Hope to Build a Brain

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Modelling a 'Magical Machine'. Researchers Hope to Build a Brain -- Spiegel Online

A research team called the Human Brain Project hopes to build a complete computer model of what project leader Henry Markram calls a "magical machine." They are seeking to secure a billion-euro grant from the European Union for the project, which could result in disease cures, new supercomputers and intelligent robots.

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